Last Saturday, I was assigned as the tournament organizer of our weekly local Saturday Standard event and took this opportunity to ask our fellow Ilonggo MTG players on what are their take on the upcoming new set, The Brother’s War, in terms of the favorite cards and other notables for the Standard format. It has been a while since I did this kind of video interview and it is a good thing that it was timing just weeks before the set is released.
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Hey all, it was a busy weekend with some instant plans that replaced the supposedly things to do on those days. The initial plan was to visit the Magic: the Gathering EDH Commander local tournament scheduled on a Saturday, but the ending was a drinking session instead with old friends.
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I am hoping that this weekend’s scheduled Theros Beyond Death Prerelease will be held with no delays whatsoever. Why am I saying this? That is because of the recent disaster that struck the country last Sunday, the eruption of the Taal volcano. The local and international flights were canceled that night as the airport was within the range of the ashfall. It was sudden and unexpected but I am hoping that all of those affected can safely evacuate and be taken care of by the concerned agencies. Our local prerelease is scheduled this Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.
As for those who plan to go to their local prerelease, there are a few things of note, especially to the first-timers.
Read about the new cards.The Theros Beyond Death full spoiler has been published since last Friday and the players got a chance to read through each card in the set, getting familiar with each ability and mechanic, and knowing which ones are doable to use in their decks.
Prepare card sleeves, containers, and dices. It is better to prepare these materials beforehand so that you can protect the cards you’ve opened as well as for easy shuffling and life tracking uses.
Do not be afraid to ask questions. whether it is the game rules or combat scenario, people are there to answer your inquiry, especially your local MTG judge. They are accommodating to get you to know more about the gameplay, how card interactions can turn out, and also to avoid card misinterpretations.
Stay refreshed. That is, bring water and snacks if your local game store does not have them. Bring energy drinks if you have to. A typical prerelease can last about five to six hours with deck construction and four rounds of gameplay. Do not forget to eat your lunch if the schedule is in the early afternoon.
Have fun. Enjoy each moment of the prerelease starting from deck construction up until the last match of the last round. Playing to win might be your main goal but the learning experience is still the basic benefit of joining this event.
Enjoy your Theros Beyond Death prerelease guys.
Here is a video I made when decided to cover the Top 8 matchups of the Day 1 Standard of the Magic: the Gathering Iloilo Community Year-ender Tournament. I created it using the YouCut editor app. There were about Continue reading
There are not much special or big time tourney scheduled for this week aside from the fact that the recent Standard banning will be implemented by tomorrow. As I have mentioned in the last blog post, the players have already Continue reading
I was able to drop by the local game store Nth Dimension during their Wednesday Night Magic tournament. My Teammate opted not to play that night so I just went to check on the people’s deck builds if there were ever new archetypes they were testing. I am glad that they did. A few of the decks adjusted their list regarding the latest tournament results online, major events in other cities, and maybe posted on the MTGTop8 website. The two notable archetypes were Sultai Flash and Bant Scapeshift Ramp.
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