Raven Forge Games

Raven Forge Games is a friendly local game store at 132 S Steele St in Sanford, North Carolina, built around trading card games, tabletop role-playing and miniatures. It carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece Card Game and Disney Lorcana, backs that with a stock of more than 100,000 singles, and runs a Wizards Play Network Premium store. It suits Magic and Commander players in particular, and anyone who wants a room to play in rather than just a counter to buy from.

What's on the shelves

Singles are the store's depth. More than 100,000 cards are available to buy, spanning Magic, Pokémon and One Piece, and the singles catalog is sold online for in-store pickup or shipping. The shelves also carry board games, Warhammer and books, all of which can be bought online and either picked up at the store or delivered. The wider lineup of games the store supports takes in Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Warhammer 40K, Blood Bowl, Star Wars Legion, Gundam and Riftbound alongside the card games above.

Organized play and events

As a Wizards Play Network Premium store, Raven Forge Games is a confirmed Magic organized-play location. The store's biggest event is Raven Fest, a multi-day festival that in 2026 began on Friday, March 27, with a lineup that reaches well past Magic. Tournament tickets are paid for in advance and no same-day tickets are issued. Players register for the tournaments after buying a ticket.

Bracket 2 decks must stay under $300 by market price with no proxies allowed, while the cEDH event allows proxies under strict rules about artwork, text and card thickness and pays more than $1,000 in prizes to the top 10 players only.

The rest of the Raven Fest lineup shows the store's range:

• A Magic cube double feature on Saturday, run with Uber Cube and drawing on six cubes, in which players draft and play twice in one day.
• A Disney Lorcana 2v2 team event on Sunday, with the winning team taking 36 packs of Whispers in the Well.
• A One Piece OP-15 release event on Saturday, part of the rescheduled festival lineup.
• A speed puzzling team event with gift card prizes, topped by a $100 gift card for first place.
• Charity-minded touches, including discounted food over the weekend at participating downtown restaurants.

Space and private room

The store is laid out in three zones: a front play space, an area of miniature tables and demo games, and a back event space for larger tournaments. A private room can also be booked. It holds two 8 foot tables, up to 10 chairs and a couch, and comes with Dungeons & Dragons adventures and access to a library of board games.

Getting there

The store sits at 132 S Steele St in Sanford. Anyone planning around a specific Raven Fest tournament should buy a ticket ahead of time rather than count on the door.

The local scene

Sanford has a compact cluster of card shops. Aunt Kay's Classic Collections is about 0.1 miles away and Exotic Pullz Cards & Collectibles about 0.2 miles, with Hero Source Toys & Collectibles about 1.9 miles and Limited Cards about 2.5 miles out. TJ's Cards in Carthage is about 16.3 miles away. For larger shows, the Raleigh/Crabtree Sports Card, TCG, Pokemon & Hobby Event, about 37.5 miles away, and Pokémon Mini Con, about 43.2 miles away, both begin November 1, 2026, and Raleigh TCG Con, also about 43.2 miles away, begins November 20, 2026.