TGP Dispatch: 3/31/26

TGP Events Page

Monthly Calendar for The Gathering Place in Google Sheets

It’s the last day of March, spring is in full swing, and The Gathering Place is getting ready for a brand-new month replete with tournaments, new releases, shop events and more. If you haven’t checked out the “April at TGP” post yet, now is the time to do so!

Before we get to the rest of today’s post, here’s what’s happening this week:

• Monthly D&D Learn to Play session at TGP / Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
  • Take your first steps into the world of D&D with a guided session led by our own Ben Creed!
• Girlypop Magic Commander Night / Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
  • Come play Magic in a femme-forward, highly inclusive, overwhelmingly welcoming environment. Girlypop has quickly become one of the biggest things running monthly at TGP!
• Old School Thursday (MTG ’93-’94) / Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
  • It literally is your grandpa’s Magic, and it’s really cool and fun
• MTG FNM Draft: Theros Beyond Death / Friday at 7:00 p.m.
  • It’s all Greek to everybody this Friday, as our Draft heads to Theros for some Heroic Age action
• cEDH Invitational Tournament / Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
  • You’ve heard about it quite a bit, expect this to be a BIG tournament. It’s a qualifier for the Black Lotus Invitational, this Saturday’s prize pool includes a Beta Wheel put up by TGP, and the competition is looking fierce.
• D&D Combat Arena Session / Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
  • A new addition to the TGP lineup, Sunday sessions are combat-focused, crunchy D&D! There’s a six-player cap per DM and registration is in-person only.

This is the last time you’ll hear about the April cEDH Invitational because it’s this Saturday, but one last time: there’s a guaranteed Beta Wheel in the prize pool. If you’d like to sign up on TopDeck, click here. You have have noticed we’ve taken all other Saturday events off the calendar for 4/4 — that’s because preregistration for this cEDH tournament would suggest we’re not gonna have a whole lot of spare space at the shop. If you want to come hang out at TGP, plan for that amount of attendance. Come grab a drink, pick up some cards, crack some packs, hang at the bar — but don’t plan on being able to secure a six-top to play Catan.

The TGP online store continues to be added to, with more inventory now than ever before. Precons, singles, higher-end MTG, there’s so much in there these days. Go give it a look!

Next week’s schedule is looking stacked, as well! Obviously, all the event information and listings are on the TGP Events Page and calendar, but now’s a great time to consider signing up formally for the MTG Modern RCQ or next Sunday’s MTG Team Trios Tournament!

MTG Modern RCQ Preregistration 

MTG Team Trios (Premodern, Legacy, Vintage) Tournament Preregistration

(signups on the day obviously still welcome, but it can be nice to have a spot secured in advance!)

That about wraps it up for this week! Secrets of Strixhaven comes out real soon, April is set to be a fun month at The Gathering Place, and we’re excited to host so many great events for a great community. See you around!

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TGP Dispatch: 3/24/26

TGP Events Page

Monthly Calendar for The Gathering Place in Google Sheets

This week at TGP we’re getting ready for a fully-stacked end to March as we host a bunch of events and get ready to start April off in a big way. Tournaments, prereleases, there’s a lot happening!

This week, you can be on the lookout for:

• Friday Night Magic draft of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, Friday at 7:00 p.m.
• The next MTGPunks tournament, a Pauper Cash Tournament showdown, Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
• The Finale Tournament for our March Madness Chaos Commander League, Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
• Gundam TCG ST09 Release Event, Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
• One Piece TCG OP15 Prerelease Event, Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

All of that’s on the calendar and we’ve been doing our best to get info and promo out there, so you probably know all about all that stuff by now. To that end, we’ve already formally planned and listed all the way through April, and published a whole post about it! Check it out here!

April is positively popping with a whole lot of fun stuff, and we’ve specifically arranged to have preregistration on the TGP online store for as much as possible. So, give it a look, and we’re excited to see you at some of those events and tournaments next month!

Speaking of the TGP online store, the Distro Dungeon has been hard at work! There’s literally over a thousand new cards added to online inventory. A slew of singles, a cavalcade of cardboard, a bevvy of beautiful cards to peruse. Go give it a look if you haven’t noticed already.

Last on the list of housekeeping items for this week is the cEDH Invitational scheduled for the first Saturday in April. Saturday, April 4, is a date worth everyone’s time to remember.

(and not just because there’s a guaranteed Beta Wheel in the prize pool for the tournament! If you’d like to sign up on TopDeck, click here)

You may have already clocked, we’ve taken all other events at TGP off the calendar for that day. This pretty much had to happen, because preregistration for this cEDH Invitational is HUGE. If you’d like to sign up and come play cEDH, we’ll see you on April 4! If you’re not planning on playing in the tournament, it may be a good idea to plan another day to come hang out at The Gathering Place. It’s going to be packed, and non-tournament table space is going to be tight. Come grab a drink, pick up some cards, crack some packs, but don’t plan on being able to secure a six-top to play Catan or jam a game of Commander.

also, say hey to Chris, he works here now.

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April ’26 at The Gathering Place

We’re in the latter stages of March and, as the month winds down, it’s time to start looking at what April has in store for us at The Gathering Place!

Taken straight from the Events Page of our site, here’s a breakdown of the banner events and in-store happenings you can expect for April 2026 at TGP.

As usual, here’s links to where you can find everything going on.

TGP Events Page

Monthly Calendar for The Gathering Place in Google Sheets

If you’ve got questions, concerns, want clarifications, anything at all — send an email directly to us, call the shop during business hours(+1 (984) 999-4548), or hop in the ask-staff channel on Discord.

April

Product Release(s) in April: MTG Secrets of Strixhaven, Gundam TCG GD04: Phantom Aria

D&D Learn to Play

Wednesday, April 1, 6:00 p.m.

The first Wednesday of each month, TGP’s own Ben Creed (a friendly face known for comedy, trivia, and TCG excellence in both One Piece and MTG) will be your guide as you take your first steps into the Forgotten Realms.

The Learn to Play session starts at 6:00 p.m. and players don’t have to provide anything but themselves. Well, themselves and also a general openness, a will to learn and the expectation that role playing might feel a little goofy at first — but, the knowledge that the more you lean into it the more fun you’ll have. If you’ve always been D&D curious, if you’ve seen it portrayed in popular media, if you’ve been watching actual play shows or listening to podcasts like Dimension 20 or Critical Role, this is your opportunity to start your own story!

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m.

We are honored to be hosting local femme-forward all-stars Girlypop Magic the first Thursday of each month at The Gathering Place! Join us for a free and fun night of MTG Commander-focused events for femme, non-binary, and gender expansive folks!

GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent people!

Check out the Girly Pop Magic page(s) for all the details and some truly wonderful posts

cEDH Invitational Tournament

Saturday, April 4, 12:00 p.m.

The CEDH Invitational Series is BACK, and The Gathering Place is beyond excited to once again have the pleasure of hosting some of the finest CEDH players in the country! On the road to glory, and the path to winning a Black Lotus, we’re even putting up a piece of prizing all our own: the Invitational Tournament on April 4 at TGP will feature a BETA WHEEL going to first place!

$55 entry, full proxy friendly, here’s a TopDeck link with all the details + registration

MTG Modern RCQ

Saturday, April 11, 11:30 a.m.

Modern is a tight, quick, cohesive way to play competitive Magic. Encompassing decades of MTG history and comprised of the landscape born from experiencing Magic: The Gathering’s growing pains, Modern is a slower format in terms of cards added and lack of rotation, but much faster in every other way.

Monthly cash tournaments at The Gathering Place rotate between Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Since it’s Modern RCQ season, we’re upgrading the usual MTG Modern Cash Tournament to a full-tilt RCQ. Comp REL, no proxy, all gas, no brakes.

$30 entry per player, all entry in the prize pool. This is a one-slot RCQ, winner gets placement and a path to the Pro Tour. We’re also throwing extra prizing in the mix: TGP recently took in a trade of a Modern Yawgmoth deck shell, and we’re tossing the whole thing in the prize pool. Box, sleeves, dice, cards, the whole deal. You want details on the Yawg deck? Talk to Preston the next time you’re in the shop!

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

TGP x Girlypop Magic: cEDH 101

Saturday, April 11, 1:00 p.m.

cEDH standard-bearers from the local community have teamed up with Girlypop Magic for a different kind of learn-to-play! Taking the signature Girlypop group from casual commander tables to a more competitive vibe — all femme, fluid, non-binary and beyond are cordially invited to “cEDH 101” to learn about competitive play patterns, combo lines, and what it’s like to fight ferociously at the highest level of MTG Commander play!

MTG Team Trios Tournament (Premodern, Legacy, Vintage)

Sunday, April 12, 12:00 p.m.

You asked for it, we organized it! MTG Trios with Premodern, Legacy and Vintage at TGP!

• The tournament is on Sunday, April 12
• It kicks off at noon, 12:00 p.m.
• Buy in is $30 per player

Team Trios has come a long way from 2011, and this triple-header format features what folks have asked for the most: Premodern, Legacy and Vintage! All format rulesets apply, we’re going to enforce rules at competitive level, Prizing and Rounds will depend on attendance.

If you’re familiar with TGP’s typical cash tournament structure, that’s what we’re working with here. All entry back in the prize pool, AND this Team Trios Tournament is Full Proxy Friendly! (all the typical TGP rules apply there, too. Make sure those proxies are easily identifiable across the table!)

**Trinity Assembly Required! Come with your team filled out, TGP will not be able to provide teammates for solos or duos.**

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

Secrets of Strixhaven Prerelease Weekend

April 17, 18, 19 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

The ongoing expansion of the MTG Multiverse continues with a return to Arcavios and the hallowed halls of Strixhaven! We’re going back to school in a big way with classic color pairs, new mechanics, familiar faces and some new designs.

Secrets of Strixhaven sealed product will be available for purchase during prerelease weekend at The Gathering Place, no preorders for sealed product or singles are being taken at TGP.

$35 entry per player, two packs per win across three Swiss rounds. Prerelease weekend scheduled events at TGP are as follows (and all the days are links to preregistration over on the TGP shop):

Friday

2:30 p.m. Prerelease Sealed
7:00 p.m. FNM Prerelease Sealed

Saturday

12:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed
4:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed

Sunday

12:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed 2HG

We’ll see you on prerelease weekend for a return to Strixhaven!

MTG Premodern Cash Tournament

Saturday, April 25, 12:00 p.m.

Premodern MTG is a community-driven format consisting of the sets from Fourth Edition to Scourge. Classic, old frame cards printed between 1995 and 2003, which were standard legal at some point during this period. See the list of all legal sets here, check out the entire Premodern card pool here. Folks have been playing a lot of Premodern in the Triangle recently, and it’s been getting traction at events and tournaments we’re adding a cash tourney into the rotation at The Gathering Place!

Entry is $20 per player, all that entry goes back into the prize pool, and registration is still up on the TGP online store!

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

MTG New York City Two-Headed Giant Tournament

Sunday, April 26, 12:00 p.m.

The Gathering Place is taking it to the streets on Sunday, April 26 with a Two-Headed Giant that’s entirely set in da Big Apple! It’s New York City, baby! Teams of two squaring up for three Swiss Rounds of 2v2 MTG play!

Entry is $35 per person, $70 per team. Each team of two will receive one prerelease kit of Spider-Man and one prerelease kit of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The 2HG Tournament will run for three Swiss rounds, and teams will receive two packs per win per player.

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

Gundam GD04 Phantom Aria Prerelease

Sunday, April 26, 1:00 p.m.

The fourth set of the Gundam TCG comes out in April, and The Gathering Place is having our prerelease event on Sunday, April 26! Players are looking at $30 entry for a six-pack sealed prerelease tournament complete with promos and prize support. We’ll have

TGP Dispatch: 3/17/26

This week at The Gathering Place, the banner item is — without a doubt — our monthly cEDH Dual Land Tournament! Of course, there’s plenty of other things happening at the shop, and you can find all our happenings on the Monthly Calendar we maintain on Google Sheets and on the TGP Events Page.

There’s not too much time left in March, and we’re already working to get April fully booked and listed on the TGP Events Page. For what’s left in this month, here’s the final three big events (including the Dual Land tournament!):

MTG CEDH Dual Land Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 21, at 12:00 p.m.

Each month, The Gathering Place holds a CEDH tournament where the prize is based on attendance, and every entrant has a chance to battle it out for a Dual Land straight out of the TGP display case!

This month’s is on Saturday, 3/21, starting at noon.

$30 buy in, Dual Land goes to first place, payout prizing to Top 4, and other / additional prizing based on attendance. Come battle it out for Duals, for glory, for love of the game!

Full proxy is permitted, all proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion.

Link:

Event registration is run through TopDeck. (https://topdeck.gg/thegatheringplace)

MTG Pauper Cash Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 28 @ 12:00 p.m.

Pauper is the “oops! all commons!” format of MTG where low-rarity cards produce some interesting, fun, shockingly complex gameplay. Entry per player is $20, all entry goes back to the prize pool, and the MTGPunks tournament series continues!

Gundam TCG ST09 Release Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

$40 entry per player, 16 player capacity as limited by Bandai-supplied promos. Each player receives a copy of ST09 – Destiny Ignition to play with across Swiss rounds in this release event tournament. Promos, packs, prizing, Gundam!

One Piece TCG OP15 Prerelease Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

$30 entry, 32 player capacity, a One Piece TCG prerelease event celebrating the release of OP15: Adventure on The Island of The Gods! A return to Sky Island with all the rambunctious Devil Fruit powered action players and fans expect from One Piece! The Gathering Place will have promos and packs as prizes for players, so we’ll see you there!

The March Madness Chaos League continues in-store, especially relevant as the NCAA tournament kicks off proper elsewhere. Packs have been cracked, decks have been made, pivots have been pivoted, and we’re excited to see how it all shakes out in the immediate future. Don’t forget, League players, Sunday 3/22 at 12:00 p.m. is the League Party and pre-tournament — that’s for seeding in the finale — and then the Finale Tournament itself is on Saturday, 3/28 @ 1:00 p.m.!

As always, thanks for hanging out with us here at The Gathering Place. It’s a privilege and a pleasure to be your local neighborhood game shop, and we’ll see you around.

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TGP Dispatch: 3/10/26

This week at The Gathering Place, March continues in fine fashion! The weather is warming up The Pollen Times are nearly truly upon us, and we finally turned the heat off and the air conditioning on for the season.

Events-wise, this week is a big one: the Friday Night Magic draft for this week is Dominaria Remastered, we’ve got the Standard Constructed MTG RCQ on Saturday starting at 11:30 a.m. Also on Saturday, one of our Monthly Cash Tournaments, MTG Vintage firing off at noon. Perhaps most importantly it’s a BIG weekend for the One Piece TCG!

Saturday and Sunday, we’ve got back-to-back big time One Piece events! The Treasure Cup on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and the Heroine’s Battle Tournament on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. – prizes, promos and all the usual fun stuff on tap for both.

All the details for these events, and the rest through the month of March, are over on the Events Page of the TGP website! We’ve also got our Monthly Calendar done up far further in advance over on Google Sheets. Check ‘em both out.

Also a big announcement, you might have seen it on our socials earlier today, but TEAM TRIOS is officially ON THE BOOKS! Check it out:

TEAM TRIOS TOURNAMENT AT THE GATHERING PLACE

You asked for it, we organized it! MTG Trios with Premodern, Legacy and Vintage at TGP!

• The tournament is on Sunday, April 12
• It kicks off at noon, 12:00 p.m.
• Buy in is $30 per player

Team Trios has come a long way from 2011, and this triple-header format features what folks have asked for the most: Premodern, Legacy and Vintage! All format rulesets apply, we’re going to enforce rules at competitive level, Prizing and Rounds will depend on attendance.

If you’re familiar with TGP’s typical cash tournament structure, that’s what we’re working with here. All entry back in the prize pool, AND this Team Trios Tournament is Full Proxy Friendly! (all the typical TGP rules apply there, too. Make sure those proxies are easily identifiable across the table!)

**Trinity Assembly Required! Come with your team filled out, TGP will not be able to provide teammates for solos or duos.**

That’s about it for this week, beyond the fact that Chaos League continues, the TGP Discord is still our #1 place for you to interact with your favorite local game shop, and we hope you’re having a great week so far. See you around!

TGP Dispatch: 3/3/26

This week at TGP, we’re saying goodbye to February, hello to March — and, soon, hello to spring in NC! There’s a lot on the calendar for this month, and we’ve already made a full post about it.

Click Here for the TGP March Event Guide

The finale tournament for our Beginner-Friendly Commander League is this upcoming Saturday, but there’s a slight amount of crossover as we kick off the Chaos League! Just like March events, there’s a full post about that here on the site, too:

Click Here for the MTG Chaos Commander League Details

In terms of the immediate, this week specifically, we’re hosting three other banner items: our revamped D&D Learn to Play session on Wednesday, Girlypop Commander Night on Thursday, and the first of two upcoming RCQ tournaments on Sunday. Here’s the details for each:

D&D Learn to Play

The first Wednesday of each month, TGP’s own Ben Creed (a friendly face known for comedy, trivia, and TCG excellence in both One Piece and MTG) will be your guide as you take your first steps into the Forgotten Realms.

The Learn to Play session starts at 6:00 p.m. and players don’t have to provide anything but themselves. Well, themselves and also a general openness, a will to learn and the expectation that role playing might feel a little goofy at first — but, the knowledge that the more you lean into it the more fun you’ll have. If you’ve always been D&D curious, if you’ve seen it portrayed in popular media, if you’ve been watching actual play shows or listening to podcasts like Dimension 20 or Critical Role, this is your opportunity to start your own story!

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Thursday, March 5, starting at 6:00 p.m.

We are honored to be hosting local femme-forward all-stars Girlypop Magic the first Thursday of each month at The Gathering Place! Join us for a free and fun night of MTG Commander-focused events for femme, non-binary, and gender expansive folks!

GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent people!

MTG RCQ Lorwyn Sealed

Sunday, March 8 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $55 entry for each player, One-Slot MTG Sealed RCQ. Decklist required, rounds based on attendance. This is competitive Magic, and the potential first step on a path to the Pro Tour. Players will be expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Expect a cut to Top 8 in terms of scheduling / time.

If that text looks familiar, it’s because it’s taken directly from the always-updated TGP Events Page! You can check in over there any ol’ time for what’s happening in the shop, and it’s got a link to our Google Sheet monthly calendar for anyone who’d like a better sense of the “when” in terms of events.

For anyone and everyone who came out to hang during TMNT Prerelease Weekend, know that you’re welcome in our sewers anytime. We had some particularly notable pack-opens in the shop, prerelease sealed is always a good time, we gave away a bunch of free pizza slices as folks purchased TMNT boxes, and it is my solemn duty to inform you the “TMNT style” Alpha Pie is officially retired (for now). It was a celebration, a limited time offer, and we’re glad y’all enjoyed it!

We’ve always got new things happening in the shop, from events to homegrown lil’ packs, products and boxes. This past week, the “Trash Can Boosters” have been a huge hit. If you were on the fence about grabbing one, know they might be gone soon.

We’ve got plenty of other in-store stuff to look through, new inventory on the website and in the cases, and if you want to see something specific — all you gotta do is ask.

Feels wrong to end a weekly announcement post without plugging the TGP Discord server, so we’ll see you over there. It’s still the #1 spot to stay up to date on things, find folks to play with, all that jazz.

March ’26 at The Gathering Place

As always, you can find details on events at store happening at The Gathering Place on our Events Page and listed on the Monthly Event Calendar we’ve got going on a Google Sheet but, for clarity and ease of access, here’s a breakdown of the month! 

The best place to stay up to date with TGP and informed on what we’re up to is on the TGP Discord server, so we’ll see you over there if you’re not already in, and we’ll see you in the shop this March!

This March at TGP

March Madness Chaos MTG Commander League

Each player in the March Madness Chaos Commander League will pay a set price for their preconstructed starter deck, with that prize set as the average of all possible decks in the pool. Deck assignment will be random. Each player starts with three Chaos Packs pulled from the deepest depths of the TGP Card Dungeon, and week-over-week packs will be pulled at random from a big ol’ box full of booster packs we’ll be personally stocking for the League and making available to League Players only at a fixed price per pack. High value, low friction, zero predictability, all gas, no brakes.

• Tuesday, 3/3 — League begins! Meetups at TGP every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during regular Commander pod play.
• Sunday, 3/22 — League Party and pre-tournament, for seeding in the finale
• Saturday, 3/28 — League Finale Tournament

All the details on Chaos League, right here!

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Date / Time:

Thursday, March 5, starting at 6:00 p.m.

Details:

We are honored to be hosting local femme-forward all-stars Girlypop Magic the first Thursday of each month at The Gathering Place! Join us for a free and fun night of MTG Commander-focused events for femme, non-binary, and gender expansive folks!

GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent people!

Link:

Check out the Girly Pop Magic page(s) for all the details and some truly wonderful posts

MTG RCQ Lorwyn Sealed

Date / Time:  Sunday, March 8 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $55 entry for each player, One-Slot MTG Sealed RCQ. Decklist required, rounds based on attendance. This is competitive Magic, and the potential first step on a path to the Pro Tour. Players will be expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Expect a cut to Top 8 in terms of scheduling / time.

Event hosted via Companion / EventLink

MTG RCQ Standard Constructed

Date / Time: Saturday, March 14 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $30 entry per player, one-slot RCQ, prize pool and rounds depend on attendance. Competitive Rules Enforcement Level (CompREL), judge on-site. Come battle in your first steps to the Pro Tour and see what Standard looks like in the wake of all the Wizards releases this year!

MTG Vintage Cash Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 14 @ 12:00 p.m.

Details: Vintage is powerful, expansive, and a popular way to play competitive MTG! The Gathering Place’s monthly cash tournament series continues in March with the Vintage Cash tourney! $20 entry per player to clash for cash in Magic’s most expansive and highest power format! Every card, every era, possibilities and combos abound!

One Piece TCG Treasure Cup

Date / Time: Saturday, March 14 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $20 entry per player, registration via Bandai, first-come first-served, so check in on the Bandai site / app if you aren’t already part of the community! This is higher-level tournament with commensurate prizing and promos, so bring out your best to chase glory on the high seas!

One Piece TCG Heroine’s Battle

Date / Time: Sunday, March 15 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $20 entry, 1v1, pack prizing for players! One Piece TCG is celebrating the release of EB03 with the Heroine’s Battle — a special event where only Heroine leader cards are allowed! Boa, Charlotte, Nico and more are going to be duking it out at TGP and you’re cordially invited, so check the link below for event details from Bandai!

Details from Bandai about the Heroine’s Battle event are right here

MTG CEDH Dual Land Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 21, at 12:00 p.m.

Details:

Each month, The Gathering Place holds a CEDH tournament where the prize is based on attendance, and every entrant has a chance to battle it out for a Dual Land straight out of the TGP display case!

This month’s is on Saturday, 3/21, starting at noon.

$30 buy in, Dual Land goes to first place, payout prizing to Top 4, and other / additional prizing based on attendance. Come battle it out for Duals, for glory, for love of the game!

Full proxy is permitted, all proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion.

Link:

Event registration is run through TopDeck. (https://topdeck.gg/thegatheringplace)

MTG Pauper Cash Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 28 @ 12:00 p.m.

Details: Pauper is the “oops! all commons!” format of MTG where low-rarity cards produce some interesting, fun, shockingly complex gameplay. Entry per player is $20, all entry goes back to the prize pool, and the MTGPunks tournament series continues!

Gundam TCG ST09 Release Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $40 entry per player, 16 player capacity as limited by Bandai-supplied promos. Each player receives a copy of ST09 – Destiny Ignition to play with across Swiss rounds in this release event tournament. Promos, packs, prizing, Gundam!

Link:

One Piece TCG OP15 Prerelease Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $30 entry, 32 player capacity, a One Piece TCG prerelease event celebrating the release of OP15: Adventure on The Island of The Gods! A return to Sky Island with all the rambunctious Devil Fruit powered action players and fans expect from One Piece! The Gathering Place will have promos and packs as prizes for players, so we’ll see you there!

March Madness ’26: Chaos (Commander) League

This March, madness fully takes hold at The Gathering Place as we launch the weirdest, wackiest, wildest Commander League yet: Chaos League!

We’ve talked about League(s) plenty here at TGP, you can click that link if you need clarification, but obviously the usual structure applies. Each player starts with a preconstructed deck, that deck stays at TGP for the duration of League, the only cards eligible to be added are those opened from League-legal booster packs or obtained through TGP-approved events / channels.

The Chaos in this particular league is simple: it’s $80, all-in, to join League. That will get you a random preconstructed MTG Commander Deck from the TGP Vault, sleeves to protect your deck, and three starter pulls from the Chaos League Magic Hole Box to get your League pulls started off strong!

Click here to sign up for Chaos League

Here’s a sample of some of the decks players have the potential to get when they start their Chaos League journey:

From there, League play continues as always: Commander meetups on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at TGP, played and participated in at your leisure and pleasure. Be advised, though, the League only lasts as long as March Madness does. Here’s the dates:

• Tuesday, 3/3 — League begins! Meetups at TGP every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during regular Commander pod play.
• Sunday, 3/22 — League Party and pre-tournament, for seeding in the finale
• Saturday, 3/28 — League Finale Tournament

The only MTG booster packs legal for League play are the ones in the Chaos League Magic Hole Box. It’s a full suite of packs taken from the darkest depths of the distro dungeon, a selection of the wide variety of sealed MTG The Gathering Place has to offer. There’s Horizons sets, boosters from across over a decade of Magic — and more, in some cases! Reach in far enough, get lucky enough, and you may find something even older! Or, perhaps, shinier! The only way to know what it’s in the Chaos League Magic Hole Box is to dip in there with your own human hands, and Chaos League players can do so at a low, low price of $8 a pack / pull. Packs aren’t going to run out, pack slots are not restricted this League, do as thou wilt.

If you have any questions about Chaos Commander League, send us an email or pop over in the TGP Discord! Good luck and good hunting to all Chaos League players — you’re going to need it.

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TGP Dispatch: 2/24/26

This week at The Gathering Place, it’s Turtles all the way down. TMNT is breaking out of the panel, coming off the page, straight out of the TV screen and onto Magic cards and tabletops the world over. We’re no exception, but TGP has a couple plans to make us special. After all, not every local game shop has the good fortune to also run a kickass pizza joint!

Of course, the Gathering Place has prerelease events all weekend long (click here for details and preregistration!)While we’ve got prerelease events happening, every sealed MTG TMNT product — booster boxes, bundles, even the preconstructed Commander deck — will come with a ticket redeemable for a FREE cheese slice down at Alpha Pie!

As if that pizza-related promo wasn’t enough, Alpha Pie is also offering the most limited of limited time deals. For this weekend only — you can order your pizza “TMNT style”

“what does ‘TMNT style’ mean????”

it means a dumb, a stupid, a cartoonish, an irresponsible amount of cheese. we’ve gone past the limits of “A Goofy Movie” and far into uncharted waters. for anyone who wants to take the plunge, going Michelangelo Mode on your Alpha Pie is an experience you can have this weekend only for a measly three additional bucks on your order of a whole pie.

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You can expect to hear from us more soon about tournaments, the March event roundup, in-store events, and a whole bunch of other fun and cool things. The March Madness Chaos League specifically is your next big announcement, and folks in the TGP Discord will be the first to hear all the details!

Until then, the TGP events page is still stocked with all the event information you’re looking for (listings are already complete through March!) and the Google Sheets calendar is where it always is.

It’s a pleasure being your local game shop, your neighborhood late-night pizza spot, and a place to play some of the games you love the most.

MTG RCQ Season at The Gathering Place

RCQ Season opens up for 2026 at The Gathering Place with the first three tournaments we’re hosting for one-slot RCQ play. Two are Lorwyn Sealed, one is Standard Constructed, and here’s the details for each. All of them are run through Companion / Event Link, players will be expected to abide by all tournament protocol and procedure and play will be conducted at CompREL level. Here’s the details for these first three tournaments:

MTG RCQ (Lorwyn Sealed)

Date / Time: 2/22 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $55 entry for each player, One-Slot MTG Sealed RCQ. Decklist required, rounds based on attendance. This is competitive Magic, and the potential first step on a path to the Pro Tour. Players will be expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Expect a cut to Top 8 in terms of scheduling / time.

MTG RCQ Lorwyn Sealed

Date / Time:  Sunday, March 8 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $55 entry for each player, One-Slot MTG Sealed RCQ. Decklist required, rounds based on attendance. This is competitive Magic, and the potential first step on a path to the Pro Tour. Players will be expected to conduct themselves accordingly. Expect a cut to Top 8 in terms of scheduling / time.

MTG RCQ Standard Constructed

Date / Time: Saturday, March 14 @ 11:30 a.m.

Details: $30 entry per player, one-slot RCQ, prize pool and rounds depend on attendance. Competitive Rules Enforcement Level (CompREL), judge on-site. Come battle in your first steps to the Pro Tour and see what Standard looks like in the wake of all the Wizards releases this year!