This also applies if you have a few favourite cards.
There are practical reasons to having multiple copies. You can accidentally damage cards, or misplace them. Or perhaps you want to sell 1 copy because of financial reasons but still want to have a copy of your most favourite card in your collection.
This begs the question, how many copies of your favourite card do you have? And, are you always on the lookout to buy more copies of it or is there a limit?
I typically will have 2 copies of all my most favored cards just because i enjoy doubles, but ill usually do it so long as i can justify the price. The higher it is, the less id be inclined to own more of them and id just settle for what works.
That being said, my most recent event of chasing a favorite card led me to owning 493 copies of it total which probably wasnt a fantastic idea. However i have no regrets and its really funny to me knowing that im probably the only person who has this card in such excess.
Some of my favorite cards are the neo rev holo bleed cards, the one I will almost always buy if I see for a decent price is misdrevous bc I love her eyes being holo. I have a good amount of it, maybe 9 unlimited and 2 1st Ed, I do not look them up ever, just randomly see them on Ebay and buy them lol.
If I randomly find a Gyarados for 5 dollars, I just skip a coffee. Probably pushing on 50+ of the same art in different iterations. Condition doesn’t matter either which is why I started enjoying the look of played cards as of late.
If I had the funds, I’d easily do this with Hiroshima Gyarados, Shining Gyarados, and Delta Gyarados and compile 2 pages each.
I have about 135 base machops (mix of first ed, shadowless, unl. no rarity, squirtle deck, trainer deck, signed, etc. but about 115 are just…unlimited base machop) and I’m always buying more.
I like doing things in Bulk. You’d be amazed what you can get for Bulk and some negotiating. Most of my collection is full of tons of copies of a card. If I feel the card is good enough to buy, it’s good enough to buy a bunch of them.
now this is what i cal collecting! So cool to see like this. Also shout out op. Awesome thread idea! I dont have a favourite card so sadly cant contribute.