Secret Card TCG 5.0(161)

Card Shop Hub has Secret Card at 2561 El Camino Real NinjaXChange Riverside, Carlsbad, CA 92008. The closest other cities with listings are Oceanside, about 2 miles out with 2 shops, and Vista at roughly 4 miles. Carlsbad holds 8 listings here — 8 independent shops — and this one appears first on that page. That order is a rating weighted by review count, not alphabetical and not by distance. Hours are posted for 3 of the seven days; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are marked closed. A website is on file for this listing but no phone number, so the site is the only direct contact route here. The directory files this listing under trading card games. That is a classification applied to the business record, not the result of anyone checking a display case.

Its 5.0-star Google rating rests on 161 reviews, the third-largest review count of the 6 rated listings in Carlsbad. Statewide, California accounts for 553 independent listings spread over 253 cities, plus 186 chain locations. Two other listings sit close by: Cook's Collectibles, under a mile off, and Wise Wolf Gaming at under a mile. The widest the posted week gets is 10 AM at one end and 9 PM at the other. What the directory does not hold is inventory: there is no record here of what is in the case on a given day, which sets are open, or what the shop pays for cards. Call before you drive.