I Visited the Best Pokémon Card Shops in New York City

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[@CharlesOakley34]

Avoid both Cards and Coffee and Bleecker Trading if you’re looking for Pokémon in NYC. Cards and Coffee has completely fallen off. Management is awful - not only do they not know anything about Pokemon, but they’ll try and rip you off if you’re looking to sell or trade by offering 50-60% on whatever your cards are actually worth. They also recently sold my friend a light vintage pack for the price of a heavy, which is super scummy business. Next door at Bleecker Trading isn’t much better. They have slightly more selection, but everything comes with a MAJOR West Village tax. They’ll bend over backwards negotiating deals for a KZbinr/influencer, but their buying practices for the average Joe are just as bad as the shop next door. Most of their slabs are SGC and the staff knows nothing about Pokemon either. The shop is tiny and super claustrophobic if there’s anyone else in the store. They host trade nights, but it’s 99% sports cards anyways. Save your time and money - avoid Cards and Coffee and Bleecker Trading in NYC.

[@Youtubefan567]

I went to Poke Court and they also heard that Cards & Coffee sold a "heavy" vintage card pack and it had no holo. The customer didn't get their money back or anything unlike Poke Court which guarantees a holo or your money back for a heavy pack as it should contain a holo. Not sure if your friend is the same person Poke Court referred to but that was about 1 month ago.

[@Bananasforthesoul]

To be fair, 50-60% is pretty standard for any card shop to offer sale or trade in. But rest of what you say is valid.

[@NaloCSGO]

I can't speak for the other stuff but I wanna point out that 50-60% is pretty normal for card shops to sell to. If the card shop turns around and sells your single for negotiation price, it's probably gonna be sold for around 85-90%, which means they are only taking a cut of 25-40%, which is dismantled by employee, rent, insurance, utilities, sourcing costs, etc. They don't get to exist for free. Not only that, but they're providing an opportunity to directly liquidate your cards with no shipping/middlemen/scam risk.

[@FadedHolySoldier]

Very true bro. I had bad experiences at both places as well.

[@yrsobeautiful]

Agree with cards & coffee. $55 for Paldean Fates ETB and generally pretentious/scammy vibe. I think you're being harsh on Bleecker Trading. They have fair prices and a nice, albeit small store. They have a nice $10 discount for new shoppers and the employees are really nice and helpful. Obviously the prices are not going to reflect online because they have overhead costs, but if you want to whine like a kid, you can call it a "West Village tax". Sorry that the employees didn't suck your dick over Pokemon and that you got nervous being in a store with other people.

[@Monononi]

These guys feel great when they see a KZbinr walk in

[@hawkteflon]

That last shop is awesome. Really cool stuff and not super crowded like a Collectacon would be.

[@Youtubefan567]

Agreed. I went there (Poke Court) and was blown away by their selection. Everyone working there is really cool to talk to as well. My main negative is their hours are very limited (12 - 5:30 PM Monday - Friday) so if you work in NYC and don't work right in that area with a 9 - 5 it's practically impossible to visit.

[@hiltonvelez1423]

Ayeeee DaShop and PokeCourt are top tier stores! Great people too

[@HenTieLord_]

Victor and Courtney are the goat of tcg

[@Hephaestus_God]

5:02 Tbh if I am buying cards from a store I would like for the people selling them to actually know what they are selling. I'd expect that much at a bare minimum. Not the price of every card in existence but at least larger items... Of course the tin has packs in it that was kind of a dumb answer. That salamence tin has been reprinted recently... the back still says 2019, but it has modern silver and lost origin packs within. It also says "Vstar" on the back in a paragraph letting you know its a repacked tin and not the original. You could get cheated out of a purchase if they told you it was 2019.

[@justanothercollector43]

This is all I ask. Not just last sold listings

[@Bananasforthesoul]

That’s exactly what I thought. Zero knowledge of what they’re working with. Likely pricing the tin at whatever variant Is highest even if it’s the newer one. See it all the time.

[@rubeskii5053]

I was just looking up card shops to go to in NY, so clutchhhhhh!

[@LeifOcean]

Great to meet you at Pokecourt! I was the dude in the blue shirt and white pants :)

[@MYSTlC7]

hey you too!

[@MrMasterSet]

TCG Store names that don't actually sell the 2nd thing... "Cards and ______" ???

[@lwiay84]

The way the first guy was taking the cards out of the binder he was like yanking them out of there

[@pikamaster9177]

W Pokecourt

[@prhyme_eq]

the last shop is insane

[@EatinGoodOsrs]

ive had great times at cards and coffee,but that guy TANNER from cards and coffee is a moron, i was tryna sell 3 psa 10 japanese neo genesis holos all comping at 75-85 dollars each. then a psa 9 shadowless magneton comping at 150-180. i was interested in a randy johnson rookie psa 9 that was comping at 50 bucks, there was a low comp at 30 but i was still willing to pay 50 as i dont value the card by a single auction comp. he wanted me to pay 75 for the randy johnson card, then was offering me 25 dollars for my typhlosion becasue he found 1 single auction comp where the card fell to 50. yet the last 10 comps all 75-85 dollars. he offered me 30 percent of comps on my cards, then wanted me to pay over 40 percent of comps on his cards lmao. guy completely wasted my time tryna tell me pokemon doesnt sell there blah blah blah. yet hes in this video saying pokemons there best seller. i went next door to bleecker trading where they jumped right on my cards and paid me 75-80 percent of comps without a blink. i even walked out of bleecker with a nice hat!

[@Nathan-The-Man]

Nice, those shops are so cool!

[@januelrodriguez4189]

You got to go to Queens like the flushing area. They got great card shops there and it’s in the New York metro area

[@YukiJudai91]

I agree with this. Instead he posted about DaShop a store that reseales, overcharged and scams people.

[@Battlegroundsgaming_244YT]

As always, great, entertaining video and rating the shops was a really cool idea to mak the video more fun!

[@Jordan-xo8bp]

MAKE A PART 2 Honesty the card shop videos are my fav

[@Jusman26]

Dude thanks for making this. I live in NYC and have gone to a few of these places, but will check out the rest soon.

[@becauseyourebored]

Thanks for sharing! We live in NYC. My son and I are going to check out some of these places today.

[@bwu2591]

Every store in NY has one piece while in PA we got nothing. Awesome video and looking forward to more videos!

[@nelio123]

I'll be visiting New York in a few days for the first time and just incidentally found your video. What a beautiful coincidence! :)

[@CoopCompany1999]

These type of vids are elite!

[@howsmybed]

Bouta unload my PSA slabs to bleeeker st trading. Get those bogus graded cards outta there !!!

[@richestmanintatooine7131]

Coffee store was terrible xD

[@raymondkuczewski6499]

very cool shops and vid and i respect pokemon youtubers go to shop to support them and help them

[@eliaseldeoleo80]

How much was the Charizard upc at the Bleeker st location?

[@Mrcoolvideotennis]

Shoutout Kingston the dog at Dashop, what a good boy

[@felixwdo]

The pizza shop next to Bleeker st. shop is FIRE.

[@TrainerFrankie]

Mystic how much were those salamance tins and what was in them if you happened to open them already?

[@davidnguyen1068]

That Moonbreon was a steal!

[@Generalwalle]

Cards in coffee in no coffee. What are f****** joke? Bro I can go to the store by couple Mini creamers and get some instant things. Not that hard it's fucking coffee

[@time7169]

what u so mad for lmfao

[@Specs718]

Shout out to Vic at DaShop! My first card store and he's such a great dude

[@ottobusari4320]

that dog was the highlight of the video.

[@Tones_Corner]

I wish you would’ve gone outside of Manhattan so many cool shops close by too like gamers choice in LIC

[@mikeliterus1628]

6:00 that business is destined to fail. Bad inventory, waste of rental space, no clue whats in their sealed product and also have a name with coffee in it and dont serve coffee. Youd think theyd clue in..

[@ufcfan3940]

Ny sucks

[@minerage9415]

Ngl they probably exist for money laundering

[@grimm_c_reaper5204]

Great video just geting back into Pokémon to think 5 years age I was holding cards worth thousands of dollars you inspire me to get back into collecting and I just need my new first rare card ( every Pokemon card that I've had was lost ) new start !!! 🥳🥳🙏

[@ttommyxd]

Gem Mint Cardhouse in Houston Texas should be your next stop!

[@jennifergee138]

I downloaded whatnot and tried to get your $15 offer and cannot find the credit in my account.

[@samjmavds96]

As a Dutchie fun to see the Van Gogh Pikachu !

[@danlev3365]

Make another video and check out the other stores besides Manhattan. I would look into stores that also hold tournaments since those tend to have better selection. Card Quest out in Queens is one that I frequent.

[@goku2639]

Card quest has terrible clientele with cancerous attitudes. Not to mention the amount of favoritism that the owner has with some customers. No thanks.

[@justinvisuals]

I definitely use ebay over TCG, I want to see what its selling for at that moment. TCG and ebay have been off be 20-25% before.

[@brucebruce6338]

Nice shops 😊

[@simonwong9457]

if you ever do more cards store visit next level in brooklyn !!

[@nickydoggy81]

Not sure buying cards from shop to resell for profit is it a good idea seem most shops selling at tcgplayer or last ebay sold com price which is market price even if you bought at bundle will be like 90-95% maybe? Wil you will be making much profit or lose? Just curious no offence. i am doing small resell business on my own no shop i mainly look for those who are quitting hobby or streamline or just clear to make space, i dont buy at % as long as price is good and seller is happy with the price i offer and i able to sell at below market and still able make some profit i am happy.

[@spiritedreviewexc]

come to CT Con we have a few pokemon card guys and they´re all super nice. IM all about the hockey cards!

[@ericcannuli5353]

Would ever make a trip to upstate NY? Card shop called millennium games fun to check out.

[@marekchilii82]

We will visit these stores soon in September because we will be on holiday

[@Pokebones]

Wish I had the money for all that. Nice man

[@wifiismyrobloxuser]

What da dog doing du he be chilling

[@richardkennedy1408]

Great video!

[@N1msey]

I always go to silk road cafe they are the best

[@lionsbetryin989]

Wouldn’t eBay be a more accurate if actual market prices? Since it’s what they are actually selling for ?

[@jorgevivanco6046]

Any zards?

[@EnzoGabrie1]

I built my first deck when it released:(

[@katieannnickel6480]

Dude I would be so broke after visiting those shops 😂

[@grimdeth2197]

Any good card shops in southern CA?

[@Davidgon100]

Concrete dream where jungles are made of :)

[@41trackstar]

Star Wars Unlimited! Woo woo

[@goku2639]

$40 is theft for a booster bundle. There’s still some Pokémon shops in nyc with it near msrp

[@tienphotographer]

went from 120 to 95... wonder if a normal person could get that, i guess cuz they know he is gonna buy 2k worth or more

[@pittoopokemon]

Hearing sun & moon being mid vintage sounds so weird to me

[@danielpalm9438]

The word "sick" is literally being used 10000 times more than the most busiest doctors office... in a pandemic!

[@user-pm7hb2rf2g]

i went to a nice place in korea town but the pack were 6 dollars each

[@UrAveragePlayer0]

Go to Card and all gaming next!

[@raul9891]

NYC 😬 suprised you didnt get mugged

[@briansevilla4046]

great video!! i’m from nyc and didn’t think to look up card shops when I go to. Is it my family. thanks!! not sure if you’re reading this but PLEASE adjust your autofocus, every time I was seeing prices, it would constantly focus to something else and low key make me feel as if I was squinting myself. am I the only one???

[@erikrichison]

Shout out Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

[@lostpokejay]

dammit now i wanna go to new york !!!!

[@asleepydude5941]

Queens has the best shops and locals for pokemon tcg by far

[@Sakuraa3398]

I just wanna travel and buy Pokémon card with him lol it seems like a vibe

[@TristenCole]

Oh dude I got a shop that will blow your mind in cny

[@pedrokids_585]

Can you do another video completing another master set

[@Maru-de]

I wish we had more shops like this in Germany😭 ps grüße aus Deutschland

[@PokeMarieee]

Midwest card shop video pls

[@PokePackRipperNYC]

Mystic are you going to go to Montasy in midtown?

[@goku2639]

If $160 Pokémon booster boxes are your thing

[@zjxen]

I WENT TO BLEECKER STREET TRADING IN NYC AND THEY WERE SO NICE!!! great store there

[@cmak4563]

Where da vlog at

[@loganday3384]

Why would you say TCG is more accurate than eBay sales?

[@oak3478]

I was thinking that too... I thought last solds on ebay is better than tcg player but I'm from the uk maybe different in the United States?

[@pokemic8552]

Don't hate on sgc love the tux slabs

[@SkrillexIloveyou1232]

Kidult Brick on 269 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11223 & King Games on 1685 E 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11229 are the best pokemon shops in brooklyn

[@tippylosojos]

Any card store that has Supreme I stay away from

[@thegapfiller]

Dont expect to walk into shops and clear out all their lower tier singles cheaply for your junk slabs. You've been caught doing this in the past and been called out for it.

[@patrickn3991]

Context? What do you mean by this

[@jennifergee138]

Your $15 credit to whatnot did not work for us! How do we get it???

[@rileyzamazal5594]

New York trip is coming soon 🫣🫣🫣!!!

[@florisdevries3324]

I really wish I was rich and then go shop there❤

[@eyeofthediablo8220]

we have good card stores?

[@jessvanny4037]

Love the video but the focus on your camera is quite bad...

[@Jadabra_]

For the kids and there’s a weed shop behind him lol jk 10:50

[@gregorious111]

He spent $8000 he spent

[@andrewnor4692]

Hope this set is good in english 🤟

[@Horus2793]

My favorite shop!!! lfg

[@BooBop1987]

Cool!

[@7eevvan]

Ah yes 50=infinite

[@connienoffsinger9122]

18:06

[@earlsimpson8245]

those are weighed repeatedly

[@MorganAiken-zc8mt]

This is great buy more Pokemon cards

[@mysticrips]

Down

[@Bonsabii]

That Taylor swift music might get you demonetized

[@kevinloh3997]

Dude, u really need to work on the fliming skill. Everything is just blur and it was not pleasant to watch. Kinda hurt the eyes abit too. Great content, love your videos but that shooting though...

[@EPATMML]

im your bigist fan

[@PokeBros_982]

how is there 4 views and 7 comments?