Port City BRAWL 2026

PREPARE FOR BATTLE!

Port City BRAWL is a premium single day event presented by Wilmington Premodern Crew and hosted by Trade Binder. The event consists of a single one day Main Event Premodern Tournament with a 128 player cap, three Premodern Draft events and several free pop up events throughout the day.

The main tournament will be conducted with Swiss style rounds with a cut to top 8. Top 8 will be live streamed and recorded as well as various matches throughout the day. Participants must sign a waiver of release for this event.

Port City BRAWL is a gold border friendly event, however there are no proxies allowed in any of the prize supported events.

TREL with two official judges who will be on hand through the entire event.

Premodern is a community-created constructed format consisting of the sets from Fourth Edition to Scourge. The card pool thus roughly spans the period in between the formats 93/94 and Modern. For more detail on Rules, Legal Sets, and the Ban List, please visit Premodern Magic.

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In addition to the Main Event, there will be three Premodern Draft Events with prize support. Each of the Draft Events will be $100 per player and limited to 8 seats and will be conducted in three rounds. Prizing will be 3-2-2-1

As apart of the entry, each main event ticket purchase comes with one free ticket for our charity raffle.

The charity raffle items include some real spicy premodern items including sealed premodern products, playmats, singles, posters and other prizes.

Additional tickets for the raffle can be purchased for $10 per ticket or 6 tickets for $50. These can be purchases online or in person at the event. Each online ticket purchase will represent a physical ticket placed in the raffle to be drawn through out the day.

Each main event and draft entry will receive a stamped Premodern basic land.

There will be random free 8 player, 3 round pop-up side events throughout the day where winner takes all.

In the tournament space, there will be areas for free play, trading, and just general socializing as well as a restaurant and bar. Come join us for a day filled with glory, good company, and plenty of Premodern Magic: The Gathering! Whether you’re here to compete, have fun, or just sling some nostalgic spells, we hope to see you there.

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LOCATION

Aloft at Coastline Center (Marriott)
501 Nutt St
Wilmington, NC 28401

TIME

April 4th, 2026, Tournament begins at 10:00 AM, doors open at 9:00 AM

PRIZES FOR MAIN EVENT

1st Place - Gaea’s Cradle
2nd Place - Mox Diamond
3rd Place - Survival of the Fittest
4th Place - Intuition
5th through 8th place will receive a Fetch Land

EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday - April 3rd, 2026

5:00 PM - Meet and Greet at Aloft Hotel

Saturday - Main Event - April 4th, 2026

9:00 AM - Doors Open

9:30AM - All deck list for main event must be submitted

10:00 AM - Main Event Begins 7 Rounds of Swiss w/ cut to top 8
2:00 PM - 8 Player Draft (Invasion, Apocalypse & Judgement)
6:30 PM - 8 Player Draft (Invasion, Apocalypse & Judgement)
9:30 PM - 8 Player Draft (Invasion, Apocalypse & Judgement)

Vendors and drink bar will be available all day.

Tom Fleming will be there throughout the day for signings and will have some amazing original pieces and prints available.

EVENT DETAILS

Events and Featured Guests

Friday Night Meet and Greet - Aloft Hotel

Meet and mingle with fellow Magic the Gathering players the day before the tournament. Enjoy the on-site restaurants The Atlantic Restaurant & Wine Loft for fine dining or the rooftop bistro aView. Prepare to trade, play, or just hangout and relax.