So I Guess I Need to Collect this Now...

I've mentioned this on the blog before, but my son has officially gone cuckoo for Pokemon cards.  Of course, Pokemon isn't a single-player game, which means my son needs me to play against him.  And that means that I also need Pokemon cards.  The last thing I wanted was the temptation of another type of card to collect, but hey, the things we do for our children, am I right?!

While I definitely don't own nearly as many cards as my son, I do have a couple of decks that I put together based on some "preconstructed" decks that I purchased.  One of those decks was a blue (water) deck that is centered around building up a couple of lines of Pokemon evolutions.  One of those lines is the Quaxly / Quaxwell / Quaquaval line.

My son has all sorts of tricked-out decks with rare Pokemon critters, so I figured I should drop an entire $1.50 (including shipping) on eBay to get a rarer pocket monster of my own.

That's a Quaquaval EX, ostensibly a better card than the usual Quaquaval cards that came in the original preconstructed deck.  I fully admit that I don't actually know what makes for great cards, but at least I can have fun playing with my son, which is all that I care about.

That all said, I guess I am officially throwing my hat into the ring of Pokemon collecting, especially cards that my son can use!   If anyone has some unloved/unwanted Pokemon cards lying around, let me know.  Maybe we can work out a trade involving baseball cards for Pokemom cards!

Until then, watch out for the duck.  Quack quack.

PS:  This is NOT an April Fool's post (unfortunate timing for this particular post, I fully admit that).