Philly TCG

Fishtown's dedicated TCG stop where Pokemon and Magic singles move across the counter daily — a Philadelphia card shop built on buy, sell, and trade.

Philly TCG sits on East Girard Avenue in Fishtown, a compact storefront that has become one of the busiest buy-sell-trade counters for trading cards Philadelphia collectors have on the east side of the city. The focus is squarely on TCGs: Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and One Piece make up the bulk of the inventory, split between sealed product on the shelves and binders of singles behind the glass.

The shop's reputation rests on its trade counter. Owner Jess prices singles at market and takes walk-in collections seriously, which is why regulars describe the store as fair to sellers rather than a lowball operation. Customers on Yelp specifically call out sealed and singles inventory 'you don't see at other stores' — short-printed promos, older Pokemon sealed, and One Piece product that sells out elsewhere tend to surface here first.

At roughly 500 square feet it is a small space, but the inventory is tightly organized: sealed along one wall, display cases up front, and a table for trades and casual games. The store runs periodic sales events and buylist promotions rather than a fixed weekly tournament calendar, so following their socials before a visit pays off.

Plan around the schedule: doors open at noon most days, closing at 7pm, with early close at 6:30pm on Saturday and the shop dark on Tuesday and Sunday. Street parking on Girard is usually manageable outside rush hour, and the Girard El stop is a short walk away. For anyone hunting Pokemon cards in Philadelphia's river wards — or looking to turn a binder into cash without shipping it — this is the natural first stop.