Main Phase One — Local services in Evansville

I want to do my best to support LGS, but I also gotta be honest: I walked in here on a Saturday, saying the phrase "I'm buying my first Magic deck" and within three sentences the person at the register had already quipped something negative about the specific deck I was talking about buying.

"I don't think the Doctor Who decks really fit with Magic, but they bring in a lot of money..."

They didn't know I'd spent several hours researching and knew exactly what I was buying, down to the price, but I can only imagine how I'd have felt if I knew NOTHING about Magic besides wanting to play with my friends and my literal first experience is someone talking trash about the fact an incredibly popular (and, frankly, logical choice that thematically fits in fun ways) sci-fi property did FOUR commander decks, including reprints of beloved cards that people WANTED reprinted.

Ignoring this one instance, I also take issue with the fact that nothing in the store is priced. It takes maybe one shift of having someone load up a $50 price sticker gun and go nuts. I fully understand not pricing something like the entire wall of Dragon Shield sleeves, as that's $13. Everyone knows it's going to be about $13 to $15 bucks, and its an incredibly common thing.

But the little stack of playmats on the top shelf I might've bought? Deck boxes? I do not feel like loading up an armload of things and make a cashier scan every item, tell me the price, then I decide if I want it or if it needs to be put back on the shelf.

I don't want Evansville to be a city where there's one defacto LGS and everything fades away. It's cool as heck that this place has such a selection they managed to grab a bunch of not-as-popular TCGs like the PR-besot Metazoo. Just know if you're not 100% sure what you're buying before you step in, just know if you're of the neurodivergent flavor where asking tons of questions is stressful, it might be best to go in during the week as it seems weekends might be a little strained/feature...

Hi, I'm your secret shopper—here's how you did: One star for operating a small business, its challenging work. One star for being a store that creates a safe space for us dorks to play games. One star for the red-haired gentleman who is always great with customers. Minus one star for the seemingly drunk and obnoxiously loud person doing some kind of online auction in a back room who interrupted the red-haired gentleman and I—while we were conducting business—with some grief saying it was "his fault" about a phone that "loud mouth" needed that wasn't charged. Minus one star for the Foundations draft we had last night that didn't give out prizes for those that won their matches (i.e., why even play?). My unsolicited advice is: 1) make sure "loud mouth" is sober when he comes to work and/or sound-proof that room he's in, and 2) go participate in one of Gaming Guild's Prerelease events since they do a better job running those—I was there the night before I came to Main Phase One, and it was a "night and day" experience playing Prerelease events at each of these businesses. Again, running a business is challenging work, I wish you the best and hope this...

This is by far the best experience I have ever had at a LGS. I only wish I didn't live states away or I would buy everything from them. Went in to see if they had any Lorcana Fabled Booster Boxes, not only did they have them, they didn't price gauge like the places around where I live. They were $10-$25 less than around me. To top that off, I bought a box in Chattanooga and they didn't give me any promo card for buying a box. I didn't even know the boxes came with a promo card honestly, the guy here said they never keep that kind of stuff and always give it to the customers!!! I just can't explain enough how amazing my experience was, there is even more but I'm afraid if I keep going people won't read this because of the length lol. PLEASE SUPPORT...