Magic The Gathering is a collectible trading card game created by Richard Garfield in 1993. Players and collectors alike take turns battling each other by casting powerful spells, summoning giant creatures or using ancient artifacts from their own personalized deck; in the hopes of gaining the upper hand over their opponent.
MTG has a constantly changing story exploring various different planes and worlds with many interesting characters and plot lines. The game offers a variety of different formats in which you and your friends can play with the most popular of those being:
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Commander: 3 - 4 players battle it out to be the last person standing. Each deck is built around a specific legendary creature, chosen by the player to be the Commander. Using the commander’s colour identity players create 100 card decks (including the commander) in which they can only have 1 copy of each card. From there players start with 40 life, and battle their opponents to zero to achieve victory. This is the Most popular format at Dark Fire Cafe with three drop in sessions available each week!
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Standard: Players go head to head in competitive styled games trying to win best of 1 or best of 3 matches. This format requires 60 card decks in which you can use cards from the recently released sets detailed on the Wizards of the Coast website. The goal of each game is to get your opponent from 20 life to zero. This is original game format and is often the first format that players are exposed to through starter sets and the MTG Arena app. We host weekly drop in tournaments as well as a 'Set Championsips' for every set.
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Booster Draft: Players create 40 card decks from booster packs, opening one at the time, choosing one card and then passing it around the table until all all the cards are taken. This is then repeated with two more boosters given each player a ‘pool’ of card from which to construct their deck. After each deck has been made, each player will go head to head in best of 3 rounds starting at 20 life with the goal of getting their opponent to zero. These are usually hosted around the launch date of a new set as well as groups of players arranging their own drafts within the cafe.
Weekly Sessions
We host the following drop in MTG sessions every week at Dark Fire Cafe. There's no need to book and each session attended will earn you a stamp towards getting promo packs!
Tuesday Commander Nights (Commander)
Start Time: Arrive any time after 6pm
Finish Time: 10:30pm
Price: £6.50 per player
Bring your deck/s and join in the fun! Our staff will get you into a pod when you arrive and you're free to move between pods after that.
Under 18's must be accompanied by a parent /guardian.
Weekly Standard Showdown (Standard)
Start Time: Tuesday 7pm (Arrive at least 10 mins before)
Finish Time: 10:30pm
Price: £6.50 per player
Test your standard deck against others to win promo packs and cards. Everyone wins at least one promo pack and if the session finishes early you're welocm to join in with the commander pods at no extra fee!
Under 18's must be accompanied by a parent /guardian.
Friday Night Magic (Commander & Demos)
Start Time: Arrive any time after 6pm
Finish Time: 10:30pm
Price: £6.50 per player
Bring your deck/s and join in the fun! Our staff will get you into a pod when you arrive and you're free to move between pods after that.
Never played before? Drop in for a free demo with our team or locals and recive a free demo deck to start your collection!
Under 18's must be accompanied by a parent /guardian.
Sunday Commander Afternoons(Commander)
Start Time: Arrive any time after 1pm
Finish Time: 6pm
Price: £6.50 per player
Bring your deck/s and join in the fun! Our staff will get you into a pod when you arrive and you're free to move between pods after that.
Under 18's must be accompanied by a parent /guardian.
