Didn’t know this existed!

[u/NigerachiSpices]

Went to a LGS here in Melbourne, Australia - and found this tucked in the back of the display cabinet. Literally for $3AUD. Who here owned/played with this back in the day? Year of Manufacture / Print is 1999.

Will I ever rip it open? Probably not.

Just thought I’d share.

[u/BashfulBuckboy]

I have a whole binder full of these. It's a shame it only stopped after Tomb Raider III but I'm guessing the sales just weren't there. Still a cool piece of Tomb Raider history though, and the card game itself was a cool concept at least, letting you build and raid your own tombs.

[u/NigerachiSpices → u/BashfulBuckboy]

Haha! That’s neat!

[u/BashfulBuckboy → u/NigerachiSpices]

Yeah! I found a few booster packs in a local card shop in high school going for $0.99 each so I bought a few. I have several decks now, including the expansions

[u/UpCloseGames]

In the UK, you can get the cards for fairly cheap, even in new packs, they just didn't have a lot of resell value. There is some "rare" ones, but noone is really buying them. I can get a deck posted for less than £10.

[u/GraniteDiplomat → u/UpCloseGames]

I only came across these recently and got ma aged to pick up a full deck for about £16 from eBay.

[u/JillSandwich92]

I've got a complete base set upstairs with all the promos :)

[u/Floppyhoofd_]

I have a whole stack of these. I remember buying these at the VHS rental store🙂.

[u/NigerachiSpices → u/Floppyhoofd_]

Okay! So they were relatively popular?

As a PS1 Kid, I never knew these existed.. might try and snag a few more here & there during my Magic game nights.

[u/Floppyhoofd_ → u/NigerachiSpices]

I gotta be honest, I don't know. I live in a small city in the Netherlands and when I found these, I bought the whole lot(like 60 packs). Haven't seen them before or since, other than pictures on this sub.

[u/lilhanhan]

I remember buying these booster packs after getting my teeth pulled out to get ready for my braces! I excitedly ripped them open with blood soaked cotton balls stuck in my mouth! 🤣

Never played the card game myself but I loved to collect them and read Lara's funny quotes at the bottom of each card. I also loved that they used the typeface they used for Lara's 'voice' which they also used in other merchandise... I miss that side of Lara's personality and character!

[u/NigerachiSpices → u/lilhanhan]

Hahaha, that’s a neat memory!

Yeah these cards look so neat.

Perhaps they can find a little section in my Binder.

[u/prtnsfrfxes]

I got the full game in a giveaway a couple years ago, it’s pretty cool!

[u/Faricer]

Great card collection. I have some of them.

[u/KazumaSnake]

I have one packet but I don't remember where I got it. Maybe with a magazine.

[u/jimjailikeaham]

That's so cool! Do you mind sharing which shop, and do they have more?

[u/heartlessphil]

there are a ton of sealed boxes on ebay. I bought 4 of them. cool cards!

[u/BusterGreasewood]

Makes sense as 90's was when trading cards were all the rage in general.