Patent ID: 7371178

Claim:
A card game system in which a card game is playable by using a plurality of trading cards each having card data attached thereto comprising: a first card reception unit receiving a deck in which a plurality of trading cards is bunched for use in the play of the game; a second card reception unit receiving at least one trading card which is not used as a card in the play of the card game at the current time, but could be received by the first card reception unit to be used in a play of a card game at a different time; a memory for storing card data and a program for controlling a card game; and a control unit for obtaining card data attached to each of the trading cards received in the first card reception unit, executing the card game by using the obtained card data according to the program stored in the memory, and making the card game playable by a player if the at least one trading card received in the second card reception unit is enough to substitute for medals or money coins by which the card game is playable.