Cool Stuff Games - Hollywood

Taft Street tournament hub running weekly Pokemon, Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh play with sealed product, singles and table space to spare.

Cool Stuff Games on Taft Street is Hollywood's event-driven gaming floor, the kind of room built less for a quick grab-and-go and more for settling in to draft, battle, and trade. The space opens up around long play tables, so on any given night you'll find Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, and newer games like Riftbound all running organized play under one roof.

The retail side keeps sealed boxes and booster packs stocked for release weeks, with singles pulled for deck-builders chasing specific cards and a steady run of Japanese Pokemon product for collectors. Supplies, sleeves, and deck boxes line the accessory wall, and the staff are used to helping new players go from a starter deck to something tournament-legal without overspending. As a Hollywood card shop, its strength is depth of play support rather than just shelf inventory.

What regulars point to most is the room itself: plenty of space for events and a welcoming crowd that makes it easy to meet new people and find a match. Weekly tournaments and casual nights give the store a community-center feel, and the calendar is busy enough that checking ahead for a specific game's event time is worth doing.

Hours skew toward afternoons and nights, which fits the play-focused model: doors open at 2PM most weekdays and stay open as late as midnight on Fridays, with earlier noon openings and 7PM closes on the weekend. If you're after Pokemon cards Hollywood players actually compete with, plus a place to sit down and play them, the Taft Street store is the area's most reliable bet.