While the local community is still gearing for its first local Pioneer tournament, Wizards has announced last week that the first B&R (Ban and Restricted) update will be Monday. That is today as of this Continue reading
The local Magic: the Gathering Iloilo tournament scene is pretty much highly attended despite of the current Standard metagame being broken or changed to a 3/3 Elk with the Oko decks dominating the format. A total of sixteen participants went to spell slinging at Pro Reis place last Saturday afternoon, in the hopes of winning the Throne of Eldraine Special foil promo booster packs.
I was able to drop by at around the end of round 3 to check on the rank status of my teammates, Ace and Ericson. Fortunately, they are on the top tables and only a win away from gaining a Top 4 or Top 6 finish.
After four rounds of gameplay, here are the Top 6 players of the tournament:
1st, Ralph H. (Gruul Aggro)
2nd, Ace B. (Sultai Control)
3rd, Paolo P. (Simic Food)
4th, Ericson C. (Simic Food)
5th, Gedi L. (Grixis Fires)
6th, Christian A. (Izzet Flash)
16 players, 4 rounds gameplay
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