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People, people, people.....

Chill.

I think Kris only said what he said to play devil's advocate and to make a point.

Point being, there's a fine line between a card being a "trading" card and being a "playing" card. I do believe what we need to take into consideration here is the intention of the manufacturer. If NHL Aces produces a deck of cards that has 52 (or 54) NHLers on them, they are probably producing them to market as a collectible item, not an actual gaming item. (I hear you all saying, but wait, MtG, Pokemon, etc... - I'll get to that.) The decks of cards you can buy in the lobbies of the casinos or at other establishments meant for gaming purposes (shuffle, bend, deal, flip) are not neccesarily marketed for their "collectibility" but for their "playability".

Magic, etc - Issues in packs like sports cards with tiers of scarcity and inserts. It's more than a game. I have played MtG (albeit about 20 years ago) and the cards (not mine, a co-worker's) were each sleeved to protect them as they were not to be handled/shuffled/dinged like a true playing card would be. They are collectible, that can be played as a game.

Deck of cards with no people - does not belong here.

Deck of cards with people (sports/non-sports, doesn't matter, could be 54 scenes from The Princess Bride) - belong here.

I would even venture to say that if a deck had 54 different cars or trains, etc., Admin would say they belong too.

But a plain deck, no.

People, people, people.....

Chill.

I think Kris only said what he said to play devil's advocate and to make a point.

Point being, there's a fine line between a card being a "trading" card and being a "playing" card. I do believe what we need to take into consideration here is the intention of the manufacturer. If NHL Aces produces a deck of cards that has 52 (or 54) NHLers on them, they are probably producing them to market as a collectible item, not an actual gaming item. (I hear you all saying, but wait, MtG, Pokemon, etc... - I'll get to that.) The decks of cards you can buy in the lobbies of the casinos or at other establishments meant for gaming purposes (shuffle, bend, deal, flip) are not neccesarily marketed for their "collectibility" but for their "playability".

Magic, etc - Issues in packs like sports cards with tiers of scarcity and inserts. It's more than a game. I have played MtG (albeit about 20 years ago) and the cards (not mine, a co-worker's) were each sleeved to protect them as they were not to be handled/shuffled/dinged like a true playing card would be. They are collectible, that can be played as a game.

Deck of cards with no people - does not belong here.

Deck of cards with people (sports/non-sports, doesn't matter, could be 54 scenes from The Princess Bride) - belong here.

I would even venture to say that if a deck had 54 different cars or trains, etc., Admin would say they belong too.

But a plain deck, no.

The parameters of my Marino collection... If it doesn't have a picture I don't want it. There are plenty of stat-o-matic and other games that just list the name. What's the point of collecting that?