It was a special Black Saturday last April 15 as the MTG Iloilo community held the Magic Open House. The event was sponsored by Wizards with Welcome decks for the new players and casual goers and for the Learn-to-Play sessions. They also sent Rei some foil full-art basic lands to be given to the participants of the Standard tournament. I have also announced that there will be a Standard Pauper tournament.

The event started around noontime and since most of the players were on vacation, I’d expect lesser attendance this time. Good thing though that the Pauper regulars like the Carbo brothers were there to join the tournament. I had to participate this time as the total number of players falls on an odd number and I would want to avoid giving players byes so that they’d enjoy playing every round. Ten participants would mean four rounds of gameplay and so the top finishers were Mono Black Vehicles, RG Aggro, and Blue Red Prowess Burn. Aether Revolt booster pack prizes were then distributed to the winners.

I also got to teach two new players that are friends of Zea, another Pauper player. I gave them two Welcome decks and taught them the basic gameplay with the same teaching pattern as I did at last year’s Asia Pop Comic Con in Manila. I do hope they learned a lot after that short game.

Lastly, here are the pics of the scenes of the event I have uploaded to the MTG Iloilo Community page: