It’s hard to follow up what Churlocker just said, but opening packs really brings me back to my childhood. And I don’t mean the mass openings you see all over the internet. No, just a few packs here and there so you can really savor the experience.
Also trading on E4 has been proven to me to be the closest thing I could get to trading with local friends, like we used to back in the day. And again, this doesn’t have to be a card worth 5 digits. It can be something as simple as trading some duplicate pins like THIS.
So go for it any way you want it, it’s your journey!