"Doc In, Doc Out: The Writing"

"Doc In, Doc Out: The Writing"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Patient: Doc , may pinatak po yung Optha sa mata ko. Dapat daw po magwe-wear off na siya ngayon kaso po hanggang ngayon eh di po ako makapagbasa ng screen ng laptop , sobrang blurred po talaga kaya di ako makapagtake ng calls.

Me:(looking at chart that was filled up by patient) kayo po ba ang nagfill up nitong chart niyo?

Patient:(medyo nakatunog) Yes po.

Me: Ang linaw po ng sulat niyo.

Patient :....

Me: Sige po. Take na kayo ng calls. 4 hours lang naman kasi training pa lang.

Patient:.....

"Garruk , Cursed Huntsman: Guess who's back?"

"Garruk , Cursed Huntsman: Guess who's back?"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

"Guess who's back? Back again. Garruks back , Garruks back , Garruks back...."

And yes we are so happy to see him back and free the curse of the Chain Veil. This new planeswalker cost a little less than Garruk , Apex Predator but he combines a lot of the qualities that we want our Cursed Huntsman to have.

He starts off with 5 loyalty counters and you have a choice of using the first ability to create 2 2/2 Black/Green Wolves that have a special ability that seems to be related to the "Food" of Eldrain. When these tokens die you get to put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control!

Each of them! So these wolves will benefit all the Garruks in your EDH or Oathbreaker deck. That word excited me and I am already brewing what should be a monstrous Golgari colored Oathbreaker based in this guy.

The 2nd ability which is a -3 lets Garruk swing his axe in the direction of an opposing players creature or your own. And again you gain a benefit by drawing a card! Seemed like a blue thing to do but then again you gain knowledge when you kill something right? Like where to hit next time.

And the Ultimate ability is a whopping -6 that gives your creatures that good ol Overrun ability that the original Garruk used to give. The catch however is that you could only increase your counters to 6 if at least one of your wolves die. 

Oh well there are a lot of ways to die. Attacking , Blocking or Sacrificing them makes no difference as Garruk can just create more with his first ability. 

Welcome back Garruk. You are on my wish list once again!

"Midweek Magic 2019 #23 - Macho Doggo Emerges!"

"Midweek Magic 2019 #23 - Macho Doggo Emerges!"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I initially wanted to just fill up my Roalesk Simic EDH deck with things that had +1/+1 counters matters cards. And one of those cards was Mowu , Loyal companion. I have played with the deck for awhile now but Mowu had not managed to come up.

So it was on this particular night I was playing against Adrian and I had managed to cast both Courage in Crisis and Stealth Mission on Mowu. Making it a gigantic 10/10 unblockable creature that killed my opponent. Mowu was so impressive that Adrian himself suggested that I could actually make an EDH deck for the uncommon doggie.

And so I did.

"Isang apak...Pangalawa."

"Isang apak...Pangalawa."

Ni:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

I

Pingako minsan na ako ay babalik

Sa pusong may mga binaong galit

At ngayon ngumiti sa unti unting pagbangon

Ng mga salitang matagal nang natulog

II

Itinaas ang tinig sa mundong madilim

At ang tahimik ngayon ay narinig

Mga bagay na akala'y natapos

ay nakitang muli sa himpapawid.

III

Bumilis ang pintig sa bawat kataga

Ang pusong di mapigilan ang pagtibok

Nabuhay namang muli ang diwa

At sa bawat bagay ay muling humamon.

Optum. Bldg N. Quezon City. September 18 , 2019 3:16am

"The Mythic Streak: Chandra sparks it"

"The Mythic Streak: Chandra sparks it"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

It was August 22 , when I bought a single pack just to get my Magic Pack fix and I got the planeswalker Chandra , Acolyte of Flame which was a rare card. I even got to tell fellow play group member Jethro in Eton Centris as he was having dinner with friends. This would be the start of something but little did I know that the following week would be the beginning.

This was the start. Though she a rare card. I felt that this was the start. 

I had thought of decks to use my recent acquisition and one stood out to me. It was Omnath , Locus of Rage. I particularly like the Hasty 1/1 Elemental tokens she spews out with her second ability. My opponents could block it and it would die. When I have Omnath out in play those 1/1's turn into 3 damage each. If an opponent can't block them then it translates to 4 points of damage. Hmmmmmm

Another use might be in a Red Oathbreaker deck that could make sure that this Chandra could put counters on Other Chandras. I may have to look into this one as I have accumulated most of the Red planeswalkers over the years and are quite due for this particularly deck.

I find it quite fitting that a red planeswalker started all this. My Mythic weekly streak.

"Doc In , Doc Out: Omega-level Lumpia!"

"Doc In , Doc Out: Omega-level Lumpia!"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

Patient: Doc masakit po ang panga ko. 

Me: Sige tingnan natin. (Made Patient open his mouth and it seem like there was a deviation to the left) Ano pong ginawa niyo kanina?

Patient: Wala po Doc. Kumain lang po ako ng Lumpia sa canteen nung maramdaman kong sumakit ang panga ko.

ME: Ang tindi ng lumpia natin. Nakakadislocate ng panga!

"3 things I have seen this week - Kpop MV Spotting"

"3 things I have seen this week - Kpop MV Spotting"

by:

The Vole

Well there has been a slew of great Kpop songs this week and some of the have great MV's attached to them. I am glad that I was able to watch a couple or so and here are some of my thoughts on them.

1) Jackson Wang - Bullet to the Heart

The MV consists of Jackson singing inside a solitary cell as he is visited by what seems like a female demon who then begins to torture him by flinging , dragging and annoying the hell out of him. 

While the Demon girl might be a representation of the girl that give him his heartaches and so the state of his mind. I would like to think that this is what happens when you let too much love in.

2) Giant Pink - Forever Young

Giant Pink is always such a treat with that low voice of hers doing all those raps. In this MV where it seems that she is stuck in some loop of a house party and post graduation picture taking there is a particular scene where I found something weird.

In the sink scene where she is seen sitting sideways , her feet dipped on the sink you can clearly see that her hair has highlight streaks of bright orange. Now normally this doesn't seem odd but arranged in this manner tucked in her hair it looked like someone squired cheeze whiz in her undercut hair. And it looks like her entire right side is just dripping with Cheeze Whiz. Nachos not included.

3) Pink Fantasy - Fantasy

I always give rookie girl groups a try to see what they can cook up that will be new for my tastes.In this comeback Pink Fantasy turned a bit darker  , sporting well uh , darker clothes and their bunny member now seems to have a sewed up mouth which made it seem more menacing and creepy.

I think they are trying to creep into the Rock/Anime Horror themes that Dreamcatcher had been doing for about 3 years now. The bunny member seems to be an indication of this or maybe it was just the them they chose for this comeback because it is near Halloween?

In any case I don't know how the Bunny member was chosen.Did they choose a random trainee and said Good news and Bad news time. Good news is you will be able to debut. Bad news is you have to wear this Bunny mask at all times until we win a Billboard awards.

In choosing not being able to debut and being known as the Masked Bunny Member I guess the trainee chose the mask.