It is a good initiative by our local game store Pro Rei’s Place to hold a Magic Arena tournament for the Iloilo players in a way to continue the local Magic: the Gathering scene despite the current pandemic being experienced by everyone.

Currently, on its 2nd week or event, the organized gameplay with the use of streaming and chat technologies such as Discord, OBS studio and Twitch has somewhat advanced our setup in the digital setting rather than just streaming the games of major tournaments such as the Red Bull Untapped Qualifiers and Players Championship.

I’ve talked with Rei and he said that he aimed this to be a weekly regular event with a month ender special event wherein the Top 8 players from the local ranking points are to be qualified. With lots of special prizes including physical booster packs in the recent sets, the players will aim to increase their weekly points to be able to get in the Top 8 rank.

Currently, the weekly Saturday Arena tournament will have a P150 registration fee and with the Core Set M21 Promo Packs and regular booster packs for the top finishers. It ain’t that big at the moment but then reaching the monthly goal will be good news. Also, I have volunteered to giveaway a playmat last week for the 1st place player, Mark Tubola, playing Sultai Control. This time, I might have one Magic: the Gathering product for the end of the month tournament special.

That is a wrap for now. I will have another blog post for the tournament results on this 2nd week. It is streamed on Eric’s Twitch account, Air Vengeance.