Have you played Magic in another country?
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Posted on May 28, 2021, 9:54 a.m. by Argy
What was it like?
I've played twice in the states, FNM and a prerelease, in Japan at an FNM, again in Japan at a Magic bar, and once in Canada.
The prerelease was at Pat's Games in Austin.
The only real difference is that there were about four times the amount of players compared with back home (in Australia).
I played in ... I want to say Memphis, at a Standard FNM.
The shop owner had a gun on his hip, which was very strange for me. You can't carry guns like that in my country.
The people were very friendly. I got to play against another female, which I always like.
I played against this friendly, crazy guy, who was piloting Selesnya Cats.
He was having an absolute ball, and even kept a hand he knew would lose, because he thought it was funny. He won 2-1.
I rocked up at about 8 pm to Hareruya in Tokyo, and hoped I might be able to pick up a game with somebody.
A Standard tournament was about to start, so they signed me up for that.
There were about 100 people playing.
It was a bit frustrating as I hadn't played much Standard lately, and didn't know all the staples.
Of course they were in Japanese. Luckily there was someone who could speak both Japanese and English, who helped me out. Very kind of them.
It was there that I learned how good Sylvan Advocate was!
After our tournament finished playing there was ANOTHER Standard tournament.
Plenty of people playing Magic in Tokyo.
I also played at a dedicated Magic bar in Shibuya.
They had a great set up where there was a table with playmats on it, then an upper glass pane over that.
It meant you could put a drink on the top of the glass, and play your cards underneath. You could still easily see your cards, without any worry of spills.
We bought the Blessed vs. Cursed Duel Decks, and some dice, and had quite a few games.
It was during the time of the Gatewatch, so the bar had five cocktails for each of those five Planeswalkers. You got given a plastic coaster with each one, with that Planeswalker on it, which made a nice memento.
I have no memory of the place I okayed at in Canada.
Hardhitta7 says... #2
Wow, that’s awesome. I’ve never even been out of the states before. I would love to go to Japan or somewhere one day.
May 28, 2021 10:24 a.m.