Magic City Collectibles

5 star review

Great place to find cards!

Best shop in Alabama

5 star review

If you’re a collector in the Birmingham area, Magic City Collectables is a true gem. The owners are incredibly kind, patient, and deeply knowledgeable about all types of card collections—from Pokémon, baseball to basketball, rare vintage finds, sealed products and graded cards. They take genuine joy in helping young collectors grow their collections, creating a welcoming and encouraging environment for all ages. The staff is consistently friendly and eager to assist, and the shop also offers great apparel and unique gift options. It’s the kind of place that makes collecting even more special!

I had been to the story several times over the years and recently went in and made a large deal of a rare Babe Ruth card along with a smaller pokemon card. It was a Saturday afternoon and the banks were already closed to get the cash needed out so we agreed on me coming back by early in the week on Tuesday or Wednesday evening to bring what was owed for the card. I arrived at 5:25 on Tuesday as promised to a sign saying they closed at 5:30 that day granted it’s not yet 5:30. I called and left a detailed voicemail that I had come by the office and was standing outside, but they were closed and so it would be Friday or Saturday before I could come back by as I work 50+ hours a week at my job. I came back in on Friday afternoon about 4:30 to pick it up and have to explain to nearly every person that works there that I am there to pick up the order and I had left a detailed voice message when I came by on Tuesday and they were closed early. After several minutes of scrambling around the 5.000 card I had made a deal to buy was in another state at a card show and had already been sold to someone. To make matters even worse the lesser card that was included in the 2 card deal had been sold in the store that week also. They had never listed to my voicemail or thought to call me as they had my number from the previous Saturday when I arranged the deal. They apologized and assured me that they would love to make a deal on anything in the store as I’m sure they would like 5,000 cash. I looked at some cards and their offers were not a very good deal of only knocking off about 20 dollars especially after they knowingly had screwed me over. Very disappointed in this store and now I’ll be back to looking for the rare Babe Ruth card I have always wanted

Walked in to redeem my topps buyback and wasn’t really sure what I would find. The shop was pretty busy, but Chris and Ashleigh took time to help me and were very respectful about it. Chris even took down boxes and let me choose which ones I wanted to pick. Overall had a great selection of boxes and a very fair price. Would do business with them again!

Magic City is by far the best card shop. Brooks was very knowledgeable, helpful, and kind. Jay went out of his way to help me even though the shop was extremely busy. I am VERY impressed and will for sure be coming back soon.

Magic City Collectibles is easily my go-to spot for Pokémon cards in Birmingham, Alabama. I come in multiple times a week and the staff is always friendly, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. I’ve made plenty of trades with them for sealed product and singles, and everything has always been fair and smooth. Their Pokémon card selection is huge, from sealed boxes to singles, and the prices are very reasonable compared to other shops. Everyone there is personable and actually takes time to talk Pokémon, help with trades, and make sure you’re taken care of. If you’re into Pokémon TCG in Birmingham, whether you’re buying, trading, or just browsing, this is the place to go. Highly recommend Magic City Collectibles.

BEST card shop I’ve ever interacted with. A couple days ago they pulled me a /20 cooper flagg auto on whatnot. I let the breakers know that I would prefer to pick up. I made the 7 hour trip from Indianapolis and it was well worth it. Very nice shop with extremely friendly people. They also bought some cards I was looking to sell for a very respectable comp. 10/10 would recommend this shop for anyone local or passing through. Make sure to check them out on Whatnot for great deals as well !