Places to Play - Alice

Alice is located in Gwangju famous for being the current residence of the 2nd best blog (the first being Expat Hell obviously) in Korea. The home of Via Korea seems to have multiple magic shops but the one with the biggest online presence is Alice.

They have their own cafe site (http://cafe.naver.com/kjmagic.cafe) and host regular FNM.


Contact Details
Phone number: 016-682-3835
Email address: goldkyg@naver.com
Korean Street address: 광주광역시 동구 충장로3가 19-10 3층

* I have not been to this store and this info comes from online sources only.

Places to Play - Michaels, Daegu

Located in Daegu so out of my comfort zone in regards to how the **** do you get there. 

I'm interested to know if these are related to the Michaels in Seoul or whether its just a strange coincidence.

Daegu has a facebook group named Magic the Gathering Daegu (https://www.facebook.com/groups/629348830410832/).

* I have not been to this store and this info comes from online sources only.

Places to Play - Card Castle

This store has it's own web store at http://cardcastle.co.kr

Edit: April 2014 - Apparently this store is moving to a new location and will ahve a new address soon.

Card Castle is in Changwon (near Busan) and accessible by bus. 

Contact Details
Phone number: 055-237-2417
Korean Street address: 경남 창원 의창구 도계동 330-5 대영상가빌라 203호 좌측

* I have not been to this store and this info comes from online sources only.

Places to Play - Total TCG

Total TCG seems to be new to Magic and hosting FNM. They are also known as Dual Land or Hobby Hobby.
They are located in Gwangmyeong which is on the dark blue line (line 1). It has it's own station but it is branched of from the main line similar to stations like Sadongtan. Have a look at the subway map and you will instantly understand what I am saying. 
On their cafe website http://cafe.naver.com/gwangdualland/654 they have fantastic directions which are a real cut above the regular not to scale pretty looking map most stores give you.

Take exit 3, walk through some sort of mini park with a huge horse statue looming large over it. And then...... just look at their website since it does a much better job and I can't copy their photos.

* I have not been to this store and this info comes from online sources only.

Places to Play - Saboten Store

Now that I am comfortably a regular at Dalmuti in Suwon I don't see myself travelling to different stores which are all further away in the foreseeable future.

So this entry is about a store which I haven't been to so I am sorry for any inaccuracies but I thought I would put the information out there and if something is wrong it hopefully gets corrected.

Saboten has there own website http://sabostore.com/ which is covered with pics of anime girls. I'm guessing there will be a lot of Sword girls stuff in the trading card section.

They are located near Sadang Station which is where the light blue line (line 4) and line 2 intersect.

Judging from the map I'm guessing you take exit 10 or 11 and then ..... good luck.

FNM is a draft starting at 7:30pm on a Friday.

Contact Details
Phone number: 010-2999-4381
Email address: serra@sbtinc.co.kr

* I have not been to this store and this info comes from online sources only.

Places to play - Kindle

EDIT: This store is permanently closed.

How to get there:
Use exit one from the subway and then turn right. You will walk past a Burger King which is set up to show them making your burger for you.

My experience:
This along with DiveDice is the main shop for foreigners now that OZ is leaving the scene. At the moment their are English drafts scheduled for 2:00 pm. 

It is very close to the Konkuk University subway stop on the light (and dark) green subway line.  I can't remember but I think the on board Korean subway system calls it something different. I am sorry I cant recall what it was.

Kindle is located on the 5th floor of the Pizza Hut building further along that main road. 

It's a very spacious and clean looking shop but is also very popular so for big events it can get pretty full.

There was a heated falling out between the Manager and a group of foreigners though and some have decided to boycott this store.

Contact Details

Phone number: 010-4588-7548

Email address: kminjjan@hanmail.net

Korean Street address: 서울시 광진구 화양동 49-18 번지 동흥빌딩 5층

OZ in Gangnam

This store is apparently moving and will no longer be stocking Magic the Gathering.

Bye Bye OZ