The Deep Comics & Games

The Deep Comics & Games is a comics, games and toys store at 2205 Mock Road SW in Huntsville, Alabama, with a play schedule that covers most of the major trading card games plus miniatures and role-playing nights. It carries Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece Card Game, Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Digimon Card Game and Star Wars: Unlimited, and it keeps late hours on weekends. It suits players who want a different game on almost every night of the week, and comic readers who want a pull list.

What's on the shelves

Six card games anchor the store: Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece Card Game, Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Digimon Card Game and Star Wars: Unlimited. Union Arena and Cardfight Vanguard also have weekly tournaments, so both have a following here. Comics are the other half of the business. Weekly new releases, pre-orders on upcoming issues and subscription lists are all handled through the store's online sales links, so a reader can add or drop titles without coming in.

Weekly play

Entry to every card tournament is $5. Miniatures, Warhammer and role-playing nights are free to play. Open gaming also runs all day whenever the store is open and tables are free, and players are welcome to bring friends and play any game they like. Scheduled events take priority on the space, so a busy Friday night is not the time to count on an empty table. Where a game has two sessions in the week, both are shown below.

Most of the 6:00 PM events fall on weeknights, while the weekend slots run earlier in the day.

Hours and getting there

The store is open seven days a week, with its longest hours on Friday and Saturday.

Friday and Saturday hours run until the last game ends, and the store stays open until at least 9 PM on those nights.

The local scene

The Deep sits in a cluster of hobby shops along the same stretch of Huntsville. Hit Comic's, Coin, & Collectibles is 0.3 miles away, Red Panda Hobbies and Games is 0.4 miles, Champs Sports Cards is 0.5 miles, Retro Gamer is 0.7 miles and Gravity Games is about a mile out, so a card hunt can easily take in several stores in one trip.