I expected an increase in attendance for the Saturday tournaments with the Wizard’s special Magic: the Gathering Saturday Showdown event and I was not disappointed. The first wave gathered around 16 participants, which was just one player short for a five-round of Swiss. Continue reading
In preparation for the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo year-ender tournament or the City Champs for this year, Standard tournaments is still the preferred weekly format for the community. The metagame still revolves in the strong pillars of Continue reading
So it is the return of the comeback, as titled in a Filipino film in my teens. We are bringing back Magic: the Gathering Iloilo City Champs this coming December 2016. One of my major reason was the big increase in the player population and I think of this Continue reading
While looking for topics to post for today, I thought of the food that I have been constantly eating these past few months: the ginisang ampalaya or Sautéd Bitter-melon in English. For only 15 pesos per serving at my favorite carinderia, the price is Continue reading
For this update of the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo community, it was another jam packed weekend during the two tournaments at Rei’s Place. Friday saw 16 players in attendance even if most of the tournament regulars weren’t around. Continue reading
I have always been fond of teaching people how to play Magic: the Gathering and always try to schedule demo events for the Iloilo community. So far I am glad to see the fruits of this labor as new faces have been appearing on Friday Night Magic and on our weekly Saturday Continue reading