I guess we all learned to trust in the heart of the cards this year.
Most mornings, I stumble out of bed, grab my phone, and crack open some Pokemon packs.
I know for a fact I’m not alone in this craze, either.
That’s not all that I’ve seen.
Everywhere I looked this year, some kind of card game was killing it and dominating conversations and minds.
Balatro grabbed a hold of gamers early into the year and never particularly let go.
The point is: In 2024, we proverbially bet big on card games.
There’s a social aspect to card games that shouldn’t be discounted.
I wanted to delight in the joy of awesome new rare card art with others.
I wanted to try out something new in spaces filled with people I trusted.
I learned to love card games over middle-school lunches.
Growing up, I collected cards aplenty, but I never bothered learning their rules and functions.
It was regular bouts of Yu-Gi-Oh at lunchtime that first gave me a real appetite for card games.
That and a youth spent playing Solitaire.
And even then, it gave me an opportunity to sit around and really connect with people.
What’s most exciting is that this card fever isn’t going anywhere.
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