The Arcane Lab is a great game store, but they focus on Trading Card Games(TCGs). Its important to make that distinction, as many people will go expecting to buy Monopoly or used video games. They work really hard in keeping the temperature a very comfortable degree, and they really push for an active card game community! Especially with other local game stores in the central valley. As a person whos seen their fair share of game stores this has consistently been my favorite!

Best trading card store in town. Love the owners and the support staff on FNM

Th place holds tons of fun events, respect mask laws, and always sell at a fair value. No better place this this one here.

Store are super small. They have a variety of playing mat to select. They mainly focus on Magic the Gathering and then 2ndly Pokemon. But yes they do have a little bit Yugioh card sealed pack for sale too. The only displayed card they have a Magic.

Just went in today friendly atmosphere, customer service, and plenty of card products.Even if its focused more on Magic products, as a Yugioh player the guy in front talked about Infernoids which was hella cool.It was tempting to buy the box for Blazing Vortex. They play tournaments there so hopefully that comes back after this pandemic.

Closed until further noticed...

Best place for all your tabletop gaming needs. Prices are reasonable and you are supporting small business.

I was pleasantly surprised at this store. Good prices, friendly atmosphere, and a large stock of cards/supplies. They even have a dedicated area upstairs to play.

Great place to buy dice or board games. The service is great here. I would definitely return the next time I need dice.

Totally friendly and chill store, the workers were all super helpful and also really nice. Steven helped me plan out a commander deck in mtg, going so far as to look at possibly helpful cards online. Cant wait to finish it and play with it here!

My experience is at Arcane lab is semi great. These is a small store,& play room to play Magic the gathering card games,&other games are on sale. They also have Tournaments on selected days.Please ask about that.

Great CCG shop... employees are friendly and helpful... decent amount of MTG singles available... upstairs game room is comfortable.

The best gaming shop locally. They run multiple Magic events regularly, EDH and modern for sure, new EDH league starting soon.As a new player to magic it was really disarming when the shop owner offered to help us with a rules clarification and made it clear we were welcome.The crowd that visits is really friendly, made new friends the first time we showed up.Come play and support an extremely-deserving local business.Thanks for the space you create guys, will definitely be back.

Only place in town that sells Pokemon cards at double the price... Scalpers!... Go to Comic Clubhouse instead...

Whether you play Magic the Gathering, Yugioh, Pokemon, Cardfight Vanguard, or any other game, The Arcane Lab is the place to be! The community is very friendly and all around positive. Its definitely a great place to make new friends!

The Arcane Lab is a great place to find a game of Magic: The Gathering, Vanguard, YugiOh, Pokèmon and many other card/board games.The event support is very good Standard (FNM), draft, sealed and commander being the big ones.The sell mostly cards for standard and a bit of modern cards aswell. Sealed product can vary, but as far as Magic they always have the new sets, commander decks in stocks and sleeves. Aswell as DND stuff, vanguard sealed product and pokèmon. Binders for commander consists of mostly new stuff with a small variety old or rare* stuff.I try to buy most of my cards here to support local buisness, but if youre on a tight budget and building budget or trying to find old cards youre probably better off buying it online.Service: 5/5Variety: 4/5Events: 5/5Price: 3/5

Hands down one of the best Local Game Stores in the Central Valley. Events for all kinds of TCGs specializing in Magic: The Gathering. Great staff and inviting environment, would highly recommend to anyone.

They really only offer 1-2 RPGs and their merchandise is pretty limited to those games.

Great place for Magic tournaments, Manny is the best and very knowledgeable.

Best in the county. Oftentimes the only one in the county...

Friendly owner. Has tons of MTG products available, would highly recommend to anyone starting off playing MTG

Manny is friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere is friendly with tons of events for everyone

Nice friendly and made me enjoy my time there

Nice place very friendly. Only missing thing is figures and figure paints

Cool guy havent played there yet but a decent shop.

Great owner very familiar with his products!Magic is the main game there but they carry Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon. Also some board games such as dungeons and dragons

Its a fun place to hangout and play Yu-Gi-Oh, magic and Pokemon with your friends

Wonderful place to come and hang out with other like minded nerds.

Great service, selection, and events for Magic the Gathering and other tabletop needs.

A fun place to get into most tabletop games.

Very welcoming to new and old players. Prices are competitive with online.

I had recently gotten back into Yu-Gi-Oh! and two of my friends recommended me to check this place out. The clerk was very nice and knowledgeable. He had informed me of a weekly Yu-Gi-Oh! get-together, I don’t recall what he called it. They’ve got a great MtG and Pokémon selection, not as much Yu-Gi-Oh! But it’s all up to date and the most recent items. I wish I had more to say about this place, but overall I had a great experience.

Ultra inviting staff; great spot for meeting or finding a group; cool and friendly community; awesome events. I couldnt ask for more, and I hope other have the same experience as me.

Only fun if you have friends

Very satisfied with my purchases. I always find something new for a really good price.

Nice employees great place to nerd out

Great staff, cool place to hang out and play games.

If youre looking for a card shop that focuses on things like Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! or Dungeons & Dragons -- this is where you should go!

Outstanding and I will be going back

Great place. Owner is friendly.

Great service and great events.Best place to play magic the gathering in Merced.

Fun venue, the owners are nice and there are always events going on.

Awesome LGS.

Nice shop. Small, mostly Magic and Pokemon.

Good place to go to play Magic

Such a great environment!

Pretty good

Fun family friendly experience

Wonderful people.

Great place friendly

It was fun

Does it still exist?

Jerks!

Cards

Nice guys