Play or Draw

I love this place! I don’t play MTG much anymore, but if i did, I would buy my cards here. I love the selection of board and tabletop games. The staff is very friendly and delightfully helpful. When the store did not have the next Dominion game in stock, the owners special ordered it for us and had it less than a week. Amazon may be able to occasionally beat them on price, but the service and atmosphere trumps that every time!

Best MTG store in the Valley. If you are looking for a card they probably have it. Huge gaming area that can hold over 100 players for large tournaments like PTQ’S and state championships. Highly competitive environment but the players are friendly.

This is one of the best shops I have ever been to. They don’t mind if you don’t buy cards, although when I need something, I buy from them. Prices are always fair, and they constantly have well, everything. Joe and Andrew are some of the nicest guys. This place is truly a place where nerds can gather, and be nerds.

Great store and great atmosphere. I came in about noon to just play one game with a friend. There was plenty of open seating and tables to play on. I didn’t check much of the inventory but I did purchase an X-​wing miniature for my game while I was there. The selection for X-​wing miniatures was decent and was fairly priced for small expansion packages. It was Saturday and there was about four other groups there playing cards. If anyone is up for x-​wing I would recommend playing here as well.
Message me on Unilocal if you want to play a laid-​back game on a weekend.

Play or Draw (PoD) is probably the best hobby shop I have ever been to. Excellent inventory, terrifically clean and well organized space, lots of well attended events. To be completely honest, if I wasn’t in grad school I would say it is easily always worth the drive.
The owners, Joe and Andrew, are very helpful and have extensive knowledge about their main product, magic. In fact, Joe used to play on the professional tour. They’re also there every day. They’re pretty much the only two people working there which makes you feel like you’re really getting to know the people running the business.
This shop is terrific for:
Standard
Modern
EDH
PPTQs
SCG IQs
Any sort of other relatively large tournaments hosted in AZ
They also fire legacy and draft every so often.
Pretty much every player in Arizona knows about this place so if you’re new to the area or passing through, definitely check it out. If you’ve been in AZ for a while and have been curious about the shop but never felt like venturing out, I’ll just say this; It’s worth it.

Rarely in this world does a gamer find a truly excellent gaming store. Play or draw is a gaming store of such caliber. With an excellent and friendly staff, along with a fantastic gaming community surrounding it, this store offers the best gaming experience possibly available to mankind. If they do not have an item in stock that you want, which is unlikely because their inventory is enormous, they are gladly willing to find it and buy it online and make sure that you have it within a timely fashion.

I’ve been to game stores in probably 20 states over the past 20 years. Play or Draw is the best shop I’ve ever been to. They support a great family atmosphere (my wife and 2 children also play there) and have the best stock of Magic cards in AZ with great prices.

Play or Draw (PoD) is the best shop in AZ, by far. They have everything in stock 99% of the time. The owners, Joe and Andrew, are both nice guys and accomplished Magic players. They’re more than happy to give deck building and playing advice, when they have time. In fact, you can frequently find them drafting with anyone who wants to learn how to play.
Furthermore, PoD has one of best player communities I’ve ever seen. Everyone is friendly and welcoming to both veteran and new players alike. However, there is a high skill cap at this shop. Many of the players at PoD are competitive and have multiple tournaments under their belt. Nevertheless, these same players are very friendly and willing to give advice to anyone who asks. If you’re looking to improve as a magic player, you couldn’t ask for a better community.
Ultimately, this shop has the whole package. I’ve been to many of the shops in AZ, and while they’re all good, Play or Draw is noticeably the superior shop. If you’re looking for a Magic or gaming shop in Arizona, the stocked inventory, knowledgeable and friendly owners, and excellent community at Play or Draw can’t be beat.

Best shop in town! Great product selection and great service. Consistently exceeds expectations and treats they’re customers well. highly recommend to anyone looking to play tcg or board games!

Might be good for magic and card games but called about a board game and they’re selling it for double MSRP. Not for me.

I found this shop on Unilocal.I’m so glad I did. They have had every card I have ever been looking for. On top of when I received what I thought was a fake revised dual land from an online trader they where more than happy to look at it and tell me yes it was fake. They have by far the largest play area I have ever seen for a magic shop. Always happy to answer my questions.

Great to have this in Avondale. I really wish they had more table top RPG and board games/​miniature games :)

Second time I’ve been into this shop and I was not impressed. Customer service was bad. The first time we came in they seemed irritated that we wanted to know the prices of some of the products. They told us they used eBay low prices in a way that was very off putting, I’m asking because we wanted to buy the $ 200 set, but we ended up finding it cheaper ON EBAY. This led me to believe they aren’t using accurate pricing. The girl had no idea what anything was. When we came back the second time it took 23 minutes before anyone asked us if they could help us. It was not that they were busy, the guy who finally helped us out was sitting at a table playing a table top game with some people. They were using profanity and it was all very unprofessional. While we were there 2 other groups came in and were also ignored. I’ll take my business elsewhere from now on. Maybe somewhere that knows how to treat paying customers.

I love this place for so many reasons.
Firstly, the store itself. It is so roomy, well lit, and clean. There are plenty of tables and comfortable chairs — ones with cushion, instead of the metal folding chairs so often used in game stores. The ceilings are high and everything is spread out so well that it doesn’t feel cramped.
They have probably the biggest collection of Magic cards that I have seen in a local store. Great variety, and very good prices. The players are nice as well, always willing to help out those who are less experienced. It’s a very friendly atmosphere.
The owners are awesome. We brought in a board game and one of the guys sat down to learn it, then he ordered a copy to stock in the store. When we needed a shade of paint that they didn’t have, the owners special ordered it for us.
I’m so glad to finally have a gaming store on this side of town.

I have been playing Magic for many years and at many different game stores. Play or Draw is hands down the best place to play. This store has the largest selection of cards in the valley and offers the most fair prices for both cash and trades. Their events are some of the most organized I have ever played in. If you are a long time player or new to the game I highly recommend Play or Draw.