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Card shops in Iowa

Browse listed card shops across Iowa, with directions, contact details, hours, and categories where available.

Listed shops
34
Published markets
8
Upcoming events
5
Data imported
Sep 14, 2026
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How many card shops are in Iowa?

CardShopMap lists 34 card shops in Iowa. 8 Iowa markets have enough listings to publish a local directory page, and 14 more are still being built out.

Statewide, 24 of the 34 listed shops publish opening hours, 34 record at least one category, and 34 link an official website. The listings sit in 22 towns and cities.

The markets with the most listings are Ankeny (4 shops), Des Moines (4 shops), and Ames (2 shops).

The most commonly listed specialty statewide is Magic: The Gathering (19 of 34 shops), followed by Pokémon (18), Comics (17), and Sports cards (16). 2 shops say they buy collections.

5 upcoming events are on the Iowa calendar. These listings were compiled from public sources, most recently on . Suggest a shop in Iowa we have missed.

5 of 8 published Iowa markets, at a glance.
CityShopsTop category
Ankeny4Pokémon
Des Moines4Grading
Ames2Comics
Cedar Falls2Comics
Cedar Rapids2Magic: The Gathering

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Showing 4 of 4 shops in that category (34 listed statewide).

Tempest Games

Closed

212 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405

Tempest Games carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh! from Edgewood Road Northwest in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The listing adds that it runs in-store events. Hours are published for all seven days, with the latest close at 9pm. Contact details on file are a phone number and tempestgames.net. The shop's own website is what confirmed it trades cards; the address and contact details come from imported place data.

Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · Yu-Gi-Oh!

Quest Haven Books & Comics

Hours unknown

104 N 1st Ave, Winterset, IA 50273

Quest Haven Books & Comics is a card shop trading from North 1st Avenue in Winterset, Iowa. It is listed for Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh!. Comics also appears on the record. The listing carries a phone number and links the shop's own site at questhavenbooks.com. Still missing from the record: whether it buys collections and opening hours. The shop's own website is what confirmed it trades cards; the address and contact details come from imported place data.

Comics · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +1 more

Coulee Cards and Gaming

Closed

2660 Wiley Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Coulee Cards and Gaming is a card shop trading from Wiley Boulevard Southwest in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On the trading card game side it lists Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh!; on the sports side, sports cards, baseball, football, and basketball. Vintage also appears on the record. It buys collections and runs in-store events. Published hours are 10am to 8pm, seven days a week. A phone number and an official website at couleecards.com are both on the listing. The shop's own website is what confirmed it trades cards; the address and contact details come from imported place data.

Pokémon · Sports cards · Magic: The Gathering · +5 more

The CORE Comics & Games

Closed

1926 Valley Park Dr, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

The CORE Comics & Games is a card shop on Valley Park Drive in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It is listed for Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, and Yu-Gi-Oh!. Comics also appears on the record. The CORE Comics & Games also runs an online store. It is listed as open Monday to Thursday, 10am to 6pm. A phone number and an official website at thecoreonline.com are both on the listing. Card trading here was confirmed from the shop's own site rather than assumed from its name, though the address itself comes from imported place data.

Comics · Pokémon · Magic: The Gathering · +1 more

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Card shops in Iowa: common questions

Which cities in Iowa have card shops?

CardShopMap publishes a local directory page for 8 Iowa cities: Ankeny (4), Des Moines (4), Ames (2), Cedar Falls (2), and Cedar Rapids (2), and 3 more.

Which Iowa card shops buy collections?

2 of the 34 Iowa shops listed on CardShopMap say they buy cards: Coulee Cards and Gaming and Oak Leaf Comics & Collectibles. Call ahead — what a shop buys and what it pays change week to week.

Are there card shows or events in Iowa?

5 upcoming events are on the Iowa calendar right now.