Thinking 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.  

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Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Upcoming Event: Pioneer FNM

The Magic: the Gathering Iloilo has been in the talks as to what will be the next schedule of weekly tournaments aside from the usual Saturday Standard which has been the regular event in the past weeks. Though there are a few players already in the format, the group is still looking to check on some previous players that have cards that rotated out and the major solution here is to go to an older format such as Pioneer and Modern.

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Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Throwback Thursday Tournament Report: Summer is Burning Hot

Reading some Magic: the Gathering tournament reports and blog posts back in the old blog is a trip to memory lane as some of the events were not covered like some of the current and new vlogs. In my way of resharing them as via under the throwback category on my blog posts. Today’s tournament report share is on my past fave Mono-Red Burn deck. Check out the details below.

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Throwback Thursday Tournament Report: July 19 Lorwyn Block Constructed

Happy Thursday all. One more day and we are into the weekend of Magic: the Gathering games and other hobbies that you might have scheduled to do on those days. Today’s blog post is another throwback Thursday report of the local tournaments done back when the Lorwyn set was still in the Standard format. Check it out below one of our Block Constructed events.

July 19th, 2008, the last Saturday our Magic: the Gathering tournament was held before Eventide becomes legal. We decided the format to be LBC (Lorwyn Block Constructed) in preparation for Team Iloilo for the upcoming GP Manila in August.

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Preparing the Magic: the Gathering 30-Card Intro Decks

Hello guys, I do hope you started your Monday work week right. As for me, I had a few scheduled posts planned, but the topics are not that definite yet. So I am sharing some Magic: the Gathering content today from my Youtube Channel DeathMarked TV. I’d appreciate it if you’d check it out, guys.

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Throwback Thursday Tournament Report: Eventide the Odds

Hello, I am sharing again another Magic: the Gathering tournament report from my previous Death-Mark blog. This time, it is about the Eventide Prerelease for Iloilo City held last July 2008. Wow that is fourteen years ago, and the community is still very active in the local gameplay scene and what excites us every time are these Prerelease events.

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