Last week’s tournament on a Friday Night here at Magic the Gathering Iloilo saw a slight but definite change in the people’s decks and the metagame. With the Oko menace gone, some players still preferred the Green-based decks Continue reading →

Last Saturday, the MTG Iloilo community decided to hold a sort of a unified team Standard tournament. The only difference in the actual ruling is that the card copies allowed are more than the playset for the team. Continue reading →

The local Magic: the Gathering Iloilo tournament scene is pretty much highly attended despite of the current Standard metagame being broken or changed to a 3/3 Elk with the Oko decks dominating the format. A total of sixteen participants went to spell slinging at Pro Reis place last Saturday afternoon, in the hopes of winning the Throne of Eldraine Special foil promo booster packs.

I was able to drop by at around the end of round 3 to check on the rank status of my teammates, Ace and Ericson. Fortunately, they are on the top tables and only a win away from gaining a Top 4 or Top 6 finish.

After four rounds of gameplay, here are the Top 6 players of the tournament:

1st, Ralph H. (Gruul Aggro)
2nd, Ace B. (Sultai Control)
3rd, Paolo P. (Simic Food)
4th, Ericson C. (Simic Food)
5th, Gedi L. (Grixis Fires)
6th, Christian A. (Izzet Flash)

16 players, 4 rounds gameplay

The second week of Throne of Eldraine being legal in Standard got the local players scrambling for components to complete their decks. A lot of booster boxes were opened in the store (thanks to Rei) to provide the needed cards Continue reading →