Editing Trading card (section)

{{Short description|Picture cards that are collectable}}
{{Distinguish|Trade card}}
A '''trading card''' (or '''collectible card''') is a small card, usually made out of [[paperboard]] or thick [[paper]], which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia).<ref name=ccbaseball>{{cite web|title=Baseball Card History, News, and Reviews|url=http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/baseball-card/|work=CardboardConnection.com|publisher=The Cardboard Connection|access-date=16 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901074445/http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/baseball-card/|archive-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> When traded separately, they are known as '''singles'''. There is a wide variation of different types of cards.

Trading cards are traditionally associated with [[sport]]s ([[baseball card]]s are particularly common) but can also include subjects such as ''[[Pokémon]]'' and other [[non-sports trading card]]s. These often feature [[cartoon]]s, [[comic book]] characters, [[television series]] and film stills. In the 1990s, cards designed specifically for playing games became popular enough to develop into a distinct category, [[collectible card game]]s. These games are mostly [[fantasy]]-based [[gameplay]]. [[Fantasy art cards]] are a subgenre of trading cards that focus on the [[artwork]].