MTG Manila 2013 Duel Commander Championship

MTG MNL 2013 Duel Commander Championship – November 17, 2013
@ BCI Greenhills (Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines)

METAGAME REPORT

66 Players

• 9 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 7 Zur the Enchanter
• 5 Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• 5 Geist of Saint Traft
• 5 Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 4 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 3 Animar, Soul of Elements
• 3 Doran, the Siege Tower
• 2 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
• 2 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
• 2 Radha, Heir to Keld
• 2 Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 2 Sygg, River Cutthroat
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1 Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1 Gaddock Teeg
• 1 Griselbrand
• 1 Iname, Death Aspect
• 1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1 Olivia Voldaren
• 1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
• 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1 Rafiq of the Many
• 1 Rhys the Redeemed
• 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1 Thraximundar
• 1 Wydwen, the Biting Gale

TOP 8 AFTER SWISS

• Joel Bantiles – Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• Ben Cardenas – Zur the Enchanter
• Matthew Co – Olivia Voldaren
• Ian Gutierrez – Geist of Saint Traft
• Kevin Gonzales – Zur the Enchanter
• Edwin Jocson – Zur the Enchanter
• Blas Yu – Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
• Randy De Rueda – Iname, Death Aspect

QUARTERFINALS

• Joel (Derevi) vs. Randy (Iname) – Joel wins
• Ben (zur) vs. Blas (Derevi) – Ben wins
• Matthew (Olivia) vs. Edwin (Zur) – Edwin wins
• Ian (GST) vs. Kevin (Zur) – Kevin wins

SEMIFINALS

• Joel (Derevi) vs. Kevin (Zur) – Joel wins
• Ben (zur) vs. Edwin (Zur) – Ben wins

FINALS

• Joel and Ben split the prize, with the win and the title of first ever MTG MNL Duel Commander Champion going to Joel

Top 8 Decklists 

Champion: Joel Bantiles
Commander: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

LANDS
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Arid Mesa
1 Breeding Pool
1 Brushland
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Flooded Grove
1 Flooded Strand
1 Gaea’s Cradle
1 Gavony Township
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 High Market
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mystic Gate
1 Razorverge Thicket
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Savannah
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Forest
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Plains
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Wooded Bastion

CREATURES
1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Judge’s Familiar
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Mother of Runes
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Meddling Mage
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Skylasher
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Spiketail Hatchling
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Voidmage Prodigy
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Eternal Witness
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Mangara of Corondor
1 Thornwind Faeries
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Trygon Predator
1 Hokori, Dust Drinker
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Mystic Snake
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Prophet of Kruphix

SPELLS
1 Armageddon
1 Bant Charm
1 Bident of Thassa
1 Counterspell
1 Detention Sphere
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Force Spike
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Into the Roil
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Krosan Grip
1 Mana Leak
1 Mana Tithe
1 Memory Lapse
1 Negate
1 Opposition
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Remand
1 Skullclamp
1 Spell Pierce
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Umezawa’s Jitte

Finalist: Ben Cardenas
Commander: Zur the Enchanter

OTHER SPELLS
1 Nevermore
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Detention Sphere
1 Darksteel mutation
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Pemmin’s Aura
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Greater Auramancy
1 Solitary Confinement
1 Rest in Peace
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Scroll Rack
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana of the Veil

CREATURES
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Dark Confidant
INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Duress
1 Castigate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Vindicate
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Winds of Rath
1 Wrath of God
1 Mana Leak
1 Cryptic Command
1 Counterspell
1 Force of Will
1 Condescend
1 Spell Pierce
1 Remand
1 Swan Song
1 Spell Snare
1 Pact of Negation
1 Force Spike
1 Mana Tithe
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Stifle
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Go for the Throat
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dismember
1 Into the Roil
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Sphinx’s Revelation
1 Brainstorm
1 Thirst for Knowledge

LANDS
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Watery Grave
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 City of Brass
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Underground River
1 Command Tower
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Marsh Flats
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Mystic Gate
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Godless Shrine
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Serra’s Sanctum
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Kor Haven
1 Tolaria West
1 Wasteland
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Darkslick Shores
1 River of Tears
1 Underground Sea
2 Plains
2 Swamps
5 Island

Semifinalist: Kevin Gonzales – Team Ruthless
Commander: Zur the Enchanter

LANDS
1 Arid Mesa
1 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Watery Grave
1 Mystic Gate
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Fetid heath
1 Glacial Fortess
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Island
1 Celestial Collonade
1 Creeping Tarpit
1 Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Wasteland
1 Dustbowl
1 Rishadan Port
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Darkslick Shores
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Command Tower
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Mistveil Plains
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord

CREATURES
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Mother of Runes
1 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Dark Confidant
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Spellskite
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Meddling Mage

INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Go for the Throat
1 Spell Snare
1 Force Spike
1 Cataclysm
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Thoughtseize
1 Preordain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vindicate
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Castigate
1 Duress
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Daze
1 Dispel
1 Ponder
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Counterspell
1 Dismember
1 Brainstorm
1 Spell Pierce
1 Mana Leak
1 Force of Will
1 Remand
1 Mana Tithe
1 Distress
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Swan Song
1 Mental Misstep

OTHER SPELLS
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Expedition Map
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Pemmin’s Aura
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Detention Sphere
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Bitterblossom
1 Nevermore
1 Underworld Connections

Semifinalist: Edwin Jocson – Team Geddon
Commander: Zur the Enchanter

LANDS
1 Plains
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Watery Grave
1 Mystic Gate
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Fetid heath
1 Glacial Fortess
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Ancient Den
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Nimbus Maze
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Command Tower
1 Reflecting Pool
1 City of Brass
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Wasteland
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Halimar Depths
1 Tolaria West
1 Flagstones of Trokair

CREATURES
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Spellskite
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
1 Venser, Shaper Savant

INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Counterspell
1 Mana Leak
1 Miscalculation
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Negate
1 Stifle
1 Memory Lapse
1 Spell Snare
1 Spell Pierce
1 Force of Will
1 Thoughtseize
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Castigate
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Brainstorm
1 Frantic Search
1 Impulse
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Fabricate
1 Lim-Dul’s Vault
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Far // Away
1 Go for the Throat
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Dismember
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Toxic Deluge
OTHER SPELLS
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Azorius Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Expedition Map
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Helm of Obedience
1 Pemmin’s Aura
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Underworld Connections
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Standstill
1 Nevermore
1 Detention Sphere
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Prison Term
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 Telepathy
1 Solitary Confinement
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Bitterblossom
1 Rest in Peace

5th-8th in no particular order

Matthew Co – Team Geddon
Commander: Olivia Voldaren

LANDS
1 Badlands
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Command Tower
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Graven Cairns
1 Tainted Peak
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Shadowblood Ridge
1 Mutavault
1 Volrath’s Stronghold
1 Wasteland
7 Mountain
15 Swamp

CREATURES
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Stormbreath Dragon
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Grave Titan
1 Torch Fiend
1 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Shriekmaw
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Manic Vandal

OTHER SPELLS
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Karn Liberated
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Hammer of Purphoros
1 Null Rod
1 Nevinyrral’s Disk
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Pithing Needle
1 Bitterblossom
1 Blood Moon
1 Necromancy
INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Combust
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Dismember
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hero’s Downfall
1 Chaos Warp
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Victim of Night
1 Terminate
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Ancient Craving
1 Blightning
1 Deathmark
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Damnation
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dreadbore
1 Duress
1 Decree of Pain
1 Flame Slash
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Innocent Blood
1 Murder
1 Magma Jet
1 Night’s Whisper
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Read the Bones
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Sign in Blood
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Slagstorm
1 Thoughtseize
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 Mindstab

Randolph de Rueda – Chopsuey Iname, Death Aspect
Commander: Iname, Death Aspect

LANDS
25 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Bojuka Bog
1 City of Traitors
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Wasteland
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Ebon Stronghold
1 Crystal Vein
1 Peat Bog
1 Lake of the Dead
1 Crypt of Agadeem
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta

CREATURES
1 Akuta, Born of Ash
1 Nether Shadow
1 Nether Traitor
1 Krovikan Horror
1 Balthor the Defiled
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 He Who Hungers
1 Horobi, Death’s Wail
1 Kuro, Pitlord

INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Plunge into Darkness
1 Unmask
1 Sign in Blood
1 Night’s Whisper
1 Sadistic Sacrament
1 Army of the Damned
1 Dismember
1 Dark Ritual
1 Go for the Throat
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Geth’s Verdict
1 Sudden Death
1 Grasp of Darkness
1 Hero’s Downfall
1 Black Sun’s Zenith
1 Snuff Out
1 Chainer’s Edict
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Infest
1 Sickening Shoal
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Damnation
1 Victimize
1 Dread Return
1 Twilight’s Call
1 Patriarch’s Bidding
1 Living Death
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Thoughtseize
1 Duress

OTHER SPELLS
1 Defense Grid
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Karn Liberated
1 Dystopia
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Jet Medallion
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Expedition Map
1 Grim Monolith
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Charcoal Diamond
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Mind Stone
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Coalition Relic

Ian Gutierrez
Commander: Geist of Saint Traft

LANDS
11 Island
9 Plains
1 City of Traitors
1 Mishra’s Factory
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Darksteel Citadel
1 Rishadan Port
1 Wasteland
1 Dust Bowl
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Mystic Gate
1 Tundra
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Marsh Flats
1 Arid Mesa
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath
1 Polluted Delta

CREATURES
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Keening Apparition
1 Restoration Angel
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Disenchant
1 Temporal Mastery
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Abolish
1 Wipe Away
1 Wrath of God
1 Repulse
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Cataclysm
1 Condescend
1 Trickbind
1 Daze
1 Armageddon
1 Submerge
1 Misdirection
1 Force of Will
1 Terminus
1 Cryptic Command
1 Delay
1 Memory Lapse
1 Force Spike
1 Mana Tithe
1 Mana Leak
1 Into the Roil
1 Intuition
1 Psionic Blast
1 Orim’s Chant
1 Brainstorm
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Remand
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Stifle
1 Preordain
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Ponder

OTHER SPELLS
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Steel of the Godhead
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Aura of Silence
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Gideon Jura
1 Parallax Wave
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Detention Sphere
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Expedition Map

Blas Yu
Commander: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

CREATURES
1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Looter Il-Kor
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Mother of Runes
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Skylasher
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Thassa, God of the Sea
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Voice of Resurgence

INSTANTS and SORC.
1 Brainstorm
1 Condemn
1 Condescend
1 Counterspell
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Daze
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Force of Will
1 Impulse
1 Mana Leak
1 Mana Tithe
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Nature’s Claim
1 Spell Snare
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Armageddon
1 Cataclysm
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Oust
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Terminus

OTHER SPELLS
1 Curse of Predation
1 Nevermore
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Parallax Wave
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Sylvan Library
1 Skullclamp
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Tangle Wire
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

LANDS
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Arid Mesa
1 Breeding Pool
1 Brushland
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Dust Bowl
1 Forest
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Flooded Grove
1 Gavony Township
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Island
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mystic Gate
1 Savannah
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Plains
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Seaside Haven
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Temple Garden
1 Temple of Mystery
1 Tolaria West
1 Tropical Island
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Wasteland
1 Yavimaya Coast