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Where to sell Magic: The Gathering cards

By Geega Games · Updated

There’s no single best place to sell Magic cards — it depends on what you have and how much of your own time you want to spend. Here’s how the main options compare, including what each one actually costs you.

The short version

  • A few valuable singles, and you don’t mind shipping: a marketplace (TCGplayer or eBay) usually gets you the most per card.
  • A stack of playable cards you can look up yourself: an online buylist is quick and predictable.
  • You want it done today, in person: a local game store — if they want what you have.
  • A big, mixed or unsorted collection: a collection buyer, who makes one offer on everything.

1. Sell it yourself on TCGplayer

TCGplayer is the biggest marketplace for Magic singles in the US. As of February 2026, standard sellers pay a 10.75% commission plus a 2.5% + $0.30 payment fee on each order. On a $100 card that’s about $13.55 in fees before shipping supplies, so you keep roughly $86.

Good for: individual cards worth more than a few dollars. The catch: you list every card, pack and ship every order, and handle any questions or problems yourself.

2. Sell it on eBay

In 2026, eBay charges most sellers a 13.25% final value fee on trading cards — calculated on the total the buyer pays, including shipping — plus a small per-order fee. It’s strongest for high-end or unusual cards, where an auction can beat a fixed price.

The catch: the most work per sale — photos, descriptions, and the occasional buyer who wants to return something.

3. Sell to an online buylist

Big online stores publish buylists: the price they’ll pay for each card. You look up every card, choose its condition, ship the order, and get paid once they’ve checked it in. Most pay extra — often 25–30% more — if you take store credit instead of cash.

The catch: buylist prices are well below retail, the lookup work is yours, and if the store grades a card lower than you did, the payout drops. That last one is the most common complaint from buylist sellers.

4. Sell to a local game store

Fast and in person — you can often leave with cash or store credit the same day. But many stores only buy the specific cards they need right now, and some won’t take large or unsorted collections.

5. Sell to a collection buyer

A collection buyer looks at everything — rares, bulk, sealed product, old cards — and makes one offer on the whole lot. You get less per card than retail, but there are no fees, no listings and no individual orders to ship, and unsorted collections are welcome.

That’s what we do. Ship from anywhere in the US, meet up with us in St. Louis, or — for a collection — we’ll drive to you, up to about 6 hours away. We pay by PayPal Goods & Services or in store credit worth 20% more.

Whichever you choose

  • Pull out the valuable cards first — our guide to what a Magic collection is worth shows what to look for.
  • Grade condition honestly; our condition guide explains each grade.
  • Compare offers to buylist prices, not to the highest retail listing — any buyer who resells pays less than retail.
  • Get paid with protection: PayPal Goods & Services, never Friends & Family.
  • Selling Commander staples? Reprints can knock a card’s price down fast — often as soon as the reprint is announced — so don’t sit on cards you’ve already decided to sell.

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