CCGs specifically, you have to pay money to try to get the "rare" cards. I don't think it's true of card games in general. Never saw a friend group get taken over by a ravenous appetite for Bridge, though I'm sure it's happened before.
CC: FoolishOwl (npub19v8…gsx7) Charnock (npub17hy…fr90) Moreau Vazh (npub18lm…m79z)
