TCG Card Shop Simulator - Wish I Knew Sooner | Tips, Tricks, & Game Knowledge for New Players

[@dabegmister]

I like that they are keeping up with their updates and adding new stuff. They have board games now and customer reviews.

[@FourBoxComix]

That tip about restocking singles is actually life changing

[@raez1685]

FRRR

[@j.p.s.8188]

I feel that

[@valiantezekiel3377]

other tips, u can just click the round button for the price and it will automaticly give you the market price but rounded

[@ViolentRainbow]

I think the most important thing for people to know about is events, it's super not explained in the game but when you choose to host an event it's not just one day it's every day that you're open, sometimes it costs you a fee to run the event, and the price per hour is paid by every person who plays cards in your store. As you raise level you have access to more events that earn you more money, so eventually you can be getting as much as $70 - $100 per customer who plays card sin your store, so having lots of card tables is also important to accommodate them, you make so much money this way. It took me AGES to figure this out on my own.

[@BobbyFatt95]

More tables doesnt always mean more money, i recently learned that theres a maximum amount of customers that can be in your shop at once (28 when fully expanded) and if you have too many tables you can have many people sat alone not buying anything, not earning anything, I got told you want a maximum of 6 tables then you should get a higher turn over of customers throughout the day buying items. If you REALLY want to optimize your profits, then you should sell about 5 or 6 expensive/bulky items too, rather than $2/3 sleeves/packs

[@ViolentRainbow]

@@BobbyFatt95 Yeah I find that around 10 tables is the max you nee,d the turn over rate of players doesn't really exceed that so there's always one or two tables available for new people. But you definitely want at least 8 tables, that many can be full all at once quite easily.

[@JohnTronMusic]

It also debuffs some of your prices permenant

[@julienarella631]

Do not hate on the second guy you can hire, at least he stays after 9pm to complete all check outs. Having him as a 2nd cashier is the best way to get all the late transactions done while you opens packs! :)

[@Sackinima]

He didn't turn up on the second day and didn't get there til 11AM on day 3 so I just fired him. Too slow to be useful anyway! Wasted $1450 on him in total and not planning on hiring again til absolutely necessary...

[@julienarella631]

@@Sackinima That is weird. He is usually always there early for me. I also like to wait a bit in the morning before opening to order some stuff and it gives all the employees time to arrive before flipping that sign

[@Sackinima]

@@julienarella631 Possibly just a glitch, but I found him to be too slow anyway. Had a huge queue! I didn’t realise til seeing this video that time doesn’t start until you open the shop, so I was just doing all my purchasing the night before. Didn’t want people coming along and being annoyed I was closed! 😅

[@vherostar]

Dont make him a cashier! Hes too slow and really struggles with lots of items. I have the first fast cashier running my tills and all the ones below i have stocking. You are right about the second guy and all after him they all show up at crack of dawn and leave at 9. The first guy you hire starts and leaves an hour early.

[@tat3998]

@@julienarella631 they all bounce at 9pm no matter how many customers are in the store. I’ll get caught opening packs with a line ready to check out.

[@dexlab7794]

Terence is great how dare you. He does enough for $150 a day. Got me through a lot of rushes on his backup cash.

[@ycleptubi8935]

I pulled a $12000 ghost card and I swear it was like on my second day.... how lucky was that?

[@OathBlivion15]

On day 95, not one ghost card. Highest value card ever pulled so far is $1100 followed by a $550 card. I'd say lucky is an understatement... Or maybe I'm just that unlucky, as per usual lol.

[@pfireintenze]

@@OathBlivion15 my highest is a 4500 ive just been ripping the red packs. keep grinding brother all gamblers quit before they hit big

[@OathBlivion15]

@@pfireintenze Oh haha I'm not quitting, I love this game! But I do find it crazy that after 100 days that's the highest I've gotten lol, I wouldn't even know Ghost cards exist either if not for videos. xD

[@michaellord6423]

@@OathBlivion15 I’ve got a 12k 3k and 2.5k in my shop rn and I’m on day 20 they won’t sell tho

[@OathBlivion15]

@@michaellord6423 I see, so I am that unlucky lol. That's awesome though! I'm sure it will sell eventually, especially the higher level you get and more you unlock. And you can upgrade the shop too, the bigger it gets the more people come in and makes it more likely to sell. Try to make it around the market value too, also makes it better for selling.

[@VoidingNixx]

You do not need to upgrade to better air sprayers, but the more expensive ones hold more cans, so they spray longer before running out. They are just a bit nicer since you do not have to check them and replace the cans as often.

[@TheMightyKor4]

I bought the big one with 4 cans and 8 noticed even though its bulky it only uses one can while the small uses both

[@caosisaac]

From my experience it takes 2 sprays from the small air freshener to get rid of stank. The medium ones i have now insta remove stank. I have 2 lined up at the door like store metal detectors and i haven't dealt with stank ever since.

[@vherostar]

I hat having them at the doors as you always miss a few no matter how you position them to i do long ros of shelves and put a sprayer on the end. Also for those who dont know the small sprayers dont only hold less sprays but only spray once the other 2 spray twice. Some people need spraying twice.

[@benlangshaw9361]

If you ALT-TAB out of the game whilst opening packs (keeping the left mouse button pressed) and then AT-TAB back in (after releasing the left mouse button) the packs will continue to open on their own.

[@harshavardhan9301]

This helps 😂 thank you❤

[@dontwanna1602]

Absolutely love it

[@techlink7369]

Mvp

[@teufellhunden]

Once you have the second property unlocked, you can put one of the sprayers in the other room in the corner by the door and it can still spray the stinkies. Put the second in the main room against the wall, as close to the door as possible. Now they are out of the way and your shop smells lovely.

[@SmokinLizzos]

you can just close the entrance to that side of the store and theyre forced to walked past the main ones,

[@Kernowabandoned]

Sprayer wise you can put one sprayer in the warehouse side up against the wall and it sprays people coming in through both doors (works through the wall)

[@Ishkagal]

A life changing tip for me, idk if anyone has said to do it, you can flip the sign on your 2nd door to stop customers from entering the side door. Helps with smelly coverage.

[@AlexStar6]

Everyone out here opening packs and selling the expensive cards... me over here only selling duplicates...

[@waxirio1696]

You're not alone 🤝

[@TheBeardyDragon182]

Haha I do the same!

[@Castillo7640]

FACTS!!!!

[@ItzHeinz]

same, plus it takes away costumer interactions from the other shelves where you sell other stuff probably more expensive

[@Gamkty]

same here, gotta collect them all

[@RadioactiveRenegade.]

Also for the bulk cards, make sure you set it to keep at least 1 of every card on the slider so you have at least one copy of each card and don't accidentally sell the last copy

[@matthewsowards9465]

I like the backroom for storage, i hate having boxes all over the floor. I do like the looks of it as a play room though, reminds me of a real lgs

[@markfarrell1631]

Buy the single cubbies instead and put the boxes on top of them, don’t have to go to a storage room ever again

[@reddwarf9422]

I never even looked at the settings 😭😭😭 I kept opening packs the slowest speed possible. Thanks for these tips..this was a game changing video!!!

[@andreelzenbeck9893]

Quick overview! Eccactly what i was looking for! Thank you man!

[@edene1171]

LOL so many tips i had no idea- the binder trick with holding many cards at once; the faster pulling method... this is actually game changing stuff! TY!!

[@TostonDePana]

If you dislike cashier work: The first two employees work great together. Buy a second register and have them both man registers. Round your prices, no coins. My store is almost automated pretty early with the third employee. All I do is inventory and cracking packs at medium speed.

[@MegaMarvin007]

The 4th employee is a godsend at register, no lines ever. Keep the other 3 restocking because I buy the smallest pack of everything 😂😂

[@LokiTheAsgard420]

When you open a bunch of packs at a time and want to go hands off you can hold the mouse on the first pack then Alt-Tab out and then go back in and it will keep opening without having to hold mouse down. sometimes i just watch youtube while it goes in the back, hopefully they let you grab more at a time in the future then i can be full degenerate and afk open

[@graysonsmith3563]

legend

[@markfuston2714]

Definitely, and combined with the mod that lets you hold more than 8 packs this is so nice..lol, can pull out a full 64 packs and open them all in one go.

[@lucknowseven]

I also like the cellphone-on-the-mouse-button method

[@bozinoski]

I’m about 45 days into the game and I never knew that there’s extra room in the shop, LMAO. I see the door but I thought it was only decorative.

[@SpottedZebra]

I been using Zach since having a fully built warehouse system at around level 25. When you got other guys doing boxes already, he's still another pair of hands grabbing whatever the others had to leave behind for only an extra 50 bucks at a point where you're making like 10,000.

[@ennova9745]

dude awesome video, i wouldn't have thought of half of this just starting, THANK YOU! subed

[@freakklomp]

the single card selling makes selling them so much less tedious wow. thanks man!

[@billyw8186]

thanks, my friend was playing and I watched this to give him some tips. the card opening speed and the single card binder select really helped

[@pr0jecktpat]

Definitely agree about the tip with the singles. I just randomly saw someone on a stream doing it one day and it blew me away.

[@ThatBoyJuke]

Bro I always mark my single cards up 20% and rarely get complaints

[@ThatBoyJuke]

Sell like hot cakes

[@313Truu]

@@ThatBoyJuke same

[@callummy3250]

I didn't have a display case when I pulled a 6k card so I put it on the table and marked it at double the market value. Sold that day

[@JusBlaze1028]

Definitely have this one on my wishlist for Steam. Right now, I’m playing TCG Card Tycoon on my phone. It’s pretty addicting I have to say.

[@nan9706]

thank you so much, i was stuck at level 22 and this helped me bump up a little!

[@tat3998]

Here’s a tip. Take a large wire shelf to the interior door after a shipment. Load it and use it as a hand truck/dolly. Helps to get the truck unloaded quick. Yes I come from retail sales

[@DecayedPony]

A tip for the workbench tip, you can store bundles on the workbench itself.

[@subzerofrost7001]

Thank you for the tips. I've been trying to find ways to improve my shop. These tips should greatly help.

[@FiftyPc]

I put two checkouts with a very fast employee & a normal checkout speed employee. All i have to do during the morning is restock/pay bills then open and spend the rest of the time opening cards & putting anything less than 1000 on the card rack anything above in the display. Find this to be my best route so far. Day 81 20k in bank

[@recetivedeath9461]

One thing i dont see mentioned anywhere is that when you buy and open a case (8 boxes) you are guaranteed 1 full art or above rarity (holo gold, holo ex, holo full art). There is also a chance to get more than 1 per case.

[@Josh-lm7on]

What about ghost cards?

[@loddzee]

Bro that's just straight up incorrect

[@russellmarkiss]

@@loddzee idk man i have been testing it and it has been working, to be fair though i have not tested it for too long but try it out and see.

[@loddzee]

@russellmarkiss I've looked into the code and talked to others on the discord. There's no evidence of this being a guarantee. Sure, it can can happen but I've opened boxes before and never gotten a full art or above. The probabilities checks always happen when you start opening a pack. Out of 64 packs (8 boxes) you're more than likely to get something good.

[@Josh-lm7on]

@loddzee I mentioned the box thing to people and out of a combined 20 8-boxs 0-2 full arts per 8-box is the average

[@vherostar]

Some more really good tips, 1. playing tables actually lose you money, they are good because they dont have any cost HOWEVER only some of the people who play on the table buy products. Meaning later on especially when your markups are much bigger they are losing you a lot of money as instead of coming in to use the table they come in to buy product. 2. Right now the AI isnt that clever when they come into your store and say you sell 4 items theres a 25% chance they are going to buy the most expensive item, you can turn these odds in your favour however by just have nothing but the Booster Boxes/ETBs. They make the most money apart from a few other items which take up more shelf space and sell less overall as they buy less of the bigger products. Another great reason for choosing these though is you can open them to pull out packs so you can still open packs. 3. Size isnt everything, what i mean about that is until you unlock the long black shelving buy lots of the cheapest shelving. The reason why is you fit more product per shelf (look at the buy page when selecting to see how many slots). When a buyer goes to a shelf they can buy upto the maximum thats on that shelf meaning if theres more on the shelf they buy more of that same product. Its why they seem to buy a ton of boosters at once as theres tons on a shelf not because they are smaller or cheaper. 4. Size IS everything. I know hypocritical right but in terms of store size you need to buy upgrades ASAP. While it may not make sense if your not filling that space AND every upgrade you buy increases rent every upgrade no matter in which room increases your customers that turn up every day. So you always make more than the rent increase. If you wanna do tables, do them later when your flush with cash and can spare to lose 20-30% of your income to the tables. Plus there will be more customers to unlock the better tournaments faster and more room to place them in your shop.

[@Dr4g0nW00d]

Good tip Set market price +10 % plus round up the price will set to low or high example 4.32 will go 4 and 4.65 will go 5

[@tat3998]

Absolutely want to see this content!!!!! Keep them coming

[@danjemison4695]

OMG so addictive. I have to go to work soon and haven't slept much. Great video. The right clicking single cards to sell will really help out. Thanks.

[@CrescentVA]

Little tip if you change to canadian currency in settings, you no longer have pennies and have access to toonies. Allows staff to count money even faster

[@jjaapp18]

1. The speed setting was just added recently, so there was no way for you to know it when you first started. 2. Open cards at the beginning of the day or the end, because if you hold up the line while opening cards, you can potentially lose customers when these ones need to leave to make space for new ones. Time is money. 3. The latest unlocked event isn't necessarily the best choice, because when it costs more, less people want to play. I find that more people show up to play and for longer with the lower events, and I make more money.

[@FourBoxComix]

yeah I typically order an extra box of each card pack and rip them before starting the day, then at the end of the day I'll consolidate my shelves and open packs of cards that don't max out the shelf 31/32 or lower for example

[@jeninabonina]

@@FourBoxComix To save a couple more dollars just do it all in the morning so you don't have to pay electricity!

[@StewieBabyCakes]

@@jeninabonina could also turn off the lights when opening packs at night lol

[@SamCavanagh-li7mq]

@@StewieBabyCakes that doesn't matter because the time stops at 9pm so you are not charged any more for electricity

[@SamCavanagh-li7mq]

could potentially be true, but i have ALOT of table in my store an i am making so much money by having the latest event on every day , plus it increases the value of legendaries, ex's, golds,etc.

[@Artemis0567]

Download mods, you can multiply the speed of pack openings by 100x, it will auto open the next pack, you can disable the pause on new card or valuable card screen and you can skip the pack value summary screen at the end of each pack. Also set your handsize to 1024. Can also have a command to open all boxes and delete all empty boxes. I can open 1024 packs while alt+tabbed. Opening packs can get you a lot of money in the long run but you need to open a lot of them. Better to do that modded than waste your own time opening at the max speed the game allows.

[@SoransFussballblog]

Wow, great tips, thank you!

[@TheSamWise7]

I finally hired a cashier around level 32 and then after a few days fired them. Was deemed fast apparently but my god are they slow compared to me. I’m now back to running around doing everything myself and it’s great. Saving money on wages but need to automate the sprays which would help a lot.

[@leechacc387]

Also if you have a handful of cards to put on the card table, if you go fully up against it, you can reach over to the otherside and put cards down, instead of having to go around

[@amykirschman3410]

The first couple employees are actually great if you set them to stock. For 200$ a day, they may be slow, but they stock fast enough to take breaks on day 70. I definitely recommend the fast cashier though, he can hold his own the whole day.

[@ziyination1388]

they should make it that you could play the games with the npcs or make it multiplayers

[@depotheose7890]

It is on the roadmap

[@supertacoelite5062]

I always do +10% from market and have no complaints but I'm definitely gonna round so in don't have to deal with the coins

[@tecduck]

something I noticed when it comes to the play tables, I am on day 80 in the game. you want a minimum of 6 table and a maximum of 8. I have played with like 12 tables and notice i rarely exceed 7 tables or if i do get 7 people sitting not long after the 7th group starts an early group will leave, very rarely will i have all 8 tables full. at most I will have the 7th and 8th table with people waiting for another player but by time they get one it puts the total number of people playing back down to like 6 do to people leaving.

[@supertacoelite5062]

Idk, literally all my tables get used. I usually only have 1 open at a time

[@Clazzette]

t2 autosprayer is buffed in the new update. 1 spray from it, stinkers are no more. Also, you can store bulk card boxes on the workbenches. I think it's up to 24 iirc.

[@luctussi]

u can also hhold 8 packs at a time in ur hands this speeds up the openings as well ;)

[@DarkCryo777]

I knew most of these but I'm liking it for the unmentioned tip shown at the end on screen. You're telling me I can just type in the debit card amount instead of clicking it?

[@GooberCo]

With the scent machine the second tier is literally all you need at the door for both shop a and b.

[@ZalymBiscayn]

Nice info. I was looking for info on the tourneys. But you got the like for the multicard grab while selling singles---that blew my mind and I can't believe I didn't know about or stumble across it (or read closely enough if it is in the game somewhere and I missed it). Thanks!

[@coo_mo9139]

Another tip is that u can sell ur cards for like 20% or 30% over the market price the customers dont care about it

[@Goggles01]

The packs or the individual cards?

[@jeninabonina]

You can also pick up the auto scent machine and move it across the room and it still works without being placed! So if you can only afford one machine you can pick it up and drag it to the smelly customers and simply put it back where it was

[@marty_mcfly_jr]

Just started playing the game. Very helpful tips. Thanks.

[@alvinholgersson]

Sprayer false, do upgrade. Terence goated, hire. Event macro, later do not just set it to the highest one. Example - Set it to gold if you have a bunch of gold card to want to sell.

[@soulsavior2037]

When I got the first lot expanded and the second lot, i made the 2nd lot no bigger, put the register at the back 2 shelves on each side and a double down the middle - it already had more storage than my big room did at that point, and just stocked big room with chairs. I make a killing now

[@JBRewind]

There was a patch today that the auto sprayer only needs to spray them once now, not twice, so a single sprayer should do it.

[@hemligman8221]

Good stuff, I learned a lot!

[@danwatts3335]

Damn it! Now I gotta start all over again. Which I’m ok with. Thank you so much😊

[@PhantomMelody1876]

Thx for making this vid im stuck atm

[@ItzHeinz]

did you know that the play table takes away a costumer interaction early game which they don't spend on a shelf so less income so wait with the table till you get the second room

[@ROYBGP]

Short and to the point. Good video man.

[@astrostream_x]

Thanks for the awesome tips! Also you can hold up to 8 cards in your hand if you didn't know

[@s2piro]

There is a decent mod that helps with the pack opening. Thanks for the tips!

[@RIXLINDBERG]

thx for the tips i will use them now

[@renanc1303]

uma dica pra ganhar dinheiro mais facil, reduza as opçoes de compras, coloque apenas as 5 que mais dão lucros

[@robertesensee3494]

Excellent tips! New sub for them!

[@czerinreschka1207]

The door stinky trick w the spray only works if one person at a time goes thru if more than one goes thru it only get one of them

[@herpaTROBSON]

i put the air cleaners on both sides of the door so that both always hit their effect. Haven't had one stinky person since

[@TheNewNimrod]

Buy the collection books and put them everywhere on the shelves. You get more "bang for your buck"

[@cloudiicat]

the playroom is a good idea, I didn't know what to do with it considering we have the shop. I think I might do that when I get it, and minimize the table amount inside the shop, so I have more room for items to sell.

[@MegaMarvin007]

I use the smaller room for selling and checkout. Use the double sided shelves, plenty of room for items. Fill the OG room with tables , got like 20 tables in mine

[@kyril98741]

My spray setup is left and right at the entrance just like a metal detector. So far, it is caught 99% of the stinky. The only time stinky got through is because I don't refill it fast enough

[@Werber27]

How did you change the cashier place … sorry Im very newbie !

[@TheManadeath]

For the spray. I use shelves to make a control flow from the entrance and flanked by 2 spray machine

[@leewilliams955]

does showing off your fancy cards in a display case actually do anything?

[@GregTurismo]

Thank you!

[@samhennessy7108]

less loud talk and random stuff. more actually useful tips and tricks. thanks.

[@AsynchronousStoryteller]

It appears that having people playing in your store prevents more customers from coming in. I've gotten rid of all my play tables and the through-put of customers coming into the store sky rocketed. I really only ever sell cards as singles at this point, my entire store is taken up by card displays with a small corner for extras that I'm thinking of getting rid of. I don't think customers care about the variety of items you sell at this stage in the game so it seems pointless to share any of those card packs with them ;)

[@zaimanity8893]

I don't know about free labor you still pay for them daily. Unless you don't pay them when you make them rest.

[@Leaferr]

putting my sla-, amazing employees through as much pre-shift work as possible, they seem to spend alot of on shift time in the work toilets, not sure why.

[@darkmyau]

Thanks for the tips. I still had tournament on standard.

[@brettwaldrup1800]

How do you unlock that extra storage room?

[@mikerocksgames6370]

i place the card box i pull out to rip open on the cash table itself near the edge

[@PutRandomNameHere]

I love when tip videos cover half the video with their faces

[@GarrettPDGA]

I do one sprayer by the door and one in the only way to get to my card tables. As long as someone isn't sitting stinky, I'm content

[@kirixen]

I used to make all my prices nice round numbers, then i realized that no one is counting the till. Just round up when giving change.

[@paladinaf4921]

Great tips.

[@acm_1028]

I just use mods 🤣 there's so many and they work great!

[@HunterKing-x2j]

Another tip put +10% and round when selling things

[@connorp6574]

What do you normally price your packs/boxes/plushies/etc. at in terms of market value? +10% or something? Or just market?

[@Rigdab]

I'm shop level 39 and I pretty much price everything market value > 10% > round. This guarantees happy customers. For selling singles in the case, I select market value > 10% > 10% > round. Singles sell out so fast so you can gouge a bit higher.

[@SpottedZebra]

The npc banter uses the same rounding logic as the menus, like 3.49 = "this costs 3 bucks" and 3.50 is "4 bucks." Got no way to confirm if this is actually working, but I've been ending everything in 40 to get the highest change per sale that both rounds down and doesn't make cashiers use nickles or pennies.

[@roflpwnd12]

id been buying boxes of the scarlet and violet only to realize that im princing them lower than 8 boosters. i stopped buying them becuase when i prices them at or a bit higher than boosters they stopped buying them

[@exeledusprince9165]

How can you even tell if people are angry? Im very fast at checking out due to being good at math, and i dont have any employees since its not hard to do it all yourself. I can stock a shelf and return to the register to check out the next customer. Employees seem like an unecessary expense. My shop is approaching level 40 now and it hasnt gotten any harder.

[@Z.Salty.M]

the max amount customers is 28 so you will only need to build 14 tables total

[@asimhussain8716]

Theres an easy way to cheese earning easy money. Just have one or two shelves stocked with the expensive tabletop product and most your customers will buy only that. I made like 20k in one day. Not all customers will buy it, but its more than enough. Kinda hoping they patch it so you get punished for not having a variety of products cause its kinda lame.

[@charlottechickennugget]

how do you open cards if you don’t have a mouse??

[@Bigchap9]

thanks for the tipps. Maybe you could answer me a question. My employee keeps restocking the shelves completely randomly. I like to maintain some order here but he just puts stuff anywhere. Can you change somehow?

[@ItsPhantomFam]

Yes, when you assign them to stock the shelves, say no to filling empty shelves.

[@Bigchap9]

@@ItsPhantomFam thanks man, gonna try that tomorrow.

[@SpottedZebra]

Note that you would need to right click any spaces that are supposed to be empty to take the tag off if you hadnt noticed that yet. They would fill tagged spots with that item no matter what the setting is.

[@michajagiello4985]

I have a question, why does in mobile phone there's not a lot more cards and they're all different to the originals

[@shadic1522]

i got a cool card worth alot that never got added to my binder... it was a full black card too

[@ItsPhantomFam]

Check your ghost card section in the binder, it's not gone. Just in a different section

[@Gcoug69]

i need to know how you get access to the extra room ?

[@TheLifeOfJaco]

I pulled a ghost card and now the game is bugged. When I try to display my cards or go into the card collection the buttons don’t work. Any solutions?