Where to get card in Brunei (MTG,Vanguard and other)

First off this post is not sponsor by any of the shop that I will be mention but this post is mostly for people who is in Brunei and are looking for where to buy card game. The reason for this post is for people who use to be like me, people who want to play the card game but don’t know where to start or where to buy. I got a few list of shop that sell the card and I will try to give some detail on the item they sell from what I know.

Reader's Haven Bookstore

Address:

Unit 6 Bgn Hj Lamudin Hj Jafar dan Wun
Spg 129 Jln Jerudong
BG3122, Brunei Darussalam

opening hour:

Monday – Wednesday, Saturday – from 11AM till 9PM

Friday – from 2pm till 9pm

Sunday – 10am till 6pm

Thursday – close

First off this shop is located in Jerudong and I attach an image from Google map to show you how to reach the location. A bit detail on the map to get you to the shop location, basically the shop lot is direct opposite to a Muslim grave in which if you are driving from Sengkurong, it is the first junction on the left after the traffic light near the Indian shop.

When you reach the shop lot there are one stair case to the first floor with a stainless steel gate. upon reaching the staircase there, you may able to see some poster up on the wall and just head up and is the door on the right.

Upon entering you will notice that the shop is part book shop and part card shop as I heard that this place use to be a book shop hence the name Reader’s haven bookstore but now mostly people who go there just to buy or play card game and only once a while some people who drop by for book. For someone who want to start playing card game like MTG I would suggest you to come here as the reason is there are some intro deck in the store which is for teaching beginner to the game, So you can test it out before making a purchase. The shop also host FNM every Friday night from 7 or 7.30PM Brunei time onward till the game finish and they also host a vanguard night on Saturday night but the game also depend on the people who came, if no people or less people the game night will be cancel. There are also a few table there for you to come and play with friend or build/upgrade a deck from the newly purchase card/pack from the shop.

So what do they sell here? Well they sell a lot of thing from MTG stuff to vanguard stuff to other stuff like Weiss Schwarz, Monster Collection, Victory Spark, Chaos. They also sell stuff from ultra pro and KMC like the card sleeve. This is the only shop from my list here that sell single card

What is the price range for each of the item? As of now I only know on item related to MTG as I have not yet started venture off to the other series of the card game but the price range is as following.

• booster pack – $5.50 bnd
• intro pack – $22.50 bnd
• Fat pack – $50 bnd
• booster box – $180 bnd
• dual deck – $45 bnd (well for my elspeth vs kiora dual deck not sure on the older series)
• single card – the price vary from card to card

for the accessory like sleeve is as following:

• Inner sleeve – $5 to $6 bnd
• outer sleeve – $6 to $11bnd
• ultra pro deck box – below $10 (not sure of the actual price as I usually just make my own)
• ultra pro folder sleeve – $1 bnd each (folder not included)
• playmat – around $30 bnd
• ultra pro tube for playmat/artwork – $10 each

note: the price may vary from the above if it is an old series of the game or a special type.

For more info on the item I would suggest to just drop by the shop.

 

Fanboys Infinite

opening hour:

Mon-Fri: 2:00 pm to 8.00 pm
Sat-Sun: 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The second shop is much easy to find as it is located at Menglait near to the le apple bakery as shown on the image above. Also unlike the first one this shop is more to selling book, comic book to be precise. Beside from comic book they also sell some other merchandise like poster print, figure and card.

So far they only carry this two type of card, which are vanguard and also MTG card. Once again the price for the MTG stuff is the same as Readers.

note: the three picture under the fansboys infintie shop was taken from they facebook page and I don’t claim any right to any on this three picture.

 

 ETA Game @ Cineplex

Location

the mall gadong 3rd floor, cinema area.

opening hour:

Mon - Sun:

10:30 am - 10:00 pm

 

there nothing much to say about this shop as most people who go to the mall may already know about this shop. They are the shop that sell game (playstation, xbox,PC,nintendo) but they also sell vanguard there in the shop. Once again I can’t give any price range as I my self don’t know how much they are worth.

 

????

address:

same building as mum bakery in seria town.

opening hour:

????

 

This shop in my list are located in seria town. I my self don’t know the shop name but it is located in the same building as mum bakery in seria town. I only ever visit the shop once and they sell a lot of vanguard card and a little bit of MTG stuff. price wise I think it is a bit expensive for the MTG stuff but if you live in Seria/KB than I think the price may be ok due to it save you a lot of time than driving down to bandar in which the travel cost may add in and the price may be almost the same or even higher.

 

MTG Brunei facebook page

This is not really a shop but more to a facebook page that do sell/trade for MTG card. It is a good place if you are looking to sell off some of your collection or want to trade some card. It is also the place for you where you can buy some single that you want off a player who have the card and willing to sell it off.

 

That is all for my list if I know any more new place I will either just update this or maybe I just create a new post. I do hope the new player will find this useful so they can start learn to play and as for me I think I need to start learning to play vanguard so I can give a better info in future

8th may 2015 FNM

 

The above picture was taken yesterday night from the card shop Reader's Haven Bookstore.

What is FNM? to a new player or someone who never play MTG before FNM stand for Friday Night Magic which is play every Friday night. The format of the game vary from each week, from standard format to block format which was been play yesterday to even draft. As to where the shop is located I will post that up on another time.

Dragon Age tabletop game night (well kind of)

So 2015 was the year that I learn to play a few new thing one of it was magic the gathering AKA MTG. So yesterday a friend was talking regarding dragon age and how they use to play it with they other friend in which got other friend interested on the game. So yesterday we all go to the usual hangout place beside the card shop and we learn how to create our own character on the character sheet. So far we only manage to create the character but not yet manage to play due to time was short but I will try to post here the experience once we get started playing it.

Inner Sleeve ultra pro pro-fit VS KMC perfect size

So the local card shop Reader Haven/Urban games just bring in the sleeve from KMC series. Since this is the first time I got a KMC perfect size so I going to put it to the test again the pro-fit that been sold for some time here.

So the start it off, both pack contain 100 sleeve each with the size mention on the pack 64mm X 89mm. The different is that KMC sleeve is made in japan while the ultra pro is made in the USA as been mention on the pack. Another different between the two pack is that the price for both pack, where the ultra pro pro-fit cost at just $5 bnd and the KMC perfect size cost at $6 bnd which is a $1 bnd extra. So what do I get for the extra $1 bnd? that will be answer below but before I go ahead and answer that I do need to note that the price is from one of the local card shop here in Brunei and it may vary somewhere else like for example online order and such.

Now to answer the question on why do I need to spend the extra $1 bnd? one of the reason is the durability of the sleeve it self. you want a sleeve that can protect your card without having to worry the sleeve will split in two when u sleeve it. To test out the sleeve I took one of each sleeve and try to split it and you can see the result below.

This is the Ultra pro Pro-fit sleeve and as you can see the sleeve is split in two and I can split it easily like a hot knife cutting a butter.

So this is the KMC perfect size and as you can see I did not manage to split the sleeve into two but it just stretch. After a few more attempt after this was post I still did not manage to split it and it just continue to stretch. So some people may say “Hey I don’t sleeve that hard till my pro-fit split.” true as I also been using pro-fit before this and I sleeve my card slowly so my sleeve does not split. So why should I still need to pay the extra $1 bnd to get the KMC?

This is the reason why. The above card have been sleeve with the ultra pro Pro-fit and as you can see the card got curve and the bottom part is not fully seal and moisture can still get into you card which is a no no for foil card. So since both pack got the same size of 64mmX89mm will the KMC sleeve give the same effect as the ultra pro?

 

The answer to that is no. Even though both pack state the same size the KMC sleeve are better as it will not bend/curve your card and it give you that nice seal on the bottom hence the name perfect size. Another thing that I notice when I use both of the sleeve is that with KMC the card can just slid in the sleeve effortlessly.

So in conclusion, the extra $1 bnd is worth the investment especially when you are handling the expensive card.