Hi guys, After my previous 2 announcements, I'm sure everyone is excited to see what's in store for The Forbidden Alchemy in 2019 and I'm not gonna lie, I'm very excited as well. As Julio and Nick both shared, 2019 is the year of Filipino-MTG content. I am very happy in the direction we're taking.... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, I promised in my last entry that we're beefing up the roster of writers for the blog and one of them is a former judge turned competitive player some of you may have already played against. He's a good friend of mine and a team mate represeting Team Bear Wolves (TBW). Allow me... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, It's been a while since I lost wrote something here and I must admit that the year of the pig has been full of surprises for me, especially in my work. Mostly in my work. It's keeping me off a lot of Arena streaming and paper testing but I also bring good news... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, As promised in my previous post, I will share the test results with my Mardu Taxes deck that's showing a lot of promise in Best-of-One Platinum Tier 3 where we see a lot of meta decks trying to get to Mythic in the last leg of the season. The concept of the deck... Continue Reading →
Hello Everyone, Welcome back to the lab. With Ravnica Allegiance in full swing, I'm seeing a lot of people in Arena trying out the newest toys, then there are those who went back to using streamlined decks pre-RNA that take advantage of brews to climb up to Mythic. What I'm playing around now are the... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Wow. The applause and flak I got from posting the Grixis T4 Kill deck was amazing! A lot of people all over Facebook and WordPress shared valuable feedback so allow me to summarize them below. There are too many moving parts. The combo pieces are easy to disrupt. You need to draw them... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, I got a very promising, and spicy deck that can finally resemble a combo deck in Standard. The nearest 'combo' like deck is the Phoenix deck but it isn't really a combo deck per se. What I'll be showing you is a potential list I'm sure (or hope) pro players will perfect once... Continue Reading →
Hello guys! When I woke up this morning and found new spoilers, my brain went crazy trying to sift through hundreds of cards and see what interactions lie waiting to be exploited. I'm sure plenty of online brewers have began producing videos and articles on how the new cards from RNA will potentially change the... Continue Reading →
Care for a story? If you follow the story line back in Kaladesh, you will know that Tezzeret manipulated Dovin Baan to work for him and stop the Gatewatch from meddling with his plan of taking control of the planes' artifact creations and subdue the power that lies within the Planar Bridge. Nicol Bolas has... Continue Reading →
Welcome back everyone! I hope you guys have survived your self-induced food coma and are ready to come back to Standard. With Ravnica Allegiance spoiling soon, we will surely have a lot of new toys to play with here in the Lab. Gabe, a friend of mine from Team Champ, referred me to a R/G... Continue Reading →
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