I even had 2 or 3 decks of my own cards. I would take my son to the local game store on weekends where you would battle others. I was always a little leery of the late 20 to 30 something crowd who would hangout there to play Pokemon with 10 year old kids. Seemed kind of creepy.
Ha, I just asked my son about your status post LOMS. He said he almost got in a car accident today trying to capture Pokemon. He mentioned wanting to spend $40? to get the plus version so he could get a watch to use instead of his phone. I'm getting old.