Sneakers: The New Pokemon Cards

Does anyone remember when pokemon cards were all the rage? I remember paying exurbherent amounts of money for little pieces of cardboard. Obviously the shinier the card was, the more "value" it had. Although I never played the actual trading card game, collecting every Charizard, or Blastoise, of special edition Pikachu was on top of my spending list. I would savor every second of opening that