I always say you are born with the collector gene or not. If you are unsure if you are then you’re probably not.
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The person who dies with the most cards wins.
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one of these days I will snag yours!
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Japanese cards were a big deal in my local game shop in the 90s. They had that mysteriousness that made them very desirable.
Nowadays, whenever I see a Japanese card, I still get that feeling. My Japanese collection is probably the smallest on this forum, but I simply can’t help admiring the aesthetically pleasing text, the exclusive artwork and the fact that this all started in Japan.
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I love Japanese cards. I might not understand Japanese, but I love how Japanese cards look. I prefer their look and feel over English and I also love the amazing print quality that Japanese cards are made with. There is real consistency and with Japanese boxes I feel like I get stuff that is worth my money.
Meanwhile I don’t feel the same with modern English product. English boxes cost over a double compared to Japanese and English sets are so huge these days that you would never get a full set of cards from one box. But when you buy a Japanese box you usually get all commons, uncommons and holo rares of the set from one box. Ofc you would still need to work with the ultra rares if you really wanted a full set but I love that you are able to get all C/U/R. That’s why I have a binder where I store one of each C/U/R from Japanese boxes that I open in set numberical order. It’s satisfying to look at 
So this way I also feel like I get less junk from Japanese boxes, meanwhile English product feels more like it’s mostly just bulk.
Also modern holos in Japanese are so much better than English as they have holo border. Modern English holos don’t feel like anything special unfortunately.
I still buy some packs of English when a new set comes out just for fun and to have some cards from each set, but my main focus is Japanese.
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The average japanese flat is usually quite small, often not larger than 20 square meeters. Thus they do not have a lot of room for bulk. That is a good thing with japanese cards, that you do not have to buy a ton of boxes to complete a set, and avoiding ending up with countless large white boxes of uncommon cards. Also the do not have the reverse holos, which again increase the bulk. In addition the japanese cards are the original cards and they have high quality. I also like the pack art which I find more apealing. And offcourse all the coom promos that so many are mentioning.
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I collect to satisfy the kid in me that never had a chance to own most of these cards 20 years ago. I also find that I appreciate the art a lot more now in my old age 
I thought the more cards you had the easier it was to bribe Peter (or one of the ferrymen) to let you into the happy playground when your ticker stops ticking.