The Grand Prix last week in Manila was the recent major MtG that I have attended. The last time I went to Manila was last year’s World Magic Cup Qualifiers 3 last September. It was a lie low period afterwards but the preparation for this GP was still in mind. I would discuss more of that on a separate blog post but for now, see and enjoy these pics that I took and a few copied from Tonton’s cellphone during the 3-day Magic: the Gathering premier event.

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It was good news for me recently as I will be finally going to Grand Prix Manila and that is because the entrance exam schedule was moved for my planned enrollment to UP Graduate Program’s Diploma in Urban Planning. With that confirmation, I immediately filed for a vacation leave and informed my pool mates of the possible decks available for the event.

They have been hard-testing Temur Marvel and its similar versions recently, finding the near-perfect decklist. The recent two Standard Grand Prix had two Marvels as its champion and so we would expect the GP Manila metagame as almost 50% of the deck archetype. Unfortunately for me, I have had no luck in playing the deck as I always drew my Ulamogs and spun into blanks the last time I did. And so, the resort for me was an aggro deck and I chose Black Green Energy.

With the success at the recent Gameday wherein I finished in 2nd place (and with sheer luck of course), I decided that it would still be the best deck for me to play. I just needed to make a few adjustments in both the maindeck and sideboard.

For a base list, here below would be my current reference:

Maindeck
4 Aether Hub
4 Blooming Marsh
6 Forest
3 Hissing Quagmire
4 Swamp

3 Bristling Hydra
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Greenbelt Rampager
4 Longtusk Cub
1 Rhonas the Indomitable
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
2 Verdurous Gearhulk
3 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor

4 Attune with Aether
3 Blossoming Defense
4 Fatal Push

SIDEBOARD
2 Aethersphere Harvester
1 Dispossess
2 Dissenter’s Deliverance
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Lost Legacy
2 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
2 Transgress the Mind
2 Yahenni’s Expertise

Source: http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=15696&d=296023&f=ST