Asgard Games

Asgard Games is a Houston game store built around tabletop play, with Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon as its trading card games alongside miniatures, role-playing games and board games. It sits at 5016 Kirby Dr, and the shop includes a bar serving sodas, teas, lemonades, energy drinks, beers, seltzers and ciders, plus snacks. It suits players who want a free table, a drink in hand and a place to sell Magic or Pokémon singles for credit.

What's on the shelves

The two card games carried are Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon, with sealed product and singles for both. Beyond cards, the store sells miniatures, including Warhammer 40k, Star Wars X-Wing and Marvel Crisis Protocol, along with role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder, dice and accessories. Board games and paints are stocked too.

If a product is not on the shelf, the store can check whether its distributors have it and place an order for in-store pickup.

Buying cards from customers

The store buys Magic: The Gathering singles, mostly rares, mythics and format staples. For Pokémon it wants cards from the most recent sets, primarily full art cards such as Trainers and V and VMAX Pokémon. Singles are not bought within a week of a set's official release date, and sealed product is not accepted of any kind. Current trade-in rates are quoted by the store directly.

Store credit

Credit comes from two places: winning in-store tournaments and trading in Magic or Pokémon cards. It stays on the account under the customer's name and never expires. It can pay for sealed product, singles, board games, paints, and even snacks and drinks from the bar. The exceptions are tournament entry fees, new product within its first week of release, and preorders.

Cash exchanges between customers for cards or other items are prohibited on store property, and the store enforces that with repercussions for everyone involved. A trade can instead be settled by buying store credit and transferring it from one customer to the other.

Playing in the store

Every gaming table is free on a first-come, first-served basis. Players can bring their own games, buy from the shelves or pick from a selection of free-to-play games. Demo board and card games are available to any group at any time, though the store does not run a designated open-play board game night.

A private room can be reserved for $40 for up to 6 hours, which suits a group that wants quiet. Tournament listings are updated monthly. Because the bar covers food and drink, outside food and drinks are not allowed in the store.

Getting there

The store is in Houston's inner loop. Parking is limited, with front lots off South Shepherd Drive and a side driveway off Branard Street. When those fill, players parallel park along Branard Street, keeping driveways, fire hydrants and stop signs clear and staying out of other businesses' lots. W Main St between the Amore restaurant and the Valvoline is residential permit parking only, so cars left there risk a ticket or a tow.

The local scene

Several other shops sit within a short drive. Pop Gun Collectibles is 0.3 miles away, Nan's Comics, Games, and Toys and G And G Hobby Shop are each 0.4 miles away, CardMemos is about 1 mile away, and Game Over Videogames is 1.4 miles away. For a bigger floor, Legends Card Con is 14.2 miles away and next starts on October 31, 2026.