Tag Archive: MTG

Grand Prix Nagoya Primer: Trial and Error

Where will you be April 12th, 2014? I’ll be in Nagoya, Japan playing in a Grand Prix. It seems like there will be a decent number of foreign players coming to the event.… Continue reading

Hobby Stores Revisited: Amenity Dream, Big Magic, and Yellow Submarine

Before Grand Prix Nagoya, I will be taking another look at all the Magic stores in Nagoya and offering new insights and information that I hadn’t done before. I hope that this more… Continue reading

Hobby Stores Revisted: Advantage

Before Grand Prix Nagoya, I will be taking another look at all the Magic stores in Nagoya and offering new insights and information that I hadn’t done before. I hope that this more… Continue reading

Hobby Stores Revisited: Hobby Stations in Nagoya

Before Grand Prix Nagoya, I will be taking another look at all the Magic stores in Nagoya and offering new insights and information that I hadn’t done before. I hope that this more… Continue reading

Going Native

The clouds were a murky gray and rain fell lightly. For some reason, I had decided to ride my bike. It wasn’t too heavy, but I wasn’t going to risk getting wet with… Continue reading

I’m Not Dead Yet

  Just a quick update to let you know what I’ve been up  to lately. I’ve had an absolutely insane last few weeks of work, writing tons of reports, working from morning to… Continue reading

The Japan Metagame Diaries: Blockhead

Life’s been busy here in Nagoya. Working full time, traveling on the weekends . . . I haven’t really had the chance to keep up with my training for the Pro Tour in… Continue reading

The Japan Hobbyist presents: G(reat)P(arty) Nagoya

It’s official, we are now in countdown mode for GP Nagoya. In less than a month, hundreds (if not thousands) of players will be descending on Fukiage Hall. The last limited Grand Prix,… Continue reading

Modern Times: Combo Breaker

I was a kid of the arcades. When I was in elementary and middle school, on the weekends you would usually find me popping quarters into machines for hours on end (heck, I… Continue reading

(Guest Article) Bang for your Buck: Born of the Gods – Legacy, EDH, and Modern

For the first time on The Japan Hobbyist, we have a guest writer that has shown interest in breaking down the eternal formats in Magic the Gathering (Modern, Legacy, and EDH), and has… Continue reading