i think flesh and blood and digimon are gonna stick around idk about the others; from what i've seen of the metazoo community it seems like a lot of them are collectors hoping that its a popular game and franchise someday but not actually interested in the actual game
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No people are just trying to cash in on monetary gain from trading cards. Everyone wants to own and sell the next charizard and be a Logan Paul
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Is the World Experiencing the Second Trading Card Game Renaissance?
What is a trading card game renaissance? Trading Card Games as we know them were first popularized in the 1990’s. With the release of Magic the Gathering in 1993, Pokemon TCG in 1996, and the Yugioh trading card game in 1999. People all around the world would be introduced to these new games that relied on cards that weren't the traditional 52-pack of playing cards or collectible sports cards. The major success of these three trading card game companies led to an economic boom surrounding the trading and collectible card game industry in the early 2000.’s.
Almost every franchise had to cash in on the outrageous success that trading card games had become, whether it be American made media such as the Shrek movies or Japanese based comics such as Dragon Ball Z. Retailers such as Walmart and Target would begin to carry these products to try to reach the high demand for the trading card games. The increase in demand and want for a consumable game popularized the creation of local game stores. Stores whose sole purpose was to buy, sell, and trade trading card games alongside hold a space for players to play in local competitive tournaments.
The great recession of 2008 had a huge impact on the trading card game industry. Eventually the overwhelming amount of products would begin to highly oversaturate the medium and only a handful of games would survive the great recession and thus the trading card game crash happened. All of the companies that cashed in on the trading card game were beginning to lose money as people did not have the additional funds to pay for non necessities such as trading card games. The big three Magic The Gathering, Pokemon TCG, and Yugioh, would stand the test of time, but not without undergoing large changes within the games. All three would try “new” mechanics or revitalize old favorites in an attempt to bring players back to the game. As the economy slowly recovered the big three would maintain their spots on the trading card game hierarchy.
In 2020, when the world shuts down to covid, a lot of interesting things begin to happen for the trading card game industry. People were staying home more and looking for things to do while everyone was in quarantine and a lot of people began to look back into trading card games. Graded cards, pack opening videos on youtube and celebrities such as Logan Paul and Post Malone really helped repopularize trading card games to the masses. A large influx of people were now going to their local game stores and big box retailers to purchase pokemon cards in search of chase cards such as Charizard. This alone was able to help revitalize the trading card game industry as the world began to recover.
Since 2020, Flesh and Blood TCG, Meta Zoo TCG, Digmon card game, My Hero Academia collectible card game, and the One Piece card game have all been released. These companies hopped on the revitalization of the trading card game market since the pandemic inspiring the second Trading Card Game Renaissance. More players are attending their local game stores than ever before to look for these new games based off of these popular franchises. Target even sells all of the above-mentioned trading card games, excluding the one piece card game as it hasn't launched yet.
The success of these new trading card game franchises and the big three have proven that trading card games are not just a fad that are here one week and gone the next; that they are here to stay. The DigiBros Team welcomes all of the new and returning players to trading card games as the world ushers in the Second Trading Card Game Renaissance!
Noah Morgan (DigiBros Noah)
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