This weekend marks a major milestone for 

, its debut at SCG CON Houston! Players from across Texas and beyond are gathering to contest the realm, explore new decks, and share in a celebration of art, strategy, and community.

 for the first time or returning to test your mettle in our champion events, SCG CON offers something for every type of player, from beginner-friendly Community events to Champion events, including our signature Crossroads Championship event.

Your path through the realm begins with choice. Across the weekend, 

 offers a full slate of events, each a different way to play, learn, and experience the realm.

, where Learn-to-Play sessions, Preconstructed battles, and Sealed formats welcome new players and returning Sorcerers alike. These sessions are the perfect way to experience 

at your own pace and earn rewards along the way!

For those who crave the challenge of structured play, step into a 

 and prove your mettle as a dedicated tactician! Saturday's Constructed Crossroads tournament is your chance to prove your mastery, earn prestige, and compete for 

Before the battle begins, remember: players entering a Crossroads event must submit a completed decklist before Round 1. Deck submission forms will be available onsite through Star City Games.

 Our full Crossroads event guidelines can be found 

 table in Houston will feature the exclusive SCG CON alternative-art "City of Glass" playmat, a gleaming vision by 

 artist Adam Burke that sets the stage for battle across the realm. Of course, you're welcome to bring your own 

You'll also have the chance to meet with some of 

 legendary artists throughout the weekend, including 

Through participation in Community events and placing in Champion events, you'll earn tickets that can be exchanged for 

 mini will be available for purchase in Houston at the Star City Games booth in limited quantities. Copies will be made available twice daily, once in the afternoon and again in the evening, at MSRP, limited to one per person per day while supplies last. 

If you’re playing in a Champion Event during a sales window, a copy will be held for you so you won’t miss your chance to claim it.


Community and Play are just part of the fun, don't forget about trading!  At SCG CON Houston, you'll be able to swap a card with the EC team to get a copy of the alternative-art Gothic promo, Swap.

Bring a Sorcery card that holds personal meaning to exchange, adding your card to the story of our ever-growing community and honoring the connections that make this game unique!

SCG CON Houston is just the beginning. From here, the realm continues on to 

If you’re joining us in Houston, bring your deck, your curiosity, and your love of art and strategy. However you play, there’s a path waiting for you.

Sorcery Takes the Stage at SCG CON Houston 2025

Truitt Parrish

 artist Truitt Parish, art has always been part of the family language. Growing up in a household of artists, pencils and paints were as common as conversation. His early ambitions leaned toward the scientific. Fascinated by the precision of the natural form, he aspired to be a scientific illustrator. But over time, curiosity led him from observation to imagination. Exposure to fantasy literature and game art opened the door to something larger: the chance to invent worlds of his own.

This shift changed everything. “I think there’s magic in creating one’s own little world,” Truitt reflects, “and being part of that tradition.” It’s a sentiment that runs through all of his work for 

 where structure meets strangeness, and realism gives way to wonder.

 library of forbidden lore, few works feel as unsettling as Truitt’s De Vermis Mysteriis, a vision of discovery turned to dread, arriving December 5 with 

When the commission for De Vermis Mysteriis first arrived, Truitt didn’t have a clear picture of what the final image would be - only a feeling. The brief called for a cursed book, a relic brimming with forbidden power, and he began exploring how a writer might react to what they’d unleashed.

“I was interested in the person reading the book and how they were reacting, almost as if they were being cursed,” he recalls. Early thumbnails focused on that relationship between curiosity and consequence, sketching out a figure caught mid-revelation. But as the piece evolved, so did its focus.

After a series of iterations and discussions with 

 creator Erik Olofsson, Truitt shifted his gaze from the reader to the horror itself. “I had a dragon-type thing coming out of the book attacking the reader,” Truitt explains, “Then Erik and I decided to remove the reader and focus entirely on the creature emerging from the pages. That’s when I made it more worm-like and Lovecraftian rather than draconic.”

What emerged was something far more primal, a writhing, otherworldly entity bursting forth from knowledge itself. A painting that transforms curiosity into catastrophe.

To bring the concept to life, Truitt relied on both improvisation and practical experimentation. Searching for the right light and shadow, he turned to a familiar place for inspiration: his parents’ house.

“I used some props I found at my parents’ house. I found a massive, really old book that I propped up and lit from the inside using a strip of LED’s and then I positioned a little sculpture I made using tubing,” he shares.

The setup created the piece's defining feature, the eerie, upward light that makes the book seem alive, radiating revelation and ruin.

While the composition centers on a single moment of emergence, every texture carries intention. “I just wanted it to be creepy,” Truitt says with a grin. “Something that felt like a Lovecraftian narrative, maybe even a bit dark academia in tone.”

He approached the creature's design like a biologist gone mad, borrowing forms from nature and warping them into nightmare. “I’m proud of the creature design,” he notes. “I based its mouth on a microscopic image of a tardigrade, a water bear, and then dialed it up to eleven, adding those tentacles you always associate with Lovecraft.”

Even the book's cover hides a story of its own. “Erik didn’t want text that would clash with the printed words, so I designed a small Celtic-style knot that doubles as a stylized version of the monster itself,” he explains. The result is both elegant and unsettling, an artifact that hints at danger before a single page turns.

And as in any good cabinet of curiosities, he couldn’t resist slipping in a few oddities. “The skulls on the shelves are real species,” Truitt reveals. “One is a saber-tooth, and the other is from a babirusa, an animal whose tusks grow through the roof of its mouth. It just felt like the perfect creepy detail to include.”

Each element adds to the layered eeriness of De Vermis Mysteriis, pulling tangible fragments of the real world but reassembling into something disturbingly plausible.

De Vermis Mysteriis captures the thrill and terror of forbidden discovery, the moment curiosity outweighs caution and the consequences come clawing through. Truitt Parish’s meticulous craft and imaginative daring make this piece a perfect fit for 

 approaches its December 5 release, Truitt’s work stands as a reminder that some books should never be opened…but it’s hard to resist looking anyway!

 events start at 5 PM on Friday, where attendees can see this piece in person and be the first in the world to take home limited prints.

Unbound: Truitt Parish and the Gothic Secrets of De Vermis Mysteriis

Darker forces shroud the realm, but the darkness lifts as we herald the forthcoming launch of 

The official Gothic trailer has premiered exclusively on TCGplayer’s YouTube Channel. Get your first glimpse at the horrors soon to arrive in the realm!

Darkness Descends: The Gothic Trailer Revealed

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