Welcome to Packsburg

Murphyobv
DANGPACKS
Published in
11 min readMay 24, 2023

On the outskirts of Slurp City, past the sleepy town of Stallsville, lies a bustling metropolis of a different kind. To outsiders this may seem like an ordinary town, with ordinary stores, full of ordinary people, but this town, is far from ordinary. You see, this cosmopolis runs entirely on the exchange and acquisition of something known as Dang Packs. How can an entire town run on trading cards you might ask? Well, this…is Packsburg.

From large corporate conglomerates to honest mom & pop-up shops, you’ll find all variety of various rarities, trinkets, and baubles as you wander down these streets. You’ll meet a wide variety of curious characters as you venture your way through each path and passage. Some may be friendly, some may be…slightly less friendly, but you’ll find no shortage of peculiar persons that make up the fabric of this unique, little town.

So, grab a map and start exploring. There’s dozens of shops, and hundreds of deals to be had. Keep an eye out for some familiar faces walking around town and see if you can spot them all. Some say there’s even some long-lost packs from seasons past floating around. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to find one?

Welcome to Packsburg!

Top down city map showing Packsburg store locations and street names
For a hi-res version of the map click here

Packsburg has all the activities you could think of! A round of golf on the Irish Spring Green? Curb your hunger at the Pit Boss Bar and Grill. Keep the evening going by watching the sunset in the Bay of Less, just a short walk past Skip Gate — Nathan_BanSc

Below you’ll find a list of stores, who runs them, what their specialties are and more! Be sure to check out every location as they all offer different things! Your cards may go further in one location as opposed to another so keep an eye out for preferred cards. You could be sitting on a gold mine!

Store Name: Alpha’s Absolute Arson aka AlphaQ BBQ

Owner: AlphaQ_Later

Specialty: Cooking up deals and competitors

Preferred Cards: b0mann art

Location: Doubter Dr. (behind the MurphMart)

About: Here at the AlphaQ BBQ we serve up saucy deals while keeping it low and slow.

Store Name: Atlas Æmporium

Owner: average_atlas

Specialty: Village of Skokie

Preferred Cards: Familiar Authors and Cards from pre-Season 3

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd & Doubter Dr. — Next to Riot’s Gear

About: Beginning as a go-to Village of Skokie land card trading spot for various collected doodads, Atlas Æmporium has transformed to now trade for assorted sought after collectibles.

Here you will find many of the Village of Skokie land plots open for trade back to the community. Alongside these beautiful Skokie acres many other eye-catching cards are also up for trade, but some are kept inside the glass-branded DNT display vaults behind lock-and-key. Atlas encourages you to pop by and give a hello, even if the intention is to only ponder and peruse!

— Average_Atlas of Atlas Æmporium

Store Name: The Bay

Owner: YectorSalamanyeet

Specialty: The Bay of Less / Yector-signed cards

Preferred Cards: 1:1 Bay or Yector card trade-ins

Location: Arist Ave. — Across from The Bogain Bin

About: After a grueling campaign against enemy forces, Yector has asserted dominance over the unincorporated territory of The Bay of Less and peace reigns once again. Now, Bay Holdings LLC are pleased to open the Bay Collection to visits from the general public, in addition to offering a robust trade-in service for any Bay of Less and Yector-signed cards looking for a place of honor in this prestigious collection.

Store Name: The Blueberry Sanctuary

Owner: Conall360

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Blueberry Eater

Location: Corner of Pack St. & Artist Ave.

About: The Blueberry Sanctuary is a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to the preservation of Blueberry Eaters everywhere.

Store Name: The Bogain Bin

Owner: b0mann

Specialty: Cards that are blue in colour

Preferred Cards: Cards that are blue in colour

Location: Artist Avenue

About: Trying to make the FIRST fully blue dangpacks inventory!

Store Name: Brock’s Boutique

Owner: Brockmonk

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: S3

Location: Corner of Pack St & Doubter Dr.

About: TBD

Store Name: Bologna Davenport’s Cardboard Delicatessen

Owner: BolognaDavenport

Specialty: Community Driven trades that make everyone happy. See something you like but don’t feel like you have enough in trade? We offer financing via partial stakes in your future packs!

Preferred Cards: Season 1 and Holos

Location: Corner of Doubter Dr. & Pack Street

About: Just here for fun and community. :dangHug:

Store Name: Copium Cabana

Owner: gamenut89

Specialty: Buying Copium, selling whatever isn’t!

Preferred Cards: Copium

Location: Pack Street in between Nathan’s Niche & The Sklopp Shopp

About: The Copium Cabana stands alone as a tropical paradise smack dab in the middle of downtown Packsburg. Bamboo architecture and a thatched roof encase an open design that allows a fresh coconut-scented breeze to waft through the aisles. Food and drink available at the various bars, but the most frequently consumed product here is that sweet, sweet copium.

Click here to watch the Copium Cabana Commercial!

Store Name: Crispy’s Crisp Cards

Owner: CrispyChristof

Specialty: Games, Tournaments, and Good Wood

Preferred Cards: Cerso The Ball Player

Location: Rainbow Rd.

About: At Crispy’s Crisp Cards we strive to provide the premier Ball Player experience. Come on down for some amazing trades, play a game at one of our 20 tables or hit the park behind the shop for some good wood. Get those trades in, before the cards get, GONE!

Store Name: The Fish Market

Owner: MintingFish

Specialty: Quiet Kingdom Starter Kits from Seasons 1–3

Preferred Cards: Portraits, Katherine O’Hara, Her Dangly Things

Location: Corner of Doubter Dr. & Believer Blvd. — Next to MurphMart

About: The Fish Market! Something free with every purchase

Store Name: Jackie’s Pub

Owner: JackieDaytona25

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Any from Season 1–2

Location: Corner of Rainbow Rd. & PackStreet

About: Welcome to Jackie’s Pub, where the beer is as ice cold as the packs I normally pull. My cards are like my beer, it’s more about the quantity than the quality! Open to most trades, come drink a few at Jackie’s and make me an offer I can’t refuse.

Store Name: Light House

Owner: Light_Arisen

Specialty: Channel points and T2/T3 boosters

Preferred Cards: S2.5

Location: Corner of Artist Ave & Believer Blvd.

About: Welcome to the lighthouse. We may scam you but it’s still less than Dan would.

Store Name: Mir’s Badges Barn

Owner: Mirbear

Specialty: TBD

Preferred Cards: TBD

Location: Doubter Dr behind Misty’s Morsels

About: TBD

Store Name: Misty’s Morsels

Owner: AeroEagle333

Specialty: No specialty, although we currently have a large number of S3 duplicates looking for a good home.

Preferred Cards: Misty the Dreamkiller & Misty the Pogged

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd & Doubter Dr

About: Here at Misty’s Morsels, we proudly offer a unique variety of cards at a fair price. We are always looking to take your unwanted Mistys, but are happy to accept any cards in trade.* At Misty’s Morsels, we believe our morsels are meant to be enjoyed, and love finding them new homes. Stop down soon and see what we have to offer!

*We are not currently accepting redeemed item cards.

Store Name: MurphMart

Owner: MurphyObv

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Redacted/Funny Names, Character Cards and Holo One Guys

Location: Corner of Doubter Dr. & Believer Blvd.

About: C’mon down to MurphMart and have yourself a time! Friendly faces everywhere, deals on cards for your collection!

C’mon down to MurphMart and leave your believer woes behind! Ample parking day or night, associates asking “Can I help you? “

C’mon up to MurphMart, gotta see what you can find! We got relics, lands, and more. We got full arts, golds, and rubies.

C’mon down to MurphMart and trade your cards for mine.

Store Name: Nathan’s Niche Nook

Owner: Nathan_BanSc

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Redacted

Location: Corner of Pack Street & Doubter Dr.

About: Shrouded in mystery, customers must be prepared to give as much as they get with the chaotic trades at Nathans Niche Nook. Only those brave enough to test their luck and their mettle, may walk away with cards gathered from the Banlands.

Store Name: The Platinum Card Club

Owner: platinum_fox17

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Full Arts

Location: Corner of Pack Street and Rainbow Rd.

About: Come on down, in this exclusive club we like to see cards stripped bare without their borders and show off the full beauty of their art. No touching!! We do not want to scuff up our beautiful cards.

Store Name: Prussiaz Bazaar

Owner: Prussiaz

Specialty: A little bit of everything

Preferred Cards: Doubters

Location: Corner of Doubter Dr & Believer Blvd.

About: Variety is the spice of life at Prussiaz Bazaar™! We take all card trades, but we glance at doubters more than anything else!

Store Name: The Rainbow Emporium

Owner: KevinTheGoose

Specialty: All Things Rainbow

Preferred Cards: Rainbow Rarity Cards

Location: Corner of Rainbow Road & Pack Street

About: A unique gallery to overwhelm your senses with a barrage of color and illustration. Local Artists display their artwork and all are welcome to enjoy the skilled pieces of artwork. Complimentary coffee and fruit for all who come through

Store Name: Riot’s Gear

Owner: Walking_Riot

Specialty: Items and Rares

Preferred Cards: Gold

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd. & Rainbow Rd. — Next to Atlas’ Æmporium

About: You want ITEMS? I have COIN. You team RED? I got RARES. Make your collection LOUDER with a trip to Riot’s Gear!

Store Name: Scrambled Stables

Owner: ScrambledWowee

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Limewire and variety

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd & Rainbow Rd.

About: Call this store a Dan Gheesling stream because you won’t believe how many horses we have.

Store Name: Sklopp Shopp

Owner: Skloppp

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Roz_Paints lands, colored ink

Location: Corner of Rainbow Rd. & Pack Street

About: Stop on by the Sklopp Shopp if you’re looking to unload any Roz Lands or special inks! If you happened to miss any airdrops, feel free to ask and we’ll send you a Sklopp Shopp Dropp on the house!

Look for the twin Champandi’s out front!

Store Name: StoverStore

Owner: stoversp

Specialty: Variety

Preferred Cards: Full Art lands and rainbow characters

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd. & Rainbow Rd.

About: Like a good neighbor, StoverStore is there.

Store Name: Tacky’s Trench Coat

Owner: tackywak

Specialty: Redacteds

Preferred Cards: Redacted, funny authors, and 1/X or X/X

Location: The Treacherous Alleys of Pack Street

About: In the dead of night in a little park down the street come trade your cards.

Store Name: The Viridian Armory

Owner: ShakeALegg

Specialty: Green Swords

Preferred Cards: Full Art, Rainbow, Gold, “Medieval” Authors

Location: Corner of Believer Blvd. & Artist Ave. — Next to Prussiaz’ Bazaar

About: Here at The Viridian Armory, I have amassed the largest collection of Green Swords in the land of the 596. Oddities, rarities, treasures, masterpieces, we have a sword of every kind. It is the goal of this armory to have the largest and most comprehensive collection of Green Swords; to showcase their glory to all and bask in their awe-inspiring, viridian light.

Well, there you have it! Everything you need to navigate your way through the highways and byways of Packsburg. Make sure to keep your map handy though (just in case).

Also, if you look closely at the map, you may see some familiar Dang-lore characters! The first 3 people to find ALL 20 Characters will get a FREE* card from MurphMart! (Contest closed, see update below!)

Just send MurphyObv a DM on discord with the list of all the Dang characters/card names you found. Be careful, some may be harder to find that others! Click here for a hi-res version of the map (you’ll need it)!

Thank you for stopping by Packsburg. We hope you enjoyed your stay! We hope to see you, and possibly your own store, very soon!

*No purchases necessary. Not able to be combined with other offers. Transfers allowed. Free cards are pre-determined by MurphMart CEO and Executive Collector MurphyObv. Employees and relatives of employees of The Gheesling Group Inc. are not eligible to win prizes. First come, first serve basis. Void where prohibited.

Update: Thanks to everyone that read the article and participated in the scavenger hunt. Did you find them wll? Here is a list of all the characters walking about the streets of Packsburg. (in no particular order)

  1. One Guy

2. Average doubter

3. Orange Eater

4. Blueberry Eater

5. Gold Mamba

6. AWWA/Pog AWWA

7. F. Dan Skin

8. Skippy B

9. Dan / Dan Skin

10. Pace Picante (Broken)

11. Cosmic Brownie

12. Misty

13. Shiny Psyduck

14. Arnold Picante

15. Hob / Stallsville

16. Captain Stall

17. Nadia

18. Tabitha

19. Goldvo

20. Cerso Yeet

Congrats to the winners: platinum_fox17, 123aaa789, KevinTheGoose, YectorSalamanyeet, and Cimbera! Stop on by the Customer Service counter at MurphMart to pick up your rewards!

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