🎴 12-Step Program for Card Collectors Anonymous 🎴

“Because one deck is never enough…”

Step 1: Admission

We admitted we were powerless over new deck releases—that our shelves, wallets, and relationships had become unmanageable.

Step 2: Belief

We came to believe that a power greater than Kickstarter (maybe our spouse?) could restore us to sanity.

Step 3: Surrender

We made a decision to turn our will and our PayPal over to the care of reason and restraint.

Step 4: Inventory

We made a fearless and honest inventory of all the unopened decks we said we’d use “one day.”

Step 5: Confession

We admitted to ourselves, our friends, and the mailman the exact nature of our obsession (and apologized for all the strange packages).

Step 6: Readiness

We became entirely ready to stop buying five decks just because “one day they’ll be rare.”

Step 7: Humility

We humbly asked our storage space to make room for decks we actually use.

Step 8: List-Making

We made a list of all the people we convinced to “just buy one deck,” and became willing to apologize to them all.

Step 9: Amends

We made direct amends where possible—often by giving away a deck or two (yes, it was painful).

Step 10: Daily Check

We continued to take personal inventory—and when tempted by foil embossing and tuck box art, we promptly checked our bank balance.

Step 11: Reflection

We sought through meditation and shuffling to improve our connection to what we actually love about cards—not just the collecting.

Step 12: Sharing the Magic

Having had a card-awakening, we tried to carry this message to other collectors and to practice real restraint (except for limited editions… we’re not saints).

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Keep it light, keep it fun, and remember: you’re not alone. There’s always room for just one more deck… 😅