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jay behrensThose of you familiar with CCGs will understand what I am about talk about.
When I had my gaming comic store, Magic:The Gathering was the big game to play and people collected the cards esides using them for playing the game. The cards came in varying evel of prduction rarity. commoncards were not considere collectible and literally thron away if they weren't needed for a set of play.
One of partners collected a card colled Atog. You could bring us 100 Atog cards and trade it for $10 worth singles. He eventually ended up with 20,000 Atogs. I did the same thing with a card called Dead Jawa when the Star Wars CCG was released. I ended up with over 5,000. It was just something fun and stupid to do. Kidsfrom aroundthe vcountry used to show up at MTG pro tour tournements with all the Atogs they could find because they knew we would be there trading for them.
I still have a few hundered of the Dead Jawa cards in a binder along with multiples of other cards with interesting artwork that I liked. I loved CCGs with great art and a sense of humor. My all-time fovorite card is Hal, a Tosis Dragon. I also was lucky enough to get a few of the top artists of the genre to do sketches on gaming mat for me. Maybe it'll be worth something some day 
Jay
I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.