May 1st - 2nd, 2026 Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts Update 12/18/25: Please note, due to unprecedented demand, North American Premodern Champs 2025 sold out in a mere 90 seconds. We honestly did not expect this and are doing our best to make adjustments based off what happened on 12/14. A new Hardcast episode has been … Continue reading Premodern LOBSTERCON 2026 Info and Registration →

September 12 - 13, 2025 Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts WHAT IS THIS? This is a community-organized Magic: The Gathering weekend in Greater Boston, featuring the 2025 Old School Magic (93/94) World Championships. Since 2018, LOBSTERCON has been New England Old School's marquee event, continuing as an annual charity fundraiser for Room to Grow, a non-profit … Continue reading Old School LOBSTERCON 2025 Info and Registration →

REPORT of RESULTS The 9th annual Old School Magic Winter Derby is in the books! This year's event featured 178 participants representing 18 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States). Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 690 … Continue reading 2025 Old School Magic Winter Derby Results and Deck Photos →

LOBSTERCON 2024, a community-driven Old School and Premodern Magic: The Gathering event in Greater Boston, was held on September 20-21, 2024. Now in its seventh year, LOBSTERCON has grown into a full-on multi-day festival for 1990s-era Magic enthusiasts, with four different "official" tournaments and countless other organized activities including cube drafts, ante rodeos, a Sorcery: … Continue reading LOBSTERCON 2024: Organizer’s Report →

REPORT of RESULTS The 8th annual Old School Magic Summer Derby is in the books! This year's event featured 112 participants representing 17 countries. Xanadude seals a Top 8 match win with a Terror against Rob Hackney While entry fees were not collected and the Derby series will always remain free to play, we once … Continue reading 2024 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos →

REPORT of RESULTS The 8th annual Old School Magic Winter Derby is in the books! This year's event featured 190 participants representing 18 countries (Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States). Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 720 … Continue reading 2024 Old School Magic Winter Derby Results and Deck Photos →

REPORT of RESULTS The 7th annual Old School Magic Summer Derby is in the books! This year's event featured 147 participants. Over the span of six weeks, we played roughly 570 matches of Old School Magic via webcam. Pez resolves this Fireball to force a game 3 in this Top 16 match vs Chris Karakasis … Continue reading 2023 Old School Magic Summer Derby Results and Deck Photos →

LOBSTERCON 2023, a two-day Old School and Premodern Magic: The Gathering event in Greater Boston, was held on June 2-3, 2023. Let's start with the numbers: more than 260 attendees, including Magic enthusiasts from all over the U.S. and Canada, plus Austria, Chile, Germany, Guatemala, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. 186 players for the North American … Continue reading LOBSTERCON 2023: Organizer’s Report →