Collectable gaming cards, miniatures, board games, and more!
Serving the Greater Philadelphia area since 2003
We are a family-owned game store with three locations in the Greater Philadelphia area, plus an online store! Come in and play your favorite collectable card or miniatures game at our clean, well lit facilities! We sell Magic: the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer 40K, board games, gaming accessories, and more! Each location is outfitted with plenty of table space for free open play every day. We also buy & sell single cards for Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh! & Pokemon at each of our stores. Stop by and say hello!
Announcing Alternate Universes Blue Bell’s NEW location!
Come see us Thursday, April 10th 2025!
Just a 5-minute drive away from our previous location, this new store is bigger, better, has more parking, and is right across the parking lot from our original location!
AU Blue Bell version 3.0 opens Thursday, April 10th! AU Blue Bell 2.0 will be closed for three days prior to this to allow for the move!
MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm PREORDERS at Alternate Universes
Magic: the Gathering Tarkir: Dragonstorm Pre-Orders are now open at Alternate Universes! All preorders can be picked up at the start of the Prerelease on Friday, April 4th!
Take advantage of our preorder discounts!Last day to preorder is Thursday, April 3rd!
Magic: The Gathering
Aetherdrift Store Championships
Saturday, March 22nd @ AU Wilmington
Saturday, March 29th @ AU Blue Bell
Sunday, March 30th @ AU Holmes
We’re holding Magic: the Gathering Store Championships! Saturday, March 22nd at AU Wilmington, Saturday, March 29th at AU Blue Bell, and Sunday, March 30th at AU Holmes. Represent AU by becoming one of our MTG Store Champions! The format this time around is Standard!
Thanks to our WPN Premium Store status, the Top 8 and 1st Place players both win copies of their respective promos with our store name printed on them, on top of the normal Top 8 and Winner promos! $20 store credit will be added to the prize pool per player!
Format:Standard, Swiss-style, with a Top Cut playoff if we reach 10 or more players!
Entry: $20
Each player gets a promo Deep-Cavern Bat for entering.
We’re adding $20 store credit to the prize pool for each player who enters.
When we reach 16 players, the Top 8 players will win store credit.
If we have 15 or fewer players, only the Top 4 players will win store credit. (Top 8 and Champions will win both copies of their promos regardless of the number of players)
Each player who enters gets a promo Deep-Cavern Bat! Top 8 Promos: Preacher of the Schism, AND a Preacher of the Schism with our store name printed on it!
Champion Promos: full-art promo Virtue of Persistence, AND a Virtue of Persistence with our store name printed on it!
MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm SEALED Prereleases – April 4th-6th at AU
MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm SEALED Prerelease Tournaments
April 4th-6th at Alternate Universes
We’re holding Magic: the Gathering Tarkir: Dragonstorm SEALED Prerelease tournaments April 4th-6th at all three of our stores!
Super Saver Prereleases Return for Tarkir: Dragonstorm!
Super Saver Prereleases at AU Holmes and AU Wilmington feature discounted $25 entry fees along with a different prize structure! This means for $25 you will get at least 7 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Booster Packs: 6 from your Prerelease Pack and at least 1 pack from prizing. That’s like paying $3.50 per pack! All of our Blue Bell prereleases will stay the same, with normal entry and prize payouts. See the prize structure at the bottom of this post!
All Prerelease tournaments are 3 rounds. At the tournament start time, each player is given a Prerelease Pack to build a deck and then play for 3 rounds. Prizes can be collected after Round 3. Lands will be provided for free at the event!
Each player gets one Tarkir: Dragonstorm Prerelease Pack to use to build a 40+ card deck and play for 3 rounds. Each one contains:
1 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Seeded Booster
14 clan-aligned cards including 1 Traditional Foil Rare or Mythic Rare
5 Tarkir: Dragonstorm Play Boosters
1 Traditional Foil Rare or Mythic Rare
1 clan-aligned deck box
1 clan-aligned Spindown die
To play in official MTG events, you’ll need a Wizards Account email. It’s easy and free!
Login with your Magic Arena account, link your DCI number to an account, or make a new account here:
Once you set up your account, try downloading the Magic Companion App, where you can check-in to the tournament you’re entering, enter results and see pairings on your phone, and more!
Saturday, Apr. 5th
1:00 pm – Super Saver!
5:00 pm – Super Saver!
Sunday, Apr. 6th 1:00 pm – Super Saver!
PRIZES
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Play Booster Packs are awarded based on your tournament record after 3 rounds.
3-0: 10 Play Boosters or $50 credit
2-0-1: 8 Play Boosters or $40 credit
2-1: 6 Play Boosters or $30 credit
1-2: 3 Play Boosters or $15 credit
All other records get 1 Play Booster pack
2-Headed Giant prizes are doubled and awarded per-team.
SUPER SAVER PRIZES
3-0: 4 Play Boosters or $20 credit
2-1: 2 Play Boosters or $10 credit
1 or fewer wins: 1 Play Booster Pack
Cardfight!! Vanguard Day – 4/5 & 4/13 at Alternate Universes
Vanguard Day April 2025
Sat. 4/5 @ AU Blue Bell
Sun. 4/13 @ AU Holmes
We’re holding Vanguard Day tournaments on Saturday 4/5 at Alternate Universes Blue Bell and Sunday 4/13 at Alternate Universes Holmes!
The Champion of each event will win an exclusive Vanguard Day playmat! Top finishers will win store credit based on overall attendance, with $15 added to the prize pool per player.
Entry: $15
Each player gets one D-PR/743EN Energy participation promo for entering.
Format: Standard, Swiss, Individual, Best-of-1 matches, Top Cut playoffs
Number of rounds will be based on the overall number of players.
Saturday, April 5th Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Penn Square Shopping Center
213 W. Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
PRIZES
1st Place wins a Vanguard Day Champion Playmat!
Top players will win store credit based on overall attendance, with $15 credit added to the prize pool per player
One Piece Store Championships – 4/6, 4/19 & 4/26 at AU
One Piece Card Game
Store Championships
Sun. 4/6 @ AU Holmes
Sat. 4/19 @ AU Wilmington
Sat. 4/26 @ AU Blue Bell
We’re holding One Piece Card Game Store Championships (formerly Regionals) on Sunday, April 6th at AU Holmes; Saturday, April 19th at AU Wilmington; and Saturday, April 26th at AU Blue Bell! This event brings the excitement, prestige, and prizing of a Regional to select local gaming stores like ours! Players will compete to earn invites to the Championship Finals on top of other prizes!
If you are not at the store and registered by 11:45 am sharp we will give your spot to another player!
FOR WAITLIST AND UNSUCCESSFUL PLAYERS LOOKING TO GET INTO THE EVENT IF A SPOT ISN’T FILLED BY ANOTHER PLAYER: We will be doing a lottery for any spots not used before the start of the event. The priority for spots goes like this:
> Waitlist players get first priority for spots (the waitlist is handled in the Bandai app)
> Unsuccessful players get 2nd Priority
> Players who did not apply for the event to play get 3rd priority
IMPORTANT INFO FOR REGISTERING:
Registration for this event is being handled through the BANDAI TCG+ app. To enter this event, players MUST sign up for it in the BANDAI TCG+ app.
AU Holmes: 32-player limit
AU Wilmington: 64-player limit
AU Blue Bell: 64-player limit
There is a player limit on this event at each store; Bandai will select and notify registrants through random lottery to be eligible to play. We have no say in who will be eligible to play.
We will be raffling off any leftover spots and no-show spots to players who show up the day-of. Any players who are selected to play must pay in-store on the day of the event. We’re unable to take preregistration for this event.
Entry: $25
Each player gets 3 One Piece packs for entering
Format: Best-of-1 matches, no Top Cut, 32 or 64-player limit (depending on store)
Registration: 11 am–11:45 am
Tournament begins: Noon Please arrive early to check-in and pay for your entry! If you do not arrive and register by 11:45 am we will lottery your slot to another player.
PRIZES
Top finishers will win invites to the Championship Finals based on the number of participants. A max of 2 invites will be awarded at AU Holmes and a max of 4 each at AU Blue Bell & AU Wilmington.
1st Place: Regional 25-26 Season 1 Alt-Art Card (B) x1 Top 2: Offline Regional Finalist Card Set 25-26 Season 1 x1 Top 4: Event Pack Vol. 6 x1 Top 8: Promotion Sleeve Premium Matte –Sanji- x1 pack, Event Pack Vol. 6 x1 Participation: 3 One Piece Packs (Pack will depend on what Bandai sends up)
Invites will be awarded based on the number of participants:
1 – 23 participants: 1 Invite
24 – 47 participants: 2 Invites
48 – 64 participants: 4 Invites
MTG Modern RCQ – Saturday, April 12th at AU Wilmington
We’re holding a Magic: the Gathering Modern RCQ on Saturday, April 12th at Alternate Universes Wilmington!
This RCQ is one of ourModern RCQs for the Season 4, Round 1 season of RCQs, which all support the TWO Regional Championships taking place October-November 2025! Thanks to our WPN Premium Store status, we are able to award 2 invites to the next Magic Regional Championships at each of our RCQs!
Magic Regional Championship Qualifiers are open to everyone, and are a player’s first step down the road of competitive Magic. RCQs qualify players for Regional Championships, which in turn qualify players for the Pro Tour and the Magic World Championship.
Each player gets a Secret Lair promo Prosperous Innkeeper for entering! Top 16 finishers get a Secret Lair promo Fauna Shaman, and each player who qualifies for the Regional Championship gets a FOIL Fauna Shaman! Both of these promos feature BRAND NEW ART! These promos are in addition to store credit and invite prizes.
Pre-registration is open NOW! Click the link above or stop by your local AU to preregister!
Pre-registration is NOT necessary to play, though it is the only way to guarantee your spot!
PRIZES 1st Place: Invite to Regional Championship, at least $150 store credit, FOIL Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 2nd Place: Invite to Regional Championship, at least $150 store credit, FOIL Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo
3rd & 4th Place: at least $100 store credit each, Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 5th–8th Place: at least $50 store credit each, Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 9th-16th Place: Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo
PRIZE SCALING: When we reach 32 players, we will add $30 store credit to the Top 8 prize pool for each additional player! For example, if we get 45 players total, we will add $390 store credit to the prize pool.
Store credit prizes are guaranteed for 17 or more players.
Digimon Card Game Regulation Battle Vol. 1 – Sat. April 12th at AU Wilmington
Regulation Battle is a special store tournament with a twist in the rules! This time the tournament is specially for Common/Uncommon decks only. Participants must play with a deck only consisting of Common/Uncommon cards.
Cards with the rarity of R, SR, SEC, or P cannot be used.
Alt-Art versions of cards with the rarity of C or U can be used.
This applies to Digi-Egg, Tamer, and Option cards as well.
Format: 2000 Point Matched Play with Latest GW FAQs
Mission Pack: Three missions selected from the current Games Workshop Grand Tournament packet.
Tournament Missions:
(Will be listed approximately 7 days prior to the event.)
Codex / Publication Eligibility:
Publications must have been generally available (not pre-order date) at least two full weeks prior to the start of the event.
All updates, FAQ’s and data slates are enforced from the date of publication/release.
Army list: must be submitted for review (via Best coast pairings) within 24hrs of the event. Failure to load your roster will result in penalties in accordance the ITC standards.
Required Materials to Bring:
Your army
Your Codex, supplements, or additional rule books
A copy of the Games Workshop Grand Tournament Handbook
Dice
Tape Measure
Chess clock (if you plan to request one)
Your list should be in either a third party or GW App format
Chess Clock Standard:
Chess clocks are allowed for use to provide equitable time for both players to finish all five rounds of the game.
If one player wishes to use a chess clock, then both players must use the chess clock.
No player may pause the clock once it has been started. Only a TO or Judge may pause a clock.
Each player is responsible for their own time.
If a player runs out of time they may only perform the following actions:
Make saving throws or leadership checks.
Score objectives that were already achieved
Painting Standard: Events will be scored out of a total of 90 points. There will not be 10 points awarded for painting.
Round Timing:
There will be 3 hours and 15 minutes allotted for each round. Please use the following guidelines for battle round timing:
15 Minutes Total for Secondary Selection, Game Setup and Deployment
45 Minutes Total For Battle Round 1
30 Minutes Total For Battle Round 2
30 Minutes Total For Battle Round 3
30 Minutes Total For Battle Round 4
45 Minutes Total For Battle Round 5
Proxy, Counts-as, Third Party Models Standard (including 3d Printed models): All proxies, counts-as, conversions, third-party models or 3d printed models must be approved in advance by a Tournament Organizer.
Please submit your models via email for approval no later than 48 hours within the start of the event. This is to ensure if there is adequate time for a t.o. discuss your “models” with you.
Code of Conduct
It is our goal to ensure that the gaming experience at Alternate Universes is fun for everyone, be it veteran gamers or a novice’s first foray into gaming. To that end here are our ground rules that we think will allow everyone the best chance to get the most from our event(s).
In addition:
1. Be Respectful of Everyone
Make sure to respect all players/T.O.’s, regardless of your liking towards them. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
2. Make Sure Everyone Has a Good Experience
This is a game that we are playing. It should be fun, none of us are keen on losing but it’s part of the nature of the game. As much as possible be a grateful winner and a courteous loser.
3. Keep it Friendly
Games are meant to be fun.
4. Don’t Cheat During Games
We all make mistakes with the rules, which should be corrected as quickly as possible. But CHEATING is not ok and may get you banned from future store events.
5. Try Not to Get Worked Up
In the heat of the moment, it’s easy to say things that we might not mean. However aggressive, abusing, or violent behavior will not be tolerated in any way.
Any unsportsmanlike conduct will be handled appropriately, up to and including removal from the event without a refund, a temporary ban on attending events at all locations, or in egregious cases a permanent ban from all events.
Once the event fills up, please contact us and we will add you to the waiting list!
Gundam Card Game Demo Events – 4/12 & 4/13 at Alternate Universes
We’re holding Gundam Card Game Demo Events on Saturday, April 12th at AU Blue Bell & AU Wilmington, and on Sunday, April 13th at AU Holmes! Everyone who enters gets a Gundam TCG demo deck and $10 store credit!
This event is perfect for new players curious about the upcoming Gundam TCG! Each player gets one Gundam TCG Demo Deck to learn to play at the event alongside other players! This event is casual, meaning there is no tournament!
Saturday, April 12th at AU Holmes Sunday, April 13th at AU Wilmington Thursday, April 17th at AU Blue Bell
We’re holding Pokemon TCG League Challenges at Alternate Universes Holmes on Saturday, April 12th, at Alternate Universes Wilmington on Sunday, April 13th, and at Alternate Universes Blue Bell on Thursday, April 17th! League Challenges are the lowest level of Pokemon TCG Championship Series Events, wherein players of any skill level vie to earn Championship Points. Once a player has earned enough Championship Points, they qualify for the Pokemon TCG World Championships!
On top of Championship Points, players at our League Challenge will also win store credit based on overall attendance! Store credit is redeemable at any of our three locations
Format: Standard
Swiss style; best-of-1 matches; 30-minute rounds; no Top Cut; the number of rounds will be determined by overall attendance.
PRIZES
On top of Championship Points, top finishers will win store credit based on overall attendance! Store credit is awarded on an AU gift card, and is redeemable at any AU location.
MTG Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander Parties
Friday, April 18th @ All 3 Stores!
Commander Parties are fun, FREE Commander format events where you will get to experience a narrative while you play, influence the story’s outcome via your games, and/or have your games influenced by the story.
For Tarkir: Dragonstorm, players will be grouped into pods of about four.
AND, since we are a Wizards Premium Store, each player who participates gets a FOILalt-art Dragonspeaker Shaman!
Players can play any commander deck they would like for this event! You are not restricted to Tarkir: Dragonstorm commanders!
Cardfight!! Vanguard Regalis Cup
Saturday, April 19th @ AU Blue Bell
We’re holding Cardfight!! Vanguard Regalis Cup tournament Saturday, April 19th at Alternate Universes Blue Bell! We are one of only 50 stores worldwide chosen to host this tournament!
In addition to the prizes supplied by Bushiroad, we’re adding $15 store credit to the prize pool per player to be awarded to the top finishers!
Players are allowed to use cards from all products in their Ride Deck, Main Deck, and G Deck. However, players may only ride the following grade 3 or greater cards:
Entry: $15
Each player gets one April 2024 Monthly Tournament Promo Pack for entering.
Format: Standard, Swiss, Individual, Best-of-1 matches, Top Cut playoffs
Number of rounds will be based on the overall number of players.
PRIZES 1st Place: Cardfight!! Vanguard 10th Anniversary Playmat Top 8: store credit based on attendance, with $15 credit per player added to the prize pool
Digimon Card Game BT21 World Convergence SEALED Prereleases – Sat. 4/19 at AU
In the Sealed format, you get 6 booster packs of the upcoming set to use to build your deck and compete! For entering, each player gets a World Convergence Release Event Pack containing 2 of 48 cards, plus an Imperialdramon: Paladin Mode Ace participation promo! Each player who goes 3-0 gets an Imperialdramon: Paladin Mode Ace Holographic Textured Foil winner promo! Players will also win BT21 booster packs based on their overall record after 3 rounds.
Format: SEALED, Swiss-Style, maximum of 3 rounds
Each player receives 6 packs of the new set to use to build a 40 card deck and a 0-5 card Digi-Egg deck. Deckbuilding will be 45 minutes, followed by 3 rounds of swiss.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Alliance Insight
Core Booster Premiere! (Sneak Peek) Events
Saturday, April 26th @ all three stores
Sunday, April 27th @ AU Blue Bell
A Yu-Gi-Oh! Core Booster Premiere! Event AKA Sneak Peek is a casual event where you can buy packs and boxes of the latest upcoming set before the official release!
Premiere! Events run all day from open to close. If you buy 5 or more packs of Alliance Insight during the Premiere!, you get the Premiere! Field Center card (while supplies last), and entry into our Premiere! Playmat and Ultra Rare promo giveaways! Alliance Insight releases at Official Tournament Stores like ours on Wednesday, April 30th!
We’re also holding a Premiere! tournament at each store during the event! You don’t have to enter the tournament to participate in the Premiere! Alliance Insight cards are legal during the tournament. The Premiere! tournament will be either 3 or 4 rounds depending on overall attendance.
AU Blue Bell
Sneak Peek: all day!
Tournament: 1:00 pm
Tournament entry: $10 Each player gets 2 OTS Packs or 2 Booster Packs for entering (depending on availability)
Format: Advanced Constructed, Swiss, 4 rounds (or 3 rounds depending on attendance), no Top Cut
Alliance Insight cards are legal during the tournament.
***There is a 64 player cap on each event.*** ✅ Pre-registration is open NOW! Click one of the links above to preregister online, or stop by your local AU! ✅
We’re holding Magic: the Gathering Modern RCQs for the Season 4, Round 1 season of RCQs, which all support the TWO Regional Championships taking place October-November 2025! Thanks to our WPN Premium Store status, we are able to award 2 invites to the next Magic Regional Championships at each of our RCQs!
Magic Regional Championship Qualifiers are open to everyone, and are a player’s first step down the road of competitive Magic. RCQs qualify players for Regional Championships, which in turn qualify players for the Pro Tour and the Magic World Championship.
Each player gets a Secret Lair promo Prosperous Innkeeper for entering! Top 16 finishers get a Secret Lair promo Fauna Shaman, and each player who qualifies for the Regional Championship gets a FOIL Fauna Shaman! Both of these promos feature BRAND NEW ART! These promos are in addition to store credit and invite prizes.
Pre-registration is open NOW! Click one of the links above or stop by your local AU to preregister!
Pre-registration is NOT necessary to play, though it is the only way to guarantee your spot!
PRIZES 1st Place: Invite to Regional Championship, at least $150 store credit, FOIL Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 2nd Place: Invite to Regional Championship, at least $150 store credit, FOIL Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo
3rd & 4th Place: at least $100 store credit each, Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 5th–8th Place: at least $50 store credit each, Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo 9th-16th Place: Secret Lair Fauna Shaman promo
PRIZE SCALING: When we reach 32 players, we will add $30 store credit to the Top 8 prize pool for each additional player! For example, if we get 45 players total, we will add $390 store credit to the prize pool.
Store credit prizes are guaranteed for 17 or more players.
Alternate Universes Store Hours, Weekly Schedule, and Tournament Prize Structures!
Up-To-Date Store Hours, Weekly Schedules, and Tournament Prize Structures
Come to any of our stores and enjoy free open play any time of day, any day of the week! Bring your friends to play some games, or make new friends when you visit! Our stores are outfitted with tables and public restrooms, and are regularly cleaned.
We buy and sell single cards everyday! We are always happy to look at Magic: the Gathering, Yugioh, Pokemon, One Piece, and Lorcana cards that you’d like to sell. Feel free to bring your cards in anytime! If you have a large or particularly valuable collection, please call and make an appointment so we can sit down with you and give your collection proper attention. If you have any questions about whether we’d be interested in buying something, feel free to ask!
EVENTS RUN WEEKLY
We hold weekly tournaments for Magic: the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Flesh and Blood, Digimon, One Piece, Star Wars: Unlimited, Disney Lorcana, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Dragon Ball Super, and more! We also have days set aside for games like Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000! Join us for Friday Night Magic, and weekly MTG Drafts!
We also hold special events most weekends! Special events are typically larger events, such as Magic Regional Championship Qualifiers or Yugioh Premiere! Events (aka Sneak Peeks) with a larger attendance and often bigger prize payouts. Information on these can be found on their own posts on our website, typically several weeks prior to the event.
Read below for our up-to-date hours, weekly event schedule, and unified prize structures for ALL of our weekly tournaments.
Sunday: Noon to 6:00 PM
Mon – Thurs: Noon to 10:00 PM
Friday: Noon to 11:00 PM
Saturday: Noon to 8:00 PM
FULL EVENT SCHEDULE & TOURNAMENT PRIZE STRUCTURES
Click the link below for our event calendar and prize structures! You can filter this by Special Events and by each store’s Weekly Events! It also includes our unified prize structures for our weekly events!
We made an official Alternate Universes Discord server!
We are excited for you to join our community!
Come connect and chat with gamers from all 3 of our locations, set up times to play the games we sell, or interact with our helpful and friendly staff to answer any questions you may have!
MTG Standard Showdown with Cowboy Bebop Promos – Every Week at Alternate Universes
MTG Standard Showdown
Every Week at Alternate Universes
MTG Standard Showdown tournaments are every week at Alternate Universes! Starting August 2nd, 2024, Standard Showdown features new promos in the style of Cowboy Bebop! Players who go 3-0 at each Standard Showdown tournament will win a Cowboy Bebop promo in traditional foil! Players also win store credit based on their record after 3 rounds.
Starting in January 2025, one random player at each Standard Showdown tournament will win a Neon Yellow Cavern of Souls, while supplies last! As long as the tournament fires, one lucky player will win, and we only need 4 players to fire!
Aug. 2nd, 2024 – Sept. 19th, 2024: Ossification
Sept. 27th, 2024 – Nov. 7th, 2024: Disdainful Stroke
Nov. 15th, 2024 – Jan. 30th, 2025: Go for the Throat
Feb. 7th, 2025 – March 2nd, 2025: Lightning Strike
April 4th, 2025 – May 29th, 2025: Snakeskin Veil
Elestrals TCG
Weekly Tournaments
Every Monday 7 pm @ AU Holmes
Every Sunday 2 pm @ AU Blue Bell
We’re holding Elestrals TCG weekly tournaments at Alternate Universes starting this September 2024! Join us at AU Holmes every Monday at 7 pm, and at AU Blue Bell every Sunday at 2 pm!
For entering, each player gets a participation Tournament Pack! Players who go 2-1 or better get store credit!
Holmes
Blue Bell
Wilmington, DE
