The Finale

I will be selling my "Blackwing" deck tomorrow.

With that, this truly marks the end of my "Yu-Gi-Oh!" experience. It was one hell of a ride.

Come to think of it, the blog somehow met its goal of introducing sanctioned play in the Philippines. I am glad my rantings did not fall on deaf ears. Truly, it was a pleasure.

The website would be kept as it is for achieve purposes. Who knows, I might be able to update it one day or another. I just hope that through the small hole that is this blog, the meta of the Philippines was introduced throughout the world and would be regarded as a very competitive one.

I would like to thank all the followers and you, dear reader, for constantly reading my rants.

Keep dueling guys!

Duelist ID

Awesome. Konami's site now accomodates duelist ID registration from the Philippines.

My new duelist ID is: 333-232-323.

I guess this means that sanctioned events will come under our way.

Thoughts on Baneslayer Angel

There was one time in the game where in "Serra Angel" struck Planeswalkers in fear and awe due to her basically being a 4/4 flyer for just 2W3 making her resistant to removal spells like "Lightning Bolt". If this was not enough, She had vigilance to boot, which made her capable of offense and defense at the same time.

But as in all TCG, and "Magic: the Gathering" is not an exception, there will come a time where old cards will not be able to match up to the speed and strength of recently introduced cards. A clear example of this situation is "Cancel", replacing good ol' "Counterspell" for Blue mages.

In M10, the latest core set introduced in Magic: the Gathering, "Serra Angel" was clipped its wings and former glory, became short as only an uncommon in the set. She was replaced by the bigger, better, badder and nastier beasty babe-"Baneslayer aka Walletslayer Angel".


Literally having the same casting cost as the former, outclassed angel, she packs more features to boot. A 5/5 flyer with added First Strike and Lifelink. And just for kicks, protection from Demons and Dragons.

'Power creeping' has never been blatant since this card was made. It literally outclassed poor "Serra Angel" in all aspects. Two successful swings instantly spell the word 'game' to your opponent. To make things worst, this beast is not only capable of slaying your opponents, but your wallet as well. at over $30 a piece, both the owner and the opponent lose to the card both literally and figuratively.

At least "Serra-san" still wins in art. At least the old version. =D