Budget and Goblins

Hello folks! Before anything else, I wish everyone all a wonderful October 2015 ahead!  

It has been weeks since the last time we saw a big modern tournament. And now, people started selling modern cards. Do not get me wrong for I have nothing against them. In fact, I like it because a handful of them are selling cards we need at a very low or friendly price. For those who are planning to get their feet wet with EDH, legacy, modern or even vintage formats, or are just putting the final pieces for whatever eternal deck you are working on, I think this is the perfect time acquiring those cards.  You’re probably asking, until when is this time? There is really no definite answer for that. So practically if you can buy them now, please do so.

 

For a player who wish to enter modern but is on a budget, experienced modern players will suggest decks that does not utilize fetch lands or any expensive staples. Decks such as Mono Red Burn, Balance-Cascade, Mono Black Eight Racks, Mono Green Infect, Kiln Fiend combo, Mono White Kitkhins  and Mono Green Aggro.  

Speaking of budget friendly decks, I have this deck ever since the Wizard of the Coast (WOTC) announced the creation of format in 2011, Mono Red Goblins. The deck comprised of summon creatures lead by tempest print Mogg Fanatic, Goblin Guide, Tattermunge Maniac, Warren Instigator, Siege-Gang Commander, Goblin Bushwhacker, Mogg War Marshal, Goblin Wardriver and Goblin Chieftain.

After participating in small modern tournaments and a series of gauntlet play tests, I am a little unsatisfied with my results. It felt like that there’s a gap between my expectation and the deck. In September of the same year, the WOTC conducted its first modern Pro Tour. One of the featured matches was between Jon Finkel (UR Storm) and Patrick Chapin (Twin). After reading it, I believe that I had found my answer. Calling a battalion of goblins as fast as possible then swarm with everything we’ve got, is the thing that I wish to do.

I revisit my pool and pondered, how will I get to mimic the way he beckons goblins that quick. With my roster then was like next to impossible for it consisted mostly of summon cards. I did a quick search through the internet and ended up seeing Kuldotha’s Rebirth.  With a turn one bomb paired with a paid kicker off Bushwhacker’s by turn two, things started to get well for the home team.

In 2012, things get a little better when Avacyn Restored (May 2012) and M13 (July 2012) came out. Banners Raised (Avacyn Restored) acted as my fifth or sixth Goblin Bushwhacker while M13 gave two additional token producing cards, Krenko, Mob Boss and Krenko’s Command. In February 2013 (Gatecrash), another one drop goblin was added –Foundry Street Denizen. Khans of Tarkir (September 2014) gave another token generating card (Hordeling Outburst).

My seventy-five as of the moment.

Lands 17

17 Mountain

Non-creature spells 19

4 Dragon Fodder

4 Krenko’s Command

4 Kuldotha’s Rebirth

3 Hordeling Outburst

3 Goblin Grenade

1 Banners Raised

Creature spells 24

4 Mogg War Marshal

4 Goblin Bushswhacker

4 Goblin Wardriver

4 Foundry Street Denizen

4 Memnite

4 Ornithopter

Sideboard 15

4 Lightning Bolt

3 Smash to Smithereens

2 Stone Rain

2 Tormod’s Crypt

2 Combust

1 Pithing Needle

1 Ghost Quarter

In other reading materials concerning budget deck: in Gavin Verhey’s August 2013 article, he discussed Eight Rack’s line up in a budget form. In David Lane’s work, he briefly discussed three budget decks: Mono Green Aggro, Eight Rack and Klin Fiend combo. Balance-cascade deck is tackled in Saffron Olive’s work. 

And if you’re interested with goblins: Collected Company is the card tech that Kevin Crimin is trying to use in his goblin deck. Now if you’re that combo type of player who loves to pour everything in one turn, try the all-in deck by Travis Woo. And if you wishes to build a more competitive modern goblin deck, Sheridan Lardner’s work suggested three decks where Goblin Piledriver is involved.  And lastly, here is a terse PPTQ tournament report from Darcy Hartwick with goblins.

There you have it guys!

By the way, if you have any suggestions about budget and/ or goblin decks, feel free to hit me.

I wish in this little way we are helping others in embracing this format we love.

Until next time folks!

Have a nice day.

-Paeng 

Revisiting WMCQ 2 (14 September 2015)

Hello folks!

WMCQ 2 is now in the book. Sadly I did not have a stellar one. I dropped after absorbing my second setback against a RG Tron in the fifth round. How was your modern WMCQ campaign?  What modern deck did you use?  What were your match ups? Did you have any unforgettable play?  Whatever your answers for my questions, I am pretty sure you did had a wonderful weekend.

I am not going to do a tournament report about my WMCQ 2 but instead; I will share to you the winning deck lists of other countries.

Belgium: Johan Vershulst– Tooth and Nail

Singapore: Jeffrey Chan  – Grixis Delver

Czech Republic: Dominik Mikolas – Grixis Control

Indonesia: Michael Sjamputra – Affinity

Malaysia:  Wee Pang Ming– Merfolk

Austria: Christoph Aukenthaler – RUG Twin

Denmark: Martin Muller– Living End

Ukraine: Alexander Drapaylo– Elves

Slovinia: Miha Zagar – Jund

Italy: Bifero Francesco – Scapeshift Gifts

Taiwan: Huang Ta Chi – GR Tron

Canada: Hunter Platt– Scapeshift

USA: Tom Martell– Amulet Bloom

Cyprus: Tatsiana Suponeva– Infect

Hungary: Kocsis Gabor – Twin

Non creature spells

4 Splinter Twin

2 Gitaxian Probe

2 Spell Pierce

1 Vapor Snag

1 Izzet Charm

2 Mana Leak

3 Remand

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Serum Visions

1 Cryptic Command

Creatures

3 Pestermite

4 Deceiver Exarch

3 Snapcaster Mage

2 Spellskite

1 Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Land

3 Sulfur Falls

3 Steam Vents

1 Stompy Ground

2 Mountain

5 Island

1 Desolate Lighthouse

4 Scalding Tarn

4 Misty Rainforest

Sideboard

3 Blood Moon

1 Dispel

1 Teferi, Mage of

1 Engineered Explosives

3 Ancient Grudge

2 Anger of Gods

2 Relic of Progenitus

2 Rending Volley

Croatia: Matija Vlahovic – Scapeshift

Non creature spells

4 Scapeshift
2 Prismatic Omen
2 Khalni Heart Expedition
2 Farseek
4 Search for Tomorrow
2 Echoing Truth
4 Remand
4 Izzet Charm

Creatures

4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Primeval Titan
2 Obstinate Baloth

Lands

4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Breeding Pool
1 Steam Vents
4 Stomping Ground
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Forest
1 Island
6 Mountain

Sideboard
2 Spellskite
2 Sowing Salt
1 Scavenging Ooze
2 Torpor Orb
2 Negate
3 Anger of the Gods
1 Obstinate Baloth
2 Combust

Russia: Kristina Papikyan – Naya Burn 

Creatures

4 Eidolon of Great Rebel

4 Goblin Guide

1 Grim Lavamancer

4 Monastery Swiftspear

4 Wild Nacatl

Non creature spells

4 Atarka’s Command

4 Boros Charm

4 Lava Spike

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Rift Bolt

3 Searing Blaze

Lands

4 Arid Mesa

1 Bloodstained Mire

3 Copperline Gorge

3 Sacred Foundry

1 Scalding Tarn

2 Stomping Ground

4 Wooded Foothills

2 Mountain

Sideboard

3 Kor Firewalker

2 Molten Rain

2 Skullscrack

1 Searing Blaze

3 Destructive Revelry

2 Path to Exile

1 Rending Volley

1 Deflecting Palm

Philippines: Erick Macasaet – BW Tokens 

Non creature spells

2 Liliana of the Veil

2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

4 Inquisition of Kozilek

4 Path to Exile

3 Thoughtseize

2 Zealous Persecution

2 Dismember

4 Lingering Souls

4 Spectral Procession

3 Timely Reinforcement

2 Bitterblossom

4 Intangible Virtue

Lands

4 Marsh Flats

4 Winswepth Heath

4 Godless Shrine

4 Windbrisk Heights

3 Plains

1 Swamp

3 Ghost Quarter

1 Vault of the Archangel

Sideboard

1 Thoughtseize

4 Kor Firewalker

1 Rest in Peace

2 Spellskite

2 Stoney Silence

1 Drown in Sorrow

1 Timely Reinforcement

2 Hero of Bladehold

1 Wrath of God

In case you’re in the process of acquiring an Elven deck, I hope Stanley Yu’s fourth placer tournament report report with Gb CoCo Elves helps you a lot. 

Before everything ends, I would like to thank the following for replying immediately to my email:

Tomas Klimes of Czech Republic
Renee Nooryaldie of Indonesia 

Chris Davis of Channel Fireball (USA)

Francesco of Galactus Roma (Italy)

Viacheslav Ivanov of Russia

Horus Vinkovci of Croatia

Emanuel Burtsher of Austria

Jeff MacDougall of Canada

Horvath Tamas of Hungary

You have been so helpful gentlemen. I wish I’ll be able to play in your shop when I visit your respective countries. Again, thank you very much! Until then, thank you for reading! Have a great a nice day everyone! -Paeng4983 6214089146

Fetches and Fiends

Hello folks!

Modern WMCQ is just a few hours away.  I am pretty sure that as of the very moment, majority of you are now well prepared. In fact, regardless of the deck’s variance, most of the modern players are aware the content of the deck of their opponent. And that they are so competitive, a few of them are well aware of what to do in a certain situation; proper sequencing of casting of spells or effects; and even what land to fetch during his opening turn.  

Fetch lands!  They are one of the best modern cards ever printed by Wizard of the Coast. They fix the colors we need. And as Garrett Johnson explained in his work, fetch land increased our probability of drawing spells. And lastly, it serves as food for delve mechanic. These are just some of the great things fetch lands can do.

This is my last-ditch effort in helping you prepare for modern WMCQ for I do not want you to experience a losing situation in which the one of the issues involve is over a fetch land. I would like to freshen up some cards concerning fetch lands.

Blood Moon can single-handedly cause you a game. If you are aware that his deck has a Blood Moon in it, as much as possible fetch a basic land in the early progress.

Pithing Needle. Only a handful of people utilize the needle as an option in shutting down fetch land. It’s a good tactic in a way because a deck has an average of six fetches in it. And out of those six, four of those are a set of a specific color fit for the deck while the remaining acts as support.  With the same effect, there are a few players who abuse Surgical Extraction or Extirpate in which they intentionally remove your fetches to thin you out of the possibility of drawing a land.

Aven Mindcensor. Watch out if your opponent leaves three mana (one of them must have the capacity to produce white) for this pesky bird wizard can also be an instant out tempo-ing you by limiting your chances of fetching a land you need.

Opponent dropped Suppression Field or a Leonin Arbiter in his turn two, and you just top decked a fetch but unable to pay the taxes being imposed upon. GG.

Squelch and Trickbind. These two are modern’s Stifle which are not that popular but still can out tempo you.

Shadow of Doubt. Never trust a control opponent if he has an open two blue and/ or black combination of mana. In modern, two mana in the said color combination doesn’t always mean Remand or Mana Leak. And by the time he reached four mana, he might do it again – Snapcaster Mage into Shadow of Doubt.

And if you are still looking for anything to read regarding modern, here as penned by Sam Pardee. 

Alright people! There you have it!

I hope I did help you in my little way in the past weeks of writing.

Again, I wish you all the best this Saturday!

Please be at the venue if you can at 8am.

If not, at least before players’s meeting.

Until then! Have a great day!

-Paeng

A friendly reminder before September 5th

Hello folks!

After days, weeks or even months of preparing for the much anticipated modern WMCQ this September 5th in Glorieta 5 Makati, can you answer all the questions: Are you ready for it? Your main deck and its fifteen card sideboards, are they final? Have you done pre-registering for the event? If you’re not qualified to participate in the said event because you failed to gain at least 300 planeswalker points from the period fixed by WOTC, do you have any plans of playing in any of the Last Chance Qualifiers pod that Neutral Grounds Glorieta will host this September 4th? Whatever your answers, I wish you good luck!

And let me expound a little my good luck by adding some reminders that I wish will be of help for your modern WMCQ campaign.

First, please be in Glorieta 5 Makati at least an hour ahead of the designated time for players’ meeting. This is to lessen, if not totally avoid, whatever hassle you might encounter along the way.  Also, please try not to be late in each round. This is WMCQ, judges will strictly implement the rules regarding tardiness.

Second, please write neatly and make sure that you will completely note down the name and number of the cards properly on your deck list. To those who are not aware of this: abbreviation and short cuts are not allowed. As much as possible, do not make any last minute deck tweak for this may result for your deck list error violation which might cause you losing one game.

Third, the first five rounds of the event are important. Normally this serves as our indicator if we have any chances of making it to the top eight. So make sure that your body is well conditioned for the gruesome battle. A decent sleep, a great breakfast, water and snacks are just some of the things you will need to fuel yourself in propelling your way to the top.

Fourth, stop look and listen. Whenever there is an action being done, STOP for a second and try to LOOK on the table and check for whatever effect and/ or triggers that may arise. And if a problem occurs, never hesitate to call a judge. Whatever the ruling, LISTEN to him for you might use the lesson learned to your succeeding rounds.

And lastly, enjoy every second of it. This is just a game. There’s no need to take things personally. If you are that dead serious with it, fine. As much as possible, please do not lose your cool during the event.

Again people, have fun and GOOD LUCK in your respective campaign!

-Tiyo Paeng

MODERN META (8-25-15)

Hello folks!

Modern WMCQ is just days away!

Aren’t you excited? Are you satisfied with your deck’s outcome from the FNMs or any modern tournaments you participated? Are you, in whatever way, still undecided with what deck or sideboard card/s to use? Are you still wondering how the meta would look like? These are just some of the queries I am sure that are popping out from your inquisitive mind. With this article, I hope I’ll be of help with your preparation by briefly discussing our would be meta – at least as I foresee it.

 

Burn base decks

Mono Red Burn (RDW), Naya Burn, Boros, RGw Burn and Sligh are some of the decks that falls under this name. Make sure you use your resources wisely because they deplete opponent’s life in a very short notice. If you are thinking of using enchantment or artifact as your sideboard of choice, think again for they have Destructive Revelry as counter measure for your hate. And do not forget about their Skullcrack and Flame of the Blood Hand just in case you plan to flight them with life gain.

Fast aggro decks

To name a few right now Infect, Naya, Gruul beats, Mono Green agro, Soul sister, Zoo, GW agro, Boogles, delver base agro decks, Affinity and Elves. Speed is their key weapon. And if you cannot keep up with them, good luck. Mass removals (Pyroclasm and the like) or prison cards (Ghostly Prison and the like) are a very good way of keeping them at bay. Or if you think you can outrun them, better.

Mid game aggro decks

Collected Company, UWx Geist variant, Merfolk, Abzan Rhino, Junk DnT, RUG, GW Maverick, Living End and Tokens are just some of the decks that we see in our meta. Unlike those decks that fall under the fast agro deck group, they normally win during mid game because they tend to control the early part of the game either by disrupting/ controlling your board state or by out tempo-ing you with their counters and removals or by simply taxing your spell more.

BGx decks

Jund, Junk, BG, and BUG are the decks that come out from my mind. They specialize in controlling the boards, although some includes cards at hand and graveyard. If you are on a fair deck, expect a grindy situation. Also blue decks be warned, they have Chokes. For those builds that love to control you by means of disrupt, do not forget Leyline of Sanctity.

Kiki Jiki variant

UR and URw are the most popular variation of this archetype. Please be aware that the deck can also be used as an alternative main deck (or even a transformational) win condition in Collected Company, RW midrange decks, Grixies, UR or URw non twin main deck variants and Living End decks. Always use your spot removals wisely.

Control decks

When we talk about control, Manila has the following: Esper, Tron variants, Blue Moon, Tezeret Control, Grixies, UW and UWr control, Mono Black, Scred Red, Solar Flare and Lantern Control. Board control is their specialty, so bear in mind that over committing against any of them is not be a good idea. If you are facing this archetype, please play astutely.

Combo decks

Bloom Titan, Hive Mind, storm base decks, Jeskai Ascendancy, twin variants, Ad Nauseam and Melira Pod are the combo decks we normally see in our meta. Eidolon of Rhetoric, Eidolon of the Great Rebel, Thalia, Ethersworn Canonist, Surgical Extraction, Extirpate and Vryn Wingmare are the best known hates for this group. And if your sideboard card did not come in time, good luck.

There you have it folks. I wish you good luck in our fast approaching modern WMCQ (Glorieta 5, September 5th).

-Paeng

Misplay

Hello folks!

We both know that at some point of our playing days, we all have that not-so-good-tournament-performance. Some attribute this to their getting up at the wrong side of the bed. Some connect this to whatever feng shui they have for their decks. Some simply blame their sideboard card which fails to reach their hand in time. While others fault themselves because of their misplays.

Misplay, a lot of people define this as “making play X when play Y was the better play.” As pointed out by James Reed in his work, there are reasons why people misplays: (i) lack of knowledge, (ii) forgetting or overlooking cards or effects and (iii) Playing cards, attacking and/ or blocking (PAB) in an incorrect manner. Aside from having it during your game/ match, are you aware that misplay can also be committed even before and after the game/ match? This was mentioned in an article by Dan Barrett in which he discussed the seven (7) types of misplays. Number one (1), five (5) and six (6) talked about: (i) poor knowledge of the format/ metagame; (ii) poor deck choice; (iii) not having constructed your sideboard correctly; (iv) poor shuffling; (v) arriving late at your designated table; and (vi) deck registration error. Although Xrystina Marcos was talking about losing her game in her work, she mentioned one good definition of a misplay; and that is to be able to see what was wrong with my first and second line-of-play.

Our modern WMCQ is just three weeks away. Here are some of friendly reminders that might help you in reducing them, I hope.

1. You must carefully assess every card in your seventy-five (75). Because modern is so diverse, be certain that every card in your seventy-five are flexible enough that can deal with other archetypes.

2. It is utmost important that you must correctly write the card name and its numbers in your deck list. Abbreviation and/ or short cut are not allowed. Please do not forget to write your name and DCI number at the designated box.

3. There should be no discrepancies between players’ life points. Make sure to check this every time a damage or loss of life is being done. One life point could be the difference between winning from losing the game. To help you remember things, especially if there is a need for a review, please write down a word or an abbreviation of that card that causes the damage/ loss of life beside the life changes on your note pad.

4. Communicate well with your opponent. Make sure that both of you are on the same page to avoid any issues that might arise.

5. Armed yourself with the correct rules, interaction, and proper trigger resolution/ reactions of your cards. You can gain this through any of the following: (i) brainstorm or play test religiously with your group and discuss the different scenarios that you’ll encounter; (ii) play at your LGS or modern FNMs; (iii) simply ask any judge or get some tips from player/s who is/are on the same deck as you are.

6. When playing, make sure you’ll mentally double/ triple check each move you’ll do. Also before making a move, make sure to read each card on the table (especially those of your opponent’s) so that you will not miss any trigger that might hamper your plan. Exercise the same vigilant thinking in each spell you cast, before you could announce anything, check for any triggers that might affect you and/ or your spell. Please do everything at a reasonable phase.

7. Always be attentive at your opponent’s every move. Make sure he is doing everything proper.

8. If you find yourself in the middle of whatever argument with your opponent, do not settle things between yourselves. Call a judge for better enlightenment.

9. During combat, make sure you are fully aware of those creatures that have first or double strike, trample, lifelink, protection and other abilities inherent of the creatures involved. Make sure of your math is correct. Again, compute everything at a reasonable phase.

10. Getting to excited, nervous, cocky or other emotions within you can also be a contributory factor in helping you in committing misplays. So please control yourself of these factors.

11. If you commit a misplay in a game, do not overreact. Overreacting to it will put you in a quicksand thus making you prone to commit more misplays later on. Remain calm, assess the result of the situation and figure out if there is another way for you to win the game. (Reed)  

12. And lastly, some people commit this after the game, please do not forget your belongings especially your deck. This is the biggest misplay ever you will make.

Misplay will always be there for us to commit if we’re not that prudent enough. And if in case you just did one, do not overreact and do not waste time by blaming or debating yourself during the game. Just be calm, regroup and try to win the game with whatever left in you.

Thank you for spending your precious time reading this.

I hope you remember any of this when September 5th comes.

And in case you are looking for a great playground for a modern play test in preparation for your modern WMCQ, here:

All Fridays where a LGS host a modern FNM.

August 15

GPT at R4, Zapote Road, Alabang

PPTQ at Battlegrounds, Pasig

August 16

PPTQ at Comic Quest
*This will be at Alphaland Mall, Magallanes, Makati*

PPTQ at Tobey's Cafe, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong

August 29

GPT Sydney at Xtreme Hobby Cafe, UST Sampaloc, Manila

Champion gets 10k pesos cash.

Have a great day everyone!

-Paeng

Manila’s modern World Magic Cup Qualifiers (modern WMCQ) is set on 5 September 2015. Our beloved Neutral Grounds will host this event and will take place at Glorietta V’s ground level. Sweet news for every modern player. A chance to put his name and be part of the 2015 Team Philippines Worlds.

Philippine modern meta is full of combo decks. Ad Nauseam, Bloom Titan, Collected Company variants, Twin variants and Infect are the decks they say are the most rampant in the field right now. When asked for agro decks, they responded with: Red Deck Wins variants, Affinity, Delver Variants, Merfolk and Jund/Junk. And as for control decks, Tron variant, Grixis and UW were their answers.

“I never thought I’ll be facing <deck>.”

“I told you. <Name of the side board card> is a must in this kind of event.”

“Alas! I boarded the wrong card. I never thought he’d take those away for game three.”

“My side board card didn’t reach me in time, thus I lose.”

“I have dedicated <number of side board cards> for Boogles deck. I didn’t face one.”

“Most of my side boards are meant for combo decks, I faced none.”

These are just some of the reasoning you will hear from the players usually after a round.

Side board/ side boarding is a very important part/ aspect of our game. Let us talk about it.

In an article penned by Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, he suggested that side board slot should be expanded from 15 to 20 cards.  Personally, I like this idea. Just imagine the possibilities of what we can do with it; playing in a Grand Prix Modern with 20 cards as your side board. Who wouldn’t like that? Unfortunately, as long as Wizard of the Coast (WOTC) does not change the number of our sideboard cards, we are left with no choice but to enlist 15 and maximize its usage to the fullest. And speaking of maximizing it to its fullest, Reid Duke confers it in his work. He said it in this wise, “Your card choices are made based on what you intend to do during side boarding, and what you do during side boarding fits with your card choices.”

In order to help us on how to improve our side boarding, I asked some players if they can share their secret/ tips on how they do it.

Juancho Fabregas: It is important to know your deck’s weaknesses. From there, commit some slots on the side board.

Arrian Ordoñez: I normally check first the archetypes that are my bad match up. Then play test those decks to help me understand more. And lastly after games of playing against them, decide how many side board cards I will allot to help me improve my winning percentage.

Jason Baes: I side board to negate their side boards.

Paul Licarte: I do not like my sixty to be diluted with the side boards. So most of my fifteen has one-off with Blood Moon and Stony Silence as exception.

Ricardo Nisperos Jr: It is important also to know what to remove from your sixty.

Rami Hourani: If I am on a tried and tested deck, and is on everyone’s radar, I’ll probably need more devastating cards to help me counter their preparedness.

Richmond Tan: I looked at the possible meta and adjust my side boards accordingly.

Lizzie Dee: Gauntlet play testing with possible side board cards in the deck is how we do things. In this way, we can fully assess if those cards are really needed especially against bad match ups. And I also read materials relevant to the format I intend to participate.

Allan Oca: I’ll check for any recent tournaments and check the content of their side boards. And will try to analyze why they have such. From there, I will try to improve my side board line up. Meta reading is also a must.

Jackson Azarcon: Most of my side boards are for my bad match ups, namely Tron and combo decks.

Carlos Callangan: In usually adopt the list of the recently most successful deck. Then adjust his side board list a little in order for it to perfectly suit in our meta.

Martin Marcelo: I want my side board option to be very good against something in the meta instead of being just decent against many deck. 

Hezekiah Dealca: I usually have the one-off card. Take my side board plan versus Twin for example. I use Choke as one of them.  Choke is very good versus blue decks. But playing with two Choke in a meta so diverse, I don’t think it is a good idea because chances of facing that many blue decks is slim. That’s why I prefer the one-offs for there are cards that are good against not just one but against another as well.

Philipp Schonegger: My fifteen complements my sixty.

Eugenio Araño: When side boarding, remember these questions: (i) How did I lose/win? (ii)Are there cards in my hand/ battlefield that did little or no impact?

There you have it guys. 

I hope you remember the tips they shared. 

Good luck in your preparation for modern WMCQ!

- Paeng