News & Announcements

You Build a Deck. Someone Else Gets It. Then We Battle. Okay, this one is going to be ridiculously fun. Purple Dragon Games is hosting a Secret Santa Commander event where every player builds a deck as a gift, receives a completely different surprise deck, and then plays that deck on Game Day. You won’t know exactly what you’re getting, and the person you’re building for won’t know it came from you until the big reveal. There will be four-player Commander pods, free pizza, pr

The Hobbit Is Here: What’s Next for MTG at Purple Dragon Games? Prerelease week has officially sent us out the front door of Bag End, and Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit is now in full swing at Purple Dragon Games. If you joined us for Prerelease, you’ve already gotten a taste of what this set is like when the cards actually hit the table. Packs were cracked, decks were built, new mechanics started clicking, and players were already discovering combinations they wanted to t

Magic players, it's finally happening. There are very few Magic sets that generate the kind of excitement we've seen surrounding The Hobbit, and for good reason. When The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth released, it became one of the biggest and most successful Magic: The Gathering releases in the game's history. It brought together longtime Tolkien fans, competitive Magic players, Commander enthusiasts, collectors, and even people who hadn't sleeved up a deck in yea

SUMMER IS HERE AT PURPLE DRAGON GAMES... AND THE TABLES ARE ABOUT TO GET LOUD. There’s something special happening at Purple Dragon Games right now. You can feel it when you walk through the door. Dice clattering. Deck boxes snapping open. New players nervously learning their first game while veterans argue about the “correct” play in the most dramatic way possible. Summer at the shop always has energy, but this year? This year feels like a full-on campaign expansion. We’ve b

Festival in a Box 2026 — Mystery Box 2 is coming to Yreka I still can’t quite believe I’m writing this, but Festival in a Box 2026 — Mystery Box 2 is actually coming to Purple Dragon Games… which means Yreka is about to experience its first ever Chaos Draft. This is one of those moments where the Magic community gets a tiny portal to something that normally only happens in major cities like Las Vegas. MagicCon events feel almost mythic when you follow them online. Packed hall