This July 3–5, SorceryFest returns to Boutique Hotel Catshuis in the heart of Leeuwarden, Netherlands. For the first time, it hosts a 

 the first European Grand Contest of 2026.

Join players from across Europe and beyond for a weekend of competition, creativity, and connection.

 Boutique Hotel Catshuis, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Trolls of the Realm, the team putting on the event, are no strangers to bringing the European Sorcery community together. As one of the region's premiere event organizers, they have been doing it for years. Those who have attended a Trolls of the Realm event in the past know exactly what to expect: three days with people who love the game the way you do.

The Grand Contest, Sorcery’s premiere regional event, takes center stage, where players will compete in a constructed tournament for exclusive prizes, including:

Alt-art Croaking Swamp (all participants)

As well as Community Champion and Judge Promos for the event.

But SorceryFest has never been just one event.

Across the weekend, players can dive into Sealed, Draft, and learn-to-play sessions, including an

 event! Whether they are chasing mastery or discovering the game for the first time, there's plenty of Sorcery to enjoy.

Tournament structure is only part of what Trolls of the Realm are building here. For the event organizers, Ron Dijkstra and Richard Boonstra, the Grand Contest designation does something larger. "This ties the European community in with organized play and connects to the worldwide community in a way that reflects what we have been working toward since the beginning,” they share.

That is the community this festival is designed to hold. Ron and Richard share their ultimate goal: for people to "return home with a feeling that they have spent a weekend with friends playing the game we all love."

SorceryFest is built for players who find joy in discovering unexpected card combinations, who pour their creativity into multiplayer decks, and who want to test their decks against skilled opponents from around the region.

Artists will be present throughout the weekend. 

 are confirmed, bringing original art, prints, and artist proofs, and the team expects to announce a third guest before long. Alter artists will also be featured, a nod to the creative dimension of this hobby that extends well past the game table.

Questions can be directed to trollsoftherealm@gmail.com.


SorceryFest 2026 - Grand Contest Event

Creativity, mastery, and wonder don't just live in the cards of 

. They live in the stories we tell about them, and somewhere within these moments, 

 found its place as Sorcery's premier (and only) fan-made print magazine.

The idea didn't begin with a grand plan. It started, as many Sorcery stories do, with the community.

After a weekend at the Courtesan Cup in 2024, Jack/@ElektrickSorcerer came home energized. The event was the largest community gathering of its time, and something about it lit a fire in him. He wanted to contribute, to make something that celebrated the game and the people who played it. A blog felt too easy. A podcast was familiar territory, but not quite right. Whatever he built needed to feel old-school. It needed weight.

It had to be something in physical print.

If the game was going to have a print fanzine, it deserved a name worth carrying. Jack wanted something with a newspaper quality to it, something that felt like it belonged on a masthead. He turned the options over in his head until one landed cleanly: the Core-ier, a pun built around the iconic Cores of Sorcery. "Courier... Core-ier... 

Jack brought in his friend SpinScott to help with writing, but the workload was still immense: writing, editing, layout, printing, shipping. He handled the layouts himself through issues zero to nineteen. Then, as he was preparing for issue twenty, a graphic designer found him at exactly the right moment. As a result of this fateful meeting, issue twenty is now the first professionally printed edition of 

, a milestone that has been years in the making.

 made its public debut at Gen Con 2024. Jack had quit his job three weeks earlier, and being there felt like part of the same decision, a bet on something he believed in.

He remembers the first person he saw actually reading it. A stranger, sitting with the magazine open. Jack didn't approach him. He just pulled out his Game Boy Camera and took a picture from afar.

That camera, incidentally, is still how he shoots much of the magazine's photography.

With the transition to professional printing comes glossy pages, refined layouts, and artwork showcased in full color. Working directly with Sorcery artists, the magazine brings the game's art and history to the page, in a format you can hold.

For many players, it taps into something familiar. A lot of Sorcery's audience grew up on magazines like 

, and there's something about holding a card game magazine that speaks to them in a way a podcast or a YouTube channel simply doesn't. "It's not the pieces of paper stapled together like it used to be," Jack says. "It's the real deal now."

The digital version is available free at 

, for anyone who wants to see what it's about before committing to print.

The creation of each issue begins the same way: with a running document full of ideas. Match reports, card deep-dives, interviews, and observations from the table. From there, the issue takes shape through a mix of recurring and evolving features.

Some are evergreen. Realm and Reality, for instance, traces the real-world references woven into Sorcery's card names and lore. Others are more time-bound: tournament reports and deck breakdowns that double as snapshots of the game as it stands.

Jack is always looking for the next story and actively seeking contributors who want to share their passion for Sorcery and see their work in print. Anyone interested can reach him at therubycoreier@gmail.com.

 is, by every measure, a love letter. To the game, to the artists, to the conversations that keep happening long after the cards are put away. "I actually get a bit depressed when there are big events, and I'm not there," Jack says. "A lot of them really feel like my family."

Issue twenty marks a new chapter, but the spirit behind it hasn't changed since Jack first sat down to figure out what "old-school" actually meant to him.

 Erik Olofsson, Creative Director and Founder of Sorcery: Contested Realm, put it simply: "The Core-ier captures the old-school spirit of creativity perfectly."

Some stories don't fit in a feed. Some of them belong on a page.

Beyond the Feed: Sorcery's Fan Magazine in Print

SCG CON Washington DC marks the beginning of something new.

 kicks off the first Grand Contest of the 2026 Organized Play season at 

. Join players from across the region for a weekend of mastery, creativity, and wonder, as the first tables of the year are set and Sorcery Organized Play 2026 officially begins.

At the heart of the weekend is the Grand Contest, Sorcery's premier regional event and the first of the 2026 season. Taking place on Saturday, May 30, this Constructed tournament brings players together from across the region to test their mastery of the realm. Participants will receive exclusive Organized Play 2026 rewards, with additional prizes awarded to top finishers, including:

Beyond the Grand Contest, all three days feature a full slate of events for players at every stage of their journey:

: Build from sealed packs and dive straight into the fray.

 Bring your best Sorcery deck and test your mastery at the premiere regional level of play.

 Join forces with two other players and battle as a trio!

For those taking their first steps into the realm, our Learn to Play area offers a guided introduction to 

 using the Gothic Prophets of Doom decks. Join us anytime during the weekend, sit with a dedicated instructor, ask questions, cast your first spells, and depart with a booster pack to fuel the next chapter of your 

During the Preconstructed and Team events, players earn 50 SCG CON Prize Tickets for each round played. In Sealed and Constructed events, every player receives 100 prize tickets just for participating, plus 100 bonus prize tickets for each round they win. Spend them on the SCG CON Prize Wall to commemorate your weekend in the realm!

Whether you’re competing for the top spot or stepping into the realm for the first time, we’ll see you in Washington DC. Sharpen your spells we can't wait to see there!

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