Magic the Gathering
Whether you’re just starting your Magic the Gathering journey, looking for a game of casual commander, the next standard showdown, Friday Night Magic, or somewhere to experience the latest pre-release, as a Wizards of the Coast Play store, there's many a way to get involved with and play Magic the Gathering in Cornwall at Piranha Café.
With a licensed drinks bar and serving great food, Happy Piranha Café offers a fantastic place to relax and play in a fun adult atmosphere. We also stock a great selection of trading card items at the Happy Piranha store, including booster packs and accessories, such as card sleeves, binders dice & deck boxes!
Whether your buying, collecting, trading or attend our events for prizes, promos and new releases, MTG is all about the magic of the gathering.
Thursday - TCG Night
Our Thursday Trading Card Game Nights are perfect for those looking for a relaxing game with friendly faces. If you're looking for a casual game of Commander, this is a great time to come, while we often have other events scheduled to get involved in too.
There's always members and regulars who are willing to play, so you're free to just turn up. With a licenced bar and freshly made food available too, it's a great night out enjoying Magic the Gathering with others.
- Thursdays 5:30pm - 10pm, 18+
- £5 (non members)
- £3 Members
- Piranha + members Free!
Friday Night Magic
Friday Night Magic is Wizards flagship weekly night for getting together to play. On these nights we’ll often branch into other formats a bit more and run structured events such as draft and standard, whatever people want to play!
- Fridays 5:30pm - 10pm, 18+
- £5 (non members)
- £3 Members
- Piranha + members Free!
Events, Prizes & Promos
Being one of Cornwall's official Wizards Play Stores, we often get sent promos and prizing to use for in store events. If you want to participate in these, you’ll need to download the Magic Companion app .Often it’s as simple as just turning up and scanning the QR code!
Pre-release Evenings
There’s no night more fun than a Magic the Gathering pre-release, where players get together to celebrate and enjoy the latest Magic sets up to a week early in our themed games venue!
At a pre-release you’ll get a pre-release kit (or join in with 6 boosters), have 50 minutes to build a deck using the contents, then battle it out in a mini tournament just for fun.
Your kit includes a commemorative spin-down die for the set and a bonus foil card. We’ll usually hand out an extra pack too, with a little prize for the winners. It’s a great way to play casually, enjoy a new set, get cards early and just have fun!
MTG Commander Parties
MTG Commander parties are a chance for players to get together and enjoy the current Magic the Gathering releases in the four player commander format, often with an additional rule twist to represent the current set.
They’re casual - just turn up and play - and you’ll get a cool promo card for signing in and attending (while stocks last)!
Standard Showdown & Sealed Leagues
Standard showdowns are regular, standard format mini-tournaments with a promotional card for the winner each time. We usually combine this with our sealed league to level the playing field, with prize packs for winners too.
In a sealed league, you start with the deck you made from the latest sets pre-release kit, or jump in at any point by drafting a deck using 6 booster packs and some additional lands. Every week you attend you’ll be able to buy up to 2 more booster packs to enhance your deck with.
They're a great way to get involved in some friendly competition, without having to spend an arm and a leg on the best deck. Currently, we usually run these every other Thursday after a set's release.
Join our discord or come along on a Thursday night to confirm when!
Magic Academy: Learn to Play
Learn to play Magic the Gathering, with us! Just get in touch, we’re always happy to teach! We’ll likely invite you to one of our Thursday Trading Card Game Nights to show you the ropes.
When new sets release, we’ll sometimes hold Magic Academy learn to play and deck building evenings too, where you can be taken through the basics of play, grab some boosters and build a deck using them. Occasionaly we get welcome decks to give away to get you started too.
Store Championships
Each set will see a store championship at the end of it. Store Championships are one of the more competitive events we’ll run at the cafe, where more experienced players come to test their metal, often using the best decks for cool promo cards as prizes - though every one is invited, so long as you have a standard legal 60 card deck and want to give it a go