Magic: The Gathering: Events & Updates
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October 2026
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August 2026
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MTG at Gen Con 2026: 541 Events and a Hobbit Takeover
Wizards brought a hobbit festival to an NFL stadium, a 1,000-drone show to downtown Indianapolis, and 541 scheduled Magic events to a sold-out Gen Con. Written on day three of four and re-checked against Scryfall on November 1, 2026.
Commander at Gen Con 2026: $20 Pods and Rule Zero
I crawled Gen Con 2026's event catalog on day three of the show and pulled every Commander listing: 58 sessions, 1,751 seats, prices from a $20 hourly pod to a $200 full-box sealed. The sellout pattern says something sharp about the format — and about how to sit down with three strangers and not have a miserable game.
Secret Lair x Masters of the Universe: Full Card List
The He-Man Secret Lair went on sale September 14, and the speculation is over. Here is the full 27-card list across five drops, what each costs, which cards are skinned reprints, and what that means for legality.
Gen Con 2026 Beyond Magic: 1,768 TCG Events, $9.1M Crowdfund
Magic is 541 of Gen Con 2026's 27,537 ticketed events. Here is what the other 98 percent looked like — the real TCG pecking order, a grail game coming back from the dead, and a board game that raised 9.1 million dollars before shipping a single box.