Tag Archive: Standard

Preparing for the Worst: Updating your decks post Avacyn Restored (part 2)

Welcome back for my next installment of updating your decks with Avacyn cards. Hopefully you got some good ideas from the previous post. I definitely think that Frites is going to be horrifying… Continue reading

Preparing for the worst: Updating your decks post Avacyn Restored (part 1)

For me, my next game will be on Friday at Friday Night Magic. It will be the first FNM where Avacyn cards will be legal in standard play. What can you expect? How… Continue reading

Reflecting on the Past, Present, and Future

Golden Week has begun in Japan. A series of 5 holidays in a one week period where pretty much everybody takes off work for about 9 days. Of course I started my Golden… Continue reading

Avacyn Restored Tips: Playing to your Weaknesses – White

First off, thank you for staying with me this long and reading my opinions about which cards are the best commons/uncommons to use in your constructed deck. Like I said before, there are… Continue reading

Miracles Do Happen

Holy shit. I never thought in a million years that my deck would be the deck chosen for Gavin Verhey’s “ReConstructed” article. I thought, “my deck is good, but it has some weak… Continue reading

Pre-Avacyn Restored: The Metagame in Chaos

Well, the list of Avacyn Restored cards should be out in less than an hour, and I’m sure all of you hardcore players will be pouring over the newly spoiled cards and trying… Continue reading

Titan’s Revenge: Fighting against the Metagame

It was a harrowing weekend in Nagoya. After 5 days of matches, my WGB Token deck finished a middling 7 win and 11 loses. It started well enough on Friday. I came in… Continue reading

Tibalts are Red and Tamiyos are Blue . . .

As you know, I love using red and blue cards in Magic. I have used my Blue/Red Titan deck for months now, but it’s broken my heart so many times I think it’s… Continue reading

Upcoming features and articles on TheJapanHobbyist and updates

I have a few articles planned for April and some news that might be useful to some of my readers. I’ve heard from a few people who are interested in selling some of… Continue reading

Attack of the Pod People! (and playing in the rain, off the beaten path)

Originally, my friend and I had planned on meeting up for some play testing over at my apartment today on my day off. However, I had some errands to run and one of… Continue reading