TGP Dispatch: 3/3/26

March 3, 2026
5:20 pm

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

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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

February 26, 2026
7:08 pm

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.

Click here to sign up for Chaos League

TGP Dispatch: 2/24/26

February 24, 2026
5:40 pm

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.

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

February 19, 2026
5:15 pm

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!

TGP Dispatch: 2/17/26

February 17, 2026
6:43 pm

This week at The Gathering Place, we’ve got a MTG Premodern Cash Tournament, a Sealed one-slot RCQ for any competitive Magic players in the hunt for glory, a Chaos Draft Friday Night Magic and a bonus round of Chaos Draft action for the especially adventurous firing on Monday.

A real highlight for us this week is how hard the team in the distro dungeon downstairs has been working. To directly witness their triumph and to peruse the wares they’ve worked to make available, cruise through the TGP Online Store Inventory sometime this week! There’s going to be a new batch of uploads every day this week, with some real bangers, sought-after staples, higher-end inventory and brand new cards from recent sets being sold as singles!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prerelease is nearly upon us, so before the turtles take over, we’ve got a few things on the docket for this week and the next. Here’s the breakdown, pulled directly from the TGP Events Page. (for the full monthly calendar in Google Sheets, click here)


MTG Premodern Cash Tournament

Date / Time:

Saturday, 2/21 @ 12:00 p.m.

Details:

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!


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.

Event hosted via Companion / EventLink


MTG Old School Cash Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, February 28 @ 12 pm

Details: $20 entry! All Buy in goes back into the prize pool!

Play Magic the way that Richard Garfield intended; with a nostalgic card pool from Alpha to Fallen Empires. Iconic cards and strategic depth from ’93-’94, the charm of old-school gameplay, and the format that is actually your grandpa’s Magic.

TGP plays with the Eternal Central ruleset, Iconic art required, and always proxy-friendly. Come out and see what all the fuss is about!


MTG: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Prerelease

For all the details on TMNT Prerelease at The Gathering Place, click here

Friday, February 27

Saturday, February 28

Sunday, March 1

Friday, March 6

  • TMNT Draft for Friday Night Magic (not prerelease weekend, but related)

Also very much worth noting, TGP will have a booth at Greenville Unplugged! If you’re around during the show, come by and say hello!

Otherwise, as always, thanks for reading and we’ll see you around!

TGP Dispatch: 2/10/26

February 10, 2026
8:16 pm

This week at The Gathering Place: February continues, the Beginner-Friendly Commander League gets cooking good and proper, we talk tournaments and shows this weekend and we prepare for the arrival of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

As always, make sure you check out the Events Page and the TGP Calendar Sheet for everything happening in the shop now, later, and through the rest of the month / year!

Here’s what’s running this week, outside of the regular weekly locals and recurring events, in rapid-fire:

The prerelease of Riftbound’s Spiritforged set was something a lot more folks were looking for than we were able to take care of, so we’ve got another Spiritforged event happening this Wednesday! Here’s the details we put on Instagram:

Friday’s FNM Draft will be Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty! A perennial favorite, folks tends to be pretty excited when we get a couple new boxes of NEO in from distro. And, wouldn’t you know it, we’ve got a couple this week! See you on Friday, Kamigawa enjoyers!

After a lot of talking about it and a delay due to snow, this weekend is finally time for FINAL FINAL FANTASY. It’s been discussed a bunch, you can still check out the post we made for it with all the details, but the elevator pitch is it’s a $50 Final Fantasy Draft tournament where prizing is pretty out of control. The foil promotional posters Wizards sent the shop, the Chocobo enamel pins from the “Chocobo Racing” event, the Squall promos, the Yuna promos, we’re including them in prizing, we’re raffling them off, we’re celebrating Final Fantasy and Magic and having a great time. You should come by, it’ll be rad.

Saturday is also this month’s scheduled MTG Legacy Cash Tournament, which starts at noon. $20 buy in, entry back in the prize pool, all the usual cash tourney rules apply.

The Lorwyn League finale is this Sunday, good luck to all Lorwyn League participants and we’re going to line up some bonus prizing for y’all. See you there!

Speaking of League, the second week of the Beginner-Friendly Commander League kicks off tonight at Commander Meetup! For anyone who’s hesitant, on the fence, considering joining — honestly, this League is for you! We want to bring new(er) people into the game, help people who played Magic years ago come back to the game, and we want to introduce players to TGP’s favorite semi-limited format, Commander League!

The BFL is a great way to get started with MTG, or to learn more about what you’re trying to get out the game. It’s a place to play with new folks, in a competitive style that’ll introduce you to a wider world. You don’t have to be a “beginner,” necessarily, but the Beginner-Friendly league is an opportunity to expand beyond playing precon decks or borrowing someone else’s deck and learn a lot about the game, deckbuilding and what it’s like to shuffle up and play for real. At the end of BFL, the goal is to go home with a built-out Commander deck that’s uniquely yours, that you know inside-out. A foundation you can be proud of and play in pods from then on. Here’s the page with all the BFL details, we hope you’ll consider joining if this proposal sounds interesting to you!

Which brings us to another Magic: The Gathering line item for the week: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles prerelease weekend! It’s at the end of the month, which is sooner than it feels, so here’s the page we’ve put together for it! There’s links to preregister, we’ll have all the product Wizards sends us on shelves, and we’ll see you in a couple weeks to see what TMNT looks like on tabletops. ‘Till then, be cool, stay safe, and we’ll see you around!

MTG TMNT at TGP

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As much fun as it is to say “MTG TMNT at TGP,” that’s a whole lot of letter and not a lot of additional information or context. But, that said, most folks probably know by now the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming to Magic: The Gathering, and The Gathering Place has planned out our prerelease weekend and opened up preregistration online! Here’s the schedule, and each link takes you to preregistration over at the TGP online store:

Friday, February 27

Saturday, February 28

Sunday, March 1

Friday, March 6

  • TMNT Draft for Friday Night Magic (not prerelease weekend, but related)

All the usual prerelease rules and expectations apply. Entry is $35 per player, each player will receive a TMNT prerelease kit (six boosters, a foil promo, a spindown die). Each prerelease event is played across three Swiss rounds, two packs per win per player.

TGP will have TMNT product on hand and for sale over the weekend while on-shelf supplies last. Booster boxes, both Collector and Play, the Pizza Bundles, the preconstructed Commander deck, everything Wizards sends to us, we’ll have for you. We’re also very much planning on looping Alpha Pie into this for some kind of TMNT pizza special over the weekend, so keep and eye out for that, too!

MTGPunks Monthly Cash Tournament Series

February 5, 2026
6:23 pm

A long-standing tradition at The Gathering Place has been the monthly MTG cash tourneys. We started with a rotating schedule of Modern, Vintage and Legacy, we added CEDH monthly with a Dual Land in the prize pool every month, and now we’re expanding to even broader horizons with what we’re calling the MTGPunks series!

The “punk” in MTGPunks comes from the fact each of these monthly cash tournaments is a highlight for a beloved community-oriented format. We’ve got Premodern, Old School (specifically, Eternal Central Old School) and Pauper in rotation and we’re ready to rumble in 2026! These are community formats, and proxies are permitted so long as proxies are clearly representative of the intended card and easily identifiable by opponents as the card in question. When it comes to Old School, it’s worth mentioning adherence to Iconic art on cards and proxies alike is required. Here’s the schedule for the year, we’ve already planned it out:

Saturday, Feb. 21 – Premodern

Saturday, Feb. 28 – Old School

Saturday, March 28 – Pauper

Saturday, April 25 -Premodern

Saturday, May 30 – Old School

Saturday, June 27 – Pauper

Saturday, July 25 – Premodern

Saturday, Aug. 21 – Old School

Saturday, Sep. 19 – Pauper

Saturday, Oct. 31 – Premodern

Saturday, Nov. 28 – Old School

Sunday, Dec. 13 – Pauper

Entry is $20 per player, entry goes back in the prize pool, all the regular cash tournament rules apply for the MTGPunks series. Registration links for each will be posted on the TGP website as they come up, so keep an eye out over there. We’ll also take registrations day-of, so we hope to see you out there!

TGP Dispatch: 2/3/26

February 3, 2026
8:11 pm

Hello, friends! It’s time to talk about what’s happening at The Gathering Place! It’s the first week of a new month, so there’s a full boat of announcements to make and happenings to go over. Best we start with what kicked off literally today: the Beginner-Friendly Commander League!

For anyone who’s not acquainted, Commander League has been a staple at TGP for a long time. When the sun set on Commander League Season X, we decided after ten iterations it was worth changing things up a little bit. We began 2026 with a set-specific League squarely focused on MTG’s return to Lorwyn, but we’re opening up our next League this week for anyone who’s been a little on the fence about getting heavy into Magic: The Gathering!

The Beginner-Friendly League is meant to be a fun and hands-on way to take the next step into playing Magic, a soft launch into tournament play and an ongoing exploration into deckbuilding best practices as well as a primer for the Leagues yet to come. Commander League play is a whole different animal, as any League player can tell you, and the Beginner League is a great way to get to know the process as a first-timer without getting throw in the deep end and told to swim.

Each player starts with a precon, just like League. Each player begins with a prerelease kit of their choice, taken from a selection of Lorwyn: Eclipsed, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, Core Set 2019/20, or Spider-Man. From there, it’s a flat $20 a week to receive three packs of MTG boosters, hand-picked literally just for you by TGP staff. The event is limited to 32 participants so we can keep track of everybody and provide guidance on what you’re looking for, who might have trades for you, whatever you need to streamline your League play and understand the landscape. We’re here to help! Also, participation in the TGP discord channel (specifically, the newly-created private Beginner League channel!) might also be a boon when it comes to getting you on the path to glory come tournament time.

For all the details on the Beginner-Friendly Commander League, click here!

There’s a lot of other events happening this week too! Girly Pop Magic is making a triumphant and femme-forward return to TGP for another Thursday night session! GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent folks! Check out the Girly Pop Magic page(s) for all the details and some truly wonderful posts. If you’ve seen the Prerelease Primers for Lorwyn that were in the shop, that was GPM’s doing! They’re very cool!

This Saturday, TGP is hosting the monthly CEDH Dual Land Tournament, so we’ll see all our competitive Commander player out there on the battlefield come the weekend. Good luck to all, and know registration is still available if you haven’t locked in your slot just yet.

Sunday, 2/8 is looking pretty popping as well. Two prereleases in the form of Gundam GD03 (rescheduled due to snow) and Riftbound: Spiritforged. Both are starting at 1:00 p.m., signups are in person and online at the respective TCG spots, carde.io for Riftbound and Bandai for Gundam.

Next week, the ball keeps rolling up with the [rescheduled] FINAL FINAL FANTASY tournament (which is going to be very cool and fun, not to mention an excellent opportunity to take home a sweet FF promo or the Sephiroth poster right off the TGP wall) and then the Lorwyn League Finale on Sunday!

As the month gets rolling good and proper, keep an eye on the TGP Events pages for changes and updates, be expecting a few more posts about what’s going on, and we’ll see you around!

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TGP Board Game Night
January 27, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gathering Place has two walls of board games -- one shelf stocked with board games you can buy and take home, and another with our own library of games that are always free to play here at TGP!
Tuesday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
January 27, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander games!
One Piece TCG (Constructed Play)
January 27, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Learn To Play D&D
January 28, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free to all, these Wednesday sessions of D&D are for anyone who is curious and wanting to learn the basics of navigating the Forgotten Realms and beyond!
Sorcery: Contested Realm (Weekly at TGP)
January 28, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Big on style, creativity and innovative gameplay, Sorcery is the relatively new kid on the TCG block with a specific flair for the dramatic and fondness for old-school aesthetic.
MTG Modern (Weekly Constructed)
January 28, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring cards from 8th Edition onward, Modern is the place to be for fast-paced think-on-your-feet Magic.
D&D One-Shot Campaigns at TGP
January 29, 2026    
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
D&D One-Shots are a weekly event at The Gathering Place, hosted by TGP and ran by our community of Dungeon Masters. These one-shots are a free event, all experience levels welcome!
Thursday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
January 29, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
Saturday Afternoon Commander/EDH Meetup
January 31, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
One Piece TCG Locals
February 1, 2026    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Pokémon Free Play / Meetup
February 1, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simultaneously a relic of the '90s and the torch carried by kids today, there's clearly something special in the stories of Pokémon trainers and all these wonderful little pocket monsters generation after generation has come to love.
TGP Board Game Night
February 3, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gathering Place has two walls of board games -- one shelf stocked with board games you can buy and take home, and another with our own library of games that are always free to play here at TGP!
Tuesday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 3, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander games!
One Piece TCG (Constructed Play)
February 3, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Learn To Play D&D
February 4, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free to all, these Wednesday sessions of D&D are for anyone who is curious and wanting to learn the basics of navigating the Forgotten Realms and beyond!
Sorcery: Contested Realm (Weekly at TGP)
February 4, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Big on style, creativity and innovative gameplay, Sorcery is the relatively new kid on the TCG block with a specific flair for the dramatic and fondness for old-school aesthetic.
MTG Modern (Weekly Constructed)
February 4, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring cards from 8th Edition onward, Modern is the place to be for fast-paced think-on-your-feet Magic.
D&D One-Shot Campaigns at TGP
February 5, 2026    
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
D&D One-Shots are a weekly event at The Gathering Place, hosted by TGP and ran by our community of Dungeon Masters. These one-shots are a free event, all experience levels welcome!
Thursday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 5, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
Saturday Afternoon Commander/EDH Meetup
February 7, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
One Piece TCG Locals
February 8, 2026    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Pokémon Free Play / Meetup
February 8, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simultaneously a relic of the '90s and the torch carried by kids today, there's clearly something special in the stories of Pokémon trainers and all these wonderful little pocket monsters generation after generation has come to love.
TGP Board Game Night
February 10, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gathering Place has two walls of board games -- one shelf stocked with board games you can buy and take home, and another with our own library of games that are always free to play here at TGP!
Tuesday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 10, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander games!
One Piece TCG (Constructed Play)
February 10, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Learn To Play D&D
February 11, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free to all, these Wednesday sessions of D&D are for anyone who is curious and wanting to learn the basics of navigating the Forgotten Realms and beyond!
Sorcery: Contested Realm (Weekly at TGP)
February 11, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Big on style, creativity and innovative gameplay, Sorcery is the relatively new kid on the TCG block with a specific flair for the dramatic and fondness for old-school aesthetic.
MTG Modern (Weekly Constructed)
February 11, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring cards from 8th Edition onward, Modern is the place to be for fast-paced think-on-your-feet Magic.
D&D One-Shot Campaigns at TGP
February 12, 2026    
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
D&D One-Shots are a weekly event at The Gathering Place, hosted by TGP and ran by our community of Dungeon Masters. These one-shots are a free event, all experience levels welcome!
Thursday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 12, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
Saturday Afternoon Commander/EDH Meetup
February 14, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
One Piece TCG Locals
February 15, 2026    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Pokémon Free Play / Meetup
February 15, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simultaneously a relic of the '90s and the torch carried by kids today, there's clearly something special in the stories of Pokémon trainers and all these wonderful little pocket monsters generation after generation has come to love.
TGP Board Game Night
February 17, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gathering Place has two walls of board games -- one shelf stocked with board games you can buy and take home, and another with our own library of games that are always free to play here at TGP!
Tuesday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 17, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander games!
One Piece TCG (Constructed Play)
February 17, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Learn To Play D&D
February 18, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free to all, these Wednesday sessions of D&D are for anyone who is curious and wanting to learn the basics of navigating the Forgotten Realms and beyond!
Sorcery: Contested Realm (Weekly at TGP)
February 18, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Big on style, creativity and innovative gameplay, Sorcery is the relatively new kid on the TCG block with a specific flair for the dramatic and fondness for old-school aesthetic.
MTG Modern (Weekly Constructed)
February 18, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring cards from 8th Edition onward, Modern is the place to be for fast-paced think-on-your-feet Magic.
D&D One-Shot Campaigns at TGP
February 19, 2026    
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
D&D One-Shots are a weekly event at The Gathering Place, hosted by TGP and ran by our community of Dungeon Masters. These one-shots are a free event, all experience levels welcome!
Thursday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 19, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
Saturday Afternoon Commander/EDH Meetup
February 21, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
One Piece TCG Locals
February 22, 2026    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Pokémon Free Play / Meetup
February 22, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simultaneously a relic of the '90s and the torch carried by kids today, there's clearly something special in the stories of Pokémon trainers and all these wonderful little pocket monsters generation after generation has come to love.
TGP Board Game Night
February 24, 2026    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Gathering Place has two walls of board games -- one shelf stocked with board games you can buy and take home, and another with our own library of games that are always free to play here at TGP!
Tuesday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 24, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander games!
One Piece TCG (Constructed Play)
February 24, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Learn To Play D&D
February 25, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free to all, these Wednesday sessions of D&D are for anyone who is curious and wanting to learn the basics of navigating the Forgotten Realms and beyond!
Sorcery: Contested Realm (Weekly at TGP)
February 25, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Big on style, creativity and innovative gameplay, Sorcery is the relatively new kid on the TCG block with a specific flair for the dramatic and fondness for old-school aesthetic.
MTG Modern (Weekly Constructed)
February 25, 2026    
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Featuring cards from 8th Edition onward, Modern is the place to be for fast-paced think-on-your-feet Magic.
D&D One-Shot Campaigns at TGP
February 26, 2026    
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
D&D One-Shots are a weekly event at The Gathering Place, hosted by TGP and ran by our community of Dungeon Masters. These one-shots are a free event, all experience levels welcome!
Thursday Night Commander/EDH Meetup
February 26, 2026    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
Saturday Afternoon Commander/EDH Meetup
February 28, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
As Magic's most popular format by a country mile, we've got plenty of space, time and tables set aside specifically for folks to jam Commander at TGP!
One Piece TCG Locals
March 1, 2026    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesdays are the premier day to come by and play One Piece! TGP has pack prizing for Top 4 each evening, based on attendance.
Pokémon Free Play / Meetup
March 1, 2026    
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Simultaneously a relic of the '90s and the torch carried by kids today, there's clearly something special in the stories of Pokémon trainers and all these wonderful little pocket monsters generation after generation has come to love.
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