April: Ancestral Vision III (modern)

Greetings everyone!

I am here in Vigan for an hour and a half stop over. This is where we will have our first long rest and breakfast. I am not here to talk about our trip to Pagudpud. I am here because I want to share a couple of deck lists that have Ancestral Vision. So without further ado, here they are.

TJB_UWr_Faeries

Paeng_4983

Lands (20)

4 Scalding Tarn 

4 Flooded Strand   

2 Steam Vents

2 Hallowed Fountain   

3 Island

1 Sulfur Falls

1 Glacial Fortress

1 Mystic Flood

1 Plains

1 Mutavault

Creatures (15)

4 Geist of Saint Traft

4 Spellstutter Sprite

4 Snapcaster Mage 

3 Vendilion Clique

Non-creature spells (25)

4 Ancestral Vision

4 Serum Vision

4 Lightning Bolt

3 Remand

3 Vapor Snag

3 Path to Exile

2 Spell Pierce

2 Spell Snare

Sideboard (15)

2 Leyline of Sanctity

2 Wear / Tear

2 Stoney Silence

2 Timely Reinforcement  

1 Wrath of God 

1 Negate

1 Flash Freeze   

1 Path to Exile

1 Forked Bolt

1 Pithing Needle

1 Echoing Truth

TJB_BUG

Paeng_4983

(without sideboard)

Lands (23)

4 Polluted Delta

3 Misty Rainforest

3 Verdant Catacomb  

3 Watery Grave  

2 Breeding Pool

2 Overgrown Tomb

2 Island

1 Swamp

1 Drown Catacomb

2 Creeping Tar Pit

Creatures (12)

4 Tarmogoyf

4 Snapcaster Mage  

2 Scavenging Ooze

2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet  

Non-creature spells (25)

4 Ancestral Vision 

4 Serum Vision 

3 Abrupt Decay

3 Inquisition of Kozilek

3 Mana Leak

2 Cryptic Command

2 Vapor Snag

2 Murderous Cut 

1 Dismember

1 Doomblade

I hope these two were a big help in constructing your Ancestral Vision deck. Until next time folks!

Paeng Paeng

April: Ancestral Vision II (modern)

During the weekend of April 9 and 10, Manila saw three Grand Prix Trials. These GPTs were the perfect playgrounds for those Ancestral Vision and Thopter based decks. On the 9th of April we had GPT New York at Blaster Hobby Shop, Paco, Manila and GPT Taipei at HobbyPro Central, BF Homes, Parañaque. And on April 10th, GPT Taipei at Friday Quest, Gabbys, Mandaluyong.

I do not have the deck list of all participants from the said three GPTs, only the top three or four placers. 

GPT New York

Blaster Hobby Shop, Paco, Manila

UW Tron   

Infect

Living End

GPT Taipei

HobbyPro Central, BF Homes, Parañaque

Abzan Rhino

Tron

Burn
Ad Naus

GPT Taipei

Friday Quest, Gabbys, Mandaluyong

Living End

Titan ramp Shift

Through the Breach

Burn

From the said list of winners, there was not a single representative from the Ancestral Vision or Thopter decks. Let us not make any early assessment yet. The best is yet to come for them. And when that time comes, I wish you will be ready for the punishment they'll offer.

Anyway, I participated in Friday Quest's GPT Taipei. Judge Ben Ferrer (thank you very much sir) lend me his Grixis Control deck (with a couple of Ancestral Visions in it). I lost my first two games (Through the Breach and Burn) before winning my last three (UR aggro, Elves and Grixis Control). During my first two games, I did not drew the cards I needed. And for the last three games, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet was superb. Its lifelink was, I think, is just an added bonus. Its the zombie producing triggered ability plus the deck's a ton of removals, that makes Kalitas the "you the real MVP" in this deck. 

And before I end this, I hope you will like this list even though you guys rarely see me on control:

TJB_Grixis Control

Paeng_4983

Lands (23)

4 Polluted Delta 

4 Scalding Tarn

3 Steam Vents

2 Watery Grave

2 Creeping Tar Pit

1 Wandering Fumarole 

1 Desolate Lighthouse

1 Darkslick Shores

1 Blood Crypt

1 Drown Catacomb

1 Sulfur Falls

1 Swamp

1 Island

Creatures (7)

4 Snapcaster Mage

2 Kalitas, Traitor

1 Vendilion Clique 

Non-creature spells (30)

4 Ancestral Vision

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Inquisition of Kozilek

4 Serum Vision

3 Terminate

3 Kolaghan's Command

3 Mana Leak

2 Cryptic Command

1 Murderous Cut

1 Countersquall

1 Electrolyze

Sideboard:
2 Vandalblast
1 Spellskite
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Flaying Tendrils
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Counterflux
1 Surgical Extraction

1 Batterskull

1 Negate
1 Flashfreeze
1 Damnation

1 Dispel

1 Infinite Obliteration

There you have it guys!

And in case you are wondering what's our schedule for the coming weekend, here.

April 16 GPT at Got Game (modern)
April 16 GPT at Neutral Grounds Examiner (modern)
April 16 Modern tournament at Kicks Engine 

-Paeng Paeng

April: Ancestral Vision in Modern

Okay, this is going to be a quick one because I am just in a 15 minute break. Let me start with their official announcement, for sure everyone is expecting Eldrazi's number to ebb strikingly, if not a bit. But please do not count those aliens out yet for they can still pack a punch like: they can resolve a turn one Chalice of the Void setting it at one which can still cripple a lot of decks; resolves a turn two Thought Knot-Seer which can, somehow, screw your game plan provided he will exile the precise card from your hand; or they can bin your newly unbanned suspended Ancestral Vision from its obliviousness. And speaking of it, as I see it, this is their (blue base control players) missing link in order for them to be in the deck to beat list.

Anyway, I am not here to tackle what or how will the landscape of modern will look like after the April 4th. Reid Duke already did that in his work. Since there are two modern GPTs this weekend, if I still have the resources, I'll probably bring this list that I have in mind.

TJB_Urg Control
Paeng_4983

10 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Stomping Grounds
1 Academy Ruins

1 Mountain

4 Ancestral Vision
4 Serum Visions

4 Remand
3 Cryptic Command

4 Anger of the Gods
4 Engineered Explosives
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Relic of Progenitus
3 Vedalken Shackles
2 Repeal

1 Keranos, God of Storms

Sideboard:
3 Elixir of Immortality
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Negate
2 Spellskite
2 Torpor Orb
1 Elixir of Immortal
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Pithing Needle
1 Surgical Extraction

There you have it guys!
Good luck to your modern GPTs campaigns this month.

-Paeng Paeng

MARCH: Counting one to ten with The Epic Storm

Since January 2016, I've been so active playing UR Pyromancer Ascension in different modern tournaments  around the metro, and almost forgot that I also need to gird for Grand Prix Chiba. So on March 20th, I decided to start my preparation for the said big event by sleeving those 75 cards again. Preparing many months before the big game is way too early. I know that. Trust me, once you are there, a format that you're so much into, it will bring a different kind excitement you never had. And if that excitement gets over you, this will surely cause your campaign. So in order to avoid that unhappy feeling, especially if you're bringing a storm deck in that high level of competition, it is very important to know the right card combination right off the bat.

Duel for Duals Legacy Tournament

Kicks Engine

Cubao Expo, Quezon City

20 March 2016 

RD 1 Lands

Game one, lost this one due to this land destruction combo - Crop Rotation, Wasteland, Life from the Loam and Exploration. For games two and three, a mob of goblin gets there in two swings.

1-0   (2-1)

RD 2 BURG 

Games one and three, 18 goblins are better than a team of delver, Vendilion Clique and an active Deathrite Shaman. I lost game two to his ton of counter magic.    

2-0   (4-2)

RD 3 DnT

I won games one and three on turn two spell chain into Burning Wish into Tendrils of Agony. Game two, 18 goblins is no match to his Batterskull, Serra Avenger and Phyrexian Revoker. 

3-0   (6-3)     

Did an intentional draw for RDs 4 and 5. 

3-0-2   (6-3-2)

I lost in the quarters to BURG. Game three, despite my repeated cantrips and fetches, no tutor nor wish came to my aid. Vendilion Clique ate all my life points. 

Before ending this post, my calendar for March and April. 

March 26 GPT at Wabshaq (modern)

March 26 GPT at Neutral Grounds Centris, Quezon Avenue (modern)

March 27 Easter Modern at Neutral Grounds Examiner

April 9 Legacy at ARJ Molino, Cavite

April 9 GPT at HobbyPro Central BF Homes, Parañaque (modern)

April 10 GPT at FQ Mandaluyong (modern)

April 16 GPT at Scrappy Coco (modern)
April 16 GPT at Got Game (modern)
April 16 GPT at Neutral Grounds Examiner (modern)
April 23 Modern Mayhem at PC Butlers
April 24 GPT at Madcap (modern)

April 24 Regran Open (modern)
April 30 GPT at R4 Zapote Road (modern)

Did I forgot someone's GPT modern? Let me know. 

Thank you for reading guys!

I wish you all a safe Holy Week vacation!

-Paeng

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MARCH: Boros Burn (Modern)

After that MTG donation experience, I decided to give my pet deck UR storm a break and settled for a Boros deck. Here are the 75 cards that I sleeved.  

TJB_Boros_Burn 

by Paeng_4983

Lands 19

12 Red Fetches

4 Sacred Foundry

3 Mountain

Burn Spells 29

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Rift Bolt

4 Lava Spike 

4 Lightning Helix

4 Boros Charm

4 Skullscrack

3 Searing Blaze

2 Forked Bolt

Creatures 12

4 Goblin Guide

4 Monastery Swiftspear

4 Eidolon of the Great Revel

Sideboard

4 Ensnaring Bridge

4 Path to Exile

4 Wear / Tear 

3 Kor Firewalker

Report:

Scrappy Coco, Carmona, Cavite

PPO's Modern Series Second Leg
March 5th

RD 1 Infect  1-0   (2-0)

out: 4 Skullcrack

in: 4 Path to Exile

RD 2 Infect   2-0   (4-0)

out: 4 Skullcrack

in: 4 Path to Exile   

RD 3 Eldrzi   2-0-1   (5-1-1)

out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Lava Spike
in: 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Path to Exile

RD 4 BW Tokens   2-0-2   (5-1-2)

ID into top four. Now that I successfully put my name in their list of invitees for their year end party, I immediately concede and went home with packs. 

Friday Quest Hobby Shop
Mandaluyong, March 6th

Every first placer from all FQ's Sunday event will serve as the winner's invite for their qualifying leg of its own version of modern series. This lured me to go there and play. 

RD 1 Tron   1-0   (2-1)

out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel

in: 4 Wear/ Tear, 4 Path to Exile

RD 2 UR Storm   2-0   (4-0)
out: 4 Skullcrack, 3 Goblin Guide

in: 4 Wear/ Tear, 3 Kor Firewalker

RD 3 GW Boogles Aura   3-0   (6-1)

out: 3 Searing Blaze, 2 Forked Bolt, 3 Goblin Guide   

in: 4 Wear/ Tear, 4 Ensnaring Bridge

RD 4 Scapeshift   4-0   (8-2)
Winning in front of a Leyline of Sanctity without any answer to it - achievement unlocked!

What I did was.

out: 4 Goblin Guide   

in: 4 Path to Exile

This is base on my experience, but I was wrong.

What I should have done.

out: 4 Goblin Guide

in: 4 Wear/ Tear

RD 5 Tron   4-0-1   (8-2-1)

At the end of the day, boros burn secured me a ticket for their qualifying leg which will be sometime in April.

A few days after playing from FQ's Sunday event, I checked my calendar and saw this exciting list of MTG legacy and modern tournaments:

March 12 GPT Modern at Madcap  

March 13 Regran Open Modern

March 19 Last PC Modern at Madcap

March 20 Legacy at Kick Engines
April 2 Legacy at ARJ

With those positive results, I planned to perdure on the same list for the remaining  modern contests.

Madcap, San Pedro, Laguna

GPT Modern
March 12th

RD 1 GW Hatebears    1-0   (2-0)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Lava Spike
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge

RD 2 BGw Coco Melira   1-1   (3-2)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Lava Spike
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge

RD 3 DnT   1-2   (3-4)
Eldrazi Displacer + Flickerwisp, very nice combo against whatever deck in their way.
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Lava Spike
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge

RD 4 Eldrazi   1-3   (4-6)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

RD 5 UW control  1-4   (4-8)
I gave the win to my opponent and went to Hobby Pro to play another modern tournament.


HobbyPro Central
BF Homes, Parañaque
March 12th

RD 1 Affinity   0-1   (0-2)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Lava Spike, 4 Monastery Swiftspear
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

RD 2 Eldrazi   1-1   (2-2)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

RD 3 Merfolk   2-1   (4-2)
out: 4 Lava Spike, 4 Goblin Guide
in: in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge,

RD 4 Eldrazi Tron   2-2   (5-6)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear


Regran Open
Regran, Quezon City
March 13

RD 1 Infect   0-0-1   (1-1)
out: 4 Lava Spike
in: 4 Path to Exile

RD 2 Eldrazi   0-1-1   (1-3)
out: 4 Goblin Guide, 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

RD 3 Eldrazi Tron   0-2-1   (2-5)
out: 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear, 4 Goblin Guide,
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

RD 4 Eldrazi   0-3-1  (3-7)
With three straight Eldrazi decks, I miss my UR Storm.
out: 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel, 4 Monastery Swiftspear, 4 Goblin Guide,
in: 4 Path to Exile, 4 Ensnaring Bridge, 4 Wear / Tear

I dropped from the event and went home empty handed. To those burn players reading this, I hope you will not be discouraged by my results. I still believe that burn is still in the position to win. 

Well, I'll just do better next month.

Until then, thanks for reading!

See you guys this coming saturday

The Last Paeng Cup

Modern Format

Madcap Gaming

San Pedro, Laguna

Rafael Lagasca
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March: unable to count to 20 with Red & Blue (modern)

January and February 2016 yielded positive results for UR Pyromancer Storm. Let me check if it will give the same result for this month. Let me begin my hunt on the first FNM of March 2016.

FNM at Neutral Grounds

Glorietta, Makati

March 4th

Two of the ten registered players were my teammates. Sadly, I got paired against one of them.

RD 1 DnT

I knew what he is on, and I am pretty sure he does the same. I lose miserably because he had all the necessary hatebears (Dryad Militant, Thalia GoT and Leonin Arbiter) on his table to make my storm life unlivable. I wish him luck for the remaining games. 

out: 1 Thought Scour, 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Gitaxian Probe

in: 4 Lightning Bolt, 2 Echoing Truth  

0-1   (0-2)

RD 2 Eldrazi

My lone win came at the expense of the eldrazi. Game one, a turn five win thanks to an online Pyromancer Ascension. Game two, a turn three win thanks to that discount giving goblin.

out: 1 Thought Scour, 1 Faithless Looting, 1 Gitaxian Probe

in: 3 Blood Moon

1-1   (2-2)

RD 3 Jund

The game went in a deciding one in which he won by shredding my hand with disruptions and his Scavenging Ooze ate all the key cards in the graveyard. 

out: 1 Thought Scour, 2 Faithless Looting, 1 Past in Flames, 1 Pyromancer Ascension, 1 Gitaxian Probe

in: 3 Empty the Warrens, 3 Blood Moon

1-2   (3-4)

RD 4 Eight Racks

I lose this one as well. Too much disrupt spells plus multiple copies of the The Rack were enough to hand me my third loss of the night.

1-3   (3-6)

out: 1 Thought Scour, 1 Faithless Looting,

in: 2 Echoing Truth

A very bad day for my ace troop. As my friends say it, this experience is also called MTG Donation.
Php 200, you will surely be missed!

I'll try to do better in my next modern contest.
See you guys in the following modern tournaments this March.

March 12
GPT Modern
Madcap, San Pedro, Laguna

March 13
Regran Open
Regran Hobby Shop, Quezon City

March 19
The Last PC
Madcap, San Pedro, Laguna

-Paeng Paeng

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, Parañaque
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, 1 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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