Sorcerers at the Core

Siege at the Core 2026

News

Raffaela Lerch holding her paintbrushes, in front of one of her desert paintings, with the words "Artist reveal: Raffaela Lerch, Aronja-Art".

Featured artist

Aronja-Art submerges Siege in her fantasy art

05 November 2026

Raffaela Lerch (Aronja-Art) painted the Alpha deserts and Atlantean Fate. At Siege at the Core 2026 she signs cards and brings prints, playmats, and artist proofs.

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Pietro in front of his sketches of Archangel Raphael

Alter artist

Pietro Desirò returns with more alters

01 Nov 2026

Pietro hand-paints one-of-a-kind alters of Sorcery cards. His alters are back as prizes this year: the top four of Saturday's Grand Contest each take one home.

The Silver Bullet artwork, a silver bullet flying high above the clouds at sunrise, with the words "Prize Support" and the Siege at the Core logo.

Prize support

A Grand Contest with Grand Prizes

23 Oct 2026

This year Siege at the Core is a Grand Contest and that comes with more stature, more opportunities and more prizes. A summary of what is up for grabs for top players and participants.

James spreading his arms in the Donnybrook Inn, a tavern-style room with painted barrels, with the words "Our Caster" and the Siege at the Core logo.

Meet the caster

Q&A with James, our head caster

20 Oct 2026

James, known online as Arboghast, found Sorcery while hunting obscure boosters for a chaotic Magic format. At Siege at the Core 2026, his first Siege, he is our head caster.

Heidi Taillefer in front of a close-up of her painting of the dove from the Sorcery card Peace Offering.

Featured artist

Heidi Taillefer brings her machines to Zaventem

15 Oct 2026

She traces her work back to clockwork around the house and the skeletal cyborg in Terminator. Twenty Sorcery cards later, Heidi Taillefer is at Quartier Papier on Saturday and Sunday, signing cards.

Vincent Pompetti in a blue Pineto T-shirt, in front of a close-up of his painting of the spear Rhongomyniad.

Featured artist

Vincent Pompetti: the hand behind 43 Sorcery cards comes to Zaventem

09 Oct 2026

He has painted Sorcery since Alpha, by hand and in watercolour ink. He told the Arthurian legend in his own book years before Arthurian Legends, and the key visuals of all three Siege editions are his. Vincent Pompetti is at Quartier Papier on Saturday and Sunday.

Zach, in blue, in the centre of the frame, overlooking players at the SCG-CON DC Grand Contest, with the words "Our Head Judge" and the Siege at the Core logo.

Q&A

Meet Zachattack

05 Oct 2026

Zach is head judge for the whole weekend of Siege at the Core 2026, Grand Contest included, his first in Europe. How to call a judge, the mistakes he sees most, and the ruling he still thinks about.

The words "Casters wanted" over Sorcery artwork of a hooded spellcaster, with the Siege at the Core logo.

Call for help

Casters wanted for Siege at the Core 2026

02 Oct 2026

Siege at the Core 2026 will be livestreamed, and both casting roles are still open: one head caster for the weekend, and several guest casters who each take a few matches. Find out what the role is and how to reach us.

The Siege at the Core 2025 campaign artwork by Vincent Pompetti

Video

Siege at the Core 2025, now on YouTube

01 Oct 2026

Relive last year's edition. The Saturday main event of Siege at the Core 2025, the Gothic launch weekend in December 2025, is now on YouTube: every match from the Swiss to the Final, with commentary by Niek Van Lissum and Robert Fitzgerald Bellone.

The Siege at the Core campaign artwork by Vincent Pompetti

Announcement

Registration for Siege at the Core 2026 is open

04 Sept 2026

Three days in Zaventem, December 4 to 6, and the final European Grand Contest of 2026. The first one in Europe where Frost Mage vs Lavamancer is tournament legal, with amazing artists like Vincent Pompetti joining us.