Night Owl Cards

  In 2025, the hobby started trying to kick me out at every turn.   I'm sure it probably started before 2025, but I didn't really notice until this year. And it's not going to succeed. Because I make the rules when it comes to my hobby. Let others play their pretend games, collect their fantasy role-playing products, act like cards are worth more because they're sealed in plastic, claim that 1/1 was not planted into their video break in front of thousands of subscribers.   I will collect the way I always do and treat the hobby as I did in 1982. But I know that I am a have-not in this current scenario. I see it when I visit a card store, a card show, an empty card aisle or an online site offering their latest high-end come-on with an annoying pop-up ad.   The hobby -- thanks, Fanatics -- isn't as generous as it once was, because it's a business to too many people. And business for people today is not about give-and-take. It's about take-and-take. It's abo...