Do you guys like collecting cards?
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I think this is a big division in the community. I have a buddy who is a really good Show player (flawless, 1000+ player) and he just doesnt care at all about the "card collecting" part of the game. Its just a bothersome chore to get all the cards for him - he just wants to get the cards he likes to play with, and be done.
I love the Pokemon-esque "catch em all" thing. I collected cards as a kid and loved constantly paging through binders.
Here's the thing- if you're a card collector, you love rarity. You want there to be rare cards that require a ton of effort and time to get. Card collecting got boring to me as soon as I could just buy the stuff on Ebay. Its about the hunt. Pulling out a credit card and buying the cards seems silly to me - defeats the whole point of the activity.
So, a person like me is always gonna be fine with making the collections a long, arduous task. I want the collecting part to be harder and more complicated - more interesting and deeper.
Ive kind of stopped playing now, cause its like "I have Elly and all the cards, what's the point?" Im a decent player too (maybe 900ish when playing well, 600ish when playing sucky lol), but I need the card pursuit aspect on top of the gameplay.
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I just wanna play baseball. The collecting part is just homework for me, especially when it's basically the same thing every time with racking up stats on conquest / mini seasons.
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I only played Road to the Show from about 2008 through 2020. I jumped into DD in mid 2020, and enjoyed the "card collecting" aspect. I enjoyed it less this year, though. Maybe it's "fatigue". Maybe it's the increased "paywall" for the really expensive cards. I'm one of those guys who still thinks MLBTS is favorable compared to Madden, NHL, etc. But... the evolving trend towards monetization of cards is slowly turning me off to the DD mode.
Will I buy MLBTS next year? Yup. However, I don't see myself pre-ordering for the first time ever. I get @xratedgprodigyx_psn 's comment "I just wanna play baseball". If SDS doesn't improve on some of the things I used to really enjoy in DD (Team Affinity, Events, Battle Royale), then I'll just get my baseball fix by playing RTTS.
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I’m going for every card in the game. I’m down to 23 excluding Free Agents and Variants. 10 of these are the 2026 Finest.
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My DD goal every year is to finish as many Collections as I can. So, yes, I enjoy the card collecting part of the game immensely. (I did as a kid as well)
Do I want the cards “given” to me? No. Do I want some out of my reach? As long as I can finish a collection without it, don’t mind at all. Do I want to endlessly grind for a card, playing modes I don’t care for? Heck no!!
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It's not that I am not into the card collecting aspect, but simply realized long ago that I don't have the dedication to get them all. Too much grindin and flipping, and more time than I am willing to invest.
So my goal every year is all of the Cardinal players. If I get more than that then great.
