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Collector pulls mint Magic: The Gathering card worth $27,000
YouTube user OpenBooster uses his aptly-named account to open booster packs of Magic: The Gathering cards. Witness his palpable delight when he pulls one of the Power Nine cards from an unopened...
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1902 trading cards imagine the 'Women of the Future'
Way back in 1902, a French manufacturer released a set of trading cards designed by artist Albert Bergeret that imagined the "women of the future." The cards envisioned women stepping into roles that...
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Summer of Love 'trading cards' hit San Francisco bus stops
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, the city of San Francisco has created a trippy 13-poster series of "trading card" posters. Conceived by Kate Haug and produced by Ivan Uranga,...
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Magic the Gathering app working on augmented reality for cards
The fine folks at MTG Manager have one of the favorite apps for fans of the game. Now they are toying around with an AR option that could display information about each card and possibly animate the...
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Adults get their childhood Yu-Gi-Oh! cards valued by an expert
Three adults dug out their childhood Yu-Gi-Oh! card collection for an expert appraisal, and all were surprised, albeit one unpleasantly so. Business Insider spoke with Roy Raftery, a trading card...
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Collect them all: Venture capitalist trading cards
Who's the VC you most admire? Is it "super angel" investor Marc Andreessen, the 47-year-old billionaire behind over 40 successful startups? Or maybe it's Mary Meeker, the legendary VC who Forbes listed...
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New "Garbage Pail Kids Kitchen" cards use real photos of food
llustrator Robert Jimenez was inspired to create the new "Garbage Pail Kids Kitchen" one day eating lunch. Robert is a longtime illustrator of Garbage Pail Kids (GPK) cards and was peeling a banana...
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Target bans Pokémon and sports trading cards after fights between speculators
I was bemused by this strange hand-made message on the way into Target and wondered what on earth went down. It turns out there's been a spate of violent attacks, including one where someone brandished...
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The time Joe Manchin's uncle tried to ban Garbage Pail Kids
No wonder Senator Joe Manchin is such a sourpuss. His uncle didn't let him have Garbage Pail Kids. In 1986 James Manchin, who was the West Virginia State Treasurer from 1985-89, went on a local news...
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