Hey pojo, this is important, its for the stratagies, thanks ^_^ To many times I see kids at tourneys or just plain trading that have some cool or rare cards, but in the Crappiest condition you can get them in, when playing, make sure you but the little plastic cases, 100 for $1.00. not bad, use all sixty on whatever cards in your deck, then 40 left over for foils, rares, or Promos. all the cards, especially foils go up in value all the time, I can see Charizard going for 300.00 in a couple of years. I once played a kid with a haymaker, with the crappiest worst bent out of shape cards I've ever seen, all my cards are in mint condition except for the dugtrio and arcanine I found on the street :)feel a card when you first buy it, so smooth, wouldn't you like that sensation to last forever? LOL, well, just know, they will be worth value, and they look nicer, would you rather have hitmonchan that was stuck up someones nose, used as toilet paper, and went dancing in the rain, or one just out of a blackout or Booster Pack, the choice is yours and yours alone, lol. Greg Vulpix07@aol.com ::finds a Nidorino used as a spatula at a barbeque, keeps big mouth shut::