Northern Alliance Games

Black Gate: Winters Wrath!
2025-11-23 08:45 - 19:00 UTC | Northern Alliance Games, Hoults Yard, 6 Maling Court,, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Tyne and Wear, NE6 2HL, United Kingdom
Another fantastic 2k AoS event brought to you by the Black Gate Events Team, who will escape winters chill as the champion of the infamous Black Gate, and who will remain frozen in place!
Registration will be 8:45am until 9am.
Further details can be found here:
Tournament Pack Link
Additionally, you can buy a normal ticket, or a charity ticket. For each charity ticket that is sold, Black Gate AoS will be putting £5 towards a foodbank donation, in time for Christmas. There is no other difference between the tickets apart from this donation.

MCP Monthly Tournament November 2025
2025-11-29 09:30 - 18:00
Join us for our Monthly MCP tournament.

Registration from 9:30. 4 rounds of 1 hour 45 minutes each.Beginners welcome!

Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and ‘Hobby Hero’ (Which will be judged on best painting, any conversions and overall roster theme).

You can buy your ticket below, then sign up to the Longshanks event below.
https://mcp.longshanks.org/event/26165/

GBHL League Final 2025
2025-12-13 09:00 - 2025-12-14 19:30
Welcome to the GBHL finale 2025, as the name suggests this is the final league event of the 2025 season and this year it is being held at Northern Alliance Games in Newcastle upon Tyne.
The pack for the event can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gT2TXiL7aoRt6xUFlYDfho8_ltt_OmL4/view
Please contact Jamie Wiggans, who will be the Head TO for this event at Jamie.wiggans@btinternet.com , should you have any questions.
The Facebook event where you will be able to find the most up to date info is here:
https://fb.me/e/3ykirZ9dy

Friday night Magic the Gathering draft
2026-01-09 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-23 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-30 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-06 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-13 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-20 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-02-27 18:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-06 18:00 - 22:00 and 7 more dates
Join us for one of our regular drafts!
£15 on the door, prize packs for winners based on number of people who attend.
Please RSVP below to let us know you are coming!

MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed Pre-release!
2026-01-16 18:00 - 22:00
Prerelease is your first opportunity to get your hands on the newest Magic: The Gathering release and explore what the set has to offer. Prerelease Packs contain everything a player needs to be guided through deck building and begin facing off in epic one-on-one matches.
In the pre-release event, you will open your pack, create a deck of 40 cards from those that you open (You can borrow any basic lands from us that you need), then compete in 3 rounds of 1v1 games.
We are pleased to be also offering Ultimate Guard Items as Prize Support for our pre-release events.

More about Lorwyn Eclipsed
Dare to enter the ever-changing plane of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor. Summon beloved Kithkin, boggarts, merrow, and Elves, that feature new and returning mechanics as well as art from new and returning Lorwyn™ artists! Discover your true self by crossing the boundary of eternal day into eternal night and rise triumphant as a master of order and chaos.

Contents:

6 Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Boosters

Each Play Booster contains 14 Magic: The Gathering cards

May contain these cards: ECL 1–351; SPG 129–148
1–4 cards of rarity rare or higher (2: 27%; 3: 2%; 4: <1%)
3–5 uncommon cards
6–9 common cards
1 land
1 card of any rarity is traditional foil
Foil borderless mythic rare in <1% of boosters
Traditional foil land replaces a land in 20% of boosters
1 traditional foil rare/mythic rare card
Spindown™ life counter

Budget Commander Deck Challenge!
2026-01-17 13:00 - 17:00
Commander Challenge – Official Rules & Points System

Deck Construction Rules Budget Requirement
• Each deck must cost £30 or less, including the commander.
• Basic lands are excluded from the budget. Pricing Method
• Card prices are determined by the lowest price of the cheapest legal version of each card.
• Use CardMarket Low (UK) as the price source.
Infinite Combo Policy
• Decks may contain cards that could form infinite combos.
• Executing any infinite combo during a game results in an immediate match disqualification (0 points).

Points System Core Points Action Points
Win the match +5
Second place +2
Third place +1
Kill a player +2
One-shot kill a player (commander damage or 20+ damage in one turn) +3
Achievement Points Action Points Cast 5 or more spells in a single turn +3
Resolve your commander three or more times in a game +1
Survive combat that would otherwise have been lethal +1
Save another player from lethal +2
Use an opponent’s card to kill another player +2

Match Structure
• Matches are played in 3–4 player pods.
• Each game has a 90-minute time limit.
• When time is called, finish the current turn cycle.
• All players alive at the end of time receive +1 “survive to time” point.
• Total points earned across all rounds determine the event winner.
Prizes to be won for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place!

MCP Monthly Tournament - January
2026-01-24 09:30 - 18:00
Join us for our Monthly MCP tournament!
Play 4 rounds, each game is 90 minutes.
Prizes for podium finishers, and Hobby Hero!
Once you have bought your ticket, please sign up for the Longshanks event here:
https://mcp.longshanks.org/event/31414/

Black Gate: Frostfall Siege
2026-01-31 09:00 - 19:00
Start of the AoS competitive calendar of 2026! Come and enjoy 3 games of AoS with friends and see if you can claim your stake as the champion of Black Gate!
Pack to follow soon.

MCP Galaxy's Greatest @Northern Alliance Games!
2026-02-21 09:30 - 18:00
Join us for our first-ever tournament that is part of the Galaxy’s Greatest league! Play 4 rounds, each game is 90 minutes. Prizes for podium finishers, and Hobby Hero!

MCP Monthly Tournament - March
2026-03-28 09:30 - 18:00
Join us for our Monthly MCP tournament! Play 4 rounds, each game is 90 minutes. Prizes for podium finishers, and Hobby Hero!

MCP Monthly Tournament - April
2026-04-25 09:30 - 18:00

MCP Monthly Tournament - May
2026-05-23 09:30 - 18:00

MCP Monthly Tournament - June
2026-06-27 09:30 - 18:00
