Matrix Cards Games & Hobbies

Redding’s best games and hobbies shop. My husband mostly grew up here in Redding and he was surprised by the store!
Matrix takes over 3 whole store fronts: one store for board games, one for painting and putting together figures?, and one for hosting tournaments.
The board games store offers a decent selection of board games. I wish they had more to choose from but what they have will do. What’s cool about this store is that the entire back wall contains several long tables that people can sit at and at board games! There are several sample board games that people can look at and actually okay with as well!
Didn’t get a chance to look at the second store (middle store) as well but it looked cool from the outside. I’m guessing that the third store is actually where they get most their business from. They have a JAM PACKED calendar of tournaments. Every Tuesday they host a $ 10 Magic draft and every Friday they host a $ 15 Magic draft.
The draft is pretty organized… My one complaint is that the Magic tournament rounds are so slow! They are strict with their 50-​minute rounds; even if all players are finished, the clock continues to run and they do not move on to the next round. Same issue with the deck-​building phase. Everyone had completed drafting and deck-​building but the maximum amount of time was still in effect.
The draft will only fire if 8 players show up so plan accordingly and perhaps bring a commander, standard, or modern magic deck for while you wait. Prize structure varies depending on the number of people participating in the draft. Yesterday, 16 people drafted for Tuesday’s $ 10 draft and only first 2 places earn prizes and 3 random people get store credit. Also, it doesn’t seem fair that players can be match up against players from another draft pod. Sometimes groups of 8 open packs of disparate power levels.
The store also offers a wide variety of deck boxes, card sleeves, and play mats.

I purchased an item from this store off of eBay and the pricing was awesome and shipping was unbelievably fast. Thank you!

This place is so unfriendly. Having moved here from Chico, where the game community is friendly and inclusive, my husband and I have been shocked at how unwelcoming Matrix is. You can sit in this shop for hours and no one will speak to you or will turn you down if you ask to play games. They have a MTG draft every Friday, supposedly, but I’ve only seen it happen once because they can’t seem to get enough people to want to come play. I’m not surprised. My husband and I prefer to commute 90 minutes to the shops in Chico where players are welcomed and made to feel comfortable than spend any more time at this place.

First off I think they should change their name to «Matrix Games Hobbies & Cards» because they focus on the products in that order, so if you’re going for a board game or the miniatures games then yeah they have what you’re looking for but if you’re a card person like me you’ll be quite disappointed, first off they have no Pokémon cards even though we were told by the owner that they did, second their selection of cards is quite low the «magic the gathering» selection was equivalent to Walmart’s and all the other cards selections were lower than Walmart’s so I left quite let down. However I will say that the owner is a very friendly guy and everyone in the game café’ seemed to be having a fun time, though the one card gamer I saw in there looked a bit put off for some reason. And the last thing I’ll say is that I’m happy there is a shop like this in Redding at all, but if the card room was fixed I’d give a shining 5 star review.

I love going to Matrix! The owners are amazing, and their staff are super sweet and helpful. Anytime you need help with purchasing or even just have a question about a game, they have an answer.
I go to FNM with my boyfriend so he can play magic while I play World of Warcraft.
The customers that go are respectful and fun, and I have never found another card/​game store that has the same welcoming atmosphere.

Super-​friendly staff and atmosphere, great inventory. Board game café allowing you to play games for free. At least 20% off all purchases. Prices comparable to Internet.

Totally rad place to explore board games. A great selection with prices comparable to finds on the internet. Super friendly staff and relaxed atmosphere.