Sunday, 24 February 2019

FEBRUARY 2019: REVOLT ZOO

Revolt Zoo
Paeng Paeng

Main deck
4 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Windswept Heath
2 Stomping Ground
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Temple Garden
1 Forest

4 Kird Ape
4 Goblin Guide
4 Narnam Renegade
4 Experiment One
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Hidden Herbalist
4 Burning Tree Emissary
4 Reckless Bushwhacker
2 Simian Spirit Guide

4 Atarka's Command

Sideboard
4 Boros Charm
4 Chained to the Rocks

3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Destructive Revelry
1 Runed Halo


MADCAP GAMING
San Pedro, Laguna
23 Feb 2019

Match-up
RD 1 Mono Red Phoenix 2-1
RD 2 Mono White aggro 2-0
RD 3 Humans 0-2
RD 4 UR Phoenix 2-0
RD 5 Jund 2-1


REGRAN OPEN
Modern
24 Feb 2019

Match-up
RD 1 UR Phoenix 0-2
RD 2 Prison Deck 2-0
RD 3 8-rack 0-2
RD 4 Tron 1-2
RD 5 Ad Naus 2-0
RD 6 - dropped - 

Notes
Chained to the Rocks > Path to Exile. We are both aware that PTE offers speed; but I still prefer to use the enchantment card because: First, it dodges Dispel. Second, it can handle Reality Smasher, Emrakul, Aeon of Thorns, and the like creatures. And lastly, the land off the PTE could fuel your opponent's momentum. 

The attendance of artifact and/ or enchantment based decks are not that rampant these days. So I lessen Destructive Revelry's number by one to make room for a very good defensive card, Runed Halo. Runed Halo's versatility is well explained in Jeremy Dezani's article

Boros Charm. Dealing four damage to your opponent is nice but giving your permanents an indestructible is better.

I really love the extra speed off Simian Spirit Guide. I had this game wherein my opening hand was: fetch, SSG, AC, BTE, herbalist, narnam, and an ape. And in my next turn, I top decked my second land. Swing for 15 damage! After a quick computation, he immediately conceded.

Always look for the combination that will do maximum damage to your opponent. 

Cannot block flying creatures? Atarka's Command gives reach. In case Wurmcoil Engine is on the opposing table, Atarka's Command can negate the colorless' lifelink ability. 

Tormod's Crypt is great! Aside from it being free to cast and free to activate, it also helps in triggering Reckless Bushwhacker's surge cost.

Reckless Bushwhacker, even without any surge, has haste on its own. I had a game wherein I should have won three turns earlier if only if I was aware of its inherent haste ability.

I should have swang my entire team in front of an Eidolon of the Great Revel, but I hesitated. I was so concern of the ten (10) damages from the eidolon. If only I swing my team, his life total will go from 15 to 2. I clearly missed that line of play. 

Keeping four (4) land cards during your opening hand is not a good idea - except if it has three or four fetches in it. I think three lands (or two lands provided most, if not all, of the cards with it are at one casting cost) is a good number to keep. 

I really hate 8-rack especially Raven's Crime.

I lose to Tron because he top deck Ugin, the Spirit Dragon in both games.

Well I guess this is all for now. Thank you for reading and I hope to see you in any of the following eternal events around Metro Manila!


March 3
Fast Effects (Modern)
Cedric's Cafe (Vintage)
Radioactive (Pauper) 

March 10 
Kick Engines (Modern Majors III)
Radioactive (Modern)

March 17
Kick Engines (Legacy Majors III)
Mana Underground (Modern Tournament)
Regran Open (Modern)

March 23
Got Game (Modern tournament) 

March 30 
Radioactive (Modern)

March 31
Old School Magic (93-94) 
Regran Open (Modern)

April 7
Kick Engines (Modern Majors)

April 14
Kick Engines (Legacy Majors)

April 27

Malolos Toy Con (Moder)




Paeng Paeng
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Monday, 18 February 2019

FEBRUARY 2019: REGRAN MODERN META

Hey you! Yes, you! This is going to be a quick read. Promise!

I know you are preparing for the upcoming Regran Modern tournament this 24 Feb 2019, right? Here's the statistic figure from the last three Regran Modern Open Tournaments (January 13th, January 27th, and February 10th) (top 8 only, 24 decks in total).

Enjoy!


Burn 4 (16.66%)

Dredge 3 (12.50%)
UR Storm 3 (12.50%)

Tron 2 (08.33%)
UR Phoenix 2 (08.33%)

Ad Naus 1 (04.16%)
Affinity 1 (04.16%)
BG 1 (04.16%)
Blue Moon 1 (04.16%)
BW Taxes 1 (04.16%)
CoCo 1 (04.16%)
Grisel-Shoal 1 (04.16%)
Humans 1 (04.16%)
Scapeshift 1 (04.16%)
UW Control 1 (04.16%)


I told you, it's going to be a quick read. Thank you and good night! 



Monday, 11 February 2019

FEBRUARY 2019: JESKAI DOMINANCE

JESKAI DOMINANCE
Paeng Paeng

4 Steam Vents 
4 Flood Strands
3 Island 
4 Sulfur Falls / Spirebluff Canal
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Hallowed Fountain

4 Desperate Ritual 
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Manamorphose
1 Increasing Vengeance

4 Serum Visions
4 Thought Scour
4 Sleight of Hand
3 Faithless Looting
1 Repeal
1 Peer Through Depths

4 Pyromancer Ascension
3 Baral, Chief of Compliance
2 Past in Flames
2 Grapeshot
1 Electrodominance
1 Silence / Gifts Ungiven / ETW / GS / PiF

Sideboard yet defined. 


Sunday, 10 February 2019

FEBRUARY 2019: BOROS BURN

Skewer the Critics is one of the reasons why I sleeved modern boros burn deck for Regran's January 27th modern tournament. Though I had a disappointing stint from the event, my happiness towards the new red sorcery card did not just end there. 

So I still sleeved boros burn for the next Regran modern tournament - with a little adjustment in the sideboard. 



Regran Open (Modern)
Quezon City
10 Feb 2019

Boros Burn
Main deck
4 Skewer the Critics
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Skullcrack
3 Searing Blaze
4 Boros Charm
2 Lightning Helix
4 Eidolon of the Great  Revel
4 Goblin Guide
4 Monastery Swiftspear
3 Mountains
4 Inspiring Vantage 
8 red fetches

Sideboard
3 Path to Exile
2 Celestial Purge 
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Leyline of Sanctity
2 Rest in Peace
1 Graftdigger's Cage
1 Combust

Match-ups
UR Phoenix 2-0
Tron 2-1
UR Phoenix 2-1
Scapeshift-Prime time 2-1
UR Storm ID
UR Storm ID

(4-0-2)  (8-3)



Notes
My third top 8 finish out of the last four Regran Open Modern Tournament. 

Torpor Orb > Obstinate Baloth and friends. 

Eidolon of the Great Revel was amazing all day long  because it approximately inflicted six to eight damages each time it is on the table. I cannot imagine a burn deck without these creature enchantments in its sixty. 

I will probably remove those Celestial Purges in my fifteen because (I think) PTEs, RIPs, and Bridges are enough cards when going up against team Phoenix decks. I will replace them with either Wear // Tear or Smash to Smithereens because I had this one game vs UR Phoenix (game two of round three) that he had this Dragon's Claw and it irked me a lot because that gave him enough life cushions to send the game in a rubber match. 

This is all for now. Thank you for reading!

PAENG PAENG
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