The Arcane Lab

This is my one stop shop for everything Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering and D&D Related. I love the selection of items here and the staff are very chill. Also it is a great place to go if you want to get involved in a tabletop roleplaying game group. They also host tournaments for various games but you might have to ask about those in store.

Awesome store, more choices than anywhere else period! The owner is a very friendly and knowledgeable gentleman.

Best TCG store in Merced.

The Arcane Lab is a great game store, but they focus on Trading Card Games(TCGs). It's 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 who's seen their fair share of game stores this has consistently been my favorite!

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.

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.

Arcane lab is great! Me and my friends can only play one spell a turn but that doesn't stop us from having a good time!

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. It's definitely a great place to make new friends!

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

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.

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 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

Best place to find how much your pokemon costs. Awesome customer service.
Pretty cool place

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

Ultra inviting staff; great spot for meeting or finding a group; cool and friendly community; awesome events. I couldn't ask for more, and I hope other have the same experience as me.

Arcane Lab was fantastic this last trip. We found everything we needed. Manny is very helpful..... Personable. AAA+++

Staff is awesome at this place. My husband has been going here for years.

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

Very friendly, always helpful