GC Hobby

GC Hobby is a card and hobby shop at 207 Kirkwood St in Picayune, Mississippi, operated by Fred's Westside Pharmacy. It carries a wide spread of trading card games, from Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering to sports cards, and it sells much of that stock by mail across the United States as well as across the counter. It suits collectors who want sealed product and graded Pokémon singles, and shoppers who like to pick up a toy or a blind box on the same trip.

What's on the shelves

Pokémon is the deepest category. The English range covers sealed booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, booster bundles, collection boxes and tins, with current Mega Evolution Era releases alongside older Scarlet & Violet and Sword & Shield displays. Japanese Pokémon booster boxes are stocked as well, and graded Pokémon cards are sold in TAG slabs as well as PSA, CGC and AGS holders. Chinese and Korean product also has its own category.

Other than Pokémon, the store carries Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece Card Game, Disney Lorcana, Weiss Schwarz and Magic: The Gathering. The sports side includes Panini baseball, basketball, football and racing, plus Onit, Pulse and Wild Card releases, among them a college football product from Onit. A long tail of smaller games rounds it out, including Riftbound, Union Arena, Grand Archive, Cyberpunk TCG, Final Fantasy TCG, My Little Pony TCG, Palworld OCG, Wixoss and UniVersus.

Accessories include Dragon Shield, Ultimate Guard and Ultra Pro sleeves, deck boxes and playmats. A toy section sells figures and building sets, and Pop Mart Labubu blind boxes are discounted 10% in the store and online.

Store policies

Hot sealed releases often carry per-customer purchase limits, usually one to eight units depending on the product. Preorders and presale items do not ship until every item in the order is in stock, and preorders cannot be cancelled.

Returns are strict. All sales of sealed trading card products are final, and raw singles cannot be returned. Graded cards can be sent back within 14 days of purchase for a full refund less a 10% restocking fee, provided they come back in like condition. An order cancelled before shipping carries a 6% cancellation fee if it has already been fulfilled, though orders cancelled through no fault of the customer, such as out-of-stock or pricing errors, are refunded in full.

Orders of $199 or more ship free by Economy service within the USA. Orders usually take one to two days to process, and international orders are not eligible for free shipping.

Hours and getting there

The shop sits on Kirkwood St in Picayune, and it keeps weekday and Saturday morning hours.

Because the store closes at noon on Saturday and stays shut on Sunday, a weekend visit needs to happen early on Saturday.

History

GC Hobby was formerly known as GCpulls Card Shop. It is owned and operated by Fred's Westside Pharmacy in Picayune.

Who it suits

GC Hobby fits Pokémon collectors hunting for sealed English or Japanese product and graded slabs, sports card buyers who want Panini and Onit releases, and players of the smaller and newer card games that larger shops often skip. It is a retail-first operation, so anyone looking for weekly tournaments or organized play will not find them here.