As the Pioneer is becoming a popular format in our local game store and among the significant Magic: the Gathering tournaments announced recently, it may seem natural to me to check on its metagame on what the top-tier decks’ build would look like. I’d expect some similar decks to that in Standard like UW Control, Mono-Red Aggro, and the like.
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The Magic: the Gathering Pioneer Tournament last Friday was held with eight players in attendance and two teammates participating in the prize grind. It is a good thing that this is a consistent event despite some of the players having schedule conflicts at work or in the family.
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Hey all, Happy Monday. I do hope you guys started your week right whether at work or at home. Anyways, today is another Magic: the Gathering topic. The pack war has been a thing on the FB live selling sessions by various LGS in Manila. The mechanic is very simple. Choose one booster pack for entry and after a definite number of participants have been reached, each pack will be opened one by one and will check on what will be the highest card in the value of that pack. That is, comparing its value in the current price market.
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I have observed that sideboard suggestions are not likely recommended as part of the Magic: the Gathering Standard deck tech videos I have seen on Youtube. Some of these vloggers may lightly discuss it, others do a thorough card-by-card analysis, and the rest are just there showing the list, and that is it. Their suggestions may appear to be archetype specific, but the general sideboard strategy is missed in the discussion.
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The chances, I always aim for the chances. That is maybe the main reason why I still stick to opening booster packs such as set boosters from old release sets as I am on the main objective on that: the chance to open the good cards, Wandering Emperor, Meathook Massacre, etc. Going with the calculations, the chances of Mythics in a booster box is already low enough, much more on the specific card such as those mentioned.
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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?
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