collectible cards

Swappable printed treasures

Collectible cards are trading cards designed to be collected, traded, and often used in gameplay.

Sports cards featuring athletes were the original form; later card games like Magic: The Gathering and Pokémon created cards with varying rarity and strategic value.

Some collectible cards appreciate dramatically: His vintage baseball card collection is worth thousands.

Also called trading cards.

Opposites
value/disposability

collectible cardsjunk mail

Unsolicited commercial correspondence

trash · recyclables · throwaways · garbage · scrap paper

scarcity/availability

collectible cardscommon goods

Shared communal resources

commodities · consumables · everyday items

purpose/function

collectible cardsplaying cards

Numbered suited game pieces

index cards · business cards · flash cards · gift cards · ID cards

Family

card, collect, collection, collector

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G