Welcome to NRG Events PopCon, Indianapolis (May 8th - 10th)!

NRGEvents.gg is Powering Your Play at PopCon.us, a convention dedicated to all things pop culture now welcoming the new Card Hall (located in Hall A) ran by NRG. With your favorite games and a community of enthusiastic players the PopCon.us Card Hall offers Learn to Play, large cash-prize main events, a jam-packed roster of side events, free play areas, and more!

This is your chance to play your way. Whether you want to assemble your Infinity Gauntlet (learn every Trading Card Game at PopCon.us), slay the dragon Smaug (earn a pro tour invite in the NRG Series), do a dungeon crawl (play side events with friends), or find The One Ring (cracking sealed product P.S. this isn't just a metaphor, look up "One Ring MTG") the Card Hall is for you!

NRGEvents is located in Hall A, the Card Hall, of PopCon.us

What is the NRG Series?

The NRG Series is THE Midwest Premiere Tournament circuit. Every NRGEvents.gg weekend includes qualifying Showdowns, Cash Trials, and Regional Championship Qualifiers where players earn NRG Points based on standing or match wins and Showdown winners receive direct invitations to the NRG Championship, an invite-only paper tournament held at the end of the year. Earn enough NRG Points, and you will earn yourself an at-large leaderboard invitation to Champs! More information about leaderboards can be found here.

NRG Champs: Magic has a prize pool of $35,000 and a pro tour invitation contested by 24 qualifying players. NRG Champs: Riftbound has a prize pool of $15,000 contested by 16 qualifying players.

What is PopCon.us?

Think of PopCon as the ultimate "World Enchantment" for your NRG tournament weekend. We know the NRG crowd lives for the perfect shuffle and the high-stakes top-deck, so we’ve decided to give your TCG grind a legendary upgrade. While you’re busy tapping mana and crushing brackets in the NRG tabletop arena, PopCon is the massive, multi-genre playground happening all around you—filled with celebrity guests, world-class cosplay, and enough rare collectibles to make your stashed-away foils look like common bulk. We’re officially partnering with NRG to prove that you can actually have a social life without leaving the game room. Whether you’re here to take home the trophy or just to find a playmat that actually matches your deck, grab your gear; consider PopCon the ultimate expansion pack for your NRG tournament experience.

Click here to view the full Popcon schedule!

Event Information

Admission to the Card Hall is free for everyone! Enrollment in any NRGEvents.gg event gives access to a special one time deal: a $20 PopCon day badge or a $40 PopCon Weekend Badge!

Day	Card Hall Hours	Expo Hall Hours
Friday May 8th	Noon - 8pm	1pm (12:30pm for VIP) - 7pm
Saturday May 9th	8am - 8pm	10:30am (10am for VIP) - 7pm
Sunday May 10th	8am - 6pm	10:30am (10am for VIP) - 5pm

View and register for events in the "Events" tab.

Participating TCGs:

Magic: The Gathering
Flesh and Blood
Riftbound
Pokemon
Lorcana
Digimon
One Piece

Learn to Play, 10am-7pm

Learn to Play is open from 10am-7pm (noon-8pm on Friday), is free, and does not require registration; just walk up on your own time, sit down, and learn a great new game! After completing your learn to play game you will be gifted 5 prize wall tickets, enough to get you your first booster pack!

On Demand Events

We will be offering the following on demand events.

Game	Events
All Games	Win-a-Bunch 8 Player Single Elimination (Any constructed format of any TCG)
Magic: the Gathering	Commander Pods, 8 Player Draft, 4 Player Pick Two Draft, Win-a-box
Riftbound	Free-For-All 3-4 player Pods

Guest Artists

Guest artists at NRGEvents Popcon include:

Inklin Customs
Andrea Radeck
Joe Slucher
Jeff Miracola
Phil Stone
Feline Alters
Ken Meyer Jr.
More artists To Be Announced

Hotel Block

NRG has arranged a discount hotel block at $140/night. Bookings must be made BEFORE April 8th so book now! There is a large concert featuring Morgan Wallen this weekend so hotels will be sparse. We highly recommend securing your room via the NRG hotel block as soon as possible. If a hotel in unavailable or unaffordable, we recommend looking for hotels or Airbnbs further from the convention center and utilizing Indy's robust bus system.

Questions?

Ask us in our Discord or email Event Manager Liam at liam@nerdragegaming.com

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