MTG Marvel Super Heroes: Prerelease Weekend at TGP

MTG Universes Beyond: Marvel Superheroes Prerelease Weekend

Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21

The next entry in Magic’s expansive Multiverse collides with another setting that’s continually racking up the cosmic scoreboard: Marvel Comics! We’ve seen glimpses of what’s coming in June through Secret Lair releases and Spider-Man’s MTG debut, and the release of Marvel Superheroes in MTG promises to be another set going bigger!

Marvel Superheroes 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.

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

June ’26 at The Gathering Place

Product Release(s) in June: MTG UB: Marvel Superheroes, One Piece TCG OP-16

D&D Learn to Play

Wednesday, June 3, 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, June 4, 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 Monthly Dual Land Tournament

Saturday, June 6, 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, June 6, 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.

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

One Piece OP-16 Prerelease Event

Sunday, June 7, 1:00 p.m.

The Time of Battle is RIGHT NOW, One Piece TCG players! OP-16 prerelease is the new set, based on the Paramount War, and things are heating up with new Leaders, new treatments, and a boatload more from One Piece’s trading card game component.

Entry is $30 per player, TGP will have promos and Bandai-provided prizing as per usual. This event is capped at 32, so snag those preregistrations sooner rather than later!

Event Details + Registration

MTG Vintage Cash Tournament (Monthly MTG Series)

Saturday, June 13, 12:00 p.m.

The Gathering Place’s monthly cash tournament series continues in June with another Vintage Cash tourney!

Vintage is powerful, expansive and a popular way to play competitive MTG! Every card, every set, spanning decades of Magic and shaped by the future of the game itself.

At TGP, Vintage tournament decks are full throttle, and full proxy is permitted. All proxies must be clearly identifiable across the table and representative of actual MTG cards.

Entry is $30 per player to clash for cash in Magic’s most expansive and highest power format, and that entry contributes to the prize pool, along with bonus prizes added to the pot by TGP itself. For this month’s Vintage tournament? We’ve got a Demonic Tutor in the pool!

Every card, every era, possibilities and combos abound!

Event Details + Registration

MTG Five-Color Pride Tournament

Sunday, June 14, 12:00 p.m.

All decks have a mandatory mana base of five colors. All Legendary creatures and Commander-eligible cards have Partner, but your deck MUST include all five colors! $10 entry per player, half of that goes straight to charity. We’ll have raffles and all kinds of fun stuff all day long. All game changers are banned!

Event Details + Registration

MTG Universes Beyond: Marvel Superheroes Prerelease Weekend

Friday, June 19 – Sunday, June 21

The next entry in Magic’s expansive Multiverse collides with another setting that’s continually racking up the cosmic scoreboard: Marvel Comics! We’ve seen glimpses of what’s coming in June through Secret Lair releases and Spider-Man’s MTG debut, and the release of Marvel Superheroes in MTG promises to be another set going bigger!

Marvel Superheroes 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.

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

MTG Pauper Cash Tournament (MTGPunks Series)

Saturday, June 27, 12:00 p.m.

Pauper is the “oops! all commons!” format of MTG where low-rarity cards produce some interesting, fun, shockingly complex gameplay.

While TGP is proxy-friendly in a great many cases, all cards played in Pauper tournaments must be the real deal.

Entry per player is $30, entry goes back to the prize pool, and the MTGPunks tournament series continues with additional bonus prizing straight from the Dungeon for each tournament! For this month’s Pauper tournament, that prize is an especially pretty Dom! art Counterspell, the DCI Legend Membership printing!

Event Details + Registration

Riftbound Summoner’s Skirmish

Sunday, June 28, 1:00 p.m.

Riftbound continues to be a hit at TGP and beyond, and we’ll be closing out May with another Summoner’s Skirmish!

This tournament will be run at a competitive rules enforcement level. 32 player maximum, $20 entry per player, Swiss rounds followed by a cut to top. If you’ve ever wanted to give serious competitive Riftbound play a shot, now’s your chance!

Event Details + Registration

Castaway Commander League: Week One

Tuesday, June 30 – Saturday, August 22

Last year, we laid down a solid foundation – Commander League: Summer Session was a surprise smash hit, and became the inspiration for so much more we’ve been doing at The Gathering Place since.

To that end, for 2026, we are delighted to introduce something entirely new for the Summer League at TGP: Castaway League.

If you’d like to know everything there is to know about Castaway League at TGP, here’s our post with details:

https://gatheringplacegames.com/2024/05/14/castaway-league-26-at-the-gathering-place/

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MTG Drafts at TGP in 2026

The Gathering Place is changing how we run our weekly Draft events for Magic: The Gathering starting in June of 2026, and we’re excited to outline the roll out of our new Draft plans for any established enjoyers of Limited play and any newer folks who’d like to give cracking packs and playing cards a go.

Friday Night Magic is a long-standing tradition in the MTG community, and here at TGP we want to do our best to continue cultivating a strong Magic community. Part of that is making sure Friday Night Magic (FNM) is a big deal with a firm focus on what’s currently happening in the game.

Starting in June, Friday Night Magic Drafts will be whatever we have in stock that’s the newest Standard set in MTG. Price for entry will reflect that, as will pack prizing and the promos provided by Wizards. We’re going to kick FNM firmly into gear when it comes to running events live and direct with what’s fresh off the presses.

Of course, The Gathering Place doesn’t just run MTG Draft events on Fridays — we’ve been hosting Sunday Draft events for quite a while! Since Fridays are now exclusively for what’s new, hot and happening with MTG we’ve opened up some space for fun stuff on Sundays! To prove the point, here’s what we’re drafting in June on Sundays:

LOTR / Week 1 – $50 , 24 player cap

Conspiracy: Take The Crown / Week 2 – $35, 24 player cap

Ikoria / Week 3 – $35, no cap

Mystery Booster / Week 4 – $55, 16 player cap

Prizing for these TGP Draft events on Sundays will also be handled differently. Instead of packs, prizing will be given in the form of store credit. $10 per win for anyone with a winning record across three Swiss rounds, with a Foil Promo Pack for the top / undefeated player.

You’ll see signups for these Sunday MTG Drafts posted online over on the preregistration section of the TGP Online Shop soon. Thanks for reading, and we look forward to hosting some great Draft tournaments in the immediate future!

Castaway League ’26 at The Gathering Place

Last year, we laid down a solid foundation – Commander League: Summer Session was a surprise smash hit, and became the inspiration for so much more we’ve been doing at The Gathering Place since.

To that end, for 2026, we are delighted to introduce something entirely new for the Summer League at TGP:

You signed up for Cruise: The Gathering, a promised couple weeks of fun in the sun and sand with some of the world’s foremost players of Magic aboard the SS. Garfield. Islands both Tropical and Volcanic, lush jungles and white sand, it was all lined up to be the perfect summer.

Unfortunately for you, the summer you expected is not the summer you’ll experience.

A sudden Thousand-Year storm at sea, paired with a series of mechanical malfunctions below decks, has left you and your traveling cohort marooned! After being adrift aimlessly for the better part of three days, The SS Garfield has now run aground on an uncharted island. Listing dangerously and unsafe to inhabit any longer – to say nothing of unpleasant, you know it smells crazy in there – all hands and all passengers have abandoned ship to seek refuge elsewhere.

The rescue party, if it ever arrives, is surely weeks away.

In the meantime, you’ve got to do the best you can to survive. Both on your own, and as part of the burgeoning castaway society operating by the rules of a shonen anime. Power and position, privilege and progress all hinge on one thing: playing MTG. It’s up to you to have the wits, the skill, the heart to prevail on The Island.

You were able to save just 11 cards through this ordeal : your favorite Commander, and 10 others. From there, your only hope of surviving the island hinges on scavenging supplies from the shipwreck of the Garfield, dangerous forays into the depths of the jungle, salvaging resources and playing pitched games of Commander where the winner decides how the spoils are split.

Eight weeks. Two tournaments. Castaway League.

Sure, that’s a fun dramatic scene-setting introduction and all, but here’s the actual structure for this summer’s Castaway League.

Entry is $45 per player, and entry is all-inclusive for beginning materials and both tournaments.

Each player will provide 11 cards on their own: a Commander, and 10 spells and/or lands as a base for their deck. Cards classed as Game Changers, as well as cards present on the Banned and Restricted lists, are not permitted. Players must submit their list of 11 cards for review + approval before they will be allowed to participate in Castaway League via this signup form. The Commander you start with is not required to be the Commander you keep forever, flexibility is paramount in a League environment and The Pivot is always possible.

At the start of Castaway League, each player will receive a pack of 100 Dragon Shield sleeves, six booster packs of randomly-determined MTG sets from TGP stock, and a randomized selection of evenly color-distributed MTG cards assembled into a roughly 50-card Supply Crate. Resources are scarce, so trading within League will be more important than ever while you’re marooned on The Island.

Castaway League players will be eligible to pick up one traditional Commander League pack slot per week, permitting them to specifically choose / purchase an MTG booster pack. From there, all other League pack pulls will be from the Magic Hole (a box of random packs from TGP stock both off the shelves and from the Distro Dungeon). Each pull from the Magic Hole will cost $13, and each player can scavenge for resources from the Magic Hole a maximum of three (3) times per visit to TGP.

Additional “resource gathering” will be accomplished both individually and together through weekly goals, trials, and challenges. Castaway League players can expect to be split into teams, vote on certain outcomes / events, and other reality show adjacent nonsense. You’ll be spinning wheels, completing scavenger hunts, and more.

Commander meetup days will remain on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays. Castaway League will have a separate signup sheet from Commander Meetup, and players choosing to play within Castaway League on any given night will need to sign up / in to receive credit + recognition for their attendance and gameplay performance. League decks, as always, must remain at The Gathering Place for the duration of the event. Speaking of duration:

• Tuesday, June 30 – Castaway League begins
• Saturday, July 25 – Mid-League Tournament
• Saturday, August 22 – Castaway League Finale Tournament

To summarize: 

Entry is $45 per player, each player will provide 11 cards of their own choice and begin with sleeves + a starter kit from TGP.

Packs can be purchased weekly through two main methods: pack slots and random pulls, and there will be additional opportunities for pack slots and Castaway League bonuses through participation in League events / challenges / milestones throughout the season.

Meetups are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, players are not required to attend every single meetup to participate in League. The Mid-League tournament is on 7/25 and the Finale Tournament is on 8/22. 

If you have any questions or would like any clarifications, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Victor either on the TGP Discord or via email (victor@thegatheringplacegames.com). League is for anybody who wants to participate!

That’s a lot of dry bones, but hopefully you get the gist of what we’re going for here! Castaway League is somehow both lower, and higher, stakes than any League before it. We’re getting goofy with it, and prioritizing fun weird stuff “it could only happen in Commander” type MTG in a big way. You’ll be trading cards week over week, making treasure out of trash, and steadily assembling a deck with the juice to carry you to victory and crown you Castaway Royalty – provided you get off The Island at all.

In terms of prizing, we’re still getting it all together – you can expect to see some fun + on-theme alters, Secret Lair printings, boxes of boosters, and perhaps even something more…. Reserved if things REALLY get popping for Castaway League signups. You can preregister for League starting today, and we’ll see you on the beach!

COMMANDERJAM 2026 (Saturday, May 16)

(this post has been edited from its original version, since Commanderjam is happening NOW. if you’d like to take a look at the TGP Parking Guide, it’s right here.)

The second annual Commanderjam is set to include a Commander Legends draft, special pods for Two-Headed Giant EDH as well as a return of Planechase, a huge convention table setup run by none other than the Mohawk Man himself, artists and friends of the shop, door prizes all day, Alpha Pie pizza slinging slices from the downstairs service window, another round of deckbuilding workshops — it’s all here, it’s all happening, it’s all COMMANDERJAM and it’s on Saturday, May 16!

We’ve got a luxury variant of the Magic Hole, we’ll have discounts and deals all day long in celebration of Magic’s most popular format, there’s a lot happening in-store all day long!

Signup sheets for each event will be posted at the bar, all events are first-come, first served. We’ll be firing pods as we get four players to play, so don’t worry too much about timing!

Folks who filled out the Commanderjam Form prior to the event will already be listed / included on each sheet.

Most events don’t have a cap involved! It’s more about podding players together, and we’ve got a bunch of table space and the entire day reserved for nothing but MTG. We’re trying to make as much space as possible for folks to play Magic’s most popular format, all day!

Here’s a the schedule of events:

11:00 a.m. — TGP opens

12:00 p.m. — Commander Legends Commander Draft event (Commander Draft guidelines according to WotC)

$55 entry, best of 1, single elimination. Event prizing to pods, additional prizing to winners + Top. Registration for the event is on TopDeck, right here!

2:00 p.m. — 2HG and Planechase pods in-person signups open, first door prize drawings of the day!

 2:30 p.m. — 2HG and Planechase pods formally fire

3:00 p.m. — Door prize drawings continue for everyone in-store, Commander pods form + fire as table space allows with special Commanderjam prize support. For folks interested in playing unaltered preconstructed decks and exhibition cEDH games, we’ll pair you up accordingly!

Space on Commanderjam Saturday might be a little tougher to come by, and TGP staff are going to prioritize finding seating for groups playing MTG. We’re going to make sure there’s some additional space outside on the Alpha Pie patio for anyone who’d like to hang outdoors and play MTG al fresco, as well!

4:00 p.m. — Deckbuilding Workshop sessions with Preston “Ironworks” Stevenson + friends open on a first-come, first-served basis. Possible guest-star inclusions for cEDH learn-to-play and other topics!

For any Alpha Pie aficionados, a note from the Pizza Lord himself:

tomorrow, during Commanderjam, Alpha Pie will be offering a special slice: ExtraExtraExtra Pep (it’s more pepperoni than you bargained for, I’m trying to tell you) also, a limited edition brand new hot sauce, straight out the kitchen

May ’26 at The Gathering Place

May

Product Release(s) in May: FAB Omens of the Third Age, Riftbound Unleashed, Lorcana Wilds Unknown

cEDH Monthly Dual Land Tournament

Saturday, May 2, 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, May 2, 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)

Riftbound Unleashed Prerelease Event / Tournament

Sunday, May 3, 1:00 p.m.

The next set in Riftbound is here! Colorful characters, new styles of play, more of what you play Riftbound for is about to be Unleashed!

The Gathering Place will host our Unleashed prerelease event on May 3, through carde.io (like all the other Riftbound events at TGP.) Unleashed’s prerelease is $30 entry per player with a 32 player cap, prizing for the prerelease is powered by event promos and additional store prizing from TGP based on attendance. See you there!

Event Details + Registration

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Thursday, May 7, 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

MTG Legacy Cash Tournament (Monthly MTG Series)

Saturday, May 9, 12:00 p.m.

Spotlighting the Legacy format, this cash-payout MTG tournament has a buy-in of $30 to contribute to the prize pool, allows for 15 proxies in any given deck (proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion).

Event Details + Registration

Flesh and Blood Skirmish Season 14

Saturday, May 9, 12:00 p.m.

Flesh and Blood continues to cook at The Gathering Place in May! $20 entry per player for the FAB Skirmish Season 14! All that entry back in the prize pool, and no player cap! More combatants, more FAB, more prizing!

Event Details + Registration

Lorcana Wilds Unknown Prerelease Sealed

Sunday, May 10, 11:30 a.m.

The next set in Disney’s TCG takes Lorcana into Wilds Unknown! The Gathering Place has been lucky enough to secure some prerelease goods for Wilds Unknown, so we’ll be hosting a prerelease sealed tournament event on Sunday, May 10, at 11:30 a.m.

$40 entry per player — which inludes six packs, a promo, dice, all the stuff you’d find in any ol’ Lorcana prerelease box. We’ll be abiding by Lorcana’s Sealed ruleset for the tournament.

Event Details + Registration

Sorcery: Contested Realm Beta Box Break Tournament

Sunday, May 10, 12:00 p.m.

A fresh haul of Beta boxes for Sorcery: Contested realm popping up in TGP’s Distro Dungeon means we’re ready and rarin’ to host a BIG tournament for Sorcery! This event is long overdue, and we couldn’t be more excited to make it happen.

Every six entrants puts a Beta Booster Box in the prize pool. We’re looking at tournament structure and rule enforcement, matches will be best of one. $25 entry per player, with extra promos and prizing as we’re able to provide it. We’re going as big as we can for this, and we’ll see you there!

Event Details + Registration

D&D Learn to Play

Wednesday, May 13, 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!

COMMANDERJAM 2K26

Saturday, May 16

COMMANDERJAM 2026 is happening! Here’s a link to our full post with details, signups, all the stuff you need!

It’s an all-day affair, a full slate of Magic’s favorite format, a block party except it’s all at The Gathering Place.

The second annual Commanderjam is set to include a Commander Legends draft, special pods for Two-Headed Giant EDH as well as a return of Planechase, a huge convention table setup run by none other than the Mohawk Man himself, artists and friends of the shop, door prizes all day, Alpha Pie pizza rockin’ out the downstairs service window, another round of deckbuilding workshops — it’s all here, it’s all happening, it’s all COMMANDERJAM and it’s on Saturday, May 16!

One Piece Pirate Party!

Sunday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.

A casual event, a rollicking good time on the high seas, it’s the One Piece Pirate Party! $10 entry per player, Limited Leader format (meaning the top 10 meta leaders can’t be used, and it’s time to get real creative in those decks!) with prizing for Top 4 and great times to be had by all.

Event Details + Registration

Flesh and Blood Team Trios Tournament & World Premiere Prague Watch Party

Saturday, May 23, 12:00 p.m.

It’s an all-out FAB brawl at The Gathering Place! Saturday, May 23, starting at noon, we’re running a Team Trios tournament sure to knock the socks clean off all who dare step into the ring.

$20 buy in per player, each member of the team must use a different hero, prizing based on attendance. All three matches will be Classic Constructed, and we’ll have a FAB judge on hand. We’ll also tie this into putting the World Premiere FAB matches on the TVs over the tournament tables, so come hang!

Event Details + Registration

One Piece TCG Extra Grand Battle

Sunday, May 24, 1:00 p.m.

Congratulations to One Piece for having made it into the hallowed halls of TCGs that need to introduce a historic format. As cards rotate out and the current meta shifts, One Piece Extra Grand Battle is a non-rotating all-time bangers way to play. TGP is running a tournament for EGB on Sunday, May 24, at 1:00 p.m. with $20 entry per player, pack and promo prizing, and the tournament will continue until there is a single undefeated player, an Extra Grand Champion!

Event Details + Registration

Flesh and Blood: Omens of the Third Age Prerelease

Friday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.

A new set of Flesh and Blood approaches! Friday Night FAB at The Gathering Place will shift into high gear with a prerelease event. Entry is $40 per player, there is a 48 capacity on this event. Promos galore, obviously, and everything else you expect from a FAB prerelease!

Event Details + Registration

MTG Old School Cash Tournament (MTGPunks Series)

Saturday, May 30, 12:00 p.m.

The MTGPunks tournament series at TGP is a monthly rotating cash tournament series of community-driven and fan-favorite formats for Magic.

May is Old School’s turn in the sun. We’re talking $30 entry! All Buy in going back into the prize pool! Old School at The Gathering Place, played using the Eternal Central guidelines!

Play Magic the way that Richard Garfield intended; with a nostalgic card pool from Alpha to Fallen Empires—where every deck is a time machine! Relive the aesthetics and power of iconic cards and strategic depth from ’93-’94, all while embracing the charm of old-school gameplay.

Event Details + Registration

Riftbound Summoner’s Skirmish

Sunday, May 31, 1:00 p.m.

Riftbound continues to be a hit at TGP and beyond, and we’ll be closing out May with another Summoner’s Skirmish!

This tournament will be run at a competitive rules enforcement level. 32 player maximum, $20 entry per player, Swiss rounds followed by a cut to top. If you’ve ever wanted to give serious competitive Riftbound play a shot, now’s your chance!

Event Details + Registration

‘Secrets of Strixhaven’ Prerelease is This Weekend at TGP

THIS WEEKEND  — April 17, 18, 19 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) — is MTG’s return to Arcavios and the hallowed halls of Strixhaven! Slots are still available for preregistration, reserve yours now!

The ongoing expansion of the MTG Multiverse continues with the hotly-anticipated return to the magical and mysterious plane of Arcavios and the associated school of magic and magecraft: Strixhaven! We’re going back to school in a big way with classic color pairs, new mechanics, familiar faces and some new designs. Plus, the return of the Mystical Archive (in both English and Japanese variants!) in packs across the line, with some high-tier reprints, ready-made chase cards and hits a’plenty.

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. Sealed product pricing is as follows: 

• Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Boosters: $450/box + $45/Pack
• Secrets of Strixhaven Play Boosters: $150/box + $7/Pack
• Draft Night Kits: $85
• Theme Decks: $20 each
• Secrets of Strixhaven Commander Preconstructed Decks:
  • 1 DECK PER CUSTOMER UNTIL WE RESTOCK
    • Silverquill: $70
    • Witherbloom: $60
    • Prismari: $45
    • Lorehold: $45
    • Quandrix: $45
• Secrets of Strixhaven Bundles: Price TBD, inventory incoming

Prerelease Sealed Tournament details: $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!

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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 $30 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

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.

Click here to sign up for Chaos League