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MTG Modern Regional Championship Qualifier – Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes

March 8th, 2023

MTG Modern RCQ at AU Holmes

DreamHack Magic Showdown
Regional Championship Qualifier (Modern)
Saturday, March 25th at Alternate Universes Holmes

Pre-registration is open NOW! Stop by or call AU Holmes with your card to preregister!

We’re holding another Magic: the Gathering Regional Championship Qualifier (RCQ) on Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes! These events are also known as DreamHack Magic Showdown WPN Qualifiers!

Regional Championship Qualifiers are open to everyone, and are a player’s first step down the road of competitive Magic. Thanks to our WPN Premium Store status, we are able to award 2 invites to the Magic Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas! From there, players vie for a place in the Pro Tour and the Magic World Championship!

Each player who pre-registers gets a full-art promo Mystical Dispute. Top 8 players each get a full-art promo Thing in the Ice; the winner gets a foil version of the Top 8 promo! These are in addition to store credit and invite prizes.

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043
610-583-9960

Format: MODERN

Entry: $30

Pre-registration is open NOW! Stop by or call AU Holmes with your card to preregister!

Registration opens: 11 am
Tournament begins: Noon

PRIZES
1st Place: Invite to Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas, $200 store credit, Winner and Top 8 promos, Winner Pin
2nd Place: Invite to Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas, $100 store credit, Top 8 promo, Top 8 Pin
3rd & 4th Place: $100 store credit each, Top 8 promo, Top 8 pin
5th–8th Place: $50 store credit each, Top 8 promo, Top 8 pin

Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments – March 25th and 26th at Alternate Universes

March 20th, 2023

Yugioh Beware of Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments at Alternate Universes

Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments
Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes
Sunday, March 26th at AU Blue Bell and AU Wilmington

We’re holding Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck tournaments Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes and Sunday, March 26th at AU Blue Bell and AU Wilmington! This tournament runs alongside the scheduled weekly Yugioh tournament for that day.

The 1st place prize is an exclusive Traptrix Playmat! Additionally, one lucky player chosen at random will also win a Traptrix Playmat!

The popular “Traptrix” strategy from Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL now has its own Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Structure Deck! The “Traptrix” theme is comprised of EARTH Plant and Insect-Type monsters that may appear cute on the surface, but the closer you get the more you’ll find that they’re truly nefarious. This strategy revolves around “Traptrix” monsters that help you Set powerful “Trap Hole” Trap Cards that can drop your opponent’s monsters right out of the Duel! In this Structure Deck you’ll find key “Traptrix” and “Trap Hole” cards from the past alongside powerful brand-new cards!

Entry: $11.99
Each player gets one Beware of Traptrix Structure Deck to use throughout the tournament

Registration opens: 1 pm
Play begins: 2 pm

PRIZES
The first place winner gets the exclusive Traptrix Structure Deck Playmat!
One player will also be chosen to win a playmat at random during the event

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG PlayStation 5 Tournament – Saturday, May 6th at AU Holmes

March 17th, 2023

Yugioh PS5 Tournament May 6th at AU Holmes

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG PS5 Tournament
Saturday, May 6th @ AU Holmes
First place prize is a brand new Sony PlayStation 5!!!

We’re holding a Yu-Gi-Oh! PS5 tournament on Saturday, May 6th at AU Holmes! 1st place wins a brand new Sony PlayStation 5! The Top 8 players each win Cyberstorm Access booster box/pack prizes!

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

Entry fee: $30
Each player will receive 6 OTS packs for entering!

Format: Advanced Constructed, Top 8 cut. Decklists are required!

Registration start: 11 AM
Tournament start: Noon

PRIZES
1st place: Sony PlayStation 5

2nd place: two boxes of Cyberstorm Access
3rd & 4th places: one box of Cyberstorm Access each
5th–8th place: 12 booster packs of Cyberstorm Access each

An online editable PDF decklist form can be found at the following link. You can fill it out on the computer and print it out at home: https://img.yugioh-card.com/en/downloads/forms/KDE_DeckList.pdf

Decklists will also be available on the day of the event.

Battle Spirits Saga is coming to Alternate Universes!

January 30th, 2023

Battle Spirits Saga logo

Battle Spirits Saga is coming to Alternate Universes!

Alternate Universes Blue Bell and Wilmington are both part of the Battle Spirits Saga Early Adopter Program!

This means that each month from January to April 2023, we expect to have a new supply of Demo Decks and Promo Packs to help introduce players to the next newest collectible card game!

Each interested player should expect to be able to get one Demo Deck and Promo Pack per person while supplies last. When we get more in, we will let you know on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages! We’re all out right now, but our next supply should come in February!

In the meantime, we made a new channel in the AU Discord server where players can start to connect before the game officially launches in April! Click here to join the AU Discord: https://discord.gg/eewPjMPwmf

One Piece Card Game Weekly Tournaments at Alternate Universes

December 1st, 2022

One Piece Card Game Weekly Tournaments at Alternate Universes

We’re holding weekly tournaments for the brand new upcoming One Piece Card Game by Bandai, releasing Dec. 2nd! Join us every week at each of our stores to get in on the ground floor of the next big game! The more successful our local weekly tournaments are, the more we can support the game in the future! Invite your friends!

Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Every Monday at 7:00 pm
Penn Square Shopping Center
211 W. Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401

Alternate Universes Holmes
Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm

MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043

Alternate Universes Wilmington
Every Thursday at 7:00 pm
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810

Entry: $10 ($15 store credit)
Each player who enters gets a Tournament Pack Vol. 1 as a participation prize!

Format: Swiss style, Best-of-One matches, 35 minute rounds.
These events are 3 rounds, with prizes awarded after the third round based on each player’s tournament win/loss record.

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

Alternate Universes Store Hours, Weekly Schedule, and Tournament Prize Structures!

May 28th, 2021

Alternate Universes logo

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. Masks are available at the counter for anyone who wishes, and we encourage our players to wear masks while in the store.

We buy and sell single cards everyday! We are always happy to look at Magic: the Gathering, Yugioh, and Pokemon 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.

We hold weekly tournaments for Magic: the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, and more! We also hold special events most weekends! Special events are typically larger events, with a larger attendance and bigger prize payouts. Information on these can be found on our website and social media pages several weeks prior to the event.

Read below for our up-to-date hours, weekly event schedule, and our unified prize structures for ALL of our weekly tournaments.


STORE HOURS

Holmes

Sunday: Noon to 6:00 PM
Mon – Thurs: Noon to 10:00 PM
Friday: Noon to 11:00 PM
Saturday: Noon to 9:00 PM

Blue Bell

Sunday: Noon to 6:00 PM
Mon – Thurs: Noon to 10:00 PM
Friday: Noon to 11:00 PM
Saturday: Noon to 9:00 PM

Wilmington

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


WEEKLY EVENT SCHEDULE

WEEKLY EVENTSSundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Holmes1 pm
Digimon
2 pm
Vanguard
6 pm
D&D Night
7 pm
Board Game Night
6 pm
MTG Commander
6 pm
Warhammer 40K
7 pm
One Piece Tournament
7 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format & Time Wizard (Edison)
6 pm
MTG Commander
7 pm
MTG FNM Modern
1 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format
Blue Bell12:30 pm
Pokemon League-Style Play
1 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format
6 pm
Warhammer 40K (Basement)
6 pm
MTG Commander
7 pm
MTG Modern Mondays (uses Weekend Tournament structure)
7 pm
One Piece Tournament
6:30 pm
MTG Pioneer & MTG Commander
7 pm
Digimon
7 pm
Board Games
7 pm
MTG Pioneer
7 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format
6:30 pm
Vanguard
7 pm
Dragon Ball Super
7 pm
Flesh and Blood TCG
6 pm
MTG Commander
7 pm
MTG FNM Draft
7 pm
MTG FNM Legacy
Special Event Day
WilmingtonNoon
Pokemon League-Style Play
1 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Time Wizard (Edison)
7 pm
Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format
7 pm
Digimon Card Game
3 pm
Warhammer 40K
6 pm
Warmachine
7 pm
Flesh and Blood TCG
6 pm
MTG Commander
7 pm
MTG Draft
6 pm
Board Game Night
7 pm
One Piece Tournament
7 pm
MTG Modern
6 pm
MTG Commander
7 pm
MTG FNM Draft
2 pm
MTG Pioneer

TOURNAMENT PRIZE STRUCTURES

Moving forward most of our weekly events for all of our games will use these entry fees and prize structures.

Weekday events will be 3 rounds regardless of the number of players.
Weekend events will be 4 rounds as long as 10 or more people enter (otherwise 3 rounds)

There are no longer be playoffs/Top Cuts for weekly events. Instead, at the end of the tournament, each player gets a prize based on their win/draw/loss record.

Weekday Magic, Digimon, Cardfight!! Vanguard, One Piece & Pokemon Tournaments (3 rounds)
Entry: $10 cash / $15 store credit

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

MTG Drafts (3 rounds)
Entry: $20 cash / $25 store credit

3 – 0: $40 store credit
2 – 0 – 1: $30 store credit
2 – 1: $20 store credit
All other records: 1 Draft booster of current set

Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekday Tournaments (3 rounds)
Entry: $10 cash / $15 store credit

3 – 0: 7 $4 Yugioh packs
2 – 1: 3 $4 Yugioh packs


Weekend Magic, Digimon, Cardfight!! Vanguard, One Piece, & Pokemon Tournaments (4 rounds)
Entry: $10 cash / $15 store credit

4 – 0: $50 store credit
3 – 0 – 1: $37 store credit
3 – 1: $24 store credit
2 – 1 – 1: $16 store credit
2 – 2: $8 store credit

Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekend Tournaments (4 rounds)
Entry: $10 cash / $15 store credit

4 – 0: 10x $4 Yugioh packs
3 – 1: 5x $4 Yugioh packs

Alternate Universes Holmes, Blue Bell & Wilmington are now WPN Premium Stores!

July 3rd, 2020

We are proud to announce that Alternate Universes Holmes, Blue Bell, and Wilmington have ALL officially been designated WPN Premium Stores!

Thanks to the hard work of our employees and the dedication of our community, all three Alternate Universes locations have officially become WPN Premium stores. Over the past months, we’ve been working hard to improve our store and thus your playing experience with us. Our Blue Bell store has been remodeled with new paint, carpets, bathrooms, tables, signs, monitors, and more. Only about 5% of WPN retailers have become WPN Premium stores. Achieving this status means that we’ve reached a point where our store provides one of the highest quality gaming experiences you can get from any LGS, and it’s not just because of our looks. It’s because we as a business are committed to providing a very high quality experience to our players. When you come to our store, you can expect a clean, professional, friendly, and fun environment. And now that we’ve reached Premium status, we’ll be able to make your experience even better. We’ll be able to hold exclusive events when they’re available, and offer exclusive products and promos. You’ll notice a couple of other changes around the store as time goes on, and as we continue to work closely with Wizards of the Coast.

Thank you to our community. Without our thriving, enthusiastic, and all-around wonderful community of players these past 16 or so years, we wouldn’t have been considered for this achievement. Whether you have been with us from the beginning or have just learned about us this year, thank you! We look forward to continuing to provide the best gaming experience that we can, and we hope that you’ll continue to join us.

MTG Modern Regional Championship Qualifier – Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes

March 13th, 2023

MTG Modern RCQ at AU Holmes

DreamHack Magic Showdown
Regional Championship Qualifier (Modern)
Saturday, March 25th at Alternate Universes Holmes

Pre-registration is open NOW! Stop by or call AU Holmes with your card to preregister!

We’re holding another Magic: the Gathering Regional Championship Qualifier (RCQ) on Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes! These events are also known as DreamHack Magic Showdown WPN Qualifiers!

Regional Championship Qualifiers are open to everyone, and are a player’s first step down the road of competitive Magic. Thanks to our WPN Premium Store status, we are able to award 2 invites to the Magic Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas! From there, players vie for a place in the Pro Tour and the Magic World Championship!

Each player who pre-registers gets a full-art promo Mystical Dispute. Top 8 players each get a full-art promo Thing in the Ice; the winner gets a foil version of the Top 8 promo! These are in addition to store credit and invite prizes.

Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043
610-583-9960

Format: MODERN

Entry: $30

Pre-registration is open NOW! Stop by or call AU Holmes with your card to preregister!

Registration opens: 11 am
Tournament begins: Noon

PRIZES
1st Place: Invite to Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas, $200 store credit, Winner and Top 8 promos, Winner Pin
2nd Place: Invite to Regional Championship at DreamHack Dallas, $100 store credit, Top 8 promo, Top 8 Pin
3rd & 4th Place: $100 store credit each, Top 8 promo, Top 8 pin
5th–8th Place: $50 store credit each, Top 8 promo, Top 8 pin

Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments – March 25th and 26th at Alternate Universes

March 20th, 2023

Yugioh Beware of Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments at Alternate Universes

Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck Tournaments
Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes
Sunday, March 26th at AU Blue Bell and AU Wilmington

We’re holding Yugioh Traptrix Structure Deck tournaments Saturday, March 25th at AU Holmes and Sunday, March 26th at AU Blue Bell and AU Wilmington! This tournament runs alongside the scheduled weekly Yugioh tournament for that day.

The 1st place prize is an exclusive Traptrix Playmat! Additionally, one lucky player chosen at random will also win a Traptrix Playmat!

The popular “Traptrix” strategy from Yu-Gi-Oh! MASTER DUEL now has its own Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Structure Deck! The “Traptrix” theme is comprised of EARTH Plant and Insect-Type monsters that may appear cute on the surface, but the closer you get the more you’ll find that they’re truly nefarious. This strategy revolves around “Traptrix” monsters that help you Set powerful “Trap Hole” Trap Cards that can drop your opponent’s monsters right out of the Duel! In this Structure Deck you’ll find key “Traptrix” and “Trap Hole” cards from the past alongside powerful brand-new cards!

Entry: $11.99
Each player gets one Beware of Traptrix Structure Deck to use throughout the tournament

Registration opens: 1 pm
Play begins: 2 pm

PRIZES
The first place winner gets the exclusive Traptrix Structure Deck Playmat!
One player will also be chosen to win a playmat at random during the event

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG PlayStation 5 Tournament – Saturday, May 6th at AU Holmes

March 20th, 2023

Yugioh PS5 Tournament May 6th at AU Holmes

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG PS5 Tournament
Saturday, May 6th @ AU Holmes
First place prize is a brand new Sony PlayStation 5!!!

We’re holding a Yu-Gi-Oh! PS5 tournament on Saturday, May 6th at AU Holmes! 1st place wins a brand new Sony PlayStation 5! The Top 8 players each win Cyberstorm Access booster box/pack prizes!

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

Entry fee: $30
Each player will receive 6 OTS packs for entering!

Format: Advanced Constructed, Top 8 cut. Decklists are required!

Registration start: 11 AM
Tournament start: Noon

PRIZES
1st place: Sony PlayStation 5

2nd place: two boxes of Cyberstorm Access
3rd & 4th places: one box of Cyberstorm Access each
5th–8th place: 12 booster packs of Cyberstorm Access each

An online editable PDF decklist form can be found at the following link. You can fill it out on the computer and print it out at home: https://img.yugioh-card.com/en/downloads/forms/KDE_DeckList.pdf

Decklists will also be available on the day of the event.