
With Grand Prix Hong Kong just a few days away, I needed to find more time to actually review the set in the Limited scenario like knowing what cards to use and pick, the mana & creature curve as well as choosing the right color combinations. Continue reading
MTG Ixalan Standard: UB Midrange
Variations at times can get you a high finish in a Magic tournament, given the right timing of the metagame and cards’ power level. One example is this deck tech I have found from the recent Brazilian Nationals. Blue Black Control is the best course but why
Continue readingPre-Spanish Era & Original Pinoy Culture

The early communities in the Philippines in the Pre-Spanish era were patterned to be scattered by sociopolitical units called Barangays, a few of which became super Barangays with population of more than 2000 inhabitants. With this Barangay state scenario, culture and Continue reading
XLN Standard Deck: Esper Tokens

Here is another version of the tokens deck that made appearances in MTGO events. This one is of the Esper Build as Blue opens access to Champion of Wits and the powerful late game plan with The Scarab God while sticking with the same strategy of abusing Anointed Procession with Hidden Stockpile. Continue reading
My First Ixalan Booster Draft

Weeks ago, we initiated to held an Ixalan booster draft at Rino’s place and it was my first draft event of the set. My initial limited deck building of Ixalan was from the prerelease in which I played Grixis Pirates with Admiral Beckett Brass as my tribe captain/lord.
Planning Diary: Third World Cities
The term Third World is used in reference to “the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America”. The term usually suggests poverty and low level of industrial development and thus it is the opposite of the term developed nations.
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