Lightning Strike & RDW in Ixalan


This is somewhat of a news in the Reddit MagicTCG page as the reprint of the Red instant Lightning Strike was announced. Personally I would expect a better burn spell but nonetheless, it would still see its use in the current Ramunap Red deck as a replacement for Incendiary Flow. Continue reading

HOU Standard Deck Feature: G/W Ramp

The last two Standard Grand Prix before the rotation is already in the books. Things already seem to be wrapping up with only Nationals as the other major tournament before Ixalan is released. One particular deck archetype that got the highlight in the GP last weekend was the Green White Ramp. It finished in 2nd place in GP Washington DC and was piloted by Collins Mullen.

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Ixalan Initial Decks: Grixis Pirates


The card spoilers for Ixalan are here and the full list will be completed in the coming weeks. We are now speculating the possible deck archetypes with the coming Standard rotation as we bid goodbye to the four expansions from Battle for Zendikar to Eldritch Moon. Ixalan is somewhat Continue reading

Card in Focus: Burning Sun’s Avatar


The Ixalan official previews are here and started last Monday at the mothership website. The foil sheet that was initially leaked online was confirmed by Wizards to be true and revealed the clear copy of the cards. That was a total of 55 cards that we revealed in advanced. Continue reading

HOU-AKH Booster Drafts Recap


In preparation for the upcoming Philippine Nationals 2017 this September in which Booster Draft is one of the formats, the team has been practicing in the past two weeks and so far has learned a lot of the strategies and deck builds in this format. I have personally enjoyed drafting Amonkhet & Hour of Devastation maybe because of the theme and mechanics that the decks are built around.

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HOU-AKH Booster Draft this Weekend

In preparation and practice for the draft portion of the MTG Nationals this coming September 16-17, 2017, we have decided to schedule a booster for each of the vacant days this coming weekend along with the upcoming holidays. So far this week is very favorable with the local holiday

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