Brainwash Cards — Local services in Hellam Township

UPDATED REVIEWUpon returning to this shop a week after my initial review.. i brought in just under $200 (TCG market value) pokemon and lorcana cards. My lcs, DGN in Orwigsburg, pa, gives me 70% TCG market value (they werent open at the time) and i expected something at least remotely close to 70%.. but i was way off. They gave me $70 for $185 worth of cards. Which i pretty much had to take since i drove 1.75 hours to get there. That being said, would not recommend selling your cards here. Idk about playing here or buying here, but i would guess theyre probably expensive too since they gave me something like 35% of MV for my cards, which were in mint condition and in sleeves.

INITIAL REVIEWVery awesome store, very awesome employees, very awesome customer service. I live about an hour and a half away but totally worth the drive. I had a huge tote full of bulk Pokémon, lorcana, and I'm pretty sure there may have been a few DragonBall, yu-gi-oh, and sports cards in there. (Approx 25k cards.) I also had a lorcana illumineers trove box full of cards valued between $1-$30. I found this place on Google, sent them an email, and the very next day I drove there. I was extremely worried about how far away it was and the amount of time and gas it was going to take to get there and back would not be worth the offer I was going to get for my bulk tote. I've sold things to stores in the past and quickly learned that most places will lowball the shit out of u. So I was worried I'd spend gas money to go there and get offered a low amount that I would refuse. But they were anything but that. They offered me more than my original asking price. They also opened the store for me during "closed" hours to go thru my collection. This place rose into my top 3 favorite card shops. Thank u guys for everything. Highly recommend. Fix ur coin pusher tho, guys lol.. I probably would've sunk...

Place is awesome. I came in a few weeks ago, bought a lot of mtg product, ripped it right there to show I wasn't a scalper. Traded in stuff immediately and bought more. Have been in 6 times since. In a short time, they've earned my loyalty and I think my family has already established ourselves as regulars.

The pricing is based on tcg, so if you are looking to try and get a "steal", just stay away.. however, I believe if you are a regular customer and a familiar face, they can and will work with you on both trade in values and price of product. I haven't left there upset once.

For the negative reviews about lowballs and bad values, I will say this, this is one of only a handful of stores in the region that will accept trade ins on foreign language and low value cards, like sub 3 dollars. A lot of stores will not even touch those which really hurts in MTG when you are sitting on borderline bulk cards that are hard to move. So you need to be realistic with what you expect for trade in values, they need some room to move your junk as well. It's better than getting stuck with 6 copies of a 3 dollar card you don't need that will probably be worth 1 dollar in a year.

All of the higher end product, like 50 dollar or more in value, gets a solid 65-70%. And again, I've had great experience with negotiating on both the trade ins and purchase price of some products.

Also, the staff is solid. I don't know everyone's names, but Seth is a good guy and does an exceptional job with keeping customers happy. Truly hope they grow, get more of a community and have great success and stay around for years to...

I was looking for a place to play Magic: The Gathering and used the official Wizards of the Coast website to find events near me, as I travel a lot. It listed this store as hosting a Modern Horizons 3 Commander event at 6:30 PM that Friday night for $15, with winners getting either a pack or $7 in store credit for up to three games.

I showed up about 40 minutes early and waited in line. The vibes were good, and they had the Olympics on TV, but it took about 30 minutes to get to me. I didn't mind too much since it seemed like a new store. When I finally got to the counter, I told them I was there for the Commander event, but they seemed confused. I showed them that the event was listed on the Wizards Locator, and they set me aside to call the manager. After a minute or two, they told me that they weren’t hosting the event that day but suggested I wait to see if anyone else would show up.

While the staff was polite, it doesn’t make up for the error. I wasted my limited time in PA with this game store due to their false advertisement on the Wizards Locator. For people like me who travel and aren’t familiar with the area, it's frustrating to waste our time like this. If you plan on attending an event here, I strongly recommend calling ahead to confirm it’s...