
Today’s featured Standard SOI deck came from the recent Grand Prix Tokyo in Japan. The deck finished in first place and was piloted by Riku Kumagai. It proved the power of the three-color midrange combination despite the recent success of control decks in the format. Continue reading
Author Archives: Mark Ian Alloso
SOI Standard Deck Feature: B/G Aristocrats

For a little blog update since I was quite busy and the turn of events in the past week was somewhat unpleasant, here is a Standard deck feature played by Luis Scott-Vargas that made into the Top 8 of Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad. Continue reading
Dear God..

You’re supposed to be all-loving, merciful, omniscient and all. You know each heartbeat of every human being that you created. You created everything, does that mean you’re also the one who shaped evil? If so, why did you create the aforementioned? Continue reading
SOI Standard Deck Feature: G/W Megamorph

Green White decks is still popular as an archetype in the Standard format after Shadows over Innistrad entered. One list I have found was played by my Teammate Oliver in the Magic-League Standard Masters tournament. Continue reading
SOI Standard Deck Feature: B/W Midrange

Having been a fan of the B/W or Orzhov deck archetype, I am happy to present to you another version of the deck which is currently built for Shadows over Innistrad Standard. The midrange approach looks to be efficient as the access to Continue reading
MtG Iloilo FNM 4-15 Tourney Recap

I visited the local Magic scene yesterday, a week after Shadows over Innistrad has ascended into Standard. I was somewhat forced to do so because a teammate needed a deck to play, and hours before that, I went to Raoul’s place to edit the decks.
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