Best Card Shops in South Dakota

South Dakota has 10 independent card shops in our directory, plus 4 national chain locations. Of all 14 listings, chains included, 11 are classified under TCG and 5 under sports cards (a listing filed under both counts in each). The ranking below covers independents only, scored by rating and review volume.

The order below is a Bayesian average of each shop's Google rating. Every rating is blended with the directory-wide mean of 4.44 stars, weighted as if 15 extra reviews sat at that mean, so a rating backed by a handful of reviews is pulled toward the average and a rating backed by hundreds barely moves. Only 6 of South Dakota's 10 eligible independent shops have a rating and review count, so all 6 are ranked, and the other 4 follow at the end of the list with no score. 6 cities are represented in the list; the most places go to Sioux Falls (3), Parker (2), and Rapid City (2). Ratings among the rated shops on the list run from 4.3 to 5.0 stars, backed by between 9 and 743 reviews, with a median of 12.

The ranked set is independents only: 4 national chain locations stay listed on the state page but never enter this ordering. You can see the weighting in the order: Triple Play Sports Cards, on 4.8 stars from 150 reviews, ranks above Big Guy's Games, on 5.0 from 10 reviews. By directory category the list splits 5 under trading card games, 3 under sports cards, and 2 under both. This is an ordering of public ratings, not a review: nobody from Card Shop Hub has visited these shops. For every listing in the state, chains included, see all South Dakota card shops.