The local and online Magic: the Gathering tournaments are running at full blast with the various events posted and a few major events to consider. While The Brother’s War has produced a new batch of artifact-based Standard decks, the metagame that has stirred with the new set has continued to be dominated by the top-tier tri-color midrange decks.
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One of the major Magic: the Gathering events or tournaments in our local MTG Iloilo City community was the yearly Iloilo City Championships held every December of the year. I call it a tribute to the community and commemoration of another year of competitive, meaningful, and fun Magic: the Gathering gameplay.
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I have started with the Top Green cards for Standard for the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set. I had realized that this weekend is the supposed schedule of the Prerelease events but due to the logistics issue that might be caused again by the pandemic, it was delayed for the Philippines. I guess I’ll just watch some product opening videos in the meantime.
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With the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty full card spoilers already published in various Magic: the Gathering websites, we now check on which of the cards can become a candidate in the Standard format. This is in the terms of usability, adaptability, and variance in the setup of the deck build. I am starting with Green as it is one of the deck’s colors where I was successful in my record as a professional Magic: the Gathering player.
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As we check each weekend for the Magic: the Gathering Standard tournaments online and the recent face-to-face tournaments, we know which of the top deck archetypes made some adjustments to gain the advantage of the metagame. Preparing for these events, of course, includes a prediction of the possible archetype matchups and the proper sideboard plan prepared for them.
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Another weekend means another chance to compete in Magic: the Gathering tournaments, whether in your local game store if they are now allowing face-to-face gameplay or on online platforms like Magic Online and Arena for their scheduled events. Our local Magic Iloilo also held an Arena tournament last night though I was not able to check on the results from our TO Rei.
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