Comic Cove

Comic Cove is a card and comic shop at 528 Westerly Pkwy in State College, Pennsylvania. It carries Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!, with One-Piece listed among its game categories as well, and it pairs the card stock with comic books and its own comic cons. It suits collectors who want singles, including older vintage Pokémon cards, and anyone who likes a card shop that sits alongside a comics business.

What's on the shelves

Pokémon singles lean toward the vintage and chase end of the hobby. Stock has included Charizard-era and Team Rocket cards, with listings from sets such as EX Hidden Legends, EX Team Rocket Returns, EX Crystal Guardians, Neo Revelation and Diamond & Pearl, along with recent pulls like Mega Charizard Y ex from Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes. Singles are graded by condition on a scale running from NM to LP, HP and DMG, and most are one-of-a-kind copies, so the stock turns over card by card.

Sealed product is sold for both Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon. Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh! singles are searchable by card name, set and printing, which suits players hunting a specific card, from a Snapcaster Mage to a Dark Magician. The Magic catalog reaches back through the game's history, from Alpha and Beta editions through recent sets such as Aetherdrift, Bloomburrow and Avatar: The Last Airbender, plus promos, tokens and Commander products.

Comic books are also sold, which sets the store apart from a cards-only shop.

Events

The store runs a regular event calendar with Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic and Pokémon events, and it also hosts comic cons. One recurring special event is Smackdown and Sketches, which combines wrestling with a comic con. Admission is $10 for the wrestling and $5 for the comic con.

Hours

The store keeps afternoon-into-evening hours midweek and closes Sunday.

Getting there

The store is at 528 Westerly Pkwy in State College, Pennsylvania, in the 16801 ZIP code, in the Westerly Plaza area.

The local scene

Comic Cove is one of several card and game stores in State College. Comic Swap and Nittany Cards Plus are each about 0.9 miles away. Jake's Card Shop and Master Goblin Games are about a mile off, and Gamers Arena is about 1.1 miles away, so a collector can comfortably compare stock across several shops in one trip.