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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Last Saturday’s event was again highly participated by the local players and I can say that this has become a full-blown weekly tournament for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Community. Our card pool team sent out three players as Ace and I are not available to play on that day, even if it was scheduled at 2:30 in the afternoon. I guess I was swamped with the online review.
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The opening of the Magic: the Gathering Set Booster packs on live sell is still ongoing for me despite our Standard card pool in almost 100% complete. This might be on testing my luck despite some of these other cards being already available and on hand. Maybe with the chance of selling them to the other players in the community? Or just to collect the extras in preparation for the next Standard rotation? Or maybe it is just The List cards in these set booster packs that I am trying to hit?
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Today’s Magic: the Gathering Streets of New Capenna Standard deck tech goes with the Top 8 results of the Open @ The Pizza Box tournament and the highlighted deck Orzhov Midrange. It is already a known archetype in the current Standard format but I decided to check on the build again as what new card strategies were included in the list.
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