Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Places to Play - Duel Zone Gangdong

Duel Zone Gangdong is located near Myeongil station on line 5 (Purple) east of Seoul.

Contact Details

Korean address: 서울시 강동구 명일1동 312-72번지 3층
Phone number: 010-6411-0626
Email address: impkks@naver.com


Places to Play - Dalmuti Gyodae

This store opened early in 2014 and now hosts a lot of magic events. The owner previously owned Tic Toc.

They are located in Seocho Gyeonggi-Do with the closest station being Gyodae (Kyodae) also known as Seoul National University station. It's where Line 2 meets Line 3 on the south side of Seoul. It is fairly close to Nambu bus terminal which is a major transport hub on the south side of Seoul.


Opening hours

Monday: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursday: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday: 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Saturday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.


Contact Details
Mobile: 010-5128-1860
Email: Robbieyoon@me.com


Sunday, December 15, 2013

Building the Cube - Step 1

I have taken the first step in building a cube for unlimited drafting.

My collection is dominated by Theros thanks to the weekly drafts so it may start of as just a Theros cube which would be pretty dull since that would just be like a regular draft but without the chance of opening cool cards to keep.

I am a few rares/mythics of a full set though and really want to use my Thoughtseizes elsewhere and I am not sure how comfortable I would just letting random people use my cube if it has cards in it that are expensive and important to me. A Theros cube without the big money cards ... boring!

There is an excellent series on Brainstorm Brewery about building a cube for under $200 (it's too small for 8 players though) which might be my go to guide. There are some really interesting and powerful cards in that cube but nothing over a few dollars. Cards like Balance and Control Magic are really cheap and ridiculous.

My other idea is to perhaps aim for a modern masters based cube. That was the most cube like set I have played and largely doable over time. If I had my old pre Korea collection (since sold) I probably could have built that already. If they confirmed Modern masters 2 was coming and there would be a decent amount of stock then I would be all over it.

I will see how far I can get with the cards I own and a bit of trading but an order to Card Kingdom may be on the cards when i get back from Australia and have my job situation settled.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

This Week in Korean Magic - December 12th

Dalmuti will be hosting an English card Theros draft at 2:00 pm this Sunday.

The event afterwards will be EDH grand Melee or just EDH free for all. Regardless, just make sure you bring your EDH deck for lots of good times.

A lot of people have just the latest pre cons plus a few cards while I just jammed random blue and black cards together until I got a 100 and it remains completely untested. So don't be shy, get amongst it.

The week after (December 22) will hopefully be a 2HG draft.


Thursday, December 5, 2013

This Week in Korean Magic - December 6th

Introducing an all new segment ... that will soon be neglected and die.

This Week in Korean Magic!

I'm not going to pretend this will even scratch the surface of what is going on throughout the peninsula. In fact my initial idea is just to provide info in regards to the next English card draft in Suwon.

Last week at Dalmuti we had a back draft once the regular 2:00 pm Theros draft finished. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. There are plans to have another one but not straight away.
This week (December the 8th) there will be standard once the 2:00 pm draft is finished.

If you are interested in commander I am sure you can find an opponent pretty much every week from about 6:00 pm (Sunday). Probably earlier as the amount of drafters and non drafting entourage grows each week.

Apparently Dive Dice in Hongdae is changing/changed it's name to Rolling dice.




Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Thanksgiving is over!

After a one week break for Thanksgiving the English card draft is back.

2:00pm every Sunday at Dalmuti in Suwon, ₩18,000 per player.

Last time there were 13 players and the events are officially sanctioned.

This week there is a back draft planned for after the regular draft which should start at about 6:00 pm.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

English draft at Dalmuti

Every Sunday at 2:00pm Dalmuti will be hosting a draft with English cards.

If you don't already know how to get there it is located near Suwon Station. There are express buses and trains available to the station. Once there (http://theangryhermit.blogspot.kr/2013/01/how-to-get-to-dalmonte-suwon.html)

The cost of the draft is ₩18,000 which includes prizes and the events are sanctioned.

The atmosphere is very relaxed and if you want to play EDH a lot of the drafters are into that format too.