Dominaria Standard was very much welcomed in the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo City Community. That was reflected in the recent local tournaments, in particular, the Saturday Standard Showdown event. Last Saturday’s attendance listed 22 players which were quite a high count for a Saturday event in months. I’d recall the last 20+ attendees were on the RIX Store Championships. Anyhow, the Top 4 players after 5 Swiss rounds were:

1st, Ralph Flores (UW Approach control)
2nd, Nonoy Sia (Rw Aggro)
3rd, Speedy Diesto (RB Vehicles)
4th, Tonton Co (BW Historic)

This Saturday, I am hoping it will be the same number if not nearing the twenty player count. Blue White Control and Red Black Vehicles would still be the dominating decks in the metagame and that would be expected on these afternoon’s tournament matchups.

The schedule of Saturday Showdown tournament at Rei’s place will be at around 3:00 pm with an entrance fee of 100php and so I’m hoping to drop by there to play. Here is the post at the MTG Iloilo Community page of last Saturday’s event: