ShoeBox Games & Cafe

By far my favorite store regarding TCG's, staff is friendly, trade in values are great, the magic community is welcoming.clean place and nice atmosphere

Always a pleasure to go here, staff is friendly and large selection. Supporting local Calgary business. Will always recommend this place.

The selection here is amazing! Unfortunately the staff member that I tried to interact with completely ignored my partner and I and seemed to intentionally act like we didn’t exist.

Cozy games environment. Friendly and super helpful staff! Pokémon tournaments are a blast!

I go here to look at and buy Pokemon cards. There's a good selection and love that I see people playing card games with each other- which brings a energetic and fun atmosphere to the place. That said, I can't apply what I said to every time I visit. There's one particular staff that I don't like dealing with, who I won't name. But they are very chit-chatty and over tends to the people they're talking to.they also have a rather aggressive and dark sense of humor, which I couldn't care for if they didn't use it with me. I could just be uptight about the whole thing, but it's the kind of humor you use with your close friends. So when they trash-talked my friend it was even more awkward. Now, another time I was waiting to ask a question while I looked at the cards, but they just kept going back and forth to the same few people for a good 10-15 minutes. 1 of the 'customers' seemed like they weren't even buying anything.they were just talking and making jokes. I ended up leaving, as it wasn't worth interjecting myself while they were having a continuous laughing fit with each other. OTHERWISE, love everyone else there and the items at the store.

Excellent selection of:
Pokemon Cards
Magic Cards
Board Games
Accessories

Friendly environment, well lit, great pricing, concession, family owned.

A wonderful store with a great variety of games and incredibly helpful staff. Great place.

Great place for yugioh and pokemon which are the two I'm into, I find the prices to be very fair here as well. The staff is attentive and always willing to help or answer any question you may have.

Shoebox games is always amazing, the staff are great and friendly. The players for mtg and pokemon are great. My friends and i usually hang out there when we play as it always a great enviroment. Just dont talk to Karen she was really mean. Adam and Pat were amazing though!

Update; Attended Shoebox today and do not know what happened to the previous Karen. But the new girl, Karin, was extremely pleasant. Thanks for your help

Update 2.0; Pat and Adam where amazing, tried to work through a list with Karen and got tons of sass. Love the location and the store in general but Karen is ruining my experiance

Update 3.0 Attended Shoebox prior to Christmas, Staff and store was fantastic. Karin was helpful and old Karen appears to be gone. Thanks for the great experience!

Lots of great products, pricing on MTG singles was lower than market price as well. So many singles. Will return!

Went here with my son, good selection of pokemon cards. Staff was extremely knowledgeable and helpful! My son got his first graded card from here.

This Game board cafe has one of the lowest fees in the city. A very welcoming knowledgeable place to try their extensive game collection before buying! Our game took way longer than we thought and they had a private event afterwards, so they let us stay (an extra 90 minutes) to finish it!

Super friendly people, super patient with my 7 year old who wanted to look at each box and my 3 year old yelling at me while I tried to help my older son pick. Gave the boys some promos and a little coloring pack as well. My 7 year old says we should come back every time he gets money so he can get his pokemon cards here.

My new go-to place for pokemon cards and booster boxes. They always have a lot of things in stock so you're sure to find what you're looking for. They also sell model kits, which are super fun on your free time. Perfect for hobbiests and card collectors alike!

Absolutely amazing service! The staff are all knowledgeable, friendly, and fantastic to deal with. I usually come in with odd requests to purchase rare cards/specific printings, but everyone that has ever helped me here never once refused to help me haha. I will come back time and time again anytime I have cards I am looking for. Huge shoutout to Pat, Kevin, and Adam! Thank you for fostering such a great and fun environment for MTG!