About US

Where It All Began

I was just a kid — borrowing my older brother’s Game Boy to play Pokémon Red. At school, I was the kid challenging friends in the lunch area and memorising every card in my deck.


That’s where the my obsession started.


But the real spark came as a teenager, when I travelled to Japan for the first time.

I was blown away — not just by the card shops, the vending machines, or the toy aisles packed with treasures we’d never see back home — but by the culture behind it. The respect. The precision. The reverence for the hobby. That trip changed everything.

I knew then that I wanted to build something special — a bridge between the Japanese TCG world and collectors across the globe.

From ThePokeShack to The TCG Shack

We started small. Under the name ThePokeShack, I listed a few sealed Japanese booster boxes and PSA Cards on eBay — stock I’d acquired from trusted contacts I’d begun building relationships with over dinners, convention visits, long email chains, and yes… some serious time in Tokyo backstreets and shop basements.

But even then, I saw how broken the industry was:

  • Sellers listings pre-ders they didn't have ( I have been scammed so many times)

  • Shipping delays with no communication

  • Repackaged stock and opened slabs

I decided early that we’d never run our store like that.

We would build this on trust, on real fulfilment, and on respect for the collector experience.

Today, that small Pokéshack eBay store has grown into The TCG Shack — a global, collector-first platform with

What We Stand For

This store isn’t just about flipping boxes. It’s about honouring the experience that made us fall in love with cards in the first place.

We’re Just Getting Started

From vending machine promos to slabbed grails, we’re building something bigger — a TCG platform that’s honest, fast, and community-driven. We’re scaling, yes — but we’re still grounded in the same values that started all this: passion, trust, and respect.

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for believing in this.

Let’s make this the place collectors have always wanted — together.


The TCG Shack Team

How Do We Get Access To Our Cards?

We’ve spent years building trusted, long-term relationships with some of the most respected TCG suppliers and card shops in Japan. This didn’t happen overnight — it took countless conversations, in-person visits, shared meals, and consistent reliability to earn the trust of suppliers who typically don’t work with international retailers.


Because of this, we’ve secured direct access to early allocations, exclusive drops, and first-release inventory — long before they hit mainstream channels. We don’t rely on third-party resellers or grey market sources. We work directly with our partners, manage our own logistics, and only list products that are either physically in-hand or already locked in with our suppliers.

This level of access is what sets us apart — and it’s why collectors around the world trust us to deliver.