Lorwyn Eclipsed Prerelease at The Gathering Place
December 18, 2025
6:47 pm
Lorwyn Eclipsed is on the horizon, finally, and prerelease weekend at The Gathering Place is set.
Preregistrations are now available online, right over on the TGP Online Store!
What is on the website is a ticket for The Lorwyn Eclipsed events. Each player receives a released pack, and each event will run with two (2) packs per win across three (3) rounds.
The price to preregister is $5. $5 is the hold charge to save your spot. The full price of the event is $35. If you are preordering, then on day of event you will pay the leftover balance of $30. If you preorder and do not claim your spot on the day of the tournament, your $5 will not be refunded.
Friday, January 16
Prerelease Sealed 2:30 p.m.
Prerelease Sealed 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 17
Prerelease Sealed 12:00 p.m.
Prerelease Sealed 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 18
Prerelease Sealed Two-Headed Giant @ 12:00 p.m.
TGP Slacker’s Market: Sunday, December 21
December 15, 2025
3:11 pm
The Slacker’s Market at The Gathering Place is meant to be a place to find the perfect gift for someone who might be a little hard to shop for! Last minute doesn’t have to feel like it, and the Slacker’s Market has some specially-selected artists and vendors to help you find exactly what you’re looking for! Plus, ’tis the season, ain’t nothing wrong with getting a little something for that someone special, when that someone special just so happens to be you!
It’s happening on Sunday, December 21, from noon to six. We’ll have tables in the back, drinks on tap, and it’s going to be a lovely, low key afternoon. In addition to the special vendors, we’ll have booths open to play games, plus the TGP show booth is going to be up and running with some shiny foils and year-end inventory heat!
Here’s some links to the lovely folks who will be running booths, and you can expect to potentially see another special appearance or two:
Flip N’ Trinkets
Jockworks
RazorsEdgeRaz
Shrike and Sundry
It’s worth noting, the TGP Community Dinner this week is for sure happening with an open kitchen window and hot plates at zero cost for all comers starting at five. (inside track, we asked and it looks like the menu this week is chicken tacos, broccoli cheddar soup, Asian-inspired vegetables “and more” according to Josh!)
So, come by on Sunday to see what wares are on offer, play some games, stay on the nice list, have some dinner, and join us in starting to send 2025 off in style and starting 2026 with as much light and warmth as possible. See you around!
Here’s the Instagram post, btw, just in case that’s helpful
Black Friday Sale(s) at The Gathering Place
November 23, 2025
11:00 am
Obviously, there’s a certain day of the year when businesses are encouraged, nay, expected, to sell their wares at discounted prices and provide capital “D” Deals to all comers. This year, TGP will participate in The Ritual. Here’s what we’re doing to “celebrate” this “event”
Reserve List Sale
$50 off purchases of Reserve List singles totaling $500 or more
Non-Reserve Singles Discount
10% off ALL non-Reserve List singles (applied to both in-store and online purchases)
10% off ALL Pokémon graded cards / slabs
Literally just that. Is it a graded Pokémon card? It’s ten percent off!
Commander Deck Combined Discount
Buy two (2) preconstructed MTG Commander decks, get 10% off (applies to any precon in stock at TGP, can only be redeemed in-store)
TGP in-house product discounts!
Discounts will vary, but we’ll have deals on all the things that have emerged from the TGP Dungeon! Mystery Boxes, Chaos Commander Packs, Color Boosters, Mystery Bundles, all of it!
Discounts on board games!
There’s a whole lot of board games in stock at The Gathering Place, and on BLACK FRIDAY they will be discounted and ready to move off the shelves and into new homes. We’re talking as much as 50% off, maybe more in certain cases, beautiful bundles of board games with all the expansions for them TGP has in stock, we’re going *crazy* on this one, folks.
In other, exciting news, some TGP fan-favorites are coming back for this sale! Please, join us in welcoming back the fabled TGP PRIZE WHEEL and the MAGIC HOLE!
The Prize Wheel
One spin per qualifying purchase of $50+ with spaces on the wheel for store credit, free booster packs, sweet promos we found in the back, TGP merch, a coupon good for a crisp handshake from Preston, truly the Prize Wheel is BACK baby
The Magic Hole
It’s a box filled with Magic Cards. You reach your hand in, you pull out a Magic card. What don’t you get about this. What will qualify you to reach into the Magic Hole, to experience its infinite mystery and boundless possibility? A simple purchase. That’s right! Buy anything, literally anything, and you can experience the Magic Hole for yourself! There’s some unexpected bangers sprinkled in, but legend says you must truly open your mind to the experience if you are to receive the blessing of the Magic Hole.
Avatar: The Last Airbender [x] Magic: The Gathering at TGP
It’s finally here! It’s happening!
The long-awaited collaboration, the leaked, teased, talked-about and all but inevitable crossover! Best of all, it looks like it’s going to be a BANGER of an MTG set!
We’ll be selling all the product we can while also making sure we’ve got enough set aside to run tournaments and associated prizing. Hopefully we’ll have some left over for next week’s FNM for anyone who can’t make it out for prerelease weekend, but that mostly depends on demand and distribution numbers.
Sealed TLA product will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis in-person only at The Gathering Place. No reservations, no preorders, and you’re actively encouraged to call the shop directly day-of for any questions you may have regarding availability. (shop phone #: (984) 999-4548)
Of course, an MTG set release weekend is mostly about one thing: sealed tournaments.
For Avatar specifically, theme prerelease kits are returning for each of the Bending styles/nations. Players will be given a prerelease kit at random! If you were born into the world of ATLA, you wouldn’t get to choose your bending. Why would this be any different?
There’s a full slate of weekend events at The Gathering Place from Friday to Sunday, so here’s the rundown:
YOU CAN PREREGISTER FOR PRERELEASE EVENTS ON THE TGP SITE, CLICK HERE
Friday, 11/14
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Prerelease @ 2:30 p.m.
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Prerelease @ 7 p.m.
Saturday 11/15
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Prerelease @ 12 p.m.
• Avatar: The Last Airbender Prerelease @ 4 p.m.
Sunday 11/16
• Avatar: The Last Airbender 2HG Prerelease @ 12:00 p.m.
YOU CAN PREREGISTER FOR PRERELEASE EVENTS ON THE TGP SITE, CLICK HERE
See you out there! Protect your cabbages!
TGP Dispatch: 10/14/25
This week at The Gathering Place, we’ve got a lot happening — especially considering Halloween is just around the corner!
It’s a week for Old School Thursday at TGP, Sorcery, FAB, all the usuals are happening. Friday Night Magic is getting shaken up, Spider-Man no more. Instead, we’ll be drafting Outlaws of Thunder Junction. We’ve also already got drafts planned for the next few FNM sessions: Kamigawa Neon Dynasty, a Halloween Spooktacular, and Bloomburrow! (in that order!) You’ll see a post about that on socials soon but, in the meantime, we did mention Halloween….
Halloween Celebrations at The Gathering Place
You clicked that link, right? Cool. Obviously, that’s a whole lot happening. We’re excited to host all this Halloween-centered action and we look forward to seeing all y’all trickin’ and treatin’ real soon. Truly, spooky season is our time to shine as your local nerd bar haven.
In other news, Commander League X continues with the first big tournament in the rearview. Since we’ve passed that particular milestone, we’d like to extend an invitation to all Commander League players to submit feedback on how things are going so far directly to TGP. Just email us here. Or get in touch over on Discord, send a DM to Victor/Ludovician.
In the more immediate, this weekend has three special events running — all on Sunday. Taken live and direct from the TGP Calendar (which you can access any time, it’s right here) here’s the details on all three:
One Piece ‘SET SAIL’ Event
@ 1:00 pm
One Piece “Set Sail” Learn to Play Event is set for October 19th at 1pm!
One Piece has proven time and again it’s a hit in the TGP community, and the “Set Sail” event is an opportunity to bring new players into the fold. If you know anyone who’s a little One Piece curious, if you want to reintroduce yourself, or play a brand-new archetype, “Set Sail” might just be the place to do it.
Buy-in is $40, $20 per person. Bring a friend, play One Piece, get free promos and stickers! This is a capped event, so early bird gets the devil fruit!
Warhammer 40k Kill Team Meetup
Starts at 1:00 p.m.
40k Kill Team battles have raged at TGP for quite some time, and our monthly meetup is the place to get together and fight over territory in the grimdark far future.
Monthly, we’re setting specific space aside for 40k games. It’s a casual, fun environment to show off your squad, hone your skills in squad-based combat and battle for glory.
Digimon BT-23 Hacker’s Slumber Prerelease Event
1:00 pm
Did you know that Digimon are digital monsters? Did you know that Digimon are the champions? Change, into digital champions. To, save the, digital, world. Digimon. Digital monsters. Digimon are the champions. ($30 entry per player)
Come play at the prerelease event on October 19th at 1pm to play the new cards before official release!
That just about does it for this week’s announcements! As always, thanks for reading and we’ll see you around. Have a great week!
Click here for The Gathering Place Events Page
Halloween ’25 at The Gathering Place!
(this text is all in the post we put our on socials, but for those who don’t want to bother with all that)
The Gathering Place has not one, but TWO events planned in celebration of Spooky Season! Our Halloweekend Party on Saturday, October 25, and Halloween day-of events on Friday, October 31!
We are having our TGP Halloween Party on October 25. We have a day full of tricks and treats planned!
Trick or treats all day and costumes highly encouraged! (Special treats for those who participate!)
• MTG Duskmourn SEALED (with prerelease kits!) at 4pm
• Crafts at the bar at 5pm – Paint a lil’ pumpkin wood cutout with your fav bartenders in town!
• Spooky-Oke starts at 10pm with @thahomieleo. It’ll be a graveyard smash, guaranteed.
• Special Commander pods prizing, Halloween-related, come play and be rewarded!
Of course, Halloween Day will also be properly celebrated at TGP! We’re planning on keeping things relatively low-key compared to other places in town. Obviously, costumes are highly encouraged, and you just might be rewarded with the most coveted trick or treat treasure of all!
As for the events:
• Our Friday Night Magic Draft will be a Spooky MTG Chaos Draft starting at 7pm
• 4 rounds of Halloween themed trivia starting at 10pm!
• A Halloween D&D one-shot at 6:30pm ran by @mberdon: You and your intrepid companions have the chance to explore an expansive two story (haunted) home based on real architectural plans!
The Halloween D&D one-shot event is capped at 8 people so make sure you grab your seat ahead of time! Ticket includes a reserved seat at the table and a $5 drink ticket. Purchase your ticket to the Halloween D&D one shot here!
JANK 5: THE HUFFENING — A Sharpie MTG Special Event at TGP
You may have heard the legends of past Jank Bank events. The first, the second, the third, the fourth. But nothing can prepare you for JANK 5: THE HUFFENING. Happening on Sunday, 10/26, The Huffening is a Sharpie MTG special event at TGP where the only thing wilder than the gameplay is the prizes. Just look at this, I mean, c’mon.
Entry is $50 per player, which includes everything you’ll need to play in the tournament (no pre-building required!) a bespoke commemorative playmat, and a chance to take home some of Jank’s most fantastic and fanciful prizes of all time.
This event caps at 50 people, and signup are entirely and only in-person. Come by the shop to sign up and grab a flyer that has the rules for this year!
The Huffening is where creativity and chaos collide where you can slash, scribble, and carve your way into a deck before battling it out. You can erase words, cut out costs, and bend the rules to create the most fun chaos possible! See you there!
October ’25 at The Gathering Place
September 30, 2025
2:33 pm
Below, you’ll find a quick roundup of the major events happening at The Gathering Place through October. Check back weekly for the TGP Dispatch with updates, news, announcements, details and everything else you need to make the most of your time at NC’s favorite local dive bar and card shop!
(as always, the TGP events calendar can be found here)
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 4: CEDH Dual Land Tournament
The monthly series continues, the TGP Classic, a high-power high-stakes CEDH battle to the bitter end with the winner taking home a Dual Land. $30 entry per player, prize(s) aligning with attendance.
Click here for details, and to register for the tournament
Saturday, October 4: TGP Comedy Showcase
Each month, the TGP stage is taken over by some of the finest and funniest folk this side of the Eno River. Come on down and see what all the fuss is about, live a little, laugh a lot, love as much as you are capable of. See you there, friends!
Saturday, October 11: MTG Commander League X: Tournament One
Commander League X has its first formal showdown on Saturday, October 11. Commander League players, entry into each tournament is included in your price of entry to League. All you’ve gotta do is show up, throw down, and revel in the prizes and glory awaiting you at the TGP tables!
Saturday, October 11: MTG Modern Cash Tournament
One of MTG’s most-played 60-card formats, Modern is a format with big plays, high power and significant strategies played across years of Magic’s history. This cash tournament is $30 entry per player, prizing scales with attendance.
Thursday, October 16: TGP Monthly Mini Paint Night
On the third Thursday of each month, The Gathering Place opens up a little space at the bar for folks to sit down and paint some little guys! Whether you’re painting for fun or putting a dent in your gray pile of shame, we’ve got a selection of paints you’d be welcome to borrow for just two bucks and some friendly folks on hand happy to provide some painting tips if this is your first foray into painting miniatures!
Sunday, October 19: Warhammer 40k Kill Team Monthly Meetup
Once a month, TGP hosts a meetup for local 40k Kill Team players. It’s fun, casual, laid back and a great opportunity to kick it and play your favorite grimdark tactical wargame with your favorite hand-painted little dudes. Come out and venture into the far-flung future with friends!
Sunday, October 19: Digimon BT-23 Hacker’s Slumber Prerelease Event
Did you know that Digimon are digital monsters? Did you know that Digimon are the champions? Change, into digital champions. To, save the, digital, world. Digimon. Digital monsters. Digimon are the champions.
Sunday, October 19: One Piece “Set Sail” Learn to Play Event
One Piece has proven time and again it’s a hit in the TGP community, and the “Set Sail” event is an opportunity to bring new players into the fold. If you know anyone who’s a little One Piece curious, if you want to reintroduce yourself, play a brand-new archetype, “Set Sail” might just be the place to do it.
Saturday, October 25: TGP HALLOWEEKEND PARTY
GET IN LOSERS, WE’RE GOING TRICK OR TREATING (more details coming soon!)
Sunday, October 26: JANK BANK 5: THE HUFFENING
Jank Bank 5: The Huffening is taking Jank in a whole new direction. This time, it’s all about the Sharpie action! Click here for the rules, and we’ll see you in October for the weirdest and wildest Jank Bank tournament yet!
Sign-up is in-person at TGP, it’s $50 per player, and includes entry to the event, a brand-new bespoke playmat from our gracious host and access to one of the best prize pools in Jank Bank history. See you there!
Spider-Trivia at TGP This Friday!
September 18, 2025
4:46 pm
This week, TGP Friday Night Trivia is a special Spider-Man edition!
If you remember the special trivia event we ran in celebration of Final Fantasy, this’ll be pretty similar. A slightly later start, trivia begins at 10:30, and Spider-Prizes to match the questions.
Instead of four rounds, it’ll be one single round of 20 questions. Prizes include a Scene Bundle from the MTG Spider-Set, regular ol’ packs of Spider-Man, Spider-Man comics, it’s gonna be a good time. If you love trivia, if you love Spider-Man, if you love prizes — Friday night TGP Spider-Trivia is the place to be!
Commander League X
September 9, 2025
3:25 pm
The TGP Commander League. Transcending history, and the world, a tale of ink and cardboard, eternally retold.
Through eight full seasons and two shorter sessions, Commander League has become the signature event of The Gathering Place. As summer ends and fall approaches, it’s time for…
The elevator pitch of Commander League is this: each player starts with a precon Commander deck of their choosing. Throughout League’s entire season, that deck does not leave TGP. Each week, each player is permitted to open three booster packs of their choice, adding to the collective League card pool.
The only cards permitted for League play are the ones pulled in League. Trading is actively encouraged, League is a social experience first and foremost!
(for the full Commander League Rules, click here)
Over the weeks, players fine tune and improve their decks, culminating in the League tournaments, and the Finale where the League Champion is crowned.
League entry is $30 + the price of your chosen preconstructed MTG deck. The Gathering Place has a whole lot of precons in stock, so there’s a wide variety of potential options to choose from.
That additional $30 gets you Chaos Packs to start, a pack of sleeves, a deck box, and entry into all subsequent prized tournaments + League events. There will be three Commander League X tournaments, prizes and raffles at all of them.
Here’s the dates for Commander League X:
- Commander League X Kickoff, Tuesday, 9/16 @ 7:00 p.m.
- First Tournament, Saturday, 10/11 @ 12:00 p.m.
- Second Tournament, Sunday, 11/9 @ 12:00 p.m.
- FINALE TOURNAMENT, Saturday, 12/20 @ 12:00 p.m.
This League, we’ll be tracking each player’s tournament performance and using that information to inform standings and seeds. Weekly meetup play will not be affected, but we will encourage frequent crossover through random podding of players.
In addition to raffles during each Commander League tournament, TGP will award additional prizes: People’s Champ and Laboratory Maniac – these awards will be decided based on community vote!
- People’s Champ is self-explanatory: who was your favorite player to play against? Who was the coolest, the most pleasant, the most helpful, who made League fun and kept the good vibes going?
- Laboratory Maniac is a prize devoted to the most creative / most interesting decks! Cast your ballots for the decks that made you take a second and go “wait, what?”
For more details, visit the Commander League channel on the TGP discord, or stop by the shop and talk to a TGP staff member.
