MtG Iloilo Saturday Standard Tourney Results (June 18th, 2022)

Seeing the consistency of the players in the weekly Magic: the Gathering Saturday Standard tournament at Reis Place was quite satisfying. That may be because they have mostly established the decks they are playing and that was already updated with the cards from the recent set, Streets of New Capenna. As for my card pool team, we have already fulfilled the top-tier decks and are just mainly adjusting with the builds to optimize the usage of our cards. The dual lands might be a slight issue but more card components are already on the way.

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Thinking of Teaching the Basics of Magic: the Gathering

This is one of my current dilemmas for MTG Iloilo. The current scenario of recruiting new players to join the community is quite a challenge. This is mainly because of the lack of public events such as the hobby conventions wherein we can present the TCG and hold a learn-to-play session to teach them the basic game rules. As of this posting, I have not yet heard of a local event dedicated entirely to hobbies and scheduled for the rest of the year.  

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My Jund Midrange Deck from the Recent MTG Iloilo APAC League Qualifiers

Hey all, today I am sharing with you guys my deck piloted on the recent APAC League qualifiers event at our LGS Pro Reis place. This was held last June 4th, 2022 with about 17 players in attendance. It was quite a big tournament if I may say and a competitive one.

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Magic: the Gathering Standard Deck Tech: Sultai Fight Rigging

Hey all, I hope you have a fruitful and enjoyable weekend. For today’s blog post topic, I am sharing a Magic: the Gathering Standard deck tech on the Streets of New Capenna card Fight Rigging. Based on my experience back in Lorwyn’s first introduction of the Hideaway mechanic, it is a good card advantage source given that you only need to satisfy its conditions for you to be able to cast the hidden card for free.

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Trying my Luck on a Bunch of Random Magic: the Gathering Set Booster Packs

Being branded with luck in simple ways such as opening a Magic: the Gathering booster pack and getting good cards are quite rare. There are factors such as probability in the ways where a certain good Rare or Mythic card is found in that particular booster in a specific location in the box.

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Magic: the Gathering Massive Live Sell Hauls from the UltraElectroMagnetic Shop

Whenever I scroll on an FB live sell post from the common LGS in Manila, there is the urge to try my luck in opening the good cards from the Magic: the Gathering booster packs of the recently available sets. I just sat there, looking at the monitor and observing each Rares and Mythics opened and projecting the possibility of opening the target cards. Will it be at pile A, B, or C of the current booster box? We will never know unless the buyers decided to open them all.

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