Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards

My nephew is having nightmares and one of the demons on the cards actually appeared in the house.

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You've got to be kidding me...


Yes, I do collect Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. I stopped collecting Poke'Mon a while back, though..I'm still trying to find a Jinzo, LoL. I ordered one, though, and it should be here soon! Yay!

I also collect Magic, but I mostly stick with Yu-Gi-Oh!

LoL, I just realized I already replied to this on Page 2 .

And lay off the games..geesh. I'm a Christian, and I collect it, and I'm not doing anything wrong by doing so. It's not like I'm worshipping the devil..

Tiga Ronso said:

Well, I personally don't use fiends in my deck. I even gave away a Black Skull Dragon I had because I found it to be too demonic for my tastes. Most of the monsters in my deck are ones like Swamp Battleguard, and Battle Ox.
Don't read too much into these fads though. We each have our own tastes and prefs for shows. If you wanted, you could make Sesame Street seem evil.
I actually use the cards to make friends that I can minister to. I have already gotten 2 people to accept Jesus into their heart and they are happier than before.

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Black Skull Dragon is demonic? Well, okay..it's your business, but come on..

Hehe. Actually after I posted that, I decided to put Black Skull Dragon back in my deck. It was stupid to think he was too demonic, especially after reading the posts here. As for the demon actually appearing, sounds like a nightmare or hallucination. What monster was it by the way? Maybe something on the show or a movie scared your nephew and is giving him nightmares. I find it quite hard to believe that this all came from a card. They are just pictures, nothing more.

Hey guys!
we are not here to cause an argument, just a discussion. In other words attacking other peoples views without an offered reason is just childish, esp. on a Christian forum . Now, I collected pokemon cards. I used to be in the pokemon league, just for fun, and spent tons of money. Surely more than I should have. I still have my cards that are now worth next to nothing. And I don't mind it was fun while it lasted. As to whether or not the cards are evil . . .
(This is going to be some debate)
Ok, I see no evidence biblical to say that any inanimate object is evil. Then, this may fall under a case of weaker brother, stronger brother. (i.e. Romans 14) I say "may" because people use Romans 14 too flippantly forgetting the whole purpose of the chapter, not to give us more freeedom but protect the weaker brother. Now, If there is no evidence to say that inanimate objects are evil, then it must be situational, and the big kicker . . . testimony based. We as Christians are, both, not to look bad for we may make Christ look bad, or cause a brother to stumble. Now, there are those who will say "what I do is what I do and you can't tell me otherwise," This comes from a self-centered heart and has no place amongst the followers of Christ. Whether or not a Christian is being closed minded is beside the point, if you want it otherwise educate the person why or why not. But as that Christian stands, do not do such things before him. In the case of Magic the gathering, there is probably to much bad blood for a Christian to ever play it except amongst a chosen few. For pokemon, there was some bad blood. And for Yu-Gi-Oh there is even more. So be concious of how you are handling each situation. In the case, where the child was having nightmares, I would have to say that someone should have caught way early on, and known that the kid could not handle such things and pulled him/her away. You can grow used to the non-fiction situations by being exposed to them. Which you may have to do with the kid just so the child can manage in this world, though life will normally take care of that for you. Unless it is a home-schooled, closed off child, who only gets one channel on the TV, if there is one (this is not meant to be a joke), If so then it is a parents DUTY to expose a child to what he will see when he is no longer hidden in a hole. Otherwise, you are hurting your own kid because when he tastes freedom he is going to get hurt badly and not know how to handle it. (wow,that was off the subject) Anyway, If you are not sure whether to play or not, you shouldn't. The bible says that anything done in doubt, anything you are completely not sure whether it is sin or not, and still do, in doing cause yourself to sin. Unless, you are completely sure in your concious that the thing you want to parttake in is OK, you have no right to do it. (these things are always stupid long)


EDIFY STUPID!!!

Well, thery were worth some money, but now they've depreciated so much since nobody plays them anymore. You must mean that maybe in a perhaps a hundred years time they will become antiques (as barely anybody have them anymore) and will be worth quite a lot of money.

PuppyforChrist said:

haha, I know I know, they are both fads but I still like the shows and stuff but that's beside the point.

I still collect the cards only because I know that someday they will be worth a lot of money.

Anyone else collect them? Or am I the only one who needs a life?

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I'm sorry to break it to you but waiting to sell cards because "they'll be worth a lot some day" doesn't work. If the card game loses popularity, the cards go from valuble to worthless in a heartbeat. How do I know this? Well, the decipher Star Wars: CCG cards I have lying around that are now worthless have kind of made a point on me. If you really want to make money, sell the cards when they reach a price over ten dollars. Or possibly invest in Magic: The Gathering, since it's the only card game out there that at least has staying power, and which might be around in ten years. But if it ceases to be, that's more worthless cards. So yeah, collecting cards for profit is tricky unless you can predict what the game's going to do in the future.

PuppyforChrist said:

Oh yeah I know right now they are not popular anymore. But many years from now they will be.

Take the Care Bears for example. They were highly popular in the 80s, went away for a while, and now they are coming back.

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Ah, you posted this when I posted my thing about the values of cards. Anyway, it's still a risk. Somethings become valuble antiques, but some old items never become popular with collectors, so they never regain value. It's all about predicting trends. Will Pokemon cards become popular in the future? I tend to think no (but other Pokemon related merchandise might), but it's certainly possible that it will. In the end, I guess it's your money, so use your best judgment.

I have to agree with you there. Although it would be nice to have Yugioh stay around forever, it won't. I personally sell my cards if i need the money. Granted I don't sell any from my deck, but still I make a bit of money off of them. I will probably still have my deck when I get older, and probably even show them to my kids to show them what I was into when I was younger.

jsj777 said:

This is my first time on this Christian Forum and logged on to get additional information about yugioh. I'm amazed to find someone who considers themselves a Christian actually collecting them.

P.S. That definitely applies to Magic as well, and those of you who are collecting Pokemon should do a little research as to their origin!

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No offense, dude, but you must be easily amazed. Spreading ignorance is not fitting for people dedicated to spreading Truth. I have heard countless theories on origins of cards, and they are all lies. Do you wish to be associated with spreading truth or lies? You cannot do God's work by bearing false witness on something, just because it raises a red flag. Perhaps you would criticize someone who associated with prostitutes and swindlers (i.e. taxcollectors)? Maybe if your nephew or martial artist friend (from that ancient art of "grappling") spoke ill of that person, we should all condemn him? There at leasts exists in some of these games reason to be cautious, and if it bothers you, don't look at them! For those of us who have a little more faith in the Spirit, that it is not a house of cards knocked over by the slightest breeze, we know how to interpret things in their context.

I have a pretty decent Yu-Gi-Oh card deck and last time I checked I am a Christian. Same thing with pokemon, though I don't have any of the cards yet I do have the games and they are great.

I had a big pokemon card collection when the fad was going. I still have them all actually, but I gave them to my little bro, and they are in binders and decks now. It was really fun collecting them all

Exodia, the Egyptian god cards, Blue eyes-white dragon... Those make up my deck *wakes up from daydream* I would collect them... If I were five years younger, i guess I have other things to do with my life right now, that are more important... Though I still think the cartoon rocks more then a donkey eating pudding

My son who's 8 collects the Pokemon cards....He loves just about anything Pokemon, especially the Game Boy Advance games. He loves the way they evolve and such. I think it's a good way for him to introduce to him how things evolve and such.

i used to. i loved pokemon, but i ended up throwing them away. not because i thought they were evil or anything, i just didnt use um nemore and needed to clear up some old stuff out of my room.

Hey, if anyone else is thinking of getting rid of cards. Contact me! I would like to take them off your hands. I like pokemon and the kids I mentor are all Yu-Gi-Oh people. I was trying to think of a way to incorporate the cards, since they play them anyway, to enhance the outreach. Any Ideas?

I love my pokemon cards and I am older (21). They were fun and now they hold nice memories. If only they were actually worth something, then I could pawn them for more ramen (yumm!!). The best college food there is!!

jsj777 said:

This is my first time on this Christian Forum and logged on to get additional information about yugioh. I'm amazed to find someone who considers themselves a Christian actually collecting them.

What I have learned personally from family members so far is that some, if not all of them, are not characters created from imagination, but representations of actual demons, one of which is revealed only to martial arts at the very advanced levels. My nephew is having nightmares and one of the demons on the cards actually appeared in the house.

Deut 7:26 clearly warns "neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become an accursed thing like it."

The quicker you destroy the cards, and break any curses that have come upon you from your association with the demonic, the better!

P.S. That definitely applies to Magic as well, and those of you who are collecting Pokemon should do a little research as to their origin!

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jeez...im glad at least this thread hasnt gone as far as to say cards and such cause "violence" in little kids. anyone who says cards and little noveltys like cards influence kids to have wrong attitudes needs to check around and make sure that is true before they begin saying things like that. when i was in 2nd grade i collected pokemon cards, ive gone to a christian school where they havent allowed cards (yugioh, pokemon, magic) to to be on campus. the reason for this is not because of the supposed "evil roots" but is because many kids have lost their cards. im now 13 which is about 5 years i havent been "seeing demonic things" and the reason is because these cards arent meant to be things for people to get all scared about. theyre supposed to be fun cards that kids collect and play with. in my opinion something like "magic" isnt really affeceting you until you acatually start to practice it. i watch t.v. collect cards play video games and such. would someone who says these cards also say that video games are evil? video games USUALLY arent christian based they may be but usually not. anything that comes from earth is not necassarily evil and it may not neccassarily be good but music, tv, games, movies are not totally based on Godly things. demons do not come from these cards. and they do not spur violence, the kids do. lets say one kid plays a card game (lets say...a christian boy) and he starts to show violence and starts only paying attention to the cards. but another kid plays the same game and is christian and he does not show these sign. does that then mean that cards are evil and they encourage evil things? i think not. its how people take in and register in their minds these things taht causes bad things to happen not the game. i dont think there have been to mant "sightings of demons" have there?

Nice post Marth. I also happened to notice that the person mentioned curses. Why should a Christian believe in demonic curses. True there are demons, but how do we know if they can curse a person? Just wondering is all.