TCG Card Shop Simulator Equipment Guide: Best Equipment Ranked

Q: Is TCG Card Shop Simulator finished?

It launched into Early Access on 15 September 2024 from OPNeon Games with monthly updates planned. Content has kept expanding since, including additional card sets, furniture and shop levels up to 80.

Q: What is the fastest way to make money early?

Sell sealed Tetramon Base product at market price plus 10 percent and reinvest everything. Opening packs is more profitable in the long run, but early on the variance in a single box can wipe out a day's float.

Q: How rare are Ghost cards?

Ghost-eligible packs appear at 0.1 percent in the Tetramon Base set and 0.2 percent in Destiny. In practice that averages out to roughly one Ghost Foil every 10,000 packs, with God Packs holding seven at once at around one in 100,000.

Q: Is grading cards worth it?

Only on expensive cards. The average value gain is about 15 to 20 percent once bad grades are included, so with four-day processing at 1,600 the usual advice is to skip anything under roughly 400 and always send holo Ghost pulls.

Q: How many customers can the shop hold?

The hard cap is 28 at once. Expansions raise the ceiling toward that number and also increase how much each customer is prepared to spend, which is why buying them promptly matters more than the extra floor space.

Complete TCG Card Shop Simulator equipment guide. Every equipment option ranked with stats, best builds, and how to get them.

EarlyGuides Editorial Team

Researched and editorially reviewed. Updated August 12, 2026.

OPNeon Games put a card shop counter in front of you on 15 September 2024 and let the ledger do the rest. You buy sealed Tetramon product, rip packs for singles, price everything against a live market value and try to keep the shop clean enough that customers come back. Over 2,500 cards exist to collect, and the Ghost cards behind them appear in only one pack in a thousand.

Your choice of equipment defines your damage output and playstyle. This guide ranks every major option, explains what makes each one strong, and tells you which builds they pair best with.

Equipment Rankings

Equipment	Tier	Best For	Notes
Tetramon Base booster box	S	Early shop levels where reliable sell-through matters more than chasing rare pulls	The starting set and the cheapest sealed product on the wholesale list.
Tetramon Destiny booster pack	A	Mid and late game pack opening, and for stocking a shop whose customers now expect higher-value product	Unlocked as the shop levels up, with a 0.
Card table	A	Filling the back half of the sales floor and squeezing revenue out of evening opening hours	A piece of furniture that turns floor space into fee income and XP with no restocking beyond the singles your staff feed into it.
Workbench	B	Any shop that opens packs in volume and needs a way to liquidate the commons	Compresses low-value singles into bulk boxes that sell as a single shelf item.
Card sleeves	B	Filling out the item variety that later customers check against their target item list	An accessory line that sells consistently across every shop level.

S-Tier: Tetramon Base booster box

The starting set and the cheapest sealed product on the wholesale list. Its Ghost-eligible rate sits at 0.1 percent, half that of Destiny, so it is better as shelf stock than as something to rip once Destiny unlocks.

Attribute	Detail
Tier	S
Best For	Early shop levels where reliable sell-through matters more than chasing rare pulls
Key Mechanic	Market price and markup limits
Recommended Build	Pack flipper

How to get it: Available from mid-game onward. See our walkthrough for the exact progression point.

Best builds using Tetramon Base booster box: Pairs naturally with Pack flipper thanks to how their stat scaling lines up.

A-Tier: Tetramon Destiny booster pack

Unlocked as the shop levels up, with a 0.2 percent Ghost-eligible rate, double the Base set. Destiny singles carry higher market values across the board, which is why late shops shift most of their ripping here.

Attribute	Detail
Tier	A
Best For	Mid and late game pack opening, and for stocking a shop whose customers now expect higher-value product
Key Mechanic	Pack opening and card rarities
Recommended Build	Singles pricer

How to get it: Accessible in the early-to-mid game. Check our maps guide for the location.

Best builds using Tetramon Destiny booster pack: Pairs naturally with Singles pricer thanks to how their stat scaling lines up.

A-Tier: Card table

A piece of furniture that turns floor space into fee income and XP with no restocking beyond the singles your staff feed into it. Player interest swings from about 18 percent in the morning to roughly 73 percent at night.

Attribute	Detail
Tier	A
Best For	Filling the back half of the sales floor and squeezing revenue out of evening opening hours
Key Mechanic	Shop levels and lot expansions
Recommended Build	Event host

How to get it: Accessible in the early-to-mid game. Check our maps guide for the location.

Best builds using Card table: Pairs naturally with Event host thanks to how their stat scaling lines up.

B-Tier: Workbench

Compresses low-value singles into bulk boxes that sell as a single shelf item. Without it, commons pile up in storage and quietly eat the space you need for stock that actually moves.

Attribute	Detail
Tier	B
Best For	Any shop that opens packs in volume and needs a way to liquidate the commons
Key Mechanic	Card tables and event fees
Recommended Build	Grading investor

How to get it: Found in later areas. Our walkthrough covers when you can access this.

Best builds using Workbench: Pairs naturally with Grading investor thanks to how their stat scaling lines up.

B-Tier: Card sleeves

An accessory line that sells consistently across every shop level. Basic sleeves clear at market price, Tetramon sleeves take a 10 percent markup and elemental sleeves hold at plus 20 percent.

Attribute	Detail
Tier	B
Best For	Filling out the item variety that later customers check against their target item list
Key Mechanic	Grading and the workbench
Recommended Build	Accessory retailer

How to get it: Found in later areas. Our walkthrough covers when you can access this.

Best builds using Card sleeves: Pairs naturally with Accessory retailer thanks to how their stat scaling lines up.

Equipment Progression Path

The order you should acquire equipment as you progress:

Starting gear → Enough to clear Front sales floor
Tetramon Destiny booster pack → Your first real upgrade, available early
Card table → Mid-game upgrade with good scaling
Tetramon Base booster box → Best-in-slot, aim for this by late game
Upgrade to max → The power spike from max upgrades is enormous

Equipment Tips

Always upgrade your primary equipment before diversifying. One strong option beats three mediocre ones.
Match your equipment to your build's stat priorities for maximum scaling.
Set almost everything to market price plus 10 percent and leave it there. Purchase likelihood sits near 90 percent at market and around 75 percent at plus 10, which is the best money-per-sale trade in the game.
Check our tier list for how equipment rankings affect overall build effectiveness.

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