Sunday, 28 February 2016

FEBRUARY: Counting 1 to 20 with Red & Blue (Modern)




After a successful stint at Regran Open (Modern) last 31st January 2016, I elected Boros Burn as my weapon of choice for February. Unfortunately just two weeks in to the love month, the outputs were not as I expected them to be. So to stop the losing streak, I sleeved my pet deck once again for duty. Here they are.

UR Storm 
Paeng_4983
17 February 2016

Lands (17)
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
2 Steam Vents
2 Shivan Reef
3 Island
1 Mountain

Spells (43)
3 Goblin Electromancer
1 Gifts the Ungiven
3 Past in Flames
2 Grapeshot
4 Pyromancer Ascension
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Thought Scour
4 Serum Visions
4 Sleight of Hand
2 Faithless Looting
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Manamorphose

Sideboard (15)
3 Empty the Warrens
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Shatteringstorm
3 Blood Moon
2 Echoing Truth


HobbyPro Central
BF Homes, ParaƱaque
18 February 2016

RD 1 TRON
An online Pyromancer Ascension + Past in Flames + multiple cantrips and rituals + Grapeshot = win.

out: 1 Past in Flames, 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Thought Scour
in: 3 Blood Moon, 1 Empty the Warrens

1-0   (2-0)

RD 2 RG Eldrazi
Game one, my opening seven was: 4 cantrips, a fetch land, Goblin Electromancer and Past in Flames. Will you keep that seven? I did. Sadly, my second land did not come. Mimic and Matter plus Thought-Knot finished me off.


out: 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Thought Scour, 1 Gitaxian Probe
in: 3 Blood Moon, 1 Empty the Warrens

For games two and three, a resolved Blood Moon will give you an ample time in setting up your win condition. Just make sure that you will have an island (basic land) when you bring down your moon enchantment.

2-0   (4-1)

RD 3 BW Eldrazi
For me, the heart and soul of this group of is Eldrazi Mimic. Turn one: land drop Eye of Ugin followed by one or two or three Eldrazi Mimic. A turn later, those mimics will copy whatever his second drop, whether it be a Matter Reshaper, a 4/4 Endless One, Thought-Knot Seer or worst, Reality Smasher. And from there, he is just a turn away from enlisting that game unto his name.

If you are really interested in knowing more on how to beat those aliens, here by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa. Another approach on how to beat them is by putting your feet into their shoes. This was well illustrated in Andrea Mengucci's article. With the help of his work, we can now anticipate the sideboard cards they'll  be using. And from that, adjust your game plan accordingly.

An online Pyromancer Ascension + Past in Flames + multiple cantrips and rituals + Grapeshot = win. 

out: 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Gitaxian Probe, Thought Scour,
in: 3 Blood Moon, 1 Empty the Warrens

3-0   (6-2)

RD 4 Affinity
Luck was on my side during our third game. I top decked the card I needed which made the Pyromancer Ascension online. Rituals and cantrips + Manamorphose + Past in Flames into recycle + Grapeshot = win. 

out: 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Thought Scour
in: 3 Shatterstorm, 1 Echoing Truth

4-0   (8-3)


GPT Melbourne at Scrappy Coco

Carmona, Cavite
20 February 2016

RD 1 GW aggro
I put him on GW Hatebears because that's what I am used to seeing him. I was wrong. The stuff I saw from my first turn GItaxian Probe: Loxodon Elephant, Thrun the Last Troll, Kitchen Finks and Segarda Angel. This build of GW does not carry that much hate as compared to its hatebear sibling. I won this round with a 2-0 margin. 

out: 1 Thought Scour, 1 Gitaxian Probe
in: 2 Echoing Truth

1-0   (2-0)

RD 2 Affinity
I won the round by 2-0. An online Pyromancer Ascension by third turn is much faster than an army of robots consisting of: Ornithopter, Memnite and two Signal Pest. 

out: 2 Faithless Lootting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Thought Scour
in: 1 Echoing Truth, 3 Shatterstorm

2-0   (4-0)

RD 3 Merfolk
Whether it be game one, two or three; always be aware that this deck has counter-tax spells. So make sure to double check each of your line of play and the amount of mana you are paying. Also, Spreading Seas can  screw your lone red source. So to avoid such, always fetch for Steam Vents. 

out: 1 Thought Scour and 1 Faithless Looting
in: 2 Echoing Truth

3-0   (6-0)

RD 4 and 5 (Naya Burn and Ad Naus) 
I am glad that  both of them agreed to have an ID. 

3-0-2   (6-0-2)

Quarters: Jund
He just gave me the win. 

4-0-2   (8-0-2)

Semis: BW Tokens
It felt like a paradox, somehow. Game three, he successfully shredded my hand with Duress, Inquisition of Kozilek and Thoughtseizes. Turn after turns, his four 1/1 spirits were putting on the pressure to a point where he was just a swing away from netting the victory. In my last turn of hope, on my table I had: a goblin, and five lands while in my graveyard, a few rituals, Manamorphose and cantrips. I drew Manamorphose vouchsafed into Gifts Ungiven and presented him this package: Desperate Ritual, Pyretic Ritual, Manamorphose and Past in Flames. From that point on, UR storm never look back.

out: 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Thought Scour
in: 1 Blood Moon, 2 Echoing Truth

5-0-2   (10-1-2)

Finals: Ad Naus Storm
He was still in need of planeswalker points for him to qualify for this year's WMCQ. So I Concede. 


Neutral Grounds
Glorietta, Makati City
26 February 2016

RD 1 
This is an example of a walk in the park win, opponent was no show. Sweet!

1-0   (2-0)

RD 2 Merfolk
In both wins I started counting to twenty with a Gitaxian Probe. No Cursecatcher on the table and saw no counters at hand, I won in a few minutes. Again, always fetch for Steam Vents during your early turns because their Spreading Seas can really thwart your plan as early as turn two or three.

out: 1 Thought Scour and 1 Faithless Looting
in: 2 Echoing Truth

2-0   (4-0)

RD 3 Naya Burn
I tried to go off in my last turn but despite numerous dig attempts, Grapeshot was no where to be found. He won in two swings from his: Monastery Swiftspears + burn spells + prowess triggers.

out: 4 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Thought Scour 
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 2 Empty the Warrens

2-1   (4-2)

RD 4 Affinity
Won both games through an online Pyromancer Ascension + Grapeshot. 

out: 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Thought Scour
in: 3 Shatterstorm, 1 Echoing Truth

3-1   (6-2)


Regran Open
Regran, Quezon City
28 February 2016

RD 1 Merfolk
In both wins, an online Pyromancer Ascension gets me there.

out: 1 Thought Scour and 1 Faithless Looting
in: 2 Echoing Truth

1-0   (2-0)

RD 2 UW Eldrazi
Game two, his Reality Smashers comminuted me into dust. Game three, I casted Gitaxian Probe in my turn two and saw Thought-Knot Seer and friends ready to go down by turn three and four. Gitaxian Probe hands out a Blood Moon. Brought it down a turn after, beckoned a mob of goblins a turn after that. Two swings it gets there.

out: 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Thought Scour, 1 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames
in: 2 Blood Moon, 2 Echoing Truth, 1 Empty the Warrens 

2-0   (4-1)

RD 3 Infect
Game one turn three, I got ten poison counter. Game two, Blood Moon was able to neutralize his color resources. Game three, he top decked a land into two Groundswell. x_x

out: 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Thought Scour, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Gitaxian Probe
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 2 Blood Moon

2-1   (5-3)

RD 4 Tron
Game three, he was able to drew all of his hates. Two Surgical Extraction removing Serum Visions and Manamorphoses; Slaughter Games on Grapeshots and Relic of Progenitus. I still have an out though but rarely execute such. Unfortunately I was not able to complete that maneuver because our time has expired. Draw.

Magic is so hard to play  especially if you are paired with a player who knows you well. ^_^ 

out: 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Thought Scour, 1 Gitaxian Probe
in: 3 Blood Moon

2-1-1   (6-4-1)

RD 5: Lantern Control
In our last game, his Surgical Extraction exiled all copies of Past in Flames and Grapeshots. Good thing I still have another route to take: an online Pyromancer Ascension + Gifts Ungiven. I gave him cantrips in both of my Gifts Ungiven sets. I used those cantrips to find Empty the Warrens then cast it for 20 goblins. And a turn later, did a few digging again and was able to find Shatterstorm. Cast it, destroy all artifacts then swing for the win. 

out: 2 Faithless Looting, 2 Thought Scour, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Gitaxian Probe
in: 2 Empty the Warrens, 3 Shatterstorm, 2 Echoing Truth 

3-1-1   (8-4-1)

RD 6 Merfolk
Game two, he had a Chalice of the Void set at one. I just bounced the nuisance at the end of his turn and killed him in my turn. 

out: 1 Thought Scour and 1 Faithless Looting
in: 2 Echoing Truth

4-1-1   (10-4-1)

RD 7 GW hatebears
And since he is in a better position to go the magic eight, and my migraine is starting to kick-in, I gave him the win. 


There you have it folks. Another very good showing for PyroAscension Storm with a total win-loss-draw mark of 16-4-3 or (36-12-3) for February 2016. If you have any queries, just give me a private message over at facebook. Search my name: Paeng Paeng. 

And one more thing, I'll be hosting my Last Paeng Cup this March 19th at Madcap, San Pedro, Laguna. A set of Snapcaster Mage awaits the champion! I hope to see you all there!

Thank you very much and I wish each and everyone of you a very prosperous and a happy March 2016! 

-Paeng Paeng
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Monday, 22 February 2016

How ready are you?

A little past eight on a Thursday evening when your phone rings. It's actually an alarm you set to help you remind of the modern event on Sunday. So for the next few minutes, you'll be thinking of what deck to use; scan your card pool for cards you think will be of help in your campaign; and check the internet for the current modern decks to beat. 

You begin your preparation by visiting various modern mtg related pages (SCG Open results, mtg top eight, TC decks) and saw that (on average) they probably have around 3 to 5 eldrazi decks in each top 8. Then followed by Affinity, Infect and Burn variants. And lastly, Ad nauseam, Merfolks and UWR control variants. With those information, you started tweaking your deck towards the meta you saw from the internet. 

Friday, you wanted to know if your list will do well. So you went to the nearest local gaming shop and participated in their modern FNM and somehow did a 2-2. Not bad for a deck that was just constructed the night before. The day after, you did your last minute net decking tech and even implemented some of it. Sunday comes. After the swiss, you are a little frustrated with the results because you only managed to enlist two wins out of six or seven rounds of elimination swiss. "What went wrong?," you're probably asking this. 

Yes you did prepare, but for the wrong meta. Here's some suggestion on how you can improve your results.

  • First, do not tweak your deck towards the meta that you see off the internet. Instead, just make it as your reference as to what is its composition. Try to scrutinize why he has this and that, especially the content of their sideboard. In this way, you'll be aware of the stuff he'll might be bringing-in for you for games two and three.
  • Second, mainly if your are planning to go there and participate in any of their scheduled tournament, check the local gaming store facebook page because sometimes they post weekly modern results. From there, you review their past three to four modern results and start tweaking your sideboard towards such meta.
  • Third, if it is a big event that you are attending, do not over allot cards just for one match up. As much as possible, divvy them equally like five cards for each class: aggro, combo and control.
  • Fourth, if you really wanted to allot more cards against a certain deck archetype, at least use cards that are cross-over hate. Like Torpor Orb, it can stop some creatures not just from the eldrazi group (like Thought-Knot Seer and Eldrazi Mimic) but also Snapcaster Mage, Eternal Witness, Kitchen Finks and other creatures that has similar trigger abilities from the other decks. To name some cards: Pithing Needle, Surgical Extraction and Relic of Progenitus.
  • Fifth, playtest seriously as if you're in a must win-and-in situation for the top 8 spot. Also, as pointed out by Mr. Craig Wescoe in his work, it is very important to learn the ins and outs of your deck. 
  • And lastly, always exercise the right amount of diligence. So whenever a card is being cast: read, understand and evaluate well the other cards not just on each battlefield but also in each graveyards.
I hope these suggestions will be of help. Good luck in your campaign. 


And by the way, here are the modern tournaments for the next two weeks that I am aware:

February 28 
Regran Open (12nn)
Kick Engines (5pm)

March 5
Battlegrounds' GPT (4pm)
PPO's 2nd Leg Modern Series at Scrappy Coco (12nn)


Also, I'll be having my last Paeng Cup (modern). 
It will be on March 19 in Madcap (San Pedro Laguna).
I hope to see you there!


-Paeng Paeng

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Monday, 1 February 2016

JANUARY: Counting 1 to 20 with Red & Blue (Modern)


Greetings everyone! 

I'd be talking about the errors I committed while counting to twenty. I used Jonny Magic's 75. In my opinion, adopting a straightforward type of approach is the best way to dance in a combo infested meta.

January 8th
Neutral Grounds, Glorieta
FNM 12:30pm pod


RD 1 Affinity
I won the round by two zero. No error was made.

out: 1 Thought Scour, 1 Past in Flames and 1 Desperate Ravings
in: 3 Shatterstorm
  
1-0   (2-0)

RD 2 Esper Control

I had one error in this game. It was in my second turn and he's tapped out. On my table I had an Island while my hand had: Island, Serum Visions, Gitaxian Probe, Thought Scour, Steam Vents. What I did was I casted Serum Visions (drawn Pyromancer Ascension off it) then Thought Scour then Probe. What I should have done was Probe first - take another two damage off the blue-red shock land - dropped that red enchantment. Ascension could have went online in a turn or two then win the game from there.



out: 1 Desperate Ravings, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension and 1 Thought Scour
in: 1 Defense Grid, 3 Blood Moon

1-0-1   (3-1-1)


RD 3 URg agrgo

I had two errors. First, I kept a hand of four non-fetch lands a Gitaxian Probe, Thought Scour and a ritual. I drew lands off those cantrips and irrelevant spells off my regular draw step. I should have mulled that hand.

Another mistake was, probably, when I produced 28 goblin tokens in my third turn. Sadly, his Volcanic Fallout single-handedly took care of them. Looking back at it, I should have settled for 16 goblins rather than 28. In this way, I could've saved my graveyard as a reserve resources just in case the game goes a little longer.  

out: 4 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Desperate Ravings
in: 3 Empty the Warrens and 2 Blood Moon

1-1-1   (4-3-1)

RD 4 BW Tokens
We can still win even without our aces (Pyromancer Ascension and/ or Goblin Electromancer) on the table. Here:
(i) Make sure that You will have at least six mana on your pool if Past in Flames is in your hand; or seven if Past in Flames is in your graveyard. If you have four open mana and has two Desperate Rituals in your hand; do not forget to splice it for it will give you 7 red mana.
(ii) Make a chain of storm nine spells, then cast two Grapeshots at the end effectively dealing (1st Grapeshot) 10 damages plus (2nd Grapeshot) 11 damages, this is of course assuming we are up against a non life gaining opponent.
(iii) Sometimes it happens, grind it from 1 to 20 or whatever his life is at.

For games two and three, majority of them (BW tokens in general) do these: 
    i increase the number of discard spells
   ii bring-in graveyard hates such
   iii some bring-in Ethersworn Canonist.
   iv others bring-in Zealous Persecution 

out: 1 Desprate Ravings
in: 1 Echoing Truth

1-1-2   (5-4-2)

January 9th
Madcap San Pedro
I got to play test with my friend who went undefeated from today's R4 game. We only had it three games, all with our 60.


Moral lesson versus prison type decks, never fold automatically to Chalice of the Void for one and/ or to a Trinisphere on the battlefield. Yes Chalice of the Void do counters your spell, but not the copied spell off our red enchantment. As for the Trinisphere, make sure you do your math assignment correctly. Also, take note of the color you are paying. Otherwise, all your efforts will just go down the drain. Just grind him out if you can. 

The night of January 14th, I did a little changes. 
out: all the Desperate Ravings
in: two Faithless Looting and my third Grapeshot. 

As pointed out in Andrew Shrout's article, when it comes to sculpting your hand, especially during early turns, Faithless Looting is better. This made me took out all the ravings and replaced them with 2 looting and a third Grapeshot. Sideboard stays the same. Unfortunately, FNM at Neutral Grounds Glorietta did not happened because it failed to register the minimum number of players required. I just had a play test against three persons: Jund (0-2), Goryo (1-1) and UR Twin (2-3). 

From what I can recall, I committed the two mistakes: (i) versus Jund, I forgot the golden rule: never drop our goblin without any open mana. And (ii) versus twin, or against other combo in general, always fetch the shock land.

January 16th
Madcap San Pedro
It's the first day of Pre-Release of Oath of the Gatewatch. This is the weekend wherein most of the shops do not host any event aside from PRs. I spend my day play testing again: Merfolk (3-0), Goryo (3-0) and BW tokens (2-3).

Against BW tokens, I had a game wherein on my table I only had a Steam Vents and my hand: Desperate Ritual, two Serum Visions, two Gitaxian Probes and a Sleight of Hands. I cast SoH and saw these: Pyromancer Ascension and a fetch land. Between the two, which one will you get? I elected for the red permanent; (because) mathematically speaking, the chances of drawing another red permanent is lower than drawing another land. I draw a Manamorphose for the draw step, pay two life from the peep privilege in which it awarded me an Island. Called out my red enchantment. It went online the turn after and win the game a turn more. 

January 17th
Friday Quest, Mandaluyoung
Round one against Jund. Cantrips delivered the goodies that fueled my storm count to end our game three with a lethal Grapeshot.

out: 1 Thought Scour, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Grapeshot
in: 3 Blood Moon, 1 Empty the Warrens

1-0   (2-1)

For rounds two and three, I faced a Tron and a UR Twin decks respectively. Both games, cantrips did not gave the cards I needed. 

I did not finish the four rounder contest. I went home for some unexpected duty which I cannot refuse.

1-2   (4-5).

A day after, at Glorieta NG, I get to play test against a GW Aura Enchantment deck. 3-1 without sideboard and 2-0 with sideboard. Also against Scapeshift 2-1 all with main deck. Against GW Aura Enchantment, I took out 1 Ascension, 1 Thought Scour, 2 Gitaxians. I bring-in 2 Blood Moon, 1 Empty the Warrens and an Echoing Truth. And against Scapeshift decks, be more careful when playing against Scapeshifts because they pack a lot of counters. 

Pinoy Planeswalker Modern Series
First Leg, Madcap San Pedro
24 January 

We had it 6 rounds then cut to top 8 to determine who will get the first four slots for their finale on December 2016.

My chronological match-ups were:
Burn 2-1
BG rock 1-2
8 racks 1-2
Infect 2-0
Affinity 1-2

Versus Burn
Reserve your Lightning Bolt for their Eidolon of the Great Rebel.
Empty the Warrens for at least 8  is a good route against them.

out: 4 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Grapeshot, 1 Faithless Looting
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 3 Empty the Warrens

Versus BG Rock
Disrupt plus Abrupt Decay that can hit both of our wincon (Pyromancer and Goblin) plus an Scavenging Ooze, not to mention Maelstrum Pulse, are the stuff that you need to bare in mind, always. Plus Golgari Charm from their sideboard to negate your mob of goblin route.

out: 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Grapeshot, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Thought Scour
in: 3 Blood Moon, 2 Empty the Warrens

Versus 8 Racks
You'll have to grind when up against this type of deck. Do not lose hope if they successfully discard your key spells. An online Pyromancer Ascension or via Past in Flames route by ramping up to six or seven mana source are the two main ways on how we will win against them. I would not recommend going Empty the Warrens.

Side board: No changes.

Infect
They are fast. So chances on winning game one is next to being lucky. Use your Lightning Bolts wisely. Empty the Warrens is also, in my opinion, is not a good route.

out: 1 Goblin Electromancer, 1 Past in Flames, 2 Faithless Looting
in: 4 Lightning Bolt

Affinity
I kept a one lander in our game. Second land never came. Empty the Warrens route is also fine against them, but I prefer not.

out: 1 Goblin Electromancer, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Thought Scour, 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Grapeshot
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 3 Shatterstorm

January 30, I solemnly pondered on the current list. Regran Open is going to be 2016's first big event for modern and I do not want to experience those errors again where my cantrips are giving blank cardsEven if there's an online Pyromancer Ascension, there's no guarantee that our cantrip will bestow us the fuel we need. So decided to give the deck a tweak. I need that digging power that can shift gear from primera to quinta, and there's one card perfect for the job - Gifts the Ungiven.

And this is the 75 that I brought.
4 Serum Visions, 4 Sleight of Hand, 4 Gitaxian Probe, 2 Faithless Looting, 4 Thought Scour
4 Manamorphose, 4 Desperate Ritual, 4 Pyretic Ritual
1 Gifts the Ungiven, 4 Pyromancer Ascension, 3 Goblin Electromancer, 3 Past in Flames, 2 Grapeshot

4 Scalding Tarn, 4 Polluted Delta, 1 Flooded Strand, 2 Steam Vents, 2 Shivan Reefs, 3 Island, 1 Mountain

Side board:
4 Lightning Bolt, 3 Shatter Storm, 3 Empty the Warrens, 3 Blood Moon, 2 Echoing Truth 

Regran Open: Modern
Regran, Quezon City
January 31

80 plus players, 7 rounds of swiss plus cut to top 8. Okay UR storm, let's do this!

RD 1 Skred Red 
I won two games. I am pretty sure I've made no misplays in this round.

out: 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Thought Scour
in: 3 Empty the Warrens

1-0  (2-0)

RD 2 RUG
Game three, I only needed a few storm count to win thanks to his participation: three Gitaxian Probes (take six) plus two fetches (take two), and a take two from his Stomping ground from his first turn.

out: 4 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Grapeshot, 1 Faithless Looting
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 3 Empty the Warrens

2-0  (4-1)

RD 3 Scapeshift
End of turn Gifts the Ungiven is the pivotal play of this round.

3-0  (6-1)

RD 4 Naya Burn
Game three, I was down to four and him down to two. On our table I had a bunch of lands and a Goblin Electromancer,and on his side: lands and an Eidolon. He casted a Wild Nacatl. GG

4-0   (8-2)

RD 5 Naya Aggro
Game two, I was down to 5. He put on his poker face. I assess it very carefully. Do you have a Lightning Bolt or none? I pay two, Gitaxian Probe you. He flipped the lone card, LIGHTNING BOLT. Damn. I shouldn't have done that. 

Game three, I am down to 4 and he's down to 13. He's tapped out except for one Scared Foundry while I have 7 1/1 goblins and three lands (Reef, Vents and and Island) and my hand: 2 Lightning Bolts and other irrelevant cards. This time instead of looking his poker face, I check for body language. His eyes kept on looking at his standing Foundry. I asked myself, is he waiting for me to use my ouch land then respond with a bolt? Then he touches one of the tapped lands and brought it near to his Foundry. At that very moment, BOROS CHARM suddenly popped from my mind. Swing my 7. He's down to six. Tapped my mountain, bolt you. Tapped my Reef, bolt you? He extend his hand. I asked him if he has a Boros Charm and no bolt in his hand to which he confirm.

Sometimes, you really need to have a good read on your opponent's body language because it will give you hint of what he has in his sleeve. 

out: 4 Gitaxian Probe, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Grapeshot, 1 Faithless Looting
in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 3 Empty the Warrens

5-0   (10-3)

Rounds six (Ad Nausem) and seven (Hatebears), ID.

Since it was getting late, top 8 players just decided to equally split the prizes.
Thank you Regran for hosting this one!

There you have it guys! Thanks for reading!

I hope to see you guys in my last Paeng Cup modern tournament.

The Last Paeng Cup
Modern format
March 19
Madcap, San Pedro Laguna

And for those who are looking for any modern action this coming February 6th, here:

GPT modern 
Battlegrounds, Pasig

GPT modern
BCI Jupiter

Harangan sa Malolos
Favorite Shop, Malolos

GPT modern
Madcap,San Pedro, Laguna

-Paeng