Moonblast Games

Evening-hours TCG hub in north McAllen stacking Pokemon, Lorcana, and One Piece singles, with league nights and tournaments running late into the week.

Most card shops close right when players get off work. Moonblast Games flipped the schedule: this north McAllen storefront on 23rd Street opens at 5 PM Wednesday through Friday and runs until 9:30, then stretches across the weekend with Saturday hours from noon to 9:30 PM and Sundays from 1 to 9 PM. The result is a shop built around actually playing, not just buying, and it's become one of the highest-rated card stores in the Rio Grande Valley at 4.9 stars on Google.

The inventory covers the modern TCG landscape: Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, One Piece, Disney Lorcana, and Star Wars: Unlimited, backed by Dragon Shield sleeves, playmats, deck boxes, and a wall of plush and collectibles. Singles are a real strength here. Reviewers consistently call out the depth of the binders, with one noting the shop keeps great selections of singles for several TCGs and quite a bit in stock. If you're hunting Pokemon cards in McAllen after dinner, this is essentially the only counter still open, and it's a good one.

Organized play is the heartbeat of the place. Moonblast runs an official Pokemon League along with regular tournaments across its supported games, so the tables in back fill up most open nights. New players get genuine onboarding: staff are repeatedly praised for walking beginners through rules and helping with deck building rather than just ringing up product. Prices draw compliments too, with regulars calling them reasonable against market rates for both singles and sealed.

The room itself is clean, modern, and spacious, which matters when a Friday night event packs the play space. Wheelchair-accessible parking and entrance, card and NFC payments, and even same-day delivery options round out the practical details.

Closed Monday and Tuesday, Moonblast rewards anyone who plans a midweek evening around it. Bring a deck, enter a tournament for a few dollars, and flip through the singles cases between rounds. Call 956-739-8210 or check tcgmoonblast.com for the current event calendar before heading over.