The Magic: the Gathering Pioneer format has become a weekly Friday Night Magic event for the Iloilo City community and the regulars were around 8 to 10 players in attendance already. It is a good thing, as this format is now recognized in some of the upcoming major Magic: the Gathering events scheduled in the country and worldwide.
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I have observed that sideboard suggestions are not likely recommended as part of the Magic: the Gathering Standard deck tech videos I have seen on Youtube. Some of these vloggers may lightly discuss it, others do a thorough card-by-card analysis, and the rest are just there showing the list, and that is it. Their suggestions may appear to be archetype specific, but the general sideboard strategy is missed in the discussion.
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I remember making my first Standard deck in Magic: the Gathering Arena when I reactivated my account after the open Beta testing period of the game platform ended a while ago. The Red-Green Landfall Aggro deck was one of the prevalent archetypes at that time. It was not a perfect build but I acquired some of the components by grinding in the daily tasks for gold and some booster packs opened and wildcards converted to specific card pieces.
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The chances, I always aim for the chances. That is maybe the main reason why I still stick to opening booster packs such as set boosters from old release sets as I am on the main objective on that: the chance to open the good cards, Wandering Emperor, Meathook Massacre, etc. Going with the calculations, the chances of Mythics in a booster box is already low enough, much more on the specific card such as those mentioned.
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The card pool’s Standard deck setup is continually improved by referencing some updated lists at the recent Magic: the Gathering tournament results posted on the MTG Top 8 website and MTGO Standard League at the mothership website. As of the current lineup, the decks are Jund Midrange, Grixis Vampires, Esper Rafine, and Mono-White Aggro. We also have a pending deck project on the Gruul Modified list which will have components adjusted from that of the Jund deck.
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I have been doing some Magic: the Gathering Standard deck tech videos in the past few days while at the same time checking on the updates of the metagame of the format. While seeing similar top-tier decklists with some slight adjustments i.e. Rakdos Sacrifice & Jund Midrange decks, I am also happy to see unusual deck builds as some ideas are placed into the actual list that is winning in their local and online tournaments.
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