Drafting with the Shards

Hello Magic Universe! Patrick here, I’m very happy to finish 1st with a 4-0 record in the Shards of Alara booster draft event. This is my first time to come on top in four tries. I’m going to share with you how I evolved and analyzed my past mistakes to rectify limited event mishaps. Read more

Picks of Pics: Shards of Alara Draft (Oct. 25, 2008)

We had our first Shards of Alara draft for Saturday’s weekly tournament. It was fun and challenging as we get to draft and build a three color deck. Some even made it into four and five color decks. The winner, Patrick, drafted a fast green-white based Naya deck and earned him a 4-0 record.

For this week’s picks of pics, here are my choices: Read more

A Faerie Tale in Shards (Part Two)

Hi guys, I’m back! Remember for every Pat there is a “Trick”! Hahahaha! Labutaw nga Joseph. Anyways, I’m happy to say that the Faerie archetype still was able to Top this week’s Tourney. This time I was able to adjust my 2-1-0 match record and games 2-3 wins over Kithkins into a complete sweep. Read more

Shard It Out: A Post Shards Standard Metagame Analysis

Good Day to All Readers!

I’m Oliver Mastilero and I’m here to tackle our local standard MTG metagame as well as the foreign metagame that could influence the tournament scene. We all know that knowing the metagame gives us the edge in tournaments, the way we build our decks and what cards to be used as sideboards, so it’s very important to have an idea about them. Read more

Picks of Pics (Oct. 18, 2008)

Last Saturday, I saw a lot of great plays including a match won by library burn (courtesy of Oona’s Grace) and stolens games via Mirrorweave (even Elves are using it). Here is our picks of pics from last Saturday’s Standard Constructed tournament at Country Square Resto.
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Dowsing into Limited: Shards of Alara - Green

Hello! I have been entrusted in giving some of my limited opinions. Through daily drafting I have rated some cards in the new set. Shards of Alara is certainly very exciting set to draft but can also be potentially misleading and hard when it comes to the colors because it has embraced a multicolored theme. Read more

What is your profession? (An introduction to me)

So I got this message from our local Mtg hero, Marco that he wants me to write about T1 for our site Magiciloilo.com. As he is the best player in our area and a friend as well, I couldn’t refuse.

Because I know that most of the readers of this site are not into vintage as much as I am (this is not really a vintage article by the way), I’ll try to write this piece as entertaining as I could. This is an excerpt of an interview a friend of mine did a while back. I hope you enjoy it. Read more

A Faerie Tale in Shards (Part One)

Hello Guys! I’m Patrick Tirol and I’ve been an avid pilot of the UB “So Called Top of the Food Chain Deck” Faeries Deck. Since the rotation has stripped me of some of the vital power cards (Ancestral Visions, Damnation, Rune Snag, River of Tears, etc.), I had to think of an innovation that would suit my predicted metagame. Read more

Evaluating the Shards: Shards of Alara - Blue

Hi everyone. I’m John Paul and this is the limited side of magic, the place where cards that don’t see constructed play get a chance to show off and gain respect.
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Mono Red Sligh deck below P2,000

Hey y’all. Its been a long time since me and Mao are creating budget decks and we are happy to tell you that we’re back on the spotlight. Starting Wednesday of each week, we will be providing you ideas and lists of decks that can be competitive on tournaments while letting you spend less on the card components. Read more

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