Here is Magic The Gathering Iloilo Community scheduled tournament for this week. As the Standard rotation is drawing near, the TOs consider giving the format a last hurrah before Return to Ravnica is released. Two Standard tournaments are up this coming weekend. Continue reading
It seems that I can’t get enough of Black Red Vampires. As the Standard rotation draws near, I am still looking for possible deck archetypes to build with the new cards from Innistrad. I have found that there is still a potential on building a similar list from the last one. Continue reading
Brewing 101, I think is in the minds of the players all over the world as the Magic2012 spoiler has just been completed today. The last card was Time Reversal, Mythic sorcery, and a reprint from M11. Most expected it to be Time Warp but that would be insane in the current build of the Pyromancer Ascension. I think Wizards made a good decision of not reprinting the blue card.
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The hitting of the ban hammer on the two powerful cards in Cawblade has left the Standard format open to new brew and build of decks. Though previous tier 1 decks like Valakut Ramp is seen to rise back in popularity, we can’t deny that there are other decks waiting to be discovered and polished to fit in the new metagame. Continue reading
Just yesterday, WOTC released on its scheduled Banning & Restricted Announcement that the two current powerful cards in Standard will get the banhammer. Yes, you’ve guessed it right. Effective July 1, Stoneforge Mystic and Jace, the Mind Sculptor is banned in Standard. I guess this ends the Cawblade menace that the format is currently suffering, and which leads it unhealthy. Continue reading