Editing Trading card (section)

==Collecting==
It is often said that for someone playing a CCG, the best way to obtain the cards they desire is not via booster packs, but by buying the individual singles they need for their deck.<ref name="DUMMIES">{{cite book|title=Trading Card Games For Dummies|url=https://archive.org/details/tradingcardgames00kauf|url-access=registration|last1=Kaufeld|first1=John|last2=Smith|first2=Jeremy|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|year=2006|isbn=0470044071}}</ref> Purchasing booster packs is often seen as a form of [[gamble|gambling]], because buyers do not know which cards they will receive until after their purchase.<ref name="OWENS"/> Even though the price for an individual card may be more than the price of booster pack, they will likely save money in the long run, compared to buying multiple booster packs at greater cost in hopes of randomly getting it.<ref name="DUMMIES"/>