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Tournament Report: Innistrad Prerelease

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Just hours ago, we were able to hold our Prerelease tournament for the new set, Innistrad. Twenty Ilonggo players battled through the four rounds of Limited Sealed tournament, exploring the new set’s mechanics and flavor theme. With the scheduled rotation in Standard, I was pretty sure that all of us were very excited to play the new cards. The traditional six booster packs were provided to each player to build on the decks. Here’s a recap of what I got with my packs. Continue reading →

The Singapore Trip In Pictures

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My first travel abroad was quite memorable and awesome. The city we visited was Singapore. This was on the first week of June 2011. The main purpose was of course Magic related; to attending the Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix. My first GP actually, after failing to attend in Manila last year. The tournament report would be best in detail in another article, so this post is all about the pics I took during the trip.

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MTG Decktechs at TCGplayer $75k Championships

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Last weekend was a really busy one for Magic communities around the globe. A few countries held their National Championships (including here in the Philippines) and the US had two major events, the SCG 5k at Richmond and the TCGPlayer 75k Champs in Chicago. It seems that more pros attended the latter event, with deck techs featured on the site. Let us check out a few of them.

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C&C (Cheap and Competitive) Decks for Standard

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*this is a repost from MagicIloilo.com
Playing and competing in Magic has been getting tough, especially on the financial aspect. Most powerful cards nowadays cost you a minimum of 500 pesos, and you really have to spend thousands to build a “so-called” Tier 1 deck. Most people (including myself) blame the Mythic rarity as the cause of this sudden rise in card prices, though we just have to deal with it. The problem now is for the beginners who want to play competitive Magic but do not have the financial capacity to do so.

With that, I’ve decided to write this article to cite a few budget decks that can compete with the Standard metagame today. Continue reading →

Top 8 Decks at Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur

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Here are the top 8 decks of the recently concluded Grand Prix Kuala Lumpur.

Jund by Shouta Yasooka
Maindeck
4 Savage Lands
4 Raging Ravine
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Dragonskull Summit
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
4 Forest
3 Mountain
4 Swamp

3 Putrid Leech
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Siege-Gang Commander
2 Broodmate Dragon

4 Lightning Bolt
4 Blightning
3 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Bituminous Blast
3 Terminate

Sideboard
3 Deathmark
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Thought Hemorrhage
1 Liliana Vess
1 Terminate
4 Duress
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Jund Domination in SCG $5K Richmond, Virginia

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Jund does it again! Yes, folks, the Shards of Alara plane continues to dominate the Standard metagame with the recent top finish at Star City Games $5000 Open event in Richmond, Virginia. The pilot was Alex Bertoncini who had previous top finishes in the previous SCG events. He faced a Jund mirror matchup in the finals against Alessandro Culotti and proved he is the better Jund master. Here’s the list that he used:

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