People liked the new Commander offering. Paying P20 for a round/pod and earning five points or kills was and is easy to do. As it turned out, it provided lots of fun times for the regulars at Padi's Point every Sunday.
The first person to win a pack (and an Opal Palace donated by Joey Hernandez) was Robert Flores. It only took him three rounds or pods to kill five people and thus win a pack. Following close on his heels was Kira Manaloto who secured the second pack of the day, helped by her 4-0 wipeout of a pod. I was personally rooting for Portia Placino to be the standout player of the day especially when she was the first to eliminate someone with Bruna. After that though she was closely guarded by the others which limited her effectiveness.
We were astounded by the support for this product/service. Although only seven people participated in the three pods, there were other Commander players closely watching and cheering. They were intrigued by the possibilities Robert's accomplishment represented: for sixty pesos he got a pack and an Opal Palace. Better yet he still had a point leftover which meant that adding four more points would yield him another pack.
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Modern wasn't such a good story. In fact, we didn't push through with it as no one showed up. We didn't know whether this was due to a lack of information dissemination and a poorly conceived prizing scheme.
Despite the failure, it only fueled our motivation to get it right next Sunday.
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Draft, too, was another missed shot. Like Modern a couple of people showed up but that wasn't enough to get a sanctioned tournament going. While the prizing scheme was attractive (one pack per win) and the cost was lower (550 pesos), the dearth of promotion activities doomed it.
Maybe replacing this with Pack Wars would be better.
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Standard was an absolute hit. We had thirty players. Lucky for them, our generous sponsor Comic Quest provided Mana Confluence in a raffle. Jorrell Ang won the highly coveted card and it led to people asking if there would be more surprise rewards in the future. Knowing our home store, the answer was a definite yes.
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