Trading Card Con San Diego 2026

“The people who care about this hobby more than seems…”

Somewhere between the person who has every card graded, sleeved, and logged in a spreadsheet, and the person who pulls a binder out at dinner because you have to see what they found — that is who this weekend was built for.

Three days of buying, selling, trading, and standing in a room where nobody has to explain why any of it matters. Pokemon, Magic, sports cards, and the whole orbit of collectibles around them. Tournament play, vendor halls, and the floor conversations that only happen when serious collectors are in the same building with time to kill. San Diego's collector scene is already established — the same people who fill Front Row Card Show and Card Party turn up here.

Badge tiers run from a single day up to a full weekend pass; venue and details at tradingcardcon.com.

Send it to the person you traded with in middle school. Find out whether they still have the binder.