Current state of Magic: The Gathering around campus?
So, I've recently gotten back into M:TG, thanks to a girlfriend who plays regularly. I was a big player in the Urza and Masques blocks, and I got out of it largely because I ran out of friends who were frequent players. Now that I'm back in, I'd love to find a few regular groups to play with.
So far, I've found that U-C has two card shops in town: Dragon's Table and Armored Gopher. Between the two, AG definitely has the more regularly updated website, which already has skewed my opinion in their favor. I also stopped by their shop recently, and the guys running the place were quite friendly. From the discussion on a thread here from about three months ago, though, DT is a very welcoming shop with a consistent crowd for its regular M:TG events. I want to, and soon will, check it out - just haven't yet.
Furthermore, the older thread also mentioned a M:TG student club that meets Wednesdays at 6pm in the basement of the Union, with $8 draft play (NB: this is $1 better than at-cost draft play). Their website, though, is dated 2008, and the last activity in their forum (aside from my own post just now) was in July 2011.
Where does a reborn planeswalker go to play some good card in this town? Have I hit the main points? And does anyone know off-hand if the student group still intends to meet in the upcoming semester?
Edit: Phil from the M:TG student club replied to an email that I sent, asking about the status of the club. Apparently things are alive and well!
We meet Wednesdays at 6:00pm in the Illini Union basement, in the food court near the Sushi San. Usually some people booster draft, some play EDH/Commander or Standard, and sometimes there's a cube draft.
Posted Jan 9, 2012, 12:10 PM UTC · edited
Armoured Gopher has a big FNM every week. Usually at least 20 people. Dave Normally posts about it on facebook if you follow them. Schedule is also on the website.
http://armored-gopher.com/