I was able to check with the Standard format again by joining the Wednesday Night Magic at Nth Dimension: Comics and Games. My Teammate Ace gladly bought the decks again because Tom and Val were there also to participate. I have decided to play Mono Red again and to test Ace’s recent list. There were ten players in attendance at the venue and we decided to start at around 6:30pm as Oliver still did not arrived.  Here is a recap of my matchups:

Round 1 vs Ruel playing Golgari Midrange – Won 2-1

Round 2 vs PR playing Boros Aggro – Won 2-0

Round 3 vs Ace playing Jeskai Control – Ace gave me the win 2-0

Round 4 vs Tom, another teammate playing Boros Angels – he also gave the win to secure the first place slot prizes.

There are no significant play matchups but I was glad I was able to pull off the Game 3 win vs Golgari with the right top cards via Experimental Frenzy. The timely Fight with Fire combined with the damage from the Goblin Chainwhirler was able to deal with the six-toughness walker.

A similar scenario also happened with the Game 1 matchup versus PR’s Boros Aggro. I got my two Lava Coils stuck in my hand due to the Frenzy but the crucial turn that my last attack, I should get enough damage to take down his 9 life points. With the three Steam-kin, I was able to destroy the enchantment and pump out mana for the Laval Coil to get rid of his Phoenix. With only Aurelia as the lone blocker, I attacked with the steam-kins along with the two Ghitu Lavarunners. He blocked the biggest Steam-kin and took the rest of the damage with a total of 11 points.

Overall, the local metagame didn’t changed much as most people stick with their archetypes and will just probably wait for the cards from Ravnica Allegiance for the possible changes. We will just prepare for the upcoming Unified Standard event at Pro Reis place which we still have to finalize on what dates most of the players will be available.

That is a wrap. Until the next post.