I thought that trading sports cards was fun until I was at a trade show and witnessed the complexity of trading Magic the Gathering cards. When you are working on deals for sports cards, you are thinking about the players future and the condition or grade of the card. The Magic cards are affiliated with a game that can get pretty intense for the people who play it. They need to think about the effect the trade might make to their game playing future. Making the wrong deal could result in losing more then winning. It could also pay good dividends if you make the right deal.