Hello everyone, I hope everyone is safe from the storms. Especially those who live near Marikina and low lying areas, stay safe, stay dry. Save all the important things like passports, documents, fetchlands and duals. GP Brussels is happening as you read this and a lot of people have sleeved up proxy mountains. If you... Continue Reading →
Secret Rat Colony in Standard!
Before you get excited and buy out all the foil Colony Rats - here's my official disclaimer to the deck: Lost Legacy isn't played much right now so I think this is a plausible idea Ixalan's Binding is not played in high numbers so I think this is a plausible idea Don't run this deck... Continue Reading →
Historic Tokens
I can end the article right here to be honest but why stop the fun, right? The combo is honestly self-explanatory and literally unlimited. Tragic Poet goes to the yard to recall History after it expires. You replay History and trigger Teshar's reanimating ability. You fetch back Poet. Rinse & Repeat. The end result is... Continue Reading →
Black White Legend Control
The second of coming of Planar Cleansing is in Dominaria and I like that there is a nuclear launch button we have access to and just wipe everything non-Lyra, non-Scarab, non-Hazoret, non-Kiran and non-Walkers. Wait a minute, are we saying we're building a deck around a card that can't deal with Standard's strongest cards? Yes.... Continue Reading →
Say Hello to Liliana’s Brother
Hello Alchemist, Meet Liliana's brother, Josu Vess. If you understand that dating a hot girl requires getting through her tough brother, then this is a perfect example of that situation. A 4 mana 4/5 is Ripjaw stats and we see the reptile seeing tons of play in green decks. In combat, Jose Vess will not... Continue Reading →
Zombies are not dead yet (pun intended)
Hello again, Part of my philosophy in playing this game we all love so much is breaking the norms and challenge the status quo. The Pros of the game are naturally good at this especially the Japanese who are known for building bizarre decks that look like a hot mess but takes a Pro Tour... Continue Reading →
Golem Stockpile
Hello everyone, It's Saturday morning and I picked up an idea while I was taking my BW tokens deck apart. BW and Abzan tokens are the most successful go-wide strategy in standard as of late and much to their success is the crazy synergy that the deck plays. Hidden Stockpile is the main cog in... Continue Reading →
BW Toolbox Control
Possible breakthrough ahead. So I re-analyzed how the BG Azor toolbox deck works and found out that it can actually be ported to White which makes the deck better against aggro decks. I also noticed that the BG shell can take some time assembling the pieces to win the game which is not always good... Continue Reading →
Black White Vampires
Hello everyone, Today we will step back from mid range strategies and go back to basics with aggro strategies. The recent 304-player tournament in the Philippines over the weekend was trumped by a mono Black aggressive deck that used extremely cheap creatures that pack a lot of damage very early. Coupled with the resiliency that... Continue Reading →
Curses!
Today is All Saint's Day in the Philippines and it's a holiday for people to visit their departed love ones in the cemetery. It's also a common tradition for people to do a stop over before going home to leave behind spirits that might follow them home. They say that if you're not careful, you... Continue Reading →