Paradigm Games

Magic and Pokemon are the whole game at this near-north Indianapolis shop, where fair buylist offers and a packed weekly event slate anchor the community.

Paradigm Games keeps its focus narrow and its standards high. The shop at 2479 North Meridian Street — in the near-north corridor between downtown Indianapolis and the Children's Museum — specializes in exactly two games, Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon, and builds everything around doing those two well.

Selling cards is where that focus shows most. Paradigm has made a name for making offers on collections at some of the fairest rates in Indianapolis, and the buylist process is a conversation at the counter rather than a take-it-or-leave-it quote. On the buying side, the store's full singles inventory lives on its TCGplayer storefront, so you can check availability before you drive over and pick up in person without shipping fees.

The event calendar carries the culture. As a Wizards Play Network store, Paradigm runs weekly Magic events that range from competitive tournaments to genuinely casual commander nights, and the Pokemon League side gives younger players and families a structured place to learn and battle. Regulars single out the staff by name in reviews — patient with beginners, quick with rules questions, and welcoming in a way that makes the store feel more like a club than a shop. D&D players will find a home here too, with RPG product on the shelves and tables available for sessions.

Hours skew toward the after-school and evening crowd: Tuesday through Friday from 2PM to 10PM, weekends from noon to 5PM, closed Mondays. Evening events fill the tables, so a weekend afternoon is the calmest window to sell a collection or dig through stock. For a Pokemon cards Indianapolis run or a fair-shake Magic buylist, this near-north shop has quietly become one of the city's best-loved stops.