Hello again guys, I received a lot of messages asking for part 2 of my dreams of opening my own MTG shop. Some even sent me business proposals, vacant commercial spaces to help me make my dream into a reality, offered to be my business partner, or encouraged me to revisit my dream. I'm sure... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, As much as I love sharing my brews, I also like to use the blog to reach out to you on other things I have thought about, or still taking of, about the game we all love so very much. Almost 2 years ago, me and a friend of mine wanted to open... Continue Reading →
This is honestly my favorite card to break. Several players in the internet have tried brewing with the deck and many have been very successful. A recent deck in MTGO went 5-0 with a Bant List. I also saw a Sultai Turns (SulTurns), a reddit list that proposed Grixis Turns, and Saffron Olive made a... Continue Reading →
Cover Photo: Freddie Tan Hello Alchemist, If you missed day 1's article, you can find it here. Welcome back to the lab! So Day 2 arrives and I am entering with a 7-1 record, finding myself drafting in Pod 2, Table 2. Talk about top tables! Day 2 is 3 rounds of draft and 2... Continue Reading →
Cover Photo: Freddie Tan Hello Alchemist, After 20 years of playing Magic, this is the most successful run I have ever had in my life. The fact that I mainly play brews, jank decks and fringe lists, I am very happy to finally see my name in the rankings without scrolling down the list. I... Continue Reading →
So we got new mill cards in Standard and I can't help reminisce a brew I took to a top 8 PPTQ that milled my opponent as its primary win condition using zombies and Embalmer's Tools. This deck was extremely grindy and we use the different embalm and eternalized creatures as a cushion from incoming... Continue Reading →
0-3. 0-3. 3-4. These are my past records from 1 FNM and 2 attempts at PPTQ respectively. Mind Rot's flavor text is what I feel right now. As a brewer, you always have high hopes to your newly constructed deck. And after plenty of shadow testing and imagining how your would-be opponent's deck would perform... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Let's continue with rounds 5 through 8 with my brew below. Round 5 - vs. BW Knights (1-1-1) Game 1, I almost lost this game when the opponent had main board Ixalan's Binding and placed it on top of my Mirari Conjecture but thankfully I drew my single copy of Blink of an... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Grand Prix Singapore is now wrapped up and in the books but the experience of bringing brews to GPs will always remain etched in my memory. As you all know, my first feature article by WotC was back in GP Manila in 2017 when the standard meta was Pro or Anti-Aetherworks Marvel. I... Continue Reading →
Hello Alchemist, I took the deck I wrote about here and made 4 iterations before I piloted it for our local store championships, for the chance to win the Teferi championship playmat and a Dominaria pre-release pass. The tournament gathered 47 players entering round 1, resulting to 6 swiss rounds and a cut to top... Continue Reading →
Forbidden Alchemy 