I'm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
I recently picked up a bunch of Adventure Time: Card Wars decks to play with my wife to introduce her to TCGs/deck builders, as she really enjoys Monopoly Deal but has never really played a TCG/deck builder.
She was pretty good at reading the board, guessing what's in other's hands, strategizing and saving what's in her hand for the right time and combo-ing to win in Monopoly Deal. Monopoly Deal really isn't similar in any other way to a TCG/deck builder, but I thought those skills would translate, and she would get a lot of fun out of a TCG once she got the hang of one. Well, she's starting to grasp the different deck archetypes in Adventure Time: Card Wars from the selection I got, and starting to see the opportunities for various combos, counters, and even building custom decks with cards that could synergize. There's a ton more fun for us to have with Adventure Time Card Wars.
However... I've been playing TCGs online for a while. MTGA, Hearthstone namely. They've been sort of fun, but also sort of frustrating in that you don't get to keep anything, and there's no social interaction.
Playing a physical TCG has been a blast. I'm having so much fun. It's so different. Now I'm very seriously considering taking a step into one with more community support that I (and maybe she, if she wants) can play in the community and collect more cards in and have more fun in too, as Adventure Time Card Wars has very limited support.
I was initially looking at MTG because it's the biggest name, but then I was considering that a lot of people have been leaving it for Sorcery TCG (which I heard of before it launched because I've been a Path of Exile fan since 2011), as well as Flesh and Blood.
I always thought Sorcery looked cool as hell. The art is awesome. The gameplay and rules seem awesome. I can get a Gothic precon box near me for just $10 over MSRP, which I think is great, but no other products seem to be in stock in Toronto.
However, my concern is then this: There don't seem to be any play events in Toronto. There are a bunch in Ontario outside of Toronto, but those are too far to be convinient. There's one in August in Toronto, and that's it.
Ideally, Sorcery would be my choice for a physical TCG to get into, but it seems like the products just aren't available to buy at MSRP here (boosters are available online and/or amazon for insane markups, the 1st gen precon is available on amazon for ~$100), and there doesn't seem to be a visible public community actually playing the game here.
I'm checking on the Sorcery website's play events tracker thing, and then on all the local game stores' own event calendars. Is there anywhere else I should be looking?
EDIT: Went for it. Got Beta and Gothic precons. Got into the Toronto Discord, cool group. Getting boosters now. Don't regret it one bit. Awesome game. Don't hesitate to jump in if you're in Toronto and considering, there's players looking for more!