My first travel abroad was quite memorable and awesome. The city we visit was Singapore. This was on the first week of June 2011. The main purpose was of course Magic related; to attend 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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
*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, costs 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 wants to play competitive Magic but does 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
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 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 which 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: Continue reading
Hi all. It may be known to you or you have noticed lately that the Jund aggro seems to be the most dominating deck in the current Zendikar Standard.
As I have checked on the recent tournaments on Magic Online and on Magic League, the results have proven it. It seems that the new cards aren’t enough to counter the power of the Cascade spells.
However, we analyze a few weaknesses of the deck, which later on we can use to adjust to our deck-building strategies. Here are a few of them:
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