The past weekend was a travel to Manila for me as I went to participate in the first leg of the World Magic Cup Qualifiers. The tournament did not go well so I decided to just check the players’ binders so I could complete my buy list for that trip.

A beginner player has asked me to buy components for his planned Mono-Blue control mill deck. He needs the cards Thing in the Ice and a playset of Startled Awake. I was able to buy the three things whereas I was not able to acquire the Startled Awakes. Given that it is not a popular Mythic rare of the Shadows over Innistrad set, I was surprised that it was not found in most of the for-sale binders. I then looked for a few planeswalker cards from the current set to complete if needed for future deck builds.

Eternal Masters was just released and most of the binders were filled with cards from this special print set. I was able to check out foil versions of old cards such as Sink Hole, Wasteland, and Chrome Mox. Even though they would be essential for our Commander Card pool, I opted to just look for foil versions of Blue common cards that are usually included in Blue-based Commander decks.

On the last day (Sunday), I decided to meet up with the rest of Team Iloilo at Megamall. They were having lunch at Ippudo that time I arrived so I just went around to check the shops there and came upon Fully Booked. I remembered then that I bought the book 44 Laws of Power online so I checked if they had the other book that I was looking for: The Art of Seduction. Sadly they don’t have one in stock at that time so I decided to just look around and browse book titles as well as some Marvel Comics. I then saw at the front table the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Not much of a fan of novels but I’ve heard that the author is popular so I decided to buy a copy, a small softbound print.

To recap here is a picture of my hauls from that WMCQ I trip:

I went to Manila last weekend for the first leg of the World Magic Cup Qualifiers for the Philippines. The tournament was held in Fisher Mall in Quezon City and was hosted by Regran Hobbies & Collectibles Shop. It was a jam packed event and as expected, we surpassed last year’s attendance record with this year’s 492 participants. It was then a ten-round Swiss tournament with a cut to the Top 8 which the playoffs will then be held next day.

Here are the Day 1 tournament pics taken by my friend Victor Viguilla:

I have thought to share with you the tournament details for this weekend’s first leg of the Magic: the Gathering World Magic Cup Qualifiers for the year 2016. The host store will be Regran and it will be a three-day event which will start with the Last Chance Qualifiers on Friday, the main event on Saturday and the Top 8 playoffs on Sunday.

Below are the tournament info for WMCQ I PH:

WORLD MAGIC CUP QUALIFIERS – STANDARD
JUNE 17-19, 2016

EVENT LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/242900539419699/

EVENT TIMELINE
JUNE 17 – FRIDAY
AT REGRAN ORTIGAS

11:00AM-10:00PM – FINAL DAY FOR PRE-REGISTRATION
1:00PM – LAST CHANCE QUALIFIERS(STANDARD)
6:30PM – SUPER FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC(STANDARD)

JUNE 18 – SATURDAY
AT FISHER MALL, QUEZON AVENUE

10:00 AM – VENUE OPENS
10:30 AM – PLAYER MEETING
11:00 AM – START OF ROUND 1
4:30 PM – STANDARD REBOUND EVENT, MODERN REBOUND EVENT, ETERNAL MASTERS 8-MAN DRAFT, SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD 8-MAN DRAFT

JUNE 19 – SUNDAY
AT REGRAN ORTIGAS

11:00 AM – REGRAN OPEN 2016(STANDARD LEG)
1:00 PM – TOP 8 PLAYOFFS
4:00 PM – ETERNAL MASTERS 8-MAN DRAFT

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LAST CHANCE QUALIFIERS
250.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
WINNER GETS WMCQ INVITE + FREE ENTRY FREE
PACKS TO TOP PLAYERS

SUPER FRIDAY NIGHT MAGIC
300.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
4-0 GETS 10 PACKS OR 1 ELDRICH MOON PRERELEASE PASS
3-0-1 GETS 6 PACKS
3-1 GETS 4 PACKS
2-1-1 GETS 2 PACKS
FNM PRIZE POOL TO ALL PLAYERS

STANDARD AND MODERN REBOUND EVENTS
300.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
4-0 GETS 10 PACKS OR 1 ELDRICH MOON PRERELEASE PASS
3-0-1 GETS 6 PACKS
3-1 GETS 4 PACKS
2-1-1 GETS 2 PACKS

3X ETERNAL MASTERS 8-MAN DRAFT
2000.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
3 ROUNDS, 1 PACK PER WIN

3X SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD 8-MAN DRAFT
650.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
3 ROUNDS, 1 PACK PER WIN

REGRAN OPEN 2016 – STANDARD LEG
400.00 PHP ENTRANCE FEE
WINNER GETS 5000.00 PHP + 1 BYE AT 2016 REGRAN CUP HAPPENING ON DECEMBER 2016
RUNNER-UP GETS 2500.00 PHP