There’s something that feels, dare I say, special about MagicCon compared to other nerdy conventions out there. It probably has something to do with the fact that the three-day annual event is so focused on a singular game. At Comic-Con or even PAX conventions, there’s a shared nerdiness across all the attendees, but despite some overlap in the things we like, everybody’s into their own thing. But at MagicCon: Las Vegas 2026 — my first time attending Wizards of the Coast’s convention dedicated to Magic: The Gathering— I quickly realized that just about every stranger felt more like a friend I hadn’t met yet. I didn’t expect anybody to have heard of my obscure, 27-year-old Commander from Urza’s Legacy, yet multiple people eagerly nodded and asked to see my deck.