Keep It Strange Collectibles

Keep It Strange Collectibles is a collectibles and tabletop gaming shop at 4001 Howard Ave in Myrtle Beach, open every day of the week. It carries Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon and buys, sells and trades collectibles, from old comics to Star Wars figures. It suits collectors with something to unload or a gap in a collection to fill, and card players who want a daily-open shop with a mix of hobbies under one roof.

What's on the shelves

Trading cards are only part of what the store handles. It is a one-stop shop for collectibles and tabletop gaming, and the card games on offer are Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon. Beyond cards, the owners buy, sell and trade comics and collectible figures, and they take on old comics, Star Wars figures and similar items people want to clear out.

The owners also run a second location in Manassas, Virginia. That store has a large comic selection, from graded comics to old-school box browsing, along with a collection of models and action figures. The Myrtle Beach shop shares the same ownership and the same buy, sell and trade approach.

Events and play

The weekly game nights (miniature gaming, Kill Team, Casual Heroclix and Gundam TCG) and the table rentals with terrain belong to the Manassas store. The Myrtle Beach shop has no regular weekly events or confirmed organized-play programs, so anyone looking for league nights or tournaments here should ask at the counter before planning around one.

Hours and getting there

The store keeps the same hours every day, which makes it easy to plan around.

The shop is at 4001 Howard Ave, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

Selling and trading

Bringing in a collection is an explicit part of the business. The owners welcome sellers and traders with comics, figures and other collectibles, and they look over what a visitor brings in person at either shop.

The local scene

Keep It Strange sits in a cluster of hobby shops in Myrtle Beach. iGames is at the same spot on the map, with Coastal Carolina Comics and Eckmans Cards & Collectibles about 1.1 miles away. Myrtle Beach Games is about 2.4 miles off, and D&J Computers and Games about 2.9 miles. That makes a loop of card and game stores easy to string together in a single afternoon.