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
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
302-482-3480
Get directions to AU Wilmington on Google Maps
Magic: the Gathering The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Pre-Orders are now open at Alternate Universes!
All preorders can be picked up during Prerelease Weekend June 16th–18th!
Take advantage of our preorder discounts! These prices will go up when the set releases on June 23rd! Pre-orders are open now thru Thursday, June 15th!
Each box you pre-order is guaranteed to come with the Buy-A-Box promo Lorien Brooch (Trailblazer’s Boots)!
The Lord of the Rings Prerelease Tournaments are all weekend! Preregister in-store or over the phone with your card today!
During the Prerelease, you can purchase ANY Tales of Middle-earth product you want, including individual booster packs!
After the prerelease, you’ll have to wait until the set’s full release on June 23rd!
MTG The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth officially releases on Friday, June 23rd! Stop by or call your local AU to preorder today!
Alternate Universes is holding Battle Spirits Saga EARLY ADOPTER STORE Tournaments on Sunday, June 4th at AU Blue Bell, and Saturday, June 10th at AU Wilmington!
Since both our Blue Bell and Wilmington stores were part of the BSS Early Adopter Program, we’re able to bring this event to you! Each player gets a ProZD Buffalong Bill influencer collaboration card for entering! Players who finish among the Top 32 will get a Tamagotchi Promotion Pack! Top 4 each win a Battle Spirits Saga Core Case, plus an Event Pack Vol. 1 on top of store credit! The 1st place winner also wins another Event Pack Vol. 1 on top of their other prizes!
We’re adding $20 to the prize pool for each player who enters. If we get more than 12 players, then the Top 8 finishers will each win store credit! Otherwise, only Top 4 finishers will get store credit.
Sunday, June 4th
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Penn Square Shopping Center
213 W. Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
Saturday, June 10th
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
Entry: $15
Each player who enters gets a ProZD Buffalong Bill promo card!
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
Format: Swiss, no Top Cut, Best of one matches, 35 minute rounds
PRIZES
Store credit prizes will be awarded to top finishers based on overall attendance. We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters! If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 finishers will win store credit. Otherwise, only Top 4 will win store credit.
1st Place: 2x Event Packs Vol. 1, BSS Core Case, store credit
Top 4: 1x Event Pack Vol. 1, BSS Core Case, store credit
Top 8: store credit if more than 12 players enter
Top 32: 1x Tamagotchi Promotion Pack
Store credit is awarded on a reloadable AU gift card and is redeemable at any AU location!
Alternate Universes is holding Battle Spirits Saga Store Championship tournaments on Sunday, June 11th at AU Holmes, and Saturday, July 1st at AU Wilmington!
Store Championships are competitive tournaments where players vie to become their store’s Store Champion! Each player who enters gets a Championship Pack 2023 Vol. 1 for participating! We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters. If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 players will each win store credit! The player who comes in 1st place will win a Champion Card Set Vol. 1, including promo versions of Nebula Dragon Andromeda, Dark King Snake Pendocles, Divine Moonsky Beast Fanatech Elk, and Calamity Beast Chaos Pegasoros!
Sunday, June 11th
Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043
Saturday, July 1st
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
Entry: $15
Each player who enters gets a Championship Pack 2023 Vol. 1 for participating!
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
Format: Swiss, no Top Cut, Best of one matches, 35 minute rounds
PRIZES
Store credit prizes will be awarded to top finishers based on overall attendance. We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters! If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 finishers will win store credit. Otherwise, Top 4 will win store credit.
1st Place winner will get a Champion Card Set Vol. 1, including promo versions of Nebula Dragon Andromeda, Dark King Snake Pendocles, Divine Moonsky Beast Fanatech Elk, and Calamity Beast Chaos Pegasoros!
We’re holding Magic: the Gathering The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Prerelease tournaments on June 16th, 17th, and 18th at all three of our stores!
You can pre-register for as many prerelease events as you want! Stop by your local AU or give us a call with your card to preregister!
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 Lord of the Rings Prerelease Pack to use to build a 40+ card deck and play for 3 rounds. Each one contains:
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! You’ll still need to visit us in-store to register, or stop by or call to preregister!
Friday, June 16th
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
6:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
1:00 pm
Friday, June 16th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
Noon (Two-Headed Giant)
5:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
2:00 pm
Friday, June 16th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
Noon
5:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
2:00 pm (Two-Headed Giant)
The Lord of the Rings Set Booster Packs are awarded based on your tournament record after 3 rounds.
3-0: 8 Set Boosters or $40 credit
2-0-1: 6 Set Boosters or $30 credit
2-1: 4 Set Boosters or $20 credit
1-2: 2 Set Boosters or $10 credit
All other records 1 set booster
2-Headed Giant prizes are doubled and awarded per-team.
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
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 and hand sanitizer 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. If you have any questions about whether we’d be interested in buying something, feel free to ask!
We hold weekly tournaments for Magic: the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Flesh and Blood, Digimon, One Piece, 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.
Updated 5-1-2023
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
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
Alternate Universes 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 EVENTS | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes | 1 pm Digimon 2 pm Vanguard | 6 pm D&D Night 7 pm Battle Spirits Saga Tournament | 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 Bell | 12:30 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 Commander 7 pm Digimon 7 pm Board Games | 7 pm MTG Pioneer 7 pm Yu-Gi-Oh! Advanced format 7 pm Battle Spirits Saga Tournament | 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 |
| Wilmington | Noon 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 7 pm Battle Spirits Saga Tournament | 7 pm One Piece Tournament 7 pm MTG Modern | 6 pm MTG Commander 7 pm MTG FNM Draft | 2 pm MTG Pioneer |
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)
We no longer have playoffs for weekly events. Instead, at the end of the tournament, each player gets a prize based on their win – draw – loss record.
This allows us to keep our weekly tournaments short and sweet, while still offering fair prizes regardless of the number of players in attendance. For example, if we run a weekday tournament with 30 players in attendance, we could expect about 4 players to earn the 3 – 0 prize payout, and about 11 players to earn the 2 – 1 prize payout. The event stays only three rounds, and everyone gets to go home at a reasonable hour!
Yu-Gi-Oh! weekly tournaments are the exception, since Konami requires Official Tournament Stores such as ourselves to award booster pack prizes and not store credit.
Weekday Tournaments (except Yugioh) – 3 rounds
Entry: $10 cash / $15 store credit
3 – 0: $40 store credit
2 – 0 – 1: $30 store credit
2 – 1: $20 store credit
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
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
Weekend Tournaments (except Yugioh) – 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
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.
We’re holding Pokemon TCG Prerelease Tournaments for Scarlet & Violet: Paldea Evolved, the latest set in a brand new series of Pokemon TCG expansions! Join us Saturday, May 27th at AU Blue Bell and Sunday, May 28th at AU Wilmington!
Pokemon Prereleases are non-competitive tournaments open to all ages. As a thank-you for playing in our Prerelease Tournaments, each player who enters will get an additional 3 Paldea Evolved booster packs when they are done playing in the event!
Entry: $30
For entering, each player gets a Paldea Evolved Build & Battle Box to build a deck and play for 3 rounds.
Registration opens: Noon
Deckbuilding begins: 1 pm
Each Paldea Evolved Build & Battle Box includes:
4x Paldea Evolved booster packs
A 40-card ready-to-play deck, including 1 of 4 unique foil promo cards
A code card for Pokémon TCG Live
As a thank-you for entering one of our Prerelease Tournaments, you’ll also get three BONUS Paldea Evolved booster packs just for playing in the event!
Each Prerelease Kit comes with 1 of 4 foil Prerelease Promo cards! These promo variant cards can only be found in the Build & Battle Boxes, so don’t miss your chance to get ahold of them!
Don’t miss your chance to get the next generation of Pokemon cards before the set’s official release at AU on June 5th!
Commander Parties are fun, FREE Commander format events exclusive to WPN Premium stores, where you will get to experience a narrative while you play, and influence the story’s outcome via the choices you make during your games. This event picks up where the Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander Party left off, based on choices from players like you!
Each player will receive one of seven Faction Cards at the beginning of play. This time, each faction card represents a plane in the multiverse under attack by the Phyrexians: Arcavios, Eldraine, Kaladesh, Kaldheim, Kamigawa, New Capenna, and Theros. Each Faction Card has corruption counters on it; once all the corruption counters are removed from a faction card, it flips over, giving you its effect. You’ll also be able to help remove corruption counters from your opponents’ faction cards if you choose!
These events will each be roughly 2 hours.
Each player who participates gets a promo Beast Within printed in the Phyrexian language!
AU Blue Bell
Saturday, May 27th
Registration opens: 3 pm
Play begins: 4 pm
AU Wilmington
Saturday, May 27th
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
AU Holmes
Sunday, May 28th
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
Alternate Universes is holding Battle Spirits Saga EARLY ADOPTER STORE Tournaments on Sunday, June 4th at AU Blue Bell, and Saturday, June 10th at AU Wilmington!
Since both our Blue Bell and Wilmington stores were part of the BSS Early Adopter Program, we’re able to bring this event to you! Each player gets a ProZD Buffalong Bill influencer collaboration card for entering! Players who finish among the Top 32 will get a Tamagotchi Promotion Pack! Top 4 each win a Battle Spirits Saga Core Case, plus an Event Pack Vol. 1 on top of store credit! The 1st place winner also wins another Event Pack Vol. 1 on top of their other prizes!
We’re adding $20 to the prize pool for each player who enters. If we get more than 12 players, then the Top 8 finishers will each win store credit! Otherwise, only Top 4 finishers will get store credit.
Sunday, June 4th
Alternate Universes Blue Bell
Penn Square Shopping Center
213 W. Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
Saturday, June 10th
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
Entry: $15
Each player who enters gets a ProZD Buffalong Bill promo card!
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
Format: Swiss, no Top Cut, Best of one matches, 35 minute rounds
PRIZES
Store credit prizes will be awarded to top finishers based on overall attendance. We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters! If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 finishers will win store credit. Otherwise, only Top 4 will win store credit.
1st Place: 2x Event Packs Vol. 1, BSS Core Case, store credit
Top 4: 1x Event Pack Vol. 1, BSS Core Case, store credit
Top 8: store credit if more than 12 players enter
Top 32: 1x Tamagotchi Promotion Pack
Store credit is awarded on a reloadable AU gift card and is redeemable at any AU location!
Alternate Universes is holding Battle Spirits Saga Store Championship tournaments on Sunday, June 11th at AU Holmes, and Saturday, July 1st at AU Wilmington!
Store Championships are competitive tournaments where players vie to become their store’s Store Champion! Each player who enters gets a Championship Pack 2023 Vol. 1 for participating! We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters. If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 players will each win store credit! The player who comes in 1st place will win a Champion Card Set Vol. 1, including promo versions of Nebula Dragon Andromeda, Dark King Snake Pendocles, Divine Moonsky Beast Fanatech Elk, and Calamity Beast Chaos Pegasoros!
Sunday, June 11th
Alternate Universes Holmes
MacDade Plaza
2129 MacDade Blvd
Holmes, PA 19043
Saturday, July 1st
Alternate Universes Wilmington
Talleyville Shopping Center
3617 Silverside Road
Wilmington, Delaware 19810
Entry: $15
Each player who enters gets a Championship Pack 2023 Vol. 1 for participating!
Registration opens: Noon
Play begins: 1 pm
Format: Swiss, no Top Cut, Best of one matches, 35 minute rounds
PRIZES
Store credit prizes will be awarded to top finishers based on overall attendance. We will add $20 store credit to the overall prize pool for each player who enters! If we have 12 or more players, the Top 8 finishers will win store credit. Otherwise, Top 4 will win store credit.
1st Place winner will get a Champion Card Set Vol. 1, including promo versions of Nebula Dragon Andromeda, Dark King Snake Pendocles, Divine Moonsky Beast Fanatech Elk, and Calamity Beast Chaos Pegasoros!
We’re holding Magic: the Gathering The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Prerelease tournaments on June 16th, 17th, and 18th at all three of our stores!
You can pre-register for as many prerelease events as you want! Stop by your local AU or give us a call with your card to preregister!
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 Lord of the Rings Prerelease Pack to use to build a 40+ card deck and play for 3 rounds. Each one contains:
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! You’ll still need to visit us in-store to register, or stop by or call to preregister!
Friday, June 16th
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
6:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
1:00 pm
Friday, June 16th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
Noon (Two-Headed Giant)
5:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
2:00 pm
Friday, June 16th
3:00 pm
7:00 pm
Saturday, June 17th
Noon
5:00 pm
Sunday, June 18th
2:00 pm (Two-Headed Giant)
The Lord of the Rings Set Booster Packs are awarded based on your tournament record after 3 rounds.
3-0: 8 Set Boosters or $40 credit
2-0-1: 6 Set Boosters or $30 credit
2-1: 4 Set Boosters or $20 credit
1-2: 2 Set Boosters or $10 credit
All other records 1 set booster
2-Headed Giant prizes are doubled and awarded per-team.
