It is another serious mode tournament weekend for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Community as it will be the Amonkhet Gameday event. There are two scheduled this time and so far I have the information and detail from Rei’s Place.
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Golgari Energy Sideboard Plan

The appearance of Golgari Energy aggro in the Semifinals of Pro Tour Amonkhet proved the deck’s right metagame call despite the popularity of Mardu Vehicles in the Standard metagame. The deck was built to be aggressive enough to outrace Continue reading
MTG Blue White 2nd Sun Deck Update

Blue White Control is already one of the tier decks in the Standard metagame and was reinforced by the recent Magic set Amonkhet. One build that my friend Rey sent me had Approach of the Second Sun as its win condition, and the deck is packed with card drawers and Cycling cards to achieve that goal.
Continue readingPT Amonkhet Deck Tech: Mono B Zombies

Zombies are definitely back in the Standard metagame, big thanks to Amonkhet. It was the top 5 deck archetype during the metagame breakdown at Pro Tour Amonkhet Day 1 and continues to do so on Day 2. Continue reading
AMK Standard Deck Tech: Sultai Trials

Of the five Trials of the Gods in Amonkhet, I have only appreciated two: Trial of Zeal and Trial of Might. The Red trial fits well in a mono Red aggro deck whereas Trial of Might can be an ideal compo for straightforward Green Stompy deck or its Continue reading
Amonkhet Standard Showdown this Saturday
This seems to be already the norm for every new set of Magic: the Gathering release. Weeks after Amonkhet was released, Wizards will be holding a premier event called Standard Showdown wherein they have given the local stores special booster