Top Deck Keep Cards & Games

Top Deck Keep Cards & Games is a trading card game store in Riverside, California, stocked for Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and several other card games. It suits players of all ages and skill levels, and the staff are players themselves who help with trades and run events and tournaments, so it works for a veteran looking for a table as much as a newcomer who wants advice.

What's on the shelves

Eight card games are carried: Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece Card Game, Disney Lorcana, Flesh and Blood, Digimon Card Game and Dragon Ball Super Card Game. The event calendar also includes Gundam and Cyberpunk releases, so newer games get their own launch nights. The staff facilitate trades between players, which makes the store a place to work on a deck as well as buy into one.

Events and prereleases

Events are built around set releases, and tickets for them are sold both online and in the store. Registering on Melee does not guarantee a seat; a ticket has to be purchased to take part.

The Cyberpunk prerelease runs on 10/30 at 7 PM for a $30 entry. Each player gets 6 Welcome to Night City booster packs, builds a deck from them and plays 3 rounds of sealed. Entry also includes 3 additional random legend cards, a Mantis Blades promo and a set of Cyberpunk dice. Prizes are paid in Welcome to Night City boosters by record:

Gundam GD06 release events are scheduled for 10/30 at 7:15 PM and 10/31 at 2 PM, each at $20.

Magic: The Gathering has the busiest run, with Star Trek prerelease events from 11/06 through 11/08.

A Hobbit 2-Slot Standard RCQ with a 1k designation follows on 11/14 at $30.

Hours

The store is open every day, with a later close on weeknights.

Noon openings make the store a realistic stop after work, and the 10 PM weeknight close leaves room for longer events.

Getting there

The store is at 7207 Arlington Ave Ste D in Riverside.

The local scene

Several other game and comic shops sit within a few miles in the Riverside area. AbbyCat Comics is in Riverside at essentially the same spot, and True Collectible and Gmi Games, also in Riverside, are about 1.9 and 2.2 miles away. Nexus Tabletop Games in Jurupa Valley is about 2.1 miles off, and Colossus Comics in Riverside is about 2.4 miles away.

Card shows are within day-trip range. Wolfpack Collectibles TCG Show, about 24 miles away, has dates on November 3, 10 and 17, and The Regional SoCal Cards & Collectibles Show, about 29 miles away, runs on November 14. A Yu-Gi-Oh! Regional Qualifier in Los Angeles, roughly 47 miles out, starts December 5.