El Paso Comic Con returns to the El Paso Convention Center on Friday through Sunday, March 5 to 7, 2027, and while it is a pop-culture convention rather than a dedicated card show, it is one of the largest single gatherings of collectors in the Borderland each year. For trading card people, the draw is the dealer hall: local and traveling vendors set up alongside comic and toy sellers, and the show consistently pulls card dealers from El Paso, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix who do not otherwise appear at the monthly El Paso shows.
What you will find on the floor is broader than a card show but still card-rich. Expect Pokemon singles and sealed product from vintage WOTC through current Scarlet & Violet sets, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, and Dragon Ball Z Fusion World tables mixed in among the artist alley and comic vendors. Sports card dealers bring graded PSA, BGS, SGC, and CGC slabs, vintage Topps and Bowman, and modern Prizm and Optic, often with a lucha libre and Mexican boxing angle you will not see at a convention outside the border region. Beyond cards, the hall carries back-issue comics, Funko Pops, statues, anime imports, cosplay gear, prints, and original art. Celebrity guests, comic creators, panels, photo ops, autograph sessions, gaming rooms, and a cosplay contest fill out the weekend.
Day-by-day, conventions of this size typically open Friday in the early afternoon and run into the evening, with Saturday as the long full day from morning through early evening and Sunday running a shorter morning-to-late-afternoon schedule. The official hour-by-hour grid is published on elpasocomiccon.com in the weeks before the show, and it is worth checking because dealer-hall hours often differ from programming hours. Ticketing is tiered: single-day passes for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, a children's pass, a full weekend pass, and a VIP tier. Weekend and VIP tickets require a wristband; single-day tickets do not. Buy in advance through the official site, since walk-up Saturday lines are the longest of the weekend. Children's pricing and age cutoffs are posted in the attendee FAQ.
The El Paso Convention Center is at 1 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, TX 79901, in the heart of downtown. Paid parking is available in the adjacent Convention Center garage and in surrounding downtown lots, and rates go up on Saturday, so arriving early or using a nearby garage and walking is often faster and cheaper. Downtown hotels are within walking distance, which makes this a genuine weekend trip for out-of-town collectors.
Who should attend: families, cosplayers, comic readers, casual collectors, and card collectors who want access to out-of-region dealers in one room. Serious card buyers should treat this as a supplement to the monthly Sun City and 915 Cards shows rather than a replacement.
Tips: hit the dealer hall Friday afternoon when it is quietest and inventory is untouched. Bring cash, because convention vendors deal more freely on cash than card. Carry a want list and a hard slab case, wear comfortable shoes, and plan a lunch break away from peak Saturday crowds. Check elpasocomiccon.com and @elpasocomiccon for the guest list, panel schedule, and ticket on-sale dates.