Can’t trust a greedy friend. Thankfully I never betrayed a friend over some cards, only Wal-Mart — well before I was even 10 years old.
All the cards are in great condition. There are many great cards, but sadly not too many from the base set. I did continue to purchase new ones for awhile afterwards, nothing recently though. I stopped just before this new craze began. I have a shit load of cool cards and even many that are of fairly high value. I don’t have a list of them though. I need to go through them all and start figuring it out, but damn it’s so much work. Very meditative though, thanks nostalgia.
One thing I can say about Pokémon is that it’s actually fun to play the trading card game. It’s pretty simple, but I’ve always loved it.