Game X Change McKinney

University Drive trade-in shop where Pokemon, Magic, and Yu-Gi-Oh! singles sit alongside a full used video game counter.

Game X Change built its business on buying, selling, and trading used video games, but the McKinney location has grown a trading card counter that pulls in its own crowd. Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh! singles and sealed product sit near the front register, and staff run the same straightforward buy-sell-trade model for cards that they use for consoles and games.

That trade-in focus makes it an easy stop for anyone looking to offload a binder of doubles for store credit rather than listing them online one card at a time, and the shop's constant intake means the case turns over with new pulls fairly often. It's not a tournament venue like some of the dedicated hobby shops nearby, but for straightforward trading cards McKinney shoppers who also game, the crossover inventory is the draw.

The video game side of the store still takes up most of the floor space, with retro and current-gen consoles, controllers, and loose cartridges filling out the aisles around the card case. That mix means a trip here can turn into browsing for an old console as easily as flipping through Pokemon singles.

Game X Change keeps late hours most of the week, open until 9pm Monday through Saturday and closing earlier on Sunday at 6pm after opening at noon. It's on West University Drive with a shared retail-center parking lot out front.