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.

Saturday, March 22nd
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Registration opens: Noon
Tournament begins: 1 pm

Saturday, March 29th
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Registration opens: Noon
Tournament begins: 1 pm

Sunday, March 30th
Alternate Universes Holmes
Registration opens: Noon
Tournament begins: 1 pm

PRIZES

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 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!

Format: Sealed Deck

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:

🧙‍♂️ https://accounts.wizards.com/ 🧙‍♂️

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!

Entry fee: $40 ($45 store credit)

SEALED 2-Headed Giant: $80 per team (+$5 for each player when using store credit)

Super Saver Prereleases (Holmes & Wilmington only): $25 ($30 store credit)
See Super Saver prize structure at the bottom of this post!

AU Holmes

Friday, Apr. 4th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm

Saturday, Apr. 5th
2:00 pm – Super Saver!
6:00 pm – Super Saver!

Sunday, Apr. 6th
1:00 pm – Super Saver!

AU Blue Bell

Friday, Apr. 4th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm

Saturday, Apr. 5th
Noon (Two-Headed Giant)
5:00 pm

Sunday, Apr. 6th
2:00 pm

AU Wilmington

Friday, Apr. 4th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm

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

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 FOIL alt-art Dragonspeaker Shaman!

Players can play any commander deck they would like for this event! You are not restricted to Tarkir: Dragonstorm commanders!

These events will each be 2 hours long.

Entry Fee: FREE!

Registration opens: 6:30 pm
Play begins: 7:30 pm

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043

*NEW LOCATION!*
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Whitpain Shopping Center
1510 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810

Magic: the Gathering
MODERN Regional Championship Qualifiers
April 12th–July 12th, 2025

Sat. 4/12 @ AU Wilmington
Sat. 5/3 @ AU Wilmington
Sat. 5/10 @ AU Holmes
Sat. 5/17 @ AU Blue Bell
Sat. 6/14 @ AU Blue Bell
Sat. 6/21 @ AU Wilmington
Sun. 6/29 @ AU Holmes
Sat. 7/5 @ AU Blue Bell
Sat. 7/12 @ AU Holmes

***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.

Format: MODERN

Entry: $30

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!

Registration opens: 11 am
Tournament begins: Noon

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043

*NEW LOCATION!*
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Whitpain Shopping Center
1510 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810

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.

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

Alternate Universes Holmes
Every Thursday @ 7 pm

Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Every Wednesday @ 7 pm

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Every Monday @ 7 pm

Entry: $10

PRIZES
3 – 0: $40 store credit
2 – 0 – 1: $30 store credit
2 – 1: $20 store credit