Nadia K.

Rebuilding the binder I traded away in 2001, one Wizards-era card at a time. — 6 lots · Cards · Collector since 1999

Shining Charizard — Neo Destiny 107/105

Neo Destiny was the set I never finished. A black Charizard on that orange background still looks like the future to me. Photo: TCGdex.

Umbreon — Neo Discovery 13/75

Lot 0005 · @oldbinder.nadia

Umbreon under a full moon. I had this card taped inside my school locker, which explains why the old one didn't survive. Photo: TCGdex.

Dark Charizard — Team Rocket 4/82

Lot 0004 · @oldbinder.nadia

Team Rocket was the set my friends and I argued about most. Dark Charizard settled most of those arguments. Photo: TCGdex.

Lugia — Neo Genesis 9/111

Lot 0003 · @oldbinder.nadia

Neo Genesis came out the winter I turned thirteen. I opened every pack I could and never saw this Lugia. Took me twenty-five years. Photo: TCGdex.

Gengar — Fossil 5/62

Lot 0002 · @oldbinder.nadia

Gengar was my favourite, and the Fossil holo has the purple shimmer I remember from the school bus. I found this copy last spring. Photo: TCGdex.

Snorlax — Jungle 11/64

Lot 0001 · @oldbinder.nadia

First page of the rebuilt binder, because it was the first page of the old one. My brother traded me a Snorlax for a pack of gum in 1999. Photo: TCGdex.