Magic: the Gathering Summer Camp (Ages 13+)

Game Kastle College Park invites all aspiring Planeswalkers to attend our first-ever Magic: the Gathering Summer Camp! Master the art of spell slinging, build mighty decks, and battle for glory. Join now to become a champion of the planes!

Game Kastle isn’t just an average hobby game store. Game Kastle offers hard-to-find items, an outstanding selection of amazing products, an impressive gaming space, daily scheduled events, and a staff that genuinely wants to help.

As a retailer, Game Kastle supplies customers with both newly released and evergreen titles. As an event space provider, Game Kastle hosts open play, tournaments, and camps to grow our amazing community.

A trading card game (shortened to TCG) is a style of card game in which the entire card pool is available through random expansion packs, allowing for multiple formats of play. Magic: the Gathering is known as the first TCG and just celebrated its 30th anniversary! Craft strategic decks filled with iconic creatures and potent spells. Master the art of resource management, deploy clever tactics, and unleash devastating combos to send your opponent's forces crashing down.

Camp begins at 9:00 a.m. and runs through 3:00 p.m. each day. There will be a morning session, followed by lunch and free play of other games in the Game Kastle College Park demo library. Store staff will be on hand to teach demo library games. After lunch and free play, campers will return to the card tables for an afternoon session of play. There will be a snack in the middle of the afternoon session. Game Kastle College Park will provide a daily boxed lunch and snack to the students as part of their tuition.

Monday - Introduction to Magic: Learn about the game and lore of Magic: the Gathering, then get right into matches with ready-to-play decks!

Tuesday - The Theory of Magic: Learn about the different color strategies in Magic: the Gathering and use that knowledge to practice upgrading and building decks.

Wednesday - Magic Constructed: Discover different formats of Magic with player-built decks, spanning Magic’s history and rarity levels. Campers will have an opportunity to build and expand on their decks using a Booster Bundle and store credit to acquire singles from our collection! We will specifically be looking at the Standard, Pauper, and Commander formats.

Thursday - Magic Limited: Learn about the Limited formats, building decks from scratch out of a small pool of cards opened during the start of the event! Campers will participate in a Draft event, a Limited format which uses a pick-and-pass style of choosing cards for deckbuilding. The Draft will include packs from the same set so campers can learn about deckbuilding for established synergies.

Friday – Magic Forever: Deepen your understanding of strategies and playstyles in the formats of your interest, and learn about the awesome events to further your Magic journey! Campers are invited to the evening’s Friday Night Magic event, entry covered by tuition. Tables will be reserved for campers and their family between the end of camp and start of Friday Night Magic at 6:30pm - the campers can teach their family what they have learned, and families are encouraged to join in the fun at FNM!

Every camper receives a starter kit to kickstart their Magic: the Gathering experience, including:

• Two Jumpstart Packs to start playing! ($13.98 retail)
• A Booster Bundle - comes with booster packs, a storage box, basic lands, and a spindown die for tracking life! ($55.50 retail)
• A set of dice to track counters ($16.00 retail)

• A pack of 100 sleeves to protect their cards ($12.49 retail)
• A Pauper Starter Deck (Developed by our staff! Priceless!)
• A Commander Starter Deck ($29.50 retail)
• Booster packs to experience the Draft format ($20.97 retail)
• Entry into the Friday Night Magic event at the end of camp! ($25.00 entry)

$650 through February 29

$600 through March 31

$550 beginning April 1

Game Kastle College Park invites parents and guardians to stay with their children during camp if they wish. The store provides public gaming space with seating for more than 70 people and responsible adults are welcome to work or play at that space while camp is in session. Because Game Kastle is not a professional childcare provider, we cannot legally take responsibility for your children and their safety while they are at camp. The instructor, Game Kastle College Park, and its employees take all reasonable measures to ensure the safety of all individuals that visit the store either to shop or to use our play space, including campers.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Game Kastle (College Park), 4748 Cherry Hill Road, College Park, United States