In the current Magic: the Gathering Standard format, I am still leaning towards or biased to the Gruul deck archetype. That is mainly because of previous experiences of playing and grinding with it on MTG Arena. I am eager to see if it has adapted to the metagame given with the loss of powerful cards such as Embercleave.
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Today’s Magic: the Gathering Standard Deck feature is no surprise to the metagame. Rather, it is a variance of the typical Mono-Black deck that has been prevalent in their category of a control deck archetype. Golgari Control has been my personal favorite back since I started competing in our local tournaments, and having cards like Pernicious Deed is just a good assurance that your deck can basically wipe out the opponent’s board.
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The Azorius Aggro deck appeared in one of the deck choices in the recently concluded Magic: the Gathering World Championships XXVII last weekend. This was piloted by the Japanese Pro Player Noriyuki Mori. Having to go through the Mono-White aims for consistency while splashing colors can make your deck become even more powerful.
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While I had yet to acquire an actual Innistrad: Midnight Hunt product from my local game store here in Iloilo City, Wizards Magic: the Gathering official Twitter page announced the start date of the previews of the next set Innistrad: Crimson Vow. This will happen on October 28, 2021.
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The Second Day is a wrap for the Magic: the Gathering Worlds Championships XXVII and the Top 4 players had been decided after five rounds of Standard. We saw variance of Izzet Epiphany, Mono-Green Aggro, and Mono-White battle it out in the remaining rounds as the players were very eager to get to the seven-win record in order to qualify for Sunday.
Continue readingIt was a wrap for the first day of the Magic: the Gathering Worlds Championships 2021 as I just got up today after staying late checking on the booster draft rounds of the tournament. Coping with the strategy of the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt limited format is quite a challenge as I have not read on the archetypes and the cards it composed. The good thing is that the coverage team was discussing it coupled with the short interview per player on the draft tables.
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