SCG CON Baltimore — Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man takes over the Baltimore Convention Center on Friday, September 11, Saturday, September 12, and Sunday, September 13, 2026 for one of the largest tabletop trading-card-game weekends of the entire year on the East Coast. Hosted at 1 West Pratt Street in downtown Baltimore by Star City Games — the world's largest Magic: The Gathering retailer and tournament organizer — this three-day flagship pulls Magic players, Pokémon TCG grinders, Yu-Gi-Oh! duelists, One Piece TCG players, Lorcana families, and trading-card collectors from across Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Washington DC, and beyond. The headline event — Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man — is a Standard-format open with a $50,000 prize pool, 32 invitations to Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed, and an exclusive Spectacular Spider-Man promo card for every paid entrant.
The convention floor packs together every corner of the trading-card-game hobby. Magic: The Gathering side events run continuously across all three days — Standard, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pioneer, Pauper, Limited Sealed, Limited Draft, Commander cEDH and casual pods, Two-Headed Giant, and Cube — with Regional Championship Qualifiers, Last Chance Qualifiers, and trial events for upcoming Pro Tour and Magic World Championship invitations. Vendor row at SCG CON Baltimore stocks Magic singles from Alpha through Lorwyn Eclipsed, Reserved-List vintage, sealed Collector Boosters and Play Boosters, premium Secret Lair drops, and the full SCG CON exclusive promo lineup. Pokémon TCG, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Disney Lorcana, One Piece TCG, Star Wars Unlimited, Flesh and Blood, and Dragon Ball Z Fusion World vendors fill out the floor with singles, sealed product, and side-event tournaments. PSA, BGS, CGC, and Ace Grading on-site submission booths handle slab grading and authentication. Cosplay, artist alley, and celebrity guest signing programs run all weekend.
Friday, September 11 runs 9:00 AM EDT to roughly 11:00 PM EDT for early-arrival side events, vendor row, and the Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man Last Chance Qualifier. Saturday, September 12 runs from 8:00 AM EDT through evening for the Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man Day 1 main event (9:00 AM start) plus the full slate of side events. Sunday, September 13 runs from 8:00 AM EDT through evening for the Magic Spotlight Day 2 cut, the Top 8 single-elimination playoff, and the final wave of Sunday side events. Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man entry is $78.48 ($75.00 plus $3.48 in fees), and side-event entries range from $10 to $60. Spectator badges, vendor-row passes, and side-event-only badges are sold separately through scgcon.starcitygames.com.
The Baltimore Convention Center is at 1 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, in the heart of the Inner Harbor with quick access from Interstate 95, Interstate 395, the Baltimore Light RailLink Convention Center stop, the Charm City Circulator Purple Route, and Penn Station via the Baltimore Metro and MARC Train. Climate-controlled, ADA-accessible, and laid out with very wide tournament-friendly aisles. Paid parking is available in the on-site Baltimore Convention Center garage and at multiple Inner Harbor lots within walking distance, and the surrounding Pratt Street corridor offers plenty of food and coffee options.
This convention fits every TCG collector and player — first-timers, families, kids walking in for the first time, casual binder collectors, competitive Magic and Pokémon tournament players, modern flippers, vintage Reserved-List hunters, Japanese-exclusive specialists, and grail-level investors. For the best experience, register the Magic Spotlight: Spider-Man entry online in advance, book a downtown Baltimore Inner Harbor hotel early, bring a tested 60-card Standard deck for Magic and a tested 60-card Standard deck for Pokémon, double-sleeve everything, and follow @StarCityGames on Twitter and Instagram for set legality updates.