Esper Dominates Iloilo Weekend Tourney

It seemed that Esper Superfriends/Planeswalkers is the deck to beat this weekend. This is based on the two major tournaments here in Iloilo City last weekend. Of course, I am happy to share this report because of my teammate Ace who proved to be the ‘Ace’ in playing the deck. The recent finish of the deck in the international scene was in Grand Prix wherein in placed in second place, going down to the champion Bant Ramp. The Esper planeswalkers list below:

Maindeck
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Godless Shrine
4 Isolated Chapel
4 Drowned Catacomb
1 Plains
4 Watery Grave
1 Swamp

3 Basilica Bell-Haunt

4 Teferi, Time Raveler
4 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
4 Cast Down
4 Thought Erasure
3 Oath of Kaya
3 Narset, Parter of Veils
3 Kaya’s Wrath
2 Command the Dreadhorde
2 The Elderspell
1 Moment of Craving
1 Search for Azcanta/Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

Sideboard
3 Enter the God-Eternals
3 Despark
2 Duress
2 Liliana’s Triumph
2 Cry of the Carnarium
1 Kaya’s Wrath
1 Moment of Craving
1 Narset’s Reversal

Here below are the tournament results for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Community last weekend.

MTG Iloilo Tournament Results
Friday Night Magic at Pro Reis Place
(June 14, 2019)
Top 7 placers:
1st Ace – Esper PW
2nd Floyd – Mono Red
3rd Ericson – Bant Manipulation
4th Ruel – Gruul Aggro
5th Wonderboi – Bant Manipulation
6th Ton2 – Bant Manipulation
7th Gus – Dimir Control

4 rounds, 16+ players

Saturday Standard Showdown at Pro Reis place
(June 15, 2019)
Top 7 placers:
1st Ace – Esper PW
2nd, JD – Mono Red
3rd, Ajel – Gruul Aggro
4th, Doni – Gruul Aggro
5th, Christian – Esper Hero
6th, Floyd – Mono Red
7th, Job – Selesnya Tokens

5 rounds, 19 players

Will the deck’s dominance continue on the next week? We shall see.