We have prepared a list of activities for the CONQuest event, the first eSports convention here in Iloilo city. Given the priority for the tutorial and learning to play booth with those interested in the game, the Modern tournament is also one of the features. Here below are the details.
One of the interesting Standard deck builds i have found from the PPTQ results last week was this version of a Grixis Aggro. The deck was piloted by Caio Amaral and he took down the tournament with the metagame of Temur Energy and Ramunap Red decks. Continue reading
This is the decklist I planned to pilot at the Visayan Championships 2017, held in Cebu last weekend. Good thing the beatdown from the late-night playtesting made me do a major adjustment in the deck setup.
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I continue to find interesting deck builds in Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix tournaments around the world. Another sighting is this midrange build of the Grixis colors (Black/Red/Blue) from GP Atlanta.
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There is an upcoming gaming event here in Iloilo City which they called Conquest, the first-ever e-Sports convention. They will cover activities pertaining to Video Gaming, Cosplay, and Anime. They maybe would include table-top and trading cards under the gaming category. I decided to contact the organizers and ask if Magic: the Gathering could participate and have at least a learn-to-play booth in the event venue. The good news is that they may consider not only the booth but also have us hold a tournament there, provided that we can procure long tables.
One of the decks that made into the Top 8 of Grand Prix Warsaw last weekend was a version of the Electrostatic Pummeler deck which shifted to Blue Green instead of the regular Red Green build. The color opened access to cards Continue reading