Shane’s Big League Sports Cards

Great staff and the best selection on yu-​gi-​oh cards and magic and also vanguard a good selection on singles and what amazes me is the vast selection of board games and the staff are very knowledgeable about every game they have

Great store, great customer service, and knowledgeable staff. They know their cards and don’t pressure sales. Their tournaments are low key and fun.

My friends and I play a new CCG that hasn’t yet built much of a following — so there’s very few of us.
Shanes has been endlessly supportive in helping us grow and develop the fan base. When there’s an event? Shanes is ready! When there’s new promos? Shanes is on it!
They know their clientele by name, and make an effort to schmooze.
I’ve frequented other card ships big and small around seattle and bellevue, I can’t say I recommend any of them over Shanes.

These guys are running tournaments now and taking players for a ride. Minimal servicing is bad but their prize support is atrocious. They’re bringing in high amounts of money from Wizards-​sponsored events and giving very, very little back to the players. They don’t announce the prize support until the event has already run for hours. Their side events are worse. And charging credit card fees to the players? Indefensible. It’s obvious these guys are looking to make as much as possible from the players without any regard to the community. I would avoid.

Being from out of town, I found this place hard to find, which is not their fault, its the plaza owner. If there is a street number on any sign around, it was not visible to me. Next, this place is beside Starbucks, which makes this place hidden if you are approaching from the east.
Although the variety of singles for sale is minimal, there was something there I could buy and the price was not bad. Points taken away for not pricing their commons, which they have boxes of but have not trained their staff in how to sell, so they turn away people from buying them unless the owner is in.

Im happy they moved to a larger building. The new space they have is really roomier. However, they havent changed being awesome. Shane and Becky are tremendous. Both very knowledgeable and always really nice.
They have a good variety of events, supplies and players that come through here. For MTG they usually have Tues Modern, Wed Legacy and Fri Standard/​Draft. There is plenty of parking and Starbucks is right there next door. And WOTC is just down the road.

This is one of two long running sport card shops in the area. DJ’s in renton highlands is the other. My wife bought me a giftcard here and I was pretty excited to get my baseball card fix. This place is mainly directed towards card playing tournaments then sport cards. It was very apparent when the place was packed with people playing magic, buying magic and of course like a good biz the place caters to this. Unfortunately for me, the baseball card section was very small. Decent packs for sale, minimal singles and a good selection of card supplies. Service was excellent, the owner was very friendly and helpful. I will likely be back for some packs or card supplies.

I been going here since their old location down a few spots next to the old Thiftymart.
Being a casual player/​collector, I do not do a lot of DCI events or such, but have been playing collecting MTG and minor Poke since 1996.
Service: Is excellent. Their prices might be higher than your local megamart, but their knowledge and follow through are worth the extra pennies. I tend to order either out of print items or collector items, and they been patient with my random requests to find stuff like Fat Packs from Mercadia etc.
Selection is very good. Pretty much three main areas with MTG showcases, Poke/​UGO showcases, sport card showcases. Stock is also very good with inventory going back a few decades with most products, through selection varies by day and time. Also a good selection of accessories such as sleeves and dies etc. Overall a good one stop place if you are a gamer or collector, but know the staff is knowledgeable, so this is good for finding stuff, not so good if you are trying to sucker someone in selling a $ 1000 item for a $ 1. :) Staff is friendly and helpful. They tend to get busy on game nights and such, but usually at least have one free worker available, but you might need to hunt to find them sometimes.
Location: Off of 167 and Grady Way, in a strip market next to a laundry center and a Starbucks. Ample parking due to the area being an old shopping center. Inside there are two main areas. A «sales» area with displays, and a «gaming» area with tables etc. The gaming area tends to be closed when not being used, with the main focus being the sales area which is shaped like an «O» with a center table surrounded by a ring of other display tables.
So overall a good hobbyshop if you are into the card collecting/​gaming thing. Not a «game» store so no board or puzzle items, nor a video game store, so no DVDs or such. Just card games and mainly the top 4 four being MTG, POKE, UGO, with some Sport Topps type items also.

Found between the Knittery and Starbucks, this little card shop is a great place for any casual/​professional Yu-​Gi-​Oh/​Magic/​Pokemon card game player or card collector. If you go to their website, which seems to pretty often, they always have upcoming events for card game tournaments. And it seems every time we go there, there just happens to be one of these events going on and usually there’s a big turn-​up.
We mainly have shown up here to look for Magic cards since my boyfriend and his super cool friends have been playing together almost every other week to play Magic with each other. I, personally, don’t go to this shop as I’m not a big Magic card player (no seriously, don’t get the wrong idea), but my boyfriend is, as he’s been collecting them since grade school. He comments that their selection is actually pretty good and he usually finds what he needs when he goes there. They have an assortment of starter decks, booster packs, and even individual cards for sale in a glass display if you’re looking for that one card to complete your deck. They also have sleeves, dice, binders, and boxes as well.
The owner, Shane, is very pleasant and has always been very helpful to us whenever we stopped by. Always cracking corny jokes here and there for a good laugh and he can make anyone who walks through the doors feel at ease. He was very approachable and seemed pretty knowledgeable about his stock (well, at least for the Magic cards as far as I know).
Overall, a great shop and worth a visit for any card player out there. It may look small, but definitely has its own kind of character that attracts their targeted demographic very well by their supply and events.