Last Saturday’s event was again highly participated by the local players and I can say that this has become a full-blown weekly tournament for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Community. Our card pool team sent out three players as Ace and I are not available to play on that day, even if it was scheduled at 2:30 in the afternoon. I guess I was swamped with the online review.
Continue readingMagic: the Gathering Set Boosters Probability: Hit or Miss on the Good Cards?
The opening of the Magic: the Gathering Set Booster packs on live sell is still ongoing for me despite our Standard card pool in almost 100% complete. This might be on testing my luck despite some of these other cards being already available and on hand. Maybe with the chance of selling them to the other players in the community? Or just to collect the extras in preparation for the next Standard rotation? Or maybe it is just The List cards in these set booster packs that I am trying to hit?
Continue readingMTG Streets of New Capenna Standard Deck Update: Orzhov Midrange
Today’s Magic: the Gathering Streets of New Capenna Standard deck tech goes with the Top 8 results of the Open @ The Pizza Box tournament and the highlighted deck Orzhov Midrange. It is already a known archetype in the current Standard format but I decided to check on the build again as what new card strategies were included in the list.
Continue readingMtG Iloilo Saturday Standard Tourney Results (June 18th, 2022)
Seeing the consistency of the players in the weekly Magic: the Gathering Saturday Standard tournament at Reis Place was quite satisfying. That may be because they have mostly established the decks they are playing and that was already updated with the cards from the recent set, Streets of New Capenna. As for my card pool team, we have already fulfilled the top-tier decks and are just mainly adjusting with the builds to optimize the usage of our cards. The dual lands might be a slight issue but more card components are already on the way.
Continue readingThinking of Teaching the Basics of Magic: the Gathering
This is one of my current dilemmas for MTG Iloilo. The current scenario of recruiting new players to join the community is quite a challenge. This is mainly because of the lack of public events such as the hobby conventions wherein we can present the TCG and hold a learn-to-play session to teach them the basic game rules. As of this posting, I have not yet heard of a local event dedicated entirely to hobbies and scheduled for the rest of the year.
Continue readingMy Jund Midrange Deck from the Recent MTG Iloilo APAC League Qualifiers
Hey all, today I am sharing with you guys my deck piloted on the recent APAC League qualifiers event at our LGS Pro Reis place. This was held last June 4th, 2022 with about 17 players in attendance. It was quite a big tournament if I may say and a competitive one.
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