MODERN: BOGLES

RCQ @ Rogue's Passage

San Fernando, Pampanga 

01 August 2026

Q UR Prowess Cutter win 

S 5c Domain loss

Modern FNM @ OHS

Vito Cruz, Manila

07 August 2026

RD 1 UR Cutter Prowess win

RD 2 UR Cutter Prowess win

RD 3 5c Domain ID

Modern @ Pacquiao Mansions 

hosted by Mana Underground

Makati City 

16 August 2026

RD 1 Boros Burn loss

RD 2 Rhinos win

RD 3 Amulet Titan loss

RD 4 Esper Ketra loss

RD 5 UR Cutter Prowess win

drop 

TCG @ BGC Modern event

hosted by CardPro Hobbies

SMX SM Aura, Taguig City

21 August 2026

RD 1 UR Cutter Prowess loss

RD 2 UR Cutter Prowess loss

RD 3 Domain Draco loss  

drop 

It's been a while since I last played GW Bogles, so I decided to give the deck another spin this August 2026. Here are the things that I can still remember from the mentioned above events.  

Seventy-one players (August 16th event), seven rounds of swiss, what an incredible tournament experience in this time of age. Unfortunately, I was not able to finish the race as the rain kept on pouring. After my fifth match, I decided to head home. 

I hate it when my opening seven does not have a bogle in it. And speaking of that, mulliganing three times in a deciding semifinal game of an RCQ is a nightmare to experience.  

Speaking of opening seven hand, I also do not like seeing three to four bogles in it. Two bogles in an opening hand is just right. 

Another sad story with bogles is not drawing into a  bogle creature after the opponent successfully killed the one (especially in game ones). 

I thought Sanctifier en-Vec was good versus UR Cutter Prowess until it returned back to my hand by a blue bounce spell.

Some prowess decks has Pick Your Poison in their fifteen. And when the opponent used it, I sacrificed Rancor.   

I almost lost a round against a Cutter Prowess opponent simply because I decided to attack one of my two creatures, a 9/8 Slippery Bogle, in front of two of his creatures (a Slickshot Show-Off and a Monastery Swiftspear); leaving only Silhana Ledgewalker with Spider Umbra as blocker. After the opponent did his math, he simply said "take". 

I immediately realized my mistake after writing down the damage dealt by the bogle. The opponent could still win by reaching twelve points through any combination of Lightning Bolts, Lava Darts, and/or cantrips with prowess triggers. Fortunately, luck was on my side because the opponent was a spell short of dealing lethal damage.  

In contrast, in another game against a UR Cutter Prowess deck, I think the correct play was to hold on Silhana instead of attacking. If my math are correct, I could have at least turned the game in my favor by not swinging the 7/6 flying, lifelink, first strike, and reach Silahana Ledgewalker into the opponent's army: three monk and a 3/3 flying DRC.  

Whenever I face a prowess deck, I always hear Mr. Sonogen's golden advice: "prowess will not win if it has no creatures on the table". That's why I picked Celestial Purge, Path to Exile, and Solitude over Deafening Silence and High Noon against UR Cutter Prowess.  

A timely Wear/Tear by the Boros Burn team targeting my lifegain aura won him the round. 

Other than Solitude, Path to Exile, and Celestial Purge, I had no answer to an indestructible 4/4 Ketramose. To make matters worse, a nightmare situation unfolded this round when the opponent had a turn one Thoughtseize and took the only creature in my hand. 

I lost my first three rounds at my last event. In the first round, I did not draw any of my lifegain auras. I had to mulligan to three in my second round. And in the third, the opponent had the Wear/Tears for my key enchantments. 

Probably my favorite match from this post was against the Amulet Titan. I really thought I had game one after my 12/10 first strike, lifelink bogle survived an onslaught beating from four creatures: two 17/17 Cultivator Colossus and two 6/6 prime times.  

  

That's all for now. I hope to see you again in the November and December modern events. 

Thank you for reading. 

Paeng

MODERN: RUBY STORM

RCQ @ Hobby Kaikan

Festival Mall Alabang

12 July 2026

RD 1 UR Cutter Prowess win

RD 2 Living End win

RD 3 Esper Reanimator win

RD 4 Rhinos

RD 5 Bg Rock win

RD 6 Samwise Combo ID

Q Merfolk win

S Rhinos  

I lost the small papers where I had notes written on them. So here are a few of the things I can still recall.

Hex Magic was impressive. On a normal basis if it resolves, it feels like having four to six to a maximum of eight cards in hand. I this game where I exiled seven cards - drew a new seven. And when I got my turn back, I go off. It felt like having fifteen cards in hand. 

I had games where Ral, Monsoon Mage dealt like straight pings before flipping. Esper I think had seven pings. Living End at six pings. Bg Rock five or six pings it was. And Merfolk (game three), like from nine life points to two. 

I won three games with Empty the Warrens (ETW).  ETW for 14 goblins, 24 goblins, and 18 goblins.

I had games where I had to use Grapeshot to clear the board first, then win the game in the next two (or three) turns. 

I had a game where I sideboarded incorrectly because I expected the opponent to have permanent-based hate for storm. It turned out that the hate cards were in the form of instants and sorceries. So I took out all six spot removals and brought in the Orim's Chants along with three cards I originally taken out of the main deck. 

Speaking of Orim's Chant, it protected my combo three times (if not four). 

I conceded both the fourth round and the semis to the same Rhino player. ^_^ 

Lastly, I had a game where the opponent had an active Nihil Spellbomb. Instead of going for the Past in Flames route, I played around it by taking the Grapeshot - Wish - Grapeshot line of play.  

This is all for now folks. 

Thank you for reading. 

Paeng

Note: 

Ever since my legacy days, I have used two sleeve colors for my fifteen. All Burning Wish targets are in the off-color sleeves so they are  easier to separate afterward. After this event, though, I will be putting all seventy-five in the same sleeves. 

Edit (14 July 2026)

Decklist has been uploaded. Here. Enjoy.  

MODERN: RUBY STORM

GOLD RUSH hosted by Ludus
Bayanihan Center, Pasig City

6 June 2026

RD 1 UR Cutter Prowess loss 

RD 2 Boros Enerygy win

RD 3 Living End loss

RD 4 Boros Ponza win

RD 5 UW Blink win 

RD 6 Merfolk win

RD 7 Domain Zoo win  

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

RCQ @ Mana Underground

Lagro, Quezon City 

14 June 2026  

 

RD 1 bye

RD 2 Grix Shadow win 

RD 3 Living End loss

RD 4 UR Cutter Prowess win

RD 5 Grix Frog loss

RD 6 Mono Black Rack win   

Things that I can still recall. 

Most of my game ones were mulled because I always get either no lands or one land. If it was a fetch, I am not a big fan of keeping that one-hand fetch cracking it for an Elegant Parlor at the end of turn of your opponent and prays hard for a land on the top. 

I never thought I would win a game again with the mob of 1/1 goblin tokens. It was a wonderful feeling being reunited with the mob. 

I finally get the chance to do in-paper what I love doing most on MTGO. Put Ral trigger on the stack, then summon two to three instant spells without giving priority to the opponent. I love it more when Ral flips during this moment.

And speaking of Ral's flip, I had a situation where the opponent summoned a removal targeting Ral, Monsoon Mage while its toss-a-coin trigger ability is on the stack. In response to it, I cast Desperate Ritual. The red instant card triggered another Ral ability. The opponent had no response to it. The 1/3 red mage's trigger resolves. 

I won the flip. Ral flipped into its blue-red planeswalker form. And by the time his removal is resolved, he argued that the planeswalker will still be removed because they are one and the same. I called on the judge, and the ruling went in his favor, saying, "It is the same permanent." Days after, while on MTGO with the same seventy-five, mouse cursor unintentionally hovered over the red mage and I read this text: " ... if you win the flip, you may exile Ral. If you do,  return him to the battlefield transformed ... ". I guess I was right. 

There situations that a lot of juicy one-drop targets for my lone Prismatic Ending in hand. I remind myself that it should target only the cards that hamper my game plan.

I need to do better in keeping track of our life totals. And aside from life points, I need to polish my judgment in selecting the line of play because there was a situation where, instead of going for it, I decided to pass the turn. Unfortunately, I did not get my turn back because he went all in for the kill.  

    

Flashback is great. I think the correct number of this card in the deck is two. One in the main and one in the sideboard. If I recall it correctly, think I had two or three games wherein I won because of this: Grapeshot-Wish-Flashback-Grapeshot.    

I had situations where Artist's Talent single-handedly won me games. Drop it in my second turn. Put it to second level on my next turn. Then go off in my fourth turn. And by the time I had a lot of extra mana, I dumped three into it so that it would go to level three. Then Grapeshot, instead of dealing one damage per storm copy, it now becomes a Lightning Bolt. Sweet.   

This is all for now guys. Thank you for reading.

Paeng  

MODERN: MERFOLK

RCQ hosted by High Market

Bayanihan Center, Pasig City

07 June 2026 

RD 1 Boros Energy loss 

RD 2 UR Prowess loss

RD 3 Boros Ponza win

drop  

 

Another first round nightmare match up. I lost our last game because he had a sacrifice outlet which help hasten my demise.

I was too slow in developing my board against the UR Prowess because I was stuck at two mana the whole game.

I did not finish the event because x-2 will not get me into the top 8.   

 

This is all for now. Thank you for reading!

Paeng 

MODERN: MERFOLK

Modern FNM 

NG One Ayala

22 May 2025

RD 1 Mono Blue Belcher loss

RD 2 UW Scepter-Chant win

RD 3 Esper Blink win

   

- o - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - 

100k Modern

hosted by Infinity Hobbies

Makati City

24 May 2026

RD 1 Mono Black win

RD 2 Living End win

RD 3 Mardu Blink win

RD 4 UB Frog Riddler win

RD 5 Izzet Prowess 

RD 6 ID  

top 8 split

It has been a week since these two events happened. So before everything fades from memory, here are the things that I can still recall.   

Game two against the Mono Blue Belcher, both players were just in top decking mode until the opponent ripped a  Tezzeret the Seeker. Tapped the mana required, cast it; and the Blue planeswalker resolved. He wasted no time retrieving a Goblin Charbelcher off its ability. No Tishana on my last draw phase, he won the game a turn after. 

Harbinger of the Sea won me many games. Also, there was this situation where it survived a Galvanic Discharge because the opponent miscalculated its toughness. 

Since Umezawa's Jitte got unbanned, I decided to sleeve one in the main for the FNM. Unfortunately, it did not see daylight. After that, I removed the legendary artifact because of one reason: it is too slow. It is too slow because you''ll need to equip it to a creature; and that creature still needs to connect successfully before you get to enjoy its power. 

Speaking of unbanning, Living End and Rhinos are back thanks to the returning Violet Outburst. So with this, I think a set of Vodalian Hexcatcher in the main is better than just having two. Plus Hexcatcher has a very nice synergy with Silvergill Mentor. 

I think Chalice of the Void (for zero), or even Vexing Bauble, is not a good route to take versus Living End decks because of Wistfulness. 

The UB Frog-Riddler pilot was so good. Discard everything except one to the frog. Exile three cards off the graveyard to give it wings. And when it successfully connects, instead of draw one - draw two (4/6 Sphinx is in play). Wow.  

I was not that happy with two Mindspring Merfolk. Yes it draws but I'd rather have a defensive card that can help me win. Mistcaller (I think) is better because it can deal with Living End and blink decks.   

Gave the win to an opponent so that both of us will make it to top 8. 

All in all, I am so happy with the school's result. I hope to have the same success in the next modern events. 

Here is the seventy-five that I sleeved for the 100k modern event.    

This is all for now. Thank you for reading. 

Paeng   

MODERN: MERFOLK

Finally! Modern season is here. Here are the April events that I participated using Merfolk. 

 

Modern at Okada

hosted by Mana Underground

11 April 2026

RD 1 Boros Energy loss

RD 2 Blue Tron loss

RD 3 Mono Red Prison win

RD 4 Mono Blue Merfolk loss  

First round was a nightmare. 

I could have won game three versus Blue Tron but I opted to deploy my school instead of holding the mana open for Sink on Stupor or Flare of Denial. Also, I forgot that once Karn, The Great Creator hits the table, my artifacts stop from moving. I have an Aether Vial (on two) when I let Karn resolves. 

I did not expect a mirror match up. I went home after losing to it.

= o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = 

Modern (RCQ June 7th feeder)

Hobby Kaikan, Festival Mall

12 April 2026 

RD 1 Titan Breach win

RD 2 Mono Blue Belcher win

RD 3 Grix Frog win

RD 4 Boros Burn win

RD 5 ID  

I used the same seventy-five from the yesterday's event.

 

The Titan-Breach opponent started drawing bricks mid-game of our game three. I had four (or five) mana open and I decided to keep them open because of the painful lesson from yesterday's event (against the Blue Tron). Tide Shaper and Harbinger of the Sea slowly got me there.  

The Belcher opponent was not able to find any pay spell in time. Lord of Atlantis and Master of the Pearl Trident led the school to victory. 

Counter spells protected the school from the opposing removal spells. Dismembers maimed Frogs and Sphinx. Svyelun of Sea and Sky was gas down the stretch refiling my hand with goodies to help me win the round.   

I had defensive key stops against Boros Burn during the rubber match. First, denied two Boros Charms. And second, Merfolk Trickster tapped Monastery Swiftspear, twice. 

Invite to Neutral Ground's June 7th modern RCQ is secured!   

= o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o =

Madcap Hobbies 

San Pedro, Laguna

17 April 2026

RD 1 Eldrazi loss

RD 2 Humans draw

RD 3 Domain Rhino win

RD 4 UR Cutter Prowess loss

I made a little adjustment in the sixty. I took out three (3) Rishadan Dockhands and Minamo, School at Water's Edge and replaced them with the following: an Island, the fourth Mindspring Merfolk, Glen Elendra Guardian, and Castle Vantress. The fifteen stayed the same.

This event took me back to school for rules refreshing. (i) Cards from pre-release event are now legal in a constructed format even on the first day of the pre-release. (ii) The interaction between the Trinisphere and Consign to Memory's replicate. (iii) Chalice of the Void (set at one) versus Fire Magic (with Tiered for 2). (iv) Consign to Memory versus casting the suspended spell after the last time counter was removed. (v) Proper timing of when to summon Merfolk Trickster. (iv) stacking properly during combat (involving Aether Vial and flash merfolks). 

I had the opportunity to bring down Glen Elendra (via Aether Vial) and use its ability to counter a non creature spell, but I opted not to do it. 

Long time no see, Humans. Merfolk Tricksters and Tishana were great in this match up.  

= o= o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o = o =

Originally I was scheduled to attend High Market's (April 18th) and Regran's April 25th events but I was not able to because of personal errands.

This is all for now. 

 

I hope to see you everyJuan in my next in-store events.  

Thank you for reading. 

Paeng

P.S. 

MTGO, please bring PHL back in the loop. Thanks.

MODERN: MERFOLK

FNM @ Hobby Kaikan 

Festival Mall, Alabang

20 March 2026

RD 1 BR Reanimator win

RD 2 Boros Storm loss

RD 3 UW Control win 

Here are some of the things that I can still recall. 

 

The opposing team losses tempo each time Harbinger successfully hits play. 

I did not mull for any hate against the storm. 

Svyelun of Sea and Sky's indestructibility helped me win the round against multiple Supreme Verdicts.  

Flare of Denial and Force of Negation neutralized some of the opponents' key spells down the stretch. 

This is all for now. 

Thank you for reading! 

Paeng