So yesterday was the second day of the full week Magic: the Gathering tournament for Iloilo City and this was held at Critical Hit: Comics and Games at around 6:30pm. We had nine players in attendance to duel for the Continue reading
Tag Archives: Ixalan Standard
XLN Standard Deck Tech: Grixis Aggro
One of the interesting Standard deck builds i have found from the PPTQ results last week was this version of a Grixis Aggro. The deck was piloted by Caio Amaral and he took down the tournament with the metagame of Temur Energy and Ramunap Red decks. Continue reading
XLN Standard Decks: Grixis Midrange
I still continue to find interesting deck builds in Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix tournaments around the world. Another sighting is this midrange build of the Grixis colors (Black/Red/Blue) from GP Atlanta. Continue reading
XLN Standard Deck Tech: Mono W Vampires
One of the Standard deck techs that was featured at the Pro Tour Ixalan last weekend was the Mono White version of Vampires. We knew that the tribe has returned in the plane of Ixalan which looks like wearing some Spaniards uniform and this time with White Continue reading
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 reading
Ixalan Standard: Jund Midrange
The recent decklist I have come up with was patterned on the Jund Walkers deck during the time of Innistrad and Return to Ravnica in Standard. Each of the relevant components has an equivalent in the current setup Continue reading