For many collectors, it's all about the artwork, and that artwork deserves to be spotlighted
Having your cards in a pile will help you count how many cards you have to hit the item minimum for a bulk submission
After all, anything printed before Exodus used a black expansion symbol regardless of rarity, so the symbol color won't help you tell what rarity a card is
According to TCGplayer prices, A booster box costs about $328, around $27 a pack, while an individual pack costs about $34
Id heard about the Pokmon Trading Card Game World Championships and their vast popularity but didnt think England would be a massive hub for real-life play, resigning my uninformed opinion to it being simply a kids game, with little-to-no appeal to anyone my age
Some cards are quite obvious as to why I want to collect them