The Japan Metagame Diaries: Testing the Waters
Theros standard has just begun, and I have just gotten my first weekend in the books. I have brewed up 3 decks already, but I’ve only been using one of them at tournaments.… Continue reading
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Theros: Playing to your Weaknesses – Red
(NOTE: “Playing to your Weaknesses” is a series of articles I have been doing on my own blog since Avacyn Restored that cover all of the uncommons and commons in a new expansion… Continue reading
The Japan Metagame Diaries: A Weekend in Magic Land
The Magic Market Open I’ve talked about it on and off in my blog, but this last weekend was the Magic Market Open (MMO) in Nagoya, Japan. What is the MMO? It’s the… Continue reading
Dood! It’s a new card shop in Nagoya!
If you’re a fan of the Disgaea strategy RPG on PS2, PS3, and PSP, then you no doubt know about what Prinnies are. If you don’t . . . . well . .… Continue reading
Almost Famous: An interview with GP Kitakyushu semifinalist Nomura Ryosuke
It seemed unreal at the end of day 1 in Kitakyushu – Three of my friends had made it to Day 2. I was pretty happy for them. Two were using Jund midrange,… Continue reading
The 63rd Osu Matsuri
This past weekend in Nagoya, Japan, there was an all day festival around Osu Kannon on Saturday and Sunday. There was live music from popular anime song artists such as nobody knows+, performances… Continue reading
Duality
I’m having an identity crisis right now. I don’t know what kind of deck to play, and I don’t know what kind of player I am anymore. Back during the Dragon’s Maze metagame,… Continue reading
The Japan Metagame Diaries: (not) The Last Cardboard Samurai
Players overseas (or should I say those NOT living in Japan) tend to believe that players in Japan have some kind of secret skill or technique and that Magic is played differently over… Continue reading
The M14 Pre-release: Rotten to the Core?
A lot of people said that M14 was very underwhelming and that it lacked the powerful cards that M13 had such as Thragtusk and Thundermaw Hellkite. While we will definitely miss those cards… Continue reading