JANUARY 2019: BOROS BURN

Burn

Main deck

8 red fetch lands, 4 Sacred Foundry, 4 Inspiring Vantage, 3 Mountain

4 Lightning Bolt, 4 Lava Spike, 4 Rift Bolt, 4 Skewer the Critics, 3 Searing Blaze, 4 Skullcrack, 2 Lightning Helix, 4 Boros Charm

4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear

Sideboard

2 Ensnaring Bridge, 3 Path to Exile, 2 Torpor Orb, 2 Celestial Purge, 1 Graftdigger's Cage, 2 Kor Firewalker, 1 Mindbreak Trap

Regran Open

Regran Hobby Shop

Quezon City

27 January 2019

Notes

The last time I used a burn deck was on June 2016. To this day, my knowledge of the deck is a little out-of-date. To help me freshen things up, I asked a few active burn individuals about how is burn doing in today's meta. Most of them responded positively which was enough to convince me play the deck again. 

Ensnaring Bridge > Searing Blood. Yes the latter deals damage but I prefer the former because it can keep an army at bay - which is sufficient enough (at least for me) to buy time to win game.

I decided to include Torpor Orb in the 15 because I was expecting decks that abuse creatures which have comes into play triggers. 

Landfall timing is important. Most of the time during mid games, I crack my fetch land in my upkeep with a prayer that I'll be drawing a Searing Blaze on my draw step. 

Skewer the Critics, the number of this card in the main deck? TWO. Four is too much (I think). And three is ahhh... uhmmmm... Can be. (I think). 

I was having a great run during the first three rounds of the event. Unfortunately, it was in the fourth round when things suddenly changed after I answered a phone call that had something to do with work errand which left me no choice but to drop from the roll and report for duty. 

This is all for now. As of this posting, I am still trying to get rid of the adrenaline stress. ^_^ 

Thank you for reading! I hope to see you in any of the eternal tournaments that I have so far in my February 2019 calendar. 

February 2019
3 - Fast Effects (Modern) (Pacita, Laguna)
10 - Regran Open (modern) (Quezon City)
10 - Kick Engines (pre-modern) (Quezon City)
24 - Regran Open (modern) (Quezon City)
24 - Kick Engines (legacy) (Quezon City)

not yet confirmed
16 (or 17) - (modern) Canlubang, Laguna

Paeng Paeng
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JANUARY 2019: UR STORM

Regran Modern Open 

Quezon City

13 Jan 2019

Baral Gifts Storm

Paeng Paeng

4 Baral, Chief of Compliance

4 Serum Visions

4 Sleight of Hand

4 Opt

4 Desperate Ritual

4 Pyretic Ritual

4 Manamorphose

4 Gifts Ungiven

3 Goblin Electromancer

2 Past in Flames

2 Grapeshot

2 Remand

1 Unsubstantiate

1 Repeal 

4 Steam Vents

4 Spirebluff Canal

4 Island

3 Shivan Reef

1 Polluted Delta

1 Mountain

SB

3 Lightning Bolt

3 Empty the Warrens 

2 Thing in the Ice

2 Abrade

2 Surgical Extraction

1 Echoing Truth

1 Wipe Away

1 Defense Grid

Match-up

Mardu 2-1

UR Phoenix 2-0

UW Control 2-1

Bant Spirits 0-2

Jund 2-0

BG rock ID

T8: UR Phoenix 1-2

Notes

I borrowed CWS's list. Tweaked it to my play style and adjusted the same to help me win against Manila's modern meta. 

I forgot to bring-in some side board cards. 

Two of my opponents conceded right after I revealed Gifts Ungiven. 

Tokens off an ETW are still a great route to take to win games two/ three. 

Game three versus UW Control, it was his turn 4th when he tapped all but one of his lands. I went for the kill when I got my turn back. The combination of double Grapeshot + Remand gets me there. 

I lost to a well timed Spell Queller. 

Top 8 game three against UR Phoenix and it was my (last) turn (my life total was 6); I had 4 UR lands and six 1/1 goblins on the table. I swang my mob putting him from 10 to 4 lifepoints. In his turn, he pondered if he'll crack his blue-red zendikar fetchland. After a careful deliberation, he decided to crack the fetchland and looked a the top deck card to which immediately followed by a regret look on his face. He took out an Island, tapped it together with a mountain, into Manamorphose and asked me if it is good (while still having a card at hand). I allowed to hybrid card to resolve. He draws a card off the Manamorphose and instantly put it on the middle of the table; and was like he was going to burst into dismay and thought of extending his hand in defeat. 

But his emotion suddenly went from a losing face to a game face and did the next set of moves.  He first revealed LIGHTNING BOLT from his hand "targeting you" he said. Then flipped the card on the middle of his table: DISPEL countering bolt. Took the Phoenices from his graveyard, put them both on the table and swing for the win!  

And before ending my post, I hope to see you in any of these modern tournament around the Metro Manila.

January 2019

Jan 26: Radioactive Anonas

Jan 27: Kick Engines

Jan 27: Regran Open

February 2019

Feb 3: Fast Effects    

Thank you for reading! 

Paeng 4983

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