I’m not usually one to promote Walmart, since it is a huge corporate behemoth (one with shroud, indestructibility, and, in addition, it can’t be countered), however, I’m finding it to be a place to at least check out for Magic products and low prices. Despite the reports I had heard of low quantity of M10 in stock elsewhere over the summer, my local Walmarts had plenty of boosters, precon decks, and fat packs (and still do). Likewise with Zendikar.
The big plus for the major retailer, however, is MSRP prices. Yesterday, for instance, Walmart had five Garruk vs Liliana Duel Deck packages on the shelf, all at $19.98 (which is selling on Star City Games for $29.99). Walmart can’t raise a product’s price based on demand the way local hobby shops and niche online retailers can, so it might behoove you to check out that section of Walmart (usually near the tobacco products for whatever marketing reason I can’t fathom) where they have baseball, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, MapleStory, Chaotic, and Magic cards (along with an assortment of other games and trading cards). For
Walmart is also an interesting place to check out the variety of other Magic products you might find there. You’ll find Fat Packs from recent sets. Six card boosters from the most recent set (which don’t really seem worth the $1.98). And then there is a wide assortment of big box retail repacks. Some were a random assortment of cards from across a range of sets in a blister pack. From what I understand, they are predominantly commons with a few uncommons, and there’s a good chance you’ll get a bunch of cards from say, Darksteel, and then some random others. Other repacks were comprised of three boosters (which appeared to be an Eventide, an Unhinged, and a third that I couldn’t quite make out). And then there were repacks that included an Unhinged booster and an assortment of random cards. Then, there are also older things you can purchase. For some reason there was a large quantity of Dissension precon decks, particularly the Azorious Ascendant deck. Go figure.
On the flipside, I’ve found that Target seems to carry very little stock, even of current Magic products (while the amount of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon is absurd).
