Most of the TCG Cards I've gotten lately have come from Whatnot streamers, with the great majority coming from: Kumiho - mainly anime TCG cards, such as, Weiss Schwarz, Build Divide and Union Arena Versusgames_mtg - Magic the Gathering Versusgames_anime - One Piece and Digimon Versusgames_tcgs - Shadowverse and Weiss Schwarz I have also gotten some full boxes from the CardsHQ store in Atlanta, using store credit from selling cards. I like Whatnot because you are welcome to just be an observer and chat with the other people on the stream. This is my main way to be social, since I work at home. Whatnot also has giveaways. I've been very lucky with those, having gotten some full boxes and some really good hit cards. I have shopped group breaks, singles streams, surprise sets and pretty much any format. Usually just getting a pack or two at a time. I've gotten some great hits from one to three pack purchases. I have made so...
I started collecting sports cards in 1977 so that was well before TCGs existed. My first TCG pack was a Magic the Gathering Fallen Empires booster pack and I collected most of that set. MTG appealed to me because I loved fantasy novels and had played Dungeons & Dragons. Plus, it fed my card addiction. I got a few packs from other sets, like Ice Age, Mirage, etc. A few years ago I gave away all of my MTG cards, except for one. This is from the Revised Base Set. I also bought cards from some of the other sets that came out after MTG, as TCGs were becoming popular. Sim City Star Wars The X-Files I also had cards from Star Trek, Spellfire, Vampire: The Eternal Struggle and others. I bougght one pack of Pokemon Team Rocket when it came out but didn't keep any of the cards. I stopped collecting MTG around 2001 or so and didn't start buying TCGs again until 2021, but starting big time collecting with the 2023 McDonald's Pokemon Happy Meal packs. Now I have way too many cards...