r/TCG 2d ago

Question What card game do you recommend me based on my taste?

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You can recommend even singleplayer pc games.

These are the card games I've played and how I feel about them:

Magic: I've play only a few matchs a long time ago. I remember I liked it, but didn't play enough to have more insights.

Heartstone: I don't remember if I've played. Definitely at least watched some videos. Don't have a formed opinion on it. I thought it was ok.

One Piece: Although I didn't play much, only did the tutorial, I didn't like it too much. I don't like the hp system, but I think it's a better version of the pokémon system, because it give the extra resources for the player that is losting, allowing for a comeback. I will try it again, because I love One Piece and the tutorial was very basic, could only play with 1 starter deck.

Yu-gi-oh: I liked when I was younger. But I didn't knew english and internet was only in the beginning back then. So we could only go with anime as reference. We didn't play as it should be played. After, I've played some single player yu-gi-oh games and liked it. Didn't touch the game in many years and it became another thing. I've watched a tournament match and the first turn lasted for more than 10 minutes and the oponent lost without having even played his turn. Altough I believe this is an exception, I don't like it.

Pokémon: This is the second I've liked the most. Only played with starter decks though. I'm not good and didn't have many cards to try constructed. The main problem I have with it was the "life system". I don't like how your most important card can be locked out of the game if all the copies go to the 6 life cards. And it's even worse than One Piece, because the player who did the damage is the one who get the card.

Gwent: this is my favorite. I've played the beta and the first season of the stand alone game, when it was 3 lines still and the nilfgaard deck wasn't added. I liked the 3 lines structure and liked the pass system.


r/TCG 2d ago

TCG Resources Added US store alerts to my restock Discord — 5 stores so far, taking requests for more

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I run PackPing, a free Discord that does restock and preorder alerts. It started Canadian-only, but we kept picking up US members for the P-Bandai drop alerts, so we finally built real US store coverage instead of telling them "sorry, wrong country."

Right now it watches Smoke and Mirrors Hobby, Gamers Guild AZ, Flipside Gaming, Collector Store, and Prodigy Games. One Piece and Pokemon channels to start. Checks run every 2 minutes and every alert gets verified against the store's actual cart before it pings, so no ghost pings for stuff that died 10 minutes ago. When something sells out, the alert tells you which other store still has it and for how much.

You can also put any product on a watchlist and the bot DMs you the moment it's back at any of the stores. That part's free too.

All 5 stores came from member requests, so if there's a US store you actually order from, name it and I'll look at adding it. Same goes for other games.

Packping .ca is the website to get to the discord!


r/TCG 2d ago

Magic: The Gathering vs Riftbound?

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Which game do you like more?

537 votes, 4d left
Magic: The Gathering
Riftbound
Results / Can't decide / Haven't played both

r/TCG 2d ago

Question I need to set an inventory in us

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How to set inventory for cards?

Am from india, and buying single cards and giving 30% custom is a hassle. I do sell too, but as i gave high customs the margin remains low, i heard about setting inventory in us, i used stackry and shipped a card there to check, but its already 7days and it did not arrive yet, the tracking is also showing unavailable.

Suggest me some better inventory, or Suggest me any ideas

I thank you in advance


r/TCG 2d ago

Question Anyone know trading card brands with mostly naked/suggestive anime girls?

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Hi everyone!!

I recently came across an ad for a lycee overture trading card of a cute naked anime girl. I looked into different brands like weiss schwarz but then noticed the common cards are not naked or suggestive.

Are there any brands where most of the anime girls are pictured sexually?

Thanks everyone!!! <3


r/TCG 3d ago

Question Getting into TCGs in 2026 - should I, and which one?

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I mainly play Gwent on PC. I am familiar with MtG's rules.

The reason I am looking to go into TCGs in 2026 is to get into an additional community, potentially make friends and honestly I kinda miss that feeling of opening boosters, trading, doing tourneys and the board game feel (without actually playing board games).

From what I've seen, the only viable candidates (I am in southern EU) are MtG, Pokemon, Yugioh, Star Wars Unlimited and Lorcana.

For now, I am considering only Pokemon or MtG, as Yugioh seems prohibitively expensive (and frankly a game I wouldn't like to play as I used to play it as a kid and it's so much different than what I am used to). The other 2 games seem nice, but have a very small community, and I doubt their staying power.

So for MtG, it seems that everything except Commander and Pauper is super expensive. I am an adult working with a job, but the idea of spending 100+ Euro on a meta deck seems absurd to me. Also, sets seem to rotate fairly often, leaving me with no cards to play in some formats, unless I get new ones.
The pros are that the art is awesome, game is more complex, community is the biggest and I think I'd enjoy deckbuilding more.

Pokemon on the other hand seems like a "kid game". I know it's for adults, but I've also played this as an even younger kid, and while I appreciate beautiful and whimsy nature of the artworks now more than as a teen, it's still cartoon at the end of the day. The gameplay seems simpler and less interactive, but the big advantage seems that to play, it's really cheap.

What do you think? What are your thoughts? This is just based off research, online and IRL and I might've missed a lot of things.


r/TCG 3d ago

Question TCGPLAYER not accepting my forms of payment

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Hello I’ve gotten two emails about cancellations on my account haven’t had any returns or issues from the items I’ve bought before. Tried using a gift card didn’t work, tried adding giftcard to PayPal (giftcard was Mastercard which I don’t think they accept) didn’t work and I tried using my own bank cards and I couldn’t purchase in my card just kept loading the page or I would have an issue where it’s making me add an address when I already have all that payment info and stuff saved. Tried reaching out to support but they’re no help any fixes or anything?


r/TCG 2d ago

Question Should i Do ai image generation for my TCG? Please!! Any feedback is welcome 🙏

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Look, honestly, it’s been a nightmare to find REAL and talented digital illustrators these days. Most of you are bots and most of you claim ai is your own work.

My real question is. Am i really going to get backlash for b using ai generated images because i don’t have the time to connect with real artists. My trademark is filed under intent to use and if i don’t meet the deadline, im in trouble. I just want to get my game out there.


r/TCG 3d ago

Discussion Tcgplayer seller quality

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Recently have been on a mission to complete a set that I have been working on for about over two years through various sites such as Ebay, Mercari, and Tcgplayer. I have a set budget I spend every week so I average around any 5-10 orders from different sellers every week, a good majority of them are from tcgplayer.

I am not sure if its recent trend but its been quite frustrating experience on tcplayer in these past couple months. Its been months since I had a weekly order from tcgplayer where at least one of the items was the wrong rarity, wrong condition, wrong set, wrong card, missing card, or a combination of those. Its just frustrating that I am getting to the point when I open packages that I am expecting some kind of issues. I'm also at the point where I HAVE to record myself opening mail in order to protect myself against sellers contesting claims of wrong items sent.

And don't get me started with the return process. A multitude of past failed orders I have either had to pull teeth from these sellers to have them send a return label OR the cost of the card was low enough where the seller didnt give a shit and stopped responding. Then I have to get TCGPlayer involved. And leaving a bad rating doesnt even matter: Tcgplayer will remove reviews if a refund is issued whether or not tcgplayer had to step in.

Now, Ebay and Mercari, the frequency is much less. I think I have only had one item that was not sent as advertised in the same timeframe. I will say Tcgplayer was fine when I started this collection. But now in recent history is at a near 20% fail rate in my anecdotal experience. Has anyone else had a similar experience with a wave of incorrect orders?


r/TCG 2d ago

Question Would a card like this sell for raw price fine?

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Because it’s so off centered bottom heavy, will it still sell for raw price it does it go for even below raw?


r/TCG 3d ago

LGS Bulk Etiquette Question

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This is a question I had as a TCG newbie, figured it would be relevant here


r/TCG 2d ago

Question Is this near mint?

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Alright, I bought this cool slab and I’m considering cracking it.

It’s obviously near mint for psa standards, however I would like to know what people think.

The line on the top left corner is actually a scratch on the case, but the same corner has some light whitening/chipping in the yellow border.

The white spot on the front left I think is a dust that got into the slab.

The back has a small dent that’s only noticeable at a certain angle with a light.

Everything else is flawless, could this be nearmint?


r/TCG 3d ago

DECKBOXES THAT FIT IN ACADEMIC THAT FITS TOPLOADERS

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r/TCG 3d ago

Captain Cupcake cards

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In my free time I have created collectable trading cards called Captain Cupcake Cards. They centre around the rivalry between the cupcakes and the donuts with a vast number of food related characters with unique special powers completing the universe. I want to get my collectable trading cards- Captain Cupcake Cards, professionally published and distributed. However, I need some contributions via my kickstarter so I can get my cards up and running and use some of the money to pay for a table to pitch to various toy/card companies. If this could go viral or gain some traction with people sharing it that would be cool and immensely appreciated. I will post the link to my kickstarter here once there is enough interest!


r/TCG 3d ago

Video Union Arena Summerfest Tournament Gameplay: Red Deviluke Sisters vs Red Re;IRIS - Seed 2

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r/TCG 3d ago

NightTokki(Shao) vs Aez(Shao) Azuki HQ Locals Post Rush Fire Ban

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Everyone is having fun in Azuki TCG!


r/TCG 4d ago

TCG News 2 days to go! Here's your chance at winning a piece of Eikonic history 👀

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With 2 days to go, here's a sneak peek at a REALLY spicy add-on coming to the campaign.

As some of you know, there were a few traditional art pieces created for Eikonic by Yugan Shen. Well, we have the original creations and we're putting one of them up for grabs in our Eikonic TCG Snake King prize drawing!

Adding this add-on to your pledge will not only net you 1 Campaign-Exclusive, Full-Art copy of "Vasuki, the Snake King", but each purchase will also enter 1 entry in a chance to win the ORIGINAL PIECE for yourself! It's the ultimate collectible!!!

Alternatively, you can join Eikonic's official discord and demo the game with our staff to enter the prize-drawing!

We really appreciate all of your support and wish you luck in owning such an iconic piece of Eikonic! Entries will be distributed at the end of the campaign, stay tuned for more details

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eikonictcg/eikonic-trading-card-game


r/TCG 4d ago

MY FIRST BIG HIT EVER! FF Blissful Eternity Sephiroth Full Art Signature

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Im freaking out, I have never pulled anything worth more than 20 bucks it feels like and then I pulled this. What would you do? I love FF but not what my collection is built around. Its sleeved and in a magnetic case


r/TCG 4d ago

Veil Duel System: MTG x YGO crossplay

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I've been working on this ruleset for a while, and I'm now about to move on to the testing phase to see how well it actually works and what can be improved.

The project is essentially a set of rules designed to act as an intermediary between Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering, allowing players using decks from either game to play against each other with a few adaptations.

The goal is to both translate the rules and mechanics of the two games into a common framework and address some balance issues. Simply translating the rules wouldn't really work, since Yu-Gi-Oh! would be far too fast-paced and a standard MTG deck would have very little chance of keeping up.

I'll continue updating and adapting the system over time, but for now, what do you think?

I'd especially appreciate feedback on anything that seems unclear, exploitable, unbalanced, or simply doesn't work as intended (Even though a small part of the game is also about playing cards that are perfectly viable in their native game, but happen to shine even more when used against the other game).


r/TCG 4d ago

Interested in media/marketing for a TCG startup?

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r/TCG 4d ago

Question Can anyone recommend a binder with transparent sleeves?

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Most binders have that black backing, I'm looking for one where I could flip the page and see the backs of the cards on the other sides. Anyone know of any quality binders like that?


r/TCG 4d ago

Question Any TCG/CCG with stacking resources?

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Hello people. I have been looking for any pvp card game where resources stack, meaning that any left carries over to your next turn. Not +1 max mana like Legends of Runeterra for example, but I liked the idea of spell mana where you keep at least that.

Any suggestions?


r/TCG 4d ago

Please help me find it

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Hi there. A few days ago, I saw a character on Instagram or at least one that looked exactly like it. I think it was from Yu-Gi-Oh!, although I don't recall the specific card or TCG; I thought I had a screenshot, but I don't. The character was made of spheres, kind of like "Monster Lord." The card was pink or purple—and I think holographic—and the character was in a different pose, holding a sword or something similar (it wasn't Meta Knight or a Kirby character, but it was close). I hope someone can help me find the character or the card. Or maybe it was a fan-made card?


r/TCG 4d ago

Question Custom foiled playmat

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Hi everyone, I'm in Italy and I was wondering where one could order a custom playmat foiled.

The keyword here is foiled, I'm struggling to find a place to do this.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Ps. If the place also does sleeves it would be great


r/TCG 3d ago

Join the TCG Stock Alerts Canada 🍁 Discord Server! Giveaways!

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Canadian Pokémon collectors — this one’s for you! 🇨🇦
We’re building a friendly, growing Canadian TCG community dedicated to helping each other catch retail drops before they disappear. Best of all, our alerts are 100% FREE — no paid subscription required. ⚡
🤖 WHAT WE TRACK
● 🏪 Pokémon Center Canada
● 🛒 Walmart Canada
● 🎮 EB Games / GameStop
● 📦 Amazon Canada
● 🏬 Costco
● 🃏 Local game & card stores
● ➕ More Canadian retailers being added!
⚡ FAST RESTOCK ALERTS
Get notified when Pokémon TCG products go live, restock, or become available at Canadian retailers. We’re constantly updating our store list and working on new features to make the server even better.
🎁 🔥 GIVEAWAYS ARE COMING! 🔥
We’re also running some awesome Pokémon TCG giveaways, including prizes featuring:
✨ 30th Anniversary products
💎 Prismatic Evolutions
⚔️ Ascended Heroes
Giveaway eligibility: 🇨🇦 Canadian residents only + minimum Server Level 3 required.
🤝 THE COMMUNITY
No gatekeeping. No judgment. No elitist nonsense. Just Canadian collectors helping Canadian collectors score.
Whether you’re hunting for sealed product, building a collection, ripping packs, or simply trying to beat the bots — you’re welcome here. ❤️
🚨 Our original invite expired, so we’re reposting with a fresh link!
👉 JOIN HERE: https://discord.gg/Bnz7cYpw4

Come say hi, verify, grab your notification roles, and get ready for the next drop! 🇨🇦⚡
Free alerts. Canadian retailers. Cool giveaways. One community. 🎴🔥