Hey e4, i’ve recently just started buying extra copies of cards I like and i was wondering to myself what is a good quantity of a single card that should be collected? I feel like most seasoned collectors may have a great amount of copies of a single card and I hope to gain that experience one day or quicker to be able to understand that aspect of the fundamentals of collecting, quantity
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If the price is right the answer is always one more.
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Six.
- Three in PSA/BGS/CGC/XXX highest grade, so that if prices go crazy, you can sell one, and still have a duplicate, so that you don’t have to stress that you sold and now no longer have a duplicate, because you bought three instead of two.
- One NM/MT binder copy, to enjoy looking at.
- One played condition, to keep handy.
- One in a frame, deck box or case for display
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Ask @dizzle24 how many Shiny Star V Dedennes he has…that’s about the range that’s good.
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I think for a lot of us our collection goals tend to push us more towards diversification rather than duplication.
There’s just too much to collect in this hobby, so it’s hard for me to personally justify picking up multiple copies of cards I already own when there are so many other cards I don’t own.
I only seek out multiple copies when it’s a card or set I have a particular fondness for. The Japanese Expansion 20th/CP6 set is one example. I have tons of duplicate holos from that set. Normally I’d be inclined to sell some to help me work on my other goals, but I like them far too much to do that.
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9 for a clean binder page
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one is enough for every card, there is not a maximum for some cards. I seem to remember to have typed that sentence sometime ago in another thread with a similar gist, but I cant find it anymore
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Considering the ridiculous prices nowadays, no more than 2. I used to buy a LOT of copies of the same when I had the chance, for example I could find LP/NM Japanese Ancient Mews in all versions for $5-$20 each in Yahoo auctions JPN, but now it’s much more and as such there’s no enjoyment in spending the current asking prices, for me at least.
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I personally get just one of each. The only cards I have multiple of are those which are overlapping with my collection goals - e.g. the English Team Aqua’s Kyogre EX from Double Crisis I have two of, since one is in my Seviper cameo collection, and the other in my FA Supporter collection.
Then again, I currently have 145 cards featuring the Base Set Pikachu artwork (85 more if I include altered/extended artworks), but all 145 of them are unique due to a different language and/or variation. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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If i like a card I don’t stop liking it after I buy one. I have pages and pages of the same cards in my collection.
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1 and 1 only. I don’t understand the binder of 360 of the same card. I’d rather have others be able to enjoy that same card by not hoarding it.
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Seven.
+1 to send to qwachansey for his consulting services
lmao true. 480 is the magic number.
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I’d rather hoard the card than let others enjoy it because no one other than me can enjoy it properly.
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LF>pictures
this, unironically 
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I think it depends on the card and there is no one magic number that will work for every card. I would say as many as you feel comfortable wining. You need to weigh the cost of the card to how much joy it gives you to how much other cards cost.
Lol as if having a binder of 360 of the same WOTC card of which countless numbers were printed will prevent others from enjoying it when they can easily go on eBay and buy one of the hundreds of copies available.
I personally don’t do binders like that, but the virtue signaling here is real.
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