The Japan Hobbyist: 2013 – A Year in Review
We always say it, but I can’t believe how fast 2013 has passed us by. We’re one year older, we have one more year of experiences, and at The Japan Hobbyist I have… Continue reading
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Grand Prix Shizuoka: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Work It Harder Make It Better Do It Faster, Makes Us stronger More Than Ever Hour After Our Work Is Never Over -Daft Punk, “Harder Better Faster Stronger” Grand Prix Shizuoka will be… Continue reading
Welcome to Silent Hill (spending time in Shizuoka city)
While not a direct translation, the kanji that make up Shizuoka’s name, 静岡 can roughly be translated to quiet hills, or as I like to call it, Silent Hill ^_^. While you won’t… Continue reading
The Japan Metagame Diaries – Burning Devotion
Grand Prix Shizuoka is less than a week away now. Last weekend, a BW control deck using 4 Blood Baron of Vizkopa’s took down GP Dallas Fort Worth. The deck was remarkably similar to… Continue reading
Grand Prix Shizuoka: Mind or Meta (Part 2)
After a weekend of tournaments and looking at HappyMTG’s website about Magic in Japan over the past week, I feel like I should revise the list I made before. Previously, my top 8… Continue reading
Grand Prix Shizuoka – Mind over Meta (part 1)
There is no rest for the weary. Grand Prix Kyoto was less than a month ago but here I am, preparing for another Grand Prix here in Japan. Truthfully, I couldn’t be happier.… Continue reading
The Japan Metagame Diaries – It takes more than faith, you need Devotion
It’s been a rough week in Magic in Nagoya, Japan. Following GP Kyoto’s Super Sunday Series standard event, I thought I had learned my mistakes when facing GR devotion and mono blue devotion.… Continue reading
Grand Prix Kyoto: Big Pond, Little Fish
Grand Prix Kyoto started for me weeks in advance. I had been practicing team sealed with players around Nagoya for the last 3 weekends, and I felt like I had a pretty good… Continue reading
November 22nd & 23rd Weekend Update – GP Kyoto Coverage
This weekend is Grand Prix Kyoto and I will be traveling to Kyoto late Friday night to meet up with my team. We’ll be playing in main event on Saturday, and hopefully we… Continue reading
The Japan Metagame Diaries: GP Kyoto – Smells Like Team Spirit
As I write this, Grand Prix Kyoto is less than a week away. For those of you that don’t follow the Japanese Magic scene that much, GP Kyoto will be Team Limited. This… Continue reading