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Sell your cards to a local shop
1,221 card shops in this directory buy cards (14% of all listed shops). Each one is marked Buys collections because its customers' reviews or its own website say so.
How to sell a collection to a card shop
- Know what you have. Sort by game and set, then pull out the cards that look valuable. Look up recent sold prices for those cards, not asking prices. That gives you a fair baseline before anyone makes an offer.
- Bring your cards sorted. Keep your best cards in sleeves or toploaders, and keep bulk separate. A shop can make a faster, clearer offer on a sorted stack than on a loose shoebox.
- Expect less than market value in cash. Shops usually pay a share of market value for cash, and more if you take store credit. They need room to resell the card. If you play or collect, credit can be the better deal.
- Get more than one offer. Shops focus on different games and need different cards. The same binder can get very different offers across town.
- Call ahead for a big collection. Ask when the buyer is in, whether they are buying your game right now, and if they need a photo ID. Some shops set times for large buys.
Cities with the most card buyers
- New York, NY 10 buyers
- Chicago, IL 8 buyers
- Las Vegas, NV 8 buyers
- Cincinnati, OH 7 buyers
- Louisville, KY 7 buyers
- Charlotte, NC 6 buyers
- Rochester, NY 6 buyers
- Sacramento, CA 6 buyers
- San Antonio, TX 6 buyers
- San Diego, CA 6 buyers
- Waco, TX 6 buyers
- Indianapolis, IN 5 buyers
- Lexington, KY 5 buyers
- Albuquerque, NM 4 buyers
- Austin, TX 4 buyers
- Bangor, ME 4 buyers
- Billings, MT 4 buyers
- Clearwater, FL 4 buyers
- Columbus, OH 4 buyers
- Fort Wayne, IN 4 buyers
- Fort Worth, TX 4 buyers
- Fresno, CA 4 buyers
- Greenville, SC 4 buyers
- Houston, TX 4 buyers
- Jacksonville, FL 4 buyers
- Largo, FL 4 buyers
- Phoenix, AZ 4 buyers
- Tampa, FL 4 buyers
- Albany, NY 3 buyers
- Baton Rouge, LA 3 buyers
- Bloomington, MN 3 buyers
- Buford, GA 3 buyers
- Burton, MI 3 buyers
- Easton, PA 3 buyers
- Evansville, IN 3 buyers
- Grand Rapids, MI 3 buyers
- Marietta, GA 3 buyers
- Mesa, AZ 3 buyers
- Mobile, AL 3 buyers
- Murrieta, CA 3 buyers
- Myrtle Beach, SC 3 buyers
- New Hartford, NY 3 buyers
- Newport News, VA 3 buyers
- Portland, OR 3 buyers
- Renton, WA 3 buyers
- Richardson, TX 3 buyers
- Richmond, KY 3 buyers
- Rochester, MN 3 buyers
- Salem, OR 3 buyers
- Sandy, UT 3 buyers
- Santa Ana, CA 3 buyers
- Simpsonville, SC 3 buyers
- Syracuse, NY 3 buyers
- Texarkana, TX 3 buyers
- Vancouver, WA 3 buyers
- Voorhees Township, NJ 3 buyers
- Wilmington, NC 3 buyers
- Alexandria, LA 2 buyers
- Amelia, OH 2 buyers
- Arlington, TX 2 buyers
Sell cards by state
- Alabama 16 buyers
- Alaska 1 buyer
- Arizona 18 buyers
- Arkansas 13 buyers
- California 120 buyers
- Colorado 19 buyers
- Connecticut 30 buyers
- Delaware 6 buyers
- Florida 78 buyers
- Georgia 20 buyers
- Hawaii 2 buyers
- Idaho 9 buyers
- Illinois 42 buyers
- Indiana 34 buyers
- Iowa 11 buyers
- Kansas 10 buyers
- Kentucky 31 buyers
- Louisiana 13 buyers
- Maine 9 buyers
- Maryland 17 buyers
- Massachusetts 23 buyers
- Michigan 50 buyers
- Minnesota 30 buyers
- Mississippi 6 buyers
- Missouri 15 buyers
- Montana 7 buyers
- Nebraska 1 buyer
- Nevada 10 buyers
- New Hampshire 8 buyers
- New Jersey 53 buyers
- New Mexico 6 buyers
- New York 66 buyers
- North Carolina 39 buyers
- North Dakota 3 buyers
- Ohio 56 buyers
- Oklahoma 12 buyers
- Oregon 24 buyers
- Pennsylvania 57 buyers
- Rhode Island 6 buyers
- South Carolina 21 buyers
- South Dakota 3 buyers
- Tennessee 25 buyers
- Texas 90 buyers
- Utah 19 buyers
- Vermont 3 buyers
- Virginia 25 buyers
- Washington 34 buyers
- West Virginia 3 buyers
- Wisconsin 25 buyers
- Wyoming 2 buyers
Card shops that buy, with the most reviews
Ranked by Google rating × number of reviews. Under each shop is the proof that it buys cards.
Buys collections Sports cardsPokémon
4.6Rating
9,782Reviews
2Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
Guardian Games
4.7★
Buys collections PokémonMagic: The GatheringSports cards
4.7Rating
4,022Reviews
3Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
Millennium Games
4.7★
Buys collections PokémonMagic: The GatheringOne Piece
4.7Rating
2,947Reviews
8Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
Layton Gaming
4.9★
Buys collections PokémonMagic: The GatheringOne Piece
4.9Rating
2,667Reviews
5Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
The Hobby Source
4.8★
Buys collections PokémonYu-Gi-Oh!Sports cards
4.8Rating
2,625Reviews
3Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
Buys collections Magic: The GatheringPokémon
4.8Rating
2,456Reviews
2Games
Buys cards, per the shop's website.
Questions about selling cards
- How much will a card shop pay for my cards?
- Shops usually pay a share of what a card sells for, because they have to resell it and cover rent and staff. Expect a cash offer below market value, and a higher offer if you take store credit. Ask for both numbers.
- Do card shops buy Pokémon and sports cards?
- Many do, but not every shop buys every game. Of the 1,221 shops listed here as buyers, 1,108 carry Pokémon, 569 carry sports cards and 684 carry Magic: The Gathering. Call ahead and ask whether they are buying your game right now.
- How do you know a shop buys cards?
- A shop is listed as a buyer only when its customers' reviews or its own website say it buys cards. The proof is shown under each shop.