Tag Archives: Tournaments

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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MTG – How to Deal With Jund

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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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Yuuya Watanabe Wins Grand Prix Melbourne

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Grand Prix Melbourne in Australia finished with Yuuya Watanabe winning on top. Yuuya defeated a fellow Japanese and Pro player Tomoharu Saito with his blue-black deck with the bomb rare Sphinx of Jwar Isle. Saito drafted a controllish black green deck with 2 Marsh Casualties, the Vampire legend Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet, and with splash for blue and red. Their record was two games to one. Here are the drafted deck list of the two. Continue reading →

Tournament Report: Zendikar Prerelease

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Hey all. I hope you all had a good Magic: the Gathering Zendikar prerelease weekend opening your desired fetchlands, Planeswalkers and other good cards. I just felt bad because Saturday was also the day that the tropical storm Ondoy ravaged our nation’s capital Manila and the nearby provinces. Casualties and death are still increasing as of the moment and I hope those people affected get enough help to return their lives to normal.

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