Terms of Service

Agreement

By accessing this site or placing an order on Harlequins Market you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use this site.

Who We Are

Harlequins Market is an independent Magic: The Gathering card shop operating as a node on the Free Market Protocol. It is an unincorporated business based in Kentucky, United States. We sell Magic: The Gathering singles, sealed product, prebuilt decks, and print-on-demand merchandise to customers in the United States. We also host community features, including public deck lists.

Who You Are Buying From

Everything offered on this site is sold to you by Harlequins Market as the seller of record. Where an item was sourced from a third party — for example, a card taken in on consignment — Harlequins Market remains the seller, holds the item, sets the listing, and is the party you contract with. Your order, your payment, and any return are with us.

Eligibility & Age

Orders may only be placed by someone 18 or older, because placing an order forms a contract and authorizes a payment. If you are between 13 and 18, you may browse and use the site only under the supervision of a parent or guardian, and any order must be placed by that adult on their own account. The adult agrees to these Terms and is the responsible party for the order.

We do not knowingly allow children under 13 to create an account or place an order. See our Privacy Policy for how we handle children's information.

Orders & Payment

All prices are in US dollars. Payment is processed securely by Stripe. We do not store your card details. An order is confirmed when you receive a receipt email from us.

We reserve the right to cancel any order if an item is found to be out of stock, mispriced, or unavailable. A full refund will be issued immediately in that case. We may also limit quantities, decline or cancel an order we reasonably believe to be fraudulent, and require tracked shipping on high-value orders.

Taxes

Listed prices do not include sales tax. Any applicable state and local sales tax is calculated and shown at checkout based on your shipping destination, and is collected and remitted where we are required to do so by law. You are responsible for any tax shown on your order.

Shipping

We ship to US addresses only. Orders are typically processed within 1–3 business days. Shipping estimates are provided by the carrier and are not guaranteed. Risk of loss remains with us until the order is delivered to you. Standard (untracked) shipping is offered only on lower-value orders precisely because we carry that risk; we may require tracked shipping where an account has repeated loss claims. Returns and shipping-damage claims are handled under our Refund & Return Policy.

Item Condition

Cards are graded using the Near Mint (NM), Lightly Played (LP), Moderately Played (MP), Heavily Played (HP), and Damaged (DMG) scale. We grade conservatively. Minor variations within a grade are inherent to the hobby and are not considered misrepresentation.

Authenticity

We sell genuine Wizards of the Coast product. We do not knowingly list counterfeit, proxy, or altered cards, and we inspect what we take in. If a card you bought from us is shown to be counterfeit, contact us and we will refund it in full, including shipping, and cover the return — this applies regardless of the return windows below.

Accounts & Identity

You may create an account using an email address or an Ethereum wallet. Account holders on the Free Market Protocol receive an Auth-Key — a soulbound NFT identity that persists across all protocol nodes. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for all activity under your account. We may suspend or close an account that we reasonably believe is being used fraudulently, abusively, or in breach of these Terms.

Your Auth-Key is an identity credential. It is not an investment, it is not sold to you, and it carries no cash value.

Member Rewards

We may issue member reward tokens in connection with purchases. Rewards are a loyalty benefit, not a currency or an investment: they have no cash value, cannot be redeemed for cash, are not transferable for value, and confer no ownership, profit share, or voting right in any business. We may change, pause, or end the rewards program at any time, and rewards attached to an order may be reversed if that order is refunded or charged back.

Your Content

The site lets you create content — deck lists, deck names, written primers, and similar. You keep ownership of what you write. By making it public you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, and share it on and about the site for as long as you keep it published.

Do not post content that is unlawful, infringing, hateful, harassing, obscene, deceptive, or that impersonates someone else, and do not use the community features to advertise a competing storefront. We may remove content or unpublish a deck at our discretion, and we will remove content that infringes copyright on proper notice — write to us at the contact address below and identify the work and the URL.

Intellectual Property

Magic: The Gathering, its card names, mana symbols, and related imagery are copyrights and trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. Harlequins Market is an independent reseller and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by Wizards of the Coast. All product images and names are used solely to identify the genuine products we sell.

The Harlequins Market name, logo, site design, and original written content are our property and may not be copied or reused without permission.

Prohibited Use

You may not use this site for any unlawful purpose, to submit false orders, or to attempt to exploit pricing errors in bad faith. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Our conservative grading reflects our honest professional assessment of each card's condition, but card grading is inherently subjective and is not a warranty. THE SITE AND OUR PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Nothing here limits any right you have under law that cannot be waived, and it does not affect our authenticity commitment above.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising from an order is limited to the amount you paid for that order. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.

Indemnification

You agree to hold Harlequins Market harmless from claims or expenses arising out of your misuse of the site or your violation of these Terms.

General

We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events outside our reasonable control, including carrier disruption, supplier failure, payment-processor outage, natural disaster, or loss of connectivity. We may assign these Terms to a successor if the business is incorporated, sold, or reorganised; you may not assign yours without our consent. If we do not enforce a provision, that is not a waiver of it.

You agree to receive notices from us electronically, at the email address on your account or shown at checkout, and that electronic records satisfy any requirement that a communication be in writing.

Dispute Resolution & Class-Action Waiver

Talk to us first — nearly everything is settled by email. If we cannot settle it, you and Harlequins Market agree to resolve any dispute arising from an order or from your use of this site by binding individual arbitration, administered under the rules of a recognised arbitration provider, rather than in court. Either of us may still bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies.

YOU AND HARLEQUINS MARKET AGREE THAT CLAIMS MAY BE BROUGHT ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. An arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of class proceeding.

Nothing here waives any right that cannot be waived under law, and it does not affect our authenticity commitment or your statutory consumer rights. If the class-action waiver above is found unenforceable, this entire Dispute Resolution section does not apply and any dispute goes to the courts named below.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kentucky, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute that is not otherwise resolved will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Hardin County, Kentucky.

Severability & Entire Agreement

If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Together with our Privacy Policy and Refund & Return Policy, these Terms are the entire agreement between you and Harlequins Market regarding your use of the site.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version will always be posted at this URL. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.

Contact

hello@harlequinsmarket.com
We typically respond within one business day.