Card shop hours change more often than many directory listings do. Owners travel to shows, run buying appointments, adjust for prerelease weekends, or close early when a small staff is covering a tournament. Start with the card shop directory because it gives you a sourced place, category fit, and contact path, but do not treat any third-party hour as a guarantee. For a short errand, that risk may be acceptable; for a long drive, it is worth one call or one check of the shop’s official site.
When you call, ask whether the store is open for retail shopping at the time you plan to arrive, not only whether the business is open. Some shops host events that fill the room, pause buying during busy periods, or keep different hours for tournaments and singles cases. The first-visit card shop guide explains what else to confirm before you go. If you find a wrong hour, use the correction path on the listing so the next collector is not relying on stale information.