Keep or Mull: The Best Tips on Keeping an Ideal Starting Hand

Setting up a good starting hand was one of my major issues in my early days of playing Magic: the Gathering. That is because I always keep a land-short seven cards with the hopes that I will top deck my next land mana source. Most of the time it fails, and cost me the game.

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Phyrexia: All Will be One Store Championships Weekend at the Local LGS

Coming this weekend is another major Magic: the Gathering tournament for the local gamestores. That is the Phyrexia: All will be One Store Championships. Store Championship is a structured, in-store tournament program that follows many major Magic: The Gathering releases. It is an opportunity for your players to prove their mettle and earn commemorative promos.This time, the preferred format approved by our TO Rei was Pioneer.

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How to Prepare for your 1st Magic: the Gathering Tournament

For a first-timer, entering a Magic: the Gathering tournament is quite intimidating. I remember the first time I joined the local tournament in our area, seeing these new players got me somewhat scared in a way because of the factors of lack of card knowledge, gameplay, and rules factor.

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Upcoming MTG Iloilo Events: Phyrexia All will be One PR Pass

I have contacted our local TO Rei Coo for the upcoming Magic: the Gathering tournaments that could entice the local Iloilo community in joining and playing competitively with more reason to do so. With that in mind, we tried to gauge the possible dates of the Prerelease weekend since the usual delays on the arrival of the product are expected. This has become the norm since the pandemic struck as the supply chain has been affected.

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