Hello Friends, Many of you who have been in the hobby/internet/world/universe might be familiar with Derium’s TCG and the Card Shop Life, now (somewhat) defunct, youtube channel that pioneered content creation, live streaming and was effectively reality tv. :heart: [It's a Card Shop Life …

I’ve never heard of this before.

Card shop life was a cute idea. I think they pivoted into openings as they were getting more views. In fact I think that is why they did eventually did more pokemon content than mtg. Of course this was just the observers opinion at the time. As for why it ended, could be a number of reasons. No…

517 videos currently on the playlist with many others on the channel that was sold and renamed “relics revisited” from Derium’s CCG’s

Although I don’t know of this channel, I can fully relate to the content. I played and collected MTG around this time and have a lot of really fond memories of these sets. I couldn’t believe that some kids were still playing with Pokemon cards, as the MTG sets were incomprehensibly cool compared to …

I remember watching Derium open mass amounts of product back in the day. I’d go over to a friend’s house in 2016 or so and throw on a 6h opening video while we hung out. Although I never watched the Card Shop Life show, Derium would often have friends help with openings or have their own segments. …

I used to watch the openings in the background, I don’t remember when though. Sad to see it end, but all things do eventually. Hopefully it was on their terms!

Very poignant Scott and thank you so much for jumping in. I think you are ultimately correct with the macro of shops, but i wonder if anyone out there that was closer to the source might know if there was any specific incident or moment that put the business out. Im familiar with Rudy and his card…

I watched most of Rudy’s CSL video series (more for his entertaining personality than anything), and I just got the faint impression that he didn’t truly care whether it succeeded or not. Rudy had the capital to be able to roll the dice on a brick-and-mortar without need for too much hesitation. I t…

Card Shop Life: What Happened? - A Decade Later, The Retrospecive Homagé

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pondscumbreon November 27, 2024, 5:47am 2

But really, what happened? Can anyone fill us (me) in on the reality of why this came to an end?

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Card Shop Life: What Happened? - A Decade Later, The Retrospecive Homagé

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