Saturday, 30 November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019: THE 8 BEARS

RADIOACTIVE GAMES & HOBBIES
Anonas, Quezon City
30 November 2019

Affinity 2-0
Mono Red Prowess 2-0
Ad Naus 2-0


Notes:


Finally! I am back on the winning column after weeks of staying below the .500 mark. I know the event had only three rounds; but for me, those three rounds were enough to give the push necessary to motivate me to win more in the remaining 2019 modern tournaments.

I cannot recall any funky situations from this experience. Just plain bear slamming in a turn then go off the next turn. 

I hope I'll have the same results in my next modern outing. Until next time.

Thank you for reading!

Paeng Paeng

Monday, 25 November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019: REGRAN OPEN

REGRAN OPEN
Quezon City
24 November 2019

Boros Burn 1-2
Tron 2-0
UW control 0-1
UW control 2-0
Eldrazi Tron *

Notes
I used the eight bears Gifts storm build for this tournament. 

I noticed that Baral Gift storm users around the globe are starting to adopt a set of Aria of Flame over Empty the Warrens in their sideboards. I'll probably give it a try in my next tournament with the deck.   

I miss presenting to my opponent the pile that I've been doing since 2012, ritual-ritual-morphose-PIF. 

I do not think there was a memorable thing that happened to me from this experience.

Thanks for reading. 

Paeng Paeng

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019: GOLD RUSH MODERN



GOLD RUSH MODERN
Solaire Resort Manila, Pque City
17 November 2019

RD1 Infect 0-2
RD2 Boros Burn 1-2
RD3 Tron 2-0
RD4 UW control 2-1
RD5 Eldrazi Tron 0-2
RD6 Eldrazi 1-2

Notes:
Before the event, I was running 18 lands. Flooding was one of the reasons why I was not drawing gas while comboing-off. So I decided to go back at 17 lands; but sadly, majority of the game threes I had ended in drought.

The only nice thing that happened to me at the event was calling X goblins at the end of my opponent's turn. It was fun to see the stun look they're wearing on their faces. Them trying to do the math calculating if they can survive the army of little green men. 

Well, this is it for now. Thanks for reading! 

Paeng Paeng







Monday, 4 November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019: BURN PIONEER


BURN 
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Creatures
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Young Pyromancer
4 Bonecrusher Giant

Spells
1 Risk Factor
3 Magma Jet
4 Shock
4 Wild Slash
4 Light up the Stage
4 Lightning Strike
4 Skullcrack
4 Skwer the Critics

Lands
4 Sunscroched Desert
16 Mountain

Sideboard
3 Fry
4 Eidolon of the Great Rebel
4 Searing Blood
4 Smash to Smithereens


MADCAP GAMING
San Pedro, Laguna
2 November 2019

Br Demonic Offering 1-2
UW control 1-2
UR control 0-2
Gr Ramp 1-2
(0-4)  (3-8)

Notes:
The deck folds to Leyline Sanctity. Only the UR control did not had the anti burn white enchantment sideboard card. 

The format is still at its chaotic stage. Hopefully things will much be in order after the November 4th announcement. 

I am still in the hunt for Rumanap Ruins. So until I find a set, Sunscroched Desert will stay in the sixty. 

I might join the prowess next time. The Tandem of Chandra's Phoenix and Young Pyromancer, on theory, seems great and effective. But in reality it was not. 

So zero four for my first try, I'd say: There's no way but UP!

Thanks for reading. 

Paeng Paeng

Sunday, 27 October 2019

October 2019: UR STORM



FAST EFFECTS
Pacita, San Pedro, Laguna

Notes:
Scapeshift Titan
We only had two games, game one was where I experienced drawing lands for seven straight turn. And game two, six consecutive lands. I started to question if having 18 lands is too much for the deck. 

BW control
He made me discard two cards (Wrench Mind). Since our life points then were at around 19 and 17, I did not mind discarding the rituals, Desperate and Pyretic. He then follow up his Wrench Mind with a pair of Surgical Extractions and exiled both of my rituals. I managed to snatch the win from the jaws of defeat via two online Pyromancer Ascensions, Goblin Electromancer, Manamorphoses, cantrips, PIF, and Grapeshot.

I did not imagine I'll see in a BW-shell the combination of Karn, the Great Creator with Gideon planeswalkers (those Gideons that turn into 4/4 and 6/6) and Anguished Unmaking are just some of the amalgam of cards that I can recall. 

UW control
Opponent summoned Rest in Peace then immediately pass the turn. Before untapping for my turn, I pointed to him that he missed RIP's comes into play trigger ability.  It was also in this game that Quicken shines the brightest. Here were the situations that I can remember. First, Quicken to Serum Visions / Sleight of Hand at the end of opponent's turn. Second, giving Pyromancer Ascension its second counter from the Quicken Serum/ Sleight or any sorcery card. Third, winning in his turn. Quicken for Past in Flames into recycling those instant spells then Quicken, again, but this time it's for Grapeshot. Fourth, he cannot use the alternate cost of Force of Negation.

URg Tempo
Another well brewed modern deck by one of Fast Effect's house players. The deck abuses the interaction of As Foretold or Electrodominance with the cards like Ancestral Vision or Crashing Footfalls. The best situation (well that's actually the worst for me) opponent had during the game was when opponent exiled a Simian Spirit Guide into a turn one Electrodominance for zero into Crashing Footfalls. Yes, two 4/4 green trample rhinos were summoned in his turn one.


BLOCK 101
Boni, Mandaluyong

Notes:
BW Stoneblade
He summoned a Fatal Push in an attempt to kill my golden goblin and hoped to derail me of my math. But Quicken was there to give an instant speed to Past in Flames then later used the same Quicken card (flashback) to give instant speed to Grapeshot for the win.

Humans
Great team effort from Meddling Mages, naming Grapeshot and Past in Flames, plus Thalia guarding my non-creature spells, and Kitesail Freebooter snatching salient pieces from my hand. I could have won the game but I was short of one mana.

BGx
Game one: opponent had no answer to an online Pyromancer Ascension. Rituals and morphose into PIF into amassing lethal storm count for Grapeshot, WIN. For game two, I put 10 goblin tokens off Empty the Warrens by second turn. No Plague Engineer. No Maelstrom Pulse. No Engineer Explosives or whatever form of mass removal, I win in two swings. 

Affinity
I cleaned his board (game one) with Grapeshot then aim for the win the following turn. In game two, opponent tried killing Goblin Electromancer with Whipflare. I responded with Manamorphose, rituals, Quicken, PIF, rituals, Manamorphoses, Thought Scours, Quicken (same card), into lethal Grapeshot. 

Tron
Win the game by 2-0.


Paeng4983

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

OCTOBER 2019: PIONEER


Time to brew new decks. Now, where do I start? How about you? Where will you start? 

Paeng4983

Monday, 30 September 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019: BLUE RED GRIZZLY BEAR

Roll Play
Highway 54 Bldg., EDSA
29 Sept 2019

I sleeved the Baral-Gifts for the September 29th Roll Play event. 28 players, 5 rounds and here are my match ups. I won against: Dredge (2-1) and Death Shadow (2-1). Lost to RW DnT (1-2), Boros Burn (0-2), and Jund (0-2). 

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