[mintacular]

Let me be clear, if modern days cards EXCITE you like vintage does for me, I am very happy for you and say collect on of course. Also, some of the modern day products are VERY WELL produced plus the chase of certain parallels I get. I also think the limited numbers and auto/patch add-ons were a nice way to pivot out of the junk wax era.

That said, I still think it has gone WAY too far as illustrated in my original post and don't envy those who must decode all of these intricacies....