Code of the Cardboard Samurai is back!
Followers of my website The Japan Hobbyist might remember that I had a started a podcast right before the pandemic started, but it was an unfortunate casualty of all events being canceled and… Continue reading
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The Japan Pioneer Metagame Diaries: April 2022
Not going to lie, it’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to write anything about Magic the Gathering. The recent organized play announcement about the return to competitive play has stoked a… Continue reading
Gobbopacalypse Now
“I love the smell of Goblin Grenades in the morning. It smells like, victory” Lt. Colonel Killmore, Goblin Infantry You need to be a certain type of crazy to play with Goblins, and… Continue reading
Get in Loser, We’re going Boating
I honestly wanted to write more articles on Historic on Arena and talk about how I got up to Diamond in December and how I came so close to Mythic, but then I… Continue reading
Historically Speaking: Amonkhet Remastered
The struggle is real on MTG Arena. With the recent bannings/suspensions of Teferi, Time Reveler and Wilderness Reclamation in Historic, the format was already in an upheaval. Enter Amonkhet Remastered. Historic is absolutely… Continue reading
Historically Speaking -Drangels and Angons
I honestly would have been happy finishing this current MTG Arena season at Diamond (Which I achieved last time I wrote), but since then I have been on an absolute tear and figured… Continue reading
Historically Speaking – Jump Start
I’m sure everybody that’s ever created media in some form or other has always run into dry spells. Mine might have been longer than others, but hopefully after today that will change. The… Continue reading
Code of the Cardboard Samurai 15: The Kaiju of Ikoria
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j55kk-d95b77 I don’t know about you, but the moment Wizards of the Coast announced that Godzilla and many other Toho studio monsters would be in the next Magic the Gathering Set, Ikoria, my… Continue reading
Being Wasteful in Pioneer
Geez, it’s been quite a while since I last wrote an actual paper article. I used to write about every topic under the sky; limited, card prices, you name it. But my schedule… Continue reading
Code of the Cardboard Samurai 14: Japanese Pioneer Vocab 101
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qzqnu-d06afe The Pioneer format has exploded in popularity in Japan recently due to the upcoming Magic Fest in Nagoya. GP Nagoya will be the first ever Pioneer GP along with GP Brussels in… Continue reading