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One Piece Metal Cards: I Opened an Entire Case
One Piece metal cards are the hot new trend in Chinese trading cards — thick, framed, serialized. I opened a whole 48-card case from Mo Se Wen Chuang. Zero dupes.
Trading Card Archives
In-depth openings and reviews of trading cards from around the world — Kayou, Card.Fun, Kakawow and the strangest packs we can find.
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Persona 5 Royal Trading Cards: Kayou's Phantom Treasure Collection
Kayou's officially licensed Persona 5 Royal trading cards are here. I opened the Phantom Treasure Collection — my first direct order from Kayou's FUNTCG store — and the Phantom Thieves style is everything I hoped for.
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How to Play My Little Pony TCG (Kayou)
Kayou’s officially licensed My Little Pony TCG is a colorful, story-driven card game currently only published in Chinese, but don’t let that stop you. With
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Kayou My Little Pony Set Checklist - Summer 2025
Quick post today just to announce that the Kayou My Little Pony checklist has been updated for all sets through Summer 2025 This is a massive series with 8
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Selling Trading Cards on eBay: Tips & Tricks for Success
Want to start selling trading cards on eBay but need some help? Let me show you how I got started.
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Kayou: My Little Pony Checklist (Updated Spring 2025)
Confused on collecting the Kayou My Little Pony trading cards? Organize your pulls with this exhaustive checklist
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My Little Pony: Kayou's Trading Card Rocket Ship
You know the meme "Going to the Moon, be right backhttps://knowyourmeme.com/photos/26959-brb"? That's how I think Kayou must feel given the astronomical su
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YARRR! Pirates and Privateers by RRParks
Pirates and Privateers, a new independent trading card set from RRParks explorers the history of piracy and includes tons of awesome goodies.
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Gundam Wafer Cards: Edible Trading Cards?
Gundam wafer cards are one of the more interesting types of trading cards being sold today. Learn more about this unique product line.
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卡片精灵 Cardmon: Camon's Answer to Pokemon
Cardmon is a massive TCG you’ve never heard of. It’s been running for 10 years in China, learn all about this hidden treasure.
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Bling Bling! Exploring High End Anime Cards
Let’s take a look at the top end, rarest and most valuable anime cards, along with a look at what makes an anime card valuable in the first place.
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One Piece Endless Treasure: Mind = Blown
One Piece Endless Treasure is easily the best series of trading cards ever. Let me prove that to you by showing you the fantastic set 5.
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SCP Trading Cards Checklist and Set Guide
An SCP trading cards checklist and guide to the sets produced by Camon.
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Meow World: Stunning Cute Cat Collection Cards
Meow World is a set of cat collection cards. Just cute cats, all different kinds. It’s basically the perfect set!
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AliExpress Trading Cards, Invest in Value and Excitement!
Want to try your hand at flipping AliExpress trading cards for profit? Looking for the best set to open to maximize returns? Read on friend, read on.
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Spiderman 60th Anniversary: A Stunning Set of Cards
Spiderman 60th Anniversary trading cards are some of the best Marvel cards I've seen in years. Come read why you should definitely be picking up a box yourself.
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Cryptid Waifus: Monster Girl Encyclopedia
Monster Girl Encyclopedia - an extremely rare yet incredible awesome set of cryptid waifu trading cards!
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My Favorite Sets: Announcing New Top 10 Sets
With over 70 reviewed boxes and more than 1000 cards in the database - it's time to update our top 10 sets! Who will be number 1? Read on and find out.
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Zodiac Warriors: Gorgeous Kayou Saint Seiya Cards
These Kayou Saint Seiya cards are just as awesome as anything else Kayou has made - if you like the show or the manga, you will love these!
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July 4th Freedom Battle: Transformers vs Gundam
For July 4th, or Freedom Day as we call it here in the USA - I wanted to do something big. This is the biggest battle I've ever run, 8 sets - 68 total cards. Transformers vs Gundam makes the fireworks fly!
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Marvel Hero Battle Rules: Learning to Play Kayou's 1st TCG!
You already love these amazing Marvel Hero Battle cards right? Did you know they are actually part of TCG? I've translated all the Hero Battle Rules, come learn how to play!
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Kayou Three Kingdoms TCG: Better than Hero Battle?
Can Kayou take the amazing artwork from their The Three Kingdoms trading cards and turn it into a Three Kingdoms TCG?
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Revisiting Star Wars PreRelease: #1 Trading Cards
Was I wrong about this set? Yes. Did I then buy 4 more boxes of it? Also yes. Come find out why Star Wars PreRelease may be the best set ever made.
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Tokyo Ghoul Cards: Another Triumph From Big Face!
I bought these mostly because they looked creepy - I had no idea this was a Big Face Studio production! Take a closer look at these Tokyo Ghoul cards
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卡星文创 Chainsaw Man: A Rival For Big Face Studios?
卡星文创 Chainsaw Man trading cards! And these one don't suck - in fact they may even be better than the Big Face Studios set.
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Gundam Mechanical Story: Maybe Better than Duel?
This set of Gundam Mechanical Story trading cards is one of the best I've ever seen, I ended up buying three boxes - it's that's good!
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One Piece: The Grand Line is Grand Indeed
One Piece seems perfect for me it's anime + pirates. Still, I've never actually seen it. I bought this The Grand Line trading cards box anyway, cause again... pirates.
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Mystery Doraemon Cards: Who Made This?
More Doraemon Cards? This time we have something odd though - a mostly unmarked box. Can we figure out what these are?
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JoJo Trading Cards: Big Blue Box of Treasure
I thought those those 2-yuan Jojo's Bizarre Adventure trading cards were epic - but they have nothing, nothing on this JoJo collector's edition
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Chainsaw Man 8-Pack: A Cash Grab of a Garage Set
Well this set is not as good as the Big Face Studios set. Still, maybe we can learn something from this one anyway, like don't buy the Chainsaw Man 8-Pack box
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Marvel Hero Battle 5: Worth Collecting on their Own?
Kayou makes some amazing trading cards, I'll buy basically anything they make. Did you know they also make a TCG called Marvel Hero Battle? Come see what you've been missing.
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DCEU: What if the Star Wars team made Batman Cards?
What if that company that made those amazing Star Wars pre-release cards also made a DC universe set? Well, you'd get some sweet Batman cards that way!
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Kayou Transformers: Great Value, Excellent Cards
Kayou once again proving they can make an excellent trading card set. Kayou Transformers is just a fun set to open!
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Doraemon Trading Cards! How are These This Good?
OK stop everything and go buy this box of Doraemon Trading Cards, you’ll find it on AliExpress. You can read my review if you want - but you’ll just wish you had bought it sooner.
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Mail Call 9: Welcome to the World of Sports Cards
We are the trading card archives, that means we are going to look at as many different sets as we can get. That includes the world of sports cards, buckle up, here we go.
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Mini Mail Call: Why I Absolutely Love C1LUXURYACC
I buy a lot of AliExpress trading cards, 1000’s of dollars worth. You will love C1LUXURYACC store. I cannot say enough good things about them, and I get 0 dollars for doing that. They are that good.
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Oh Boy! Now I Get To Collect SCP Foundation Twice
It’s time to collect SCP Foundation trading cards again! I’m opening a completely new box this time, the 4th of 9 different boxes. What’s in this one?
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Mail Call 7 & 8: My Backlog is Too Darn High!
My backlog is too darn high, I have multiple packages photographed to writeup and even more sitting wrapped on shelves. This is getting crazy over here.
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Kayou Three Kingdoms: A Stunning Set of Cards
Kayou Three Kingdoms is an incredible set of trading cards, from the art to the printing tech, this is a tour de force you don't want to miss!
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Dragon Ball Pack Battle: Which Pack has the Coolest Cards?
Which set of Dragon Ball trading cards has the best looking cards? Time to find out in our first ever Dragon Ball pack battle.
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Collectible Chaos: A Look at the Genshin Impact Trading Cards
Genshin impact is already mostly a gambling game - why not add trading cards into that mix too? Genshin Impact trading cards
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The Grim, Dark Galaxy of Warhammer 40k Trading Cards
Wow these cards look awesome, shouldn't surprise anyone since they are made by Panini the most creative designer in the business right now. Let's look at some Warhammer 40k Trading Cards!
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Supply Drop: Binders, Boxes and Sleeves - Oh My!
What’s the point buying all these cards just to throw them in a box? Come learn how to care for a collection using binders, boxes and sleeves
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Dragon Ball Trading Cards, The Best Set So Far?
There are a lot of different Dragon Ball Trading Cards out there. We’ve opened a few sets already, but this one, this one might be the best yet.
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Chainsaw Man Trading Cards: The Bloodiest Ever Printed
Chainsaw Man! He’s a man and he’s a chainsaw, well multiple chainsaws! It’s bloody violent and so are these chainsaw man trading cards! Come take a look.
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May the 4th be with You! More Exciting Star Wars Cards
May the 4th be with You! Since it is a major Star Wars holiday today I decided to open a 2nd pack of my Star Wars 2023 Pre-Release trading cards from AliExpress
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Mail Call 6! Exciting Drifting and More Dragon Ball
Another package == another mail call post! Let’s see what’s inside, probably more Dragon Ball trading cards if I had to guess
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Wall of Boxes: All My Boxes in a Single Picture!
My Wall of Boxes is an index of every box I’ve opened so far as an image. Just find the one you want to learn more about and click the link by it’s number.
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Wall of Packs! All my Packs In a Single Picture!
My Wall of Packs is a directory of every pack I’ve opened so far in image form. Find the pack you want to learn about, then click the link for it’s number.
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Initial D Trading Cards in a Stylish Anime Package
For my 20th box review I wanted to pick something interesting. These are pretty old Initial D trading cards, there are only 9 packs so wish me luck!!
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Kamen Rider X: The TV Show you Never Knew
Kamen Rider X is a show you might not have heard about, but it inspired a lot of the scifi you grew up with. Stuff like Power Rangers and even Knight Rider owes a lot to this show.
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Secrets I've Learned Building This WordPress Archive
I’ve been running this website for 4 months now. In that time I’ve learned a lot of tips and tricks for building this WordPress archive. Read on to learn more.
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Mail Call 5! A Massive Box of DC Extended Universe
Another package! I get a lot of these… actually this on has just been on the shelf for a long time. Lets open it up together.
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Waifu Trading Cards: Yes These Really are Cat Ladies
We all know we’d get here eventually, waifu trading cards are a MASSIVE part of this hobby. So big there is a literal retail store selling only these singles in my city. Let’s dip our toes in with a look at the Beast Mother set.
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Victors Verses: The Hidden League of Legends TCG?
Tonights box is one of those I bought just so I could say I had one of everything. If you shop around AliExpresshttps://www.aliexpress.com/ for cards you w
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Updated: Top 10 Astonishing AliExpress Trading Card Sets
There is a new king in town. I’ve re-thought the top 10 AliExpress trading card sets opened so far. Find out what made the list… and what didn’t.
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Trading Card Royalty: Museum Quality Gundam Cards
Well this is a treat. After seeing set 1’s cards I knew set 2 would be amazing. I had no idea how technically advanced the printing on these cards would be, you have to see this to believe it, this is Trading Card Royalty.
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Holy Giant Mech Suits! More Mind-Blowing Gundam Trading Cards
LeCard is making a second set of Mind-Blowing Gundam Trading Cards. Let’s take a closer look at GD002’s incredible 10-yuan box.
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Naruto: World Famous AliExpress Trading Cards
Naruto cars are easily the most famous AliExpress trading cards ever. Even if you don’t know what AliExpress is - you probably know about Naruto cards. I’m taking a look at a wave 2, 1-yuan box.
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Glittery SCP Cube: What Treasure is in the First Pack?
After reviewing that glittery scp cube it was time to crack open a pack and see what kind of cards are inside.
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A Glittery Cube Full of SCP Foundation Trading Cards
Yes they do make SCP Foundation Trading Cards, I own every single box. Today I’m looking at a very damaged 5-yuan box from the first set.
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Expensive Dragon Ball Trading Cards are Better!
Now that I saw how good even the lowly 1-yuan cards are, I wanted to take a look at some more expensive Dragon Ball trading cards - and wow, these are incredible!
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Mail Call 4! More Surprisingly Awesome Dragon Ball Cards
Another Mail Call post so soon? I know, but what if I told you it contained a 10-yuan box of Awesome Dragon Ball cards!
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One Piece: Spectacular Anime Pirate Trading Cards
This is something new, One Piece cards but not from Kayou or Little Dinosaur, no these are from a new company called Kaoong - Let’s take a look at our first One Piece Anime Pirate Trading Cards!
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Mail Call 3! The Ultimate SCP Trading Card Collection
I finally did it, I have every single box of SCP Trading Cards - not every single card, just one of each box. Come read about how I put together my SCP Trading Card Collection.
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Kayou is Awesome! A Closer Look at My Little Pony Cards
These Kayou cards are really high quality, best AliExpress trading cards I’ve opened so far. Come and check out some really cool My Little Pony cards.
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My Little Pony: The Cutest Trading Cards?
That’s right, Kayou also makes My Little Pony trading cards and I bought a 5-yuan box of them. These are so freaking cute!
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10 Weird AliExpress Trading Card Boxes Ranked
We’ve opened a lot of boxes on this site so far, let’s take a look back and rank our top 10 AliExpress Trading Card sets.
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Dragon Ball: Why are There so Many of These?
Let’s open some Dragon Ball Z trading cards from AliExpress. They make a lot of these, and I have no idea why I picked this one.
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SCP Forgotten Monsters: Opening The First Pack
SCP Trading Cards?! Yes, they make this, I have all of them. Today we’re opening a pack of the second series, SCP Forgotten Monsters
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SCP Trading Cards: Time to Hunt Down some Forgotten Monsters
Yes I just opened one box, but haven’t you heard of second trading card box? Let’s go hunt down some forgotten monsters!
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Star Wars Pre Release Cards: A Triumph from Step Inn Games
Fantastic Star Wars pre release cards by Step Inn Games. These boxes are packed with amazing cards, some of the coolest designs you'll ever see
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Let's Open a Pack of Cards
That shiny purple and gold box was too much to resist, let’s open a pack and see if these cards look as good in person.
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, So Much Foil
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind is a completely insane series with the weirdest plots and the craziest characters. I wonder what the trading cards are like?
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Mail Call! Star Wars and One Punch Man Trading Cards? Sign me up!
Another package arrived, these take a long time to ship so I usually forget which is which by the time they get here. This one turned out to be Star Wars and One Punch Man!
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Transformers Trading Cards: Opening Pack 1
Time to take a look at the the cards in that shiny Transformers box. These are some great looking Transformers trading cards!
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Transformers Trading Cards, More Than Meets the Eye?
They’ve made a lot of transformers products, movies, tv shows, comics, and lots and lots of trading cards. But I bet you’ve never seen these Transformers Trading Cards.
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Failure of Reception: SCP Trading Cards, Pack 1
Time to open our first pack of SCP trading cards. Let’s see what kinds of horrors we can uncover here.
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Failure of Reception: The first box of SCP Foundation Cards
Secure Contain Protect, everybody knows about the wiki - but did you know they make tons of trading cards for this mythos? Well they do, come find out about the first set: Failure of Reception.
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Game Soul: A Disappointing Pack of Video Game Trading Cards
Let’s crack open our first pack from this super weird trading card set called Game Soul.
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Game Soul: So Many Amazing Game Characters in One Set!
This box claims to contain 19 classic video games worth of trading cards. Let’s open it up and find out how they fit so many amazing game characters in one set
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Mail Call! Why is Tifa on this Mysterious Box?
What’s it like to get a package of trading card boxes from an AliExpress seller? Read on and find out, also what is Tifa doing on this mysterious box?
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SCP Foundation: Let's Secure, Contain and Protect these Trading Cards
SCP Foundation has a long and storied history on these here internets. Did you know somebody made a bunch of SCP trading cards? Like 100s and 100s of them?
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Studio Ghibli Trading Cards: Holy Totoro These are Awesome!
The box for these Studio Ghibli trading cards was impressively high quality. I hope the cards inside the first pack are just as cool!
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Miyazaki Trading Cards: Wonderful Depictions of Studio Ghibli Films
Who doesn’t love Studio Ghibli, their films combine amazing animation artwork with heartwarming lessons for us all. Will these Miyazaki trading cards be just as good? Come and find out.
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Identity V TCG: Opening Two Random Packs
I bought a bunch of un-boxed Identity V TCG packs from AliExpress. Let’s find out what is in them.
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Demon Slayer: Definitely Cheap, but Still Interesting
The first pack from the 1 Yuan series 4 Demon Slayer box. Also includes the one-per-box pack-in!
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Demon Slayer: a Inexpensive box? Or Did I Get Scammed?
This Demon Slayer box was the cheapest one I bought, or so I thought.
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Counterfeit Magic Cards, I mean Proxy Magic Cards, Sorry
I bought a set of Counterfeit Magic Cards of the power 9. Want to see a really bad fake black lotus? I’ve got you covered right here.
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YAMS and Grandpa Oh My! Opening Duel Gundam
Lets see what these super expensive duel gundam cards have in store for us.
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It All Started with a Box full of Gundam Cards
Learn about the Duel Gundam trading card, licensed for the Chinese market. Hopefully there are some cool pulls in this box full of Gundam cards!
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Why Trading Cards... What is even going on here?
Why trading cards? Why did I pick these trading cards? What am I doing with my life? All this and more, answered inside.