In preparation for the upcoming Philippine Nationals 2017 this September in which Booster Draft is one of the formats, the team has been practicing in the past two weeks and so far has learned a lot of the strategies and deck builds in this format. I have personally enjoyed drafting Amonkhet & Hour of Devastation maybe because of the theme and mechanics that the decks are built around.
It is quite late to post this tournament schedule but nevertheless, I am sharing the MTG events that our local Magic Iloilo Community will be having this weekend. We start with a Friday Night Magic tonight at around 6 pm and next is tomorrow’s start of the Hour of Devastation Standard Showdown season. The rest of the tournaments are detailed below:
Continue readingIt will be another special Saturday for the MTG Iloilo Community as we will be holding the Magic Open House, a weekend before the Hour of Devastation Prerelease. This event is sort of introducing new players to the game and teaching them the basics via the freebie welcome decks that Wizards has provided. I think we only have twenty for the store so it will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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The current Standard Pauper tournament is gaining popularity recently as the second event was held last Saturday, June 17th. The new players and previous fans of the format have been enjoying the current metagame decks that were popularized Continue reading
The Grand Prix last week in Manila was the recent major MtG that I have attended. The last time I went to Manila was last year’s World Magic Cup Qualifiers 3 last September. It was a lie low period afterwards but the preparation for this GP was Continue reading
It was good news for me recently as I will be finally going to Grand Prix Manila and that is because the entrance exam schedule was moved for my planned enrollment to UP Graduate Program’s Diploma in Urban Planning. With that confirmation, I immediately filed for a vacation leave and informed my pool mates of the possible decks available for the event.