Im halfway through the card walkthru, what would be lost if i didnt finish it?

[Setharion]

Only reason im getting antsy is cuz i still have a backlog of rpgs im trying to catch up :p so im just getting a little antsy now, im enjoying it all in FFVIII more than i did before, but my question is this...what would be lost if i didnt finish the card walkthru?

Meaning...like so far ive done everything up to where im at, i should be stepping into disc 3 soon.

Im right now going to hit the chocobo forests and start these, i think im going to get Odins card first though from Centra, and one other.

But is it detrimental if i were just to press on and play the game without doing anymore cards, what kind of refined cards are there as i get further in with the card aspect of this game?

Am i really going to be missing out if i dont complete all of the card objectives in the game? ;) thats the main question.

[McLovin']

LEVEL 1

Geezard/1 = Screw (5)
Funguar/1 = M-Stone Piece
Bite Bug/1 = M-Stone Piece
Red Bat/1 = Vampire Fang
Blobra/4 = Rune Amulet
Gayla/1 = Mystery Fluid
Gesper/1 = Black Hole
Fastitocalon-F/5 = Water Crystal
Blood Soul/1 = Zombie Powder
Caterchipillar/1 = Spider Web
Cockatrice/1 = Cockatrice Pinion

LEVEL 2

Grat/1 = Magic Stone
Buel/1 = Magic Stone
Mesmerize/1 = Mesmerize Blade
Glacial Eye/1 = Arctic Wind
Belhelmel/1 = Saw Blade
Thrustaevis/1 = Shear Feather
Anacondaur/1 = Venom Fang
Creeps/1 = Coral Fragment
Grendel/1 = Dragon Fin
Jelleye/1 = Magic Stone
Grand Mantis/1 = Sharp Spike

LEVEL 3

Forbidden/1 = Betrayal Sword
Armadodo/1 = Dino Bone
Tri-Face/1 = Curse Spike
Fastitocalon/1 = Water Crystal
Snow Lion/1 = North Wind
Ochu/1 = Ochu Tentacle
SAM08G/1 = Running Fire
Death Claw/1 = Sharp Spike
Cactuar/1 = Cactus Thorn
Tonberry/1 = Chef's Knife
Abyss Worm/1 = Windmill

LEVEL 4

Turtapod/5 = Healing Mail
Vysage/1 = Wizard Stone
T-Rexaur/2 = Dino Bone
Bomb/1 = Bomb Fragment
Blitz/1 = Dynamo Stone
Wendigo/1 = Steel Orb
Torama/5 = Life Ring
Imp/1 = Wizard Stone
Blue Dragon/4 = Fury Fragment
Adamantoise/3 = Turtle Shell
Hexadragon/3 = Red Fang

LEVEL 5

Iron Giant/3 = Star Fragment
Behemoth/10 = Barrier
Chimera/10 = Regen Ring
PuPu*/1 = Hungry Cookpot
Elastoid/1 = Steel Pipe
GIM47N/1 = Fast Ammo (10)
Malboro/4 = Malboro Tentacle
Ruby Dragon/10 = Inferno Fang
Elnoyle/10 = Energy Crystal
Tonberry King/1 = Chef's Knife
Wedge, Biggs/1 = X-Potion

* PuPu's card is a one-of-a-kind card that can only be obtained by completing the UFO? Optional Quest

BOSS CARDS

Boss Cards are more difficult to come by than Monster Cards. On rare occasion you can acquire these cards in battle by transforming certain monsters using the Card command. Additionally, Boss Cards can be won from the more skilled card players in the game. Listed below you'll find the name of each card followed by the item you can refine from it and the monsters that sometimes transform into it.

LEVEL 6

Fujin, Raijin/1 = X-Potion/[Iron Giant, Jelleye]
Elvoret/1 = Death Stone (10)/[Ochu, Bite Bug]
X-ATM092/2 = Turtle Shell/[SAM08G, Red Bat]
Granaldo/1 = G-Returner/[Death Claw, Blobra]
Gerogero/10 = Circlet/[Cactuar, Gayla]
Iguion/1 = Cockatrice Pinion/[Tonberry, Gesper]
Abadon/1 = Dark Ammo (30)/[Abyss Worm, Blood Soul]
Trauma/1 = Demolition Ammo (30)/[Turtapod, Caterchipillar]
Oilboyle/1 = Fire Ammo (30)/[GIM47N, Cockatrice]
Shumi Tribe/5 = Gambler Spirit/[T-Rexaur, Grat]
Krysta/1 = Holy Stone (10)/[Bomb, Buel]

LEVEL 7

Propagator/1 = G-Mega-Potion/[Blitz, Mesmerize]
Jumbo Cactuar/1 = Cactus Thorn/[Wendigo, Glacial Eye]
Tri-Point/40 = Jet Engine/[Torama, Belhelmel]
Gargantua/10 = Strength Love/[Imp, Thrustaevis]
Mobile Type 8/1 = Shell Stone (10)/[Blue Dragon, Anacondaur]
Sphinxara/1 = G-Mega-Potion/[Adamantoise, Creeps]
Tiamat/1 = Flare Stone (10)/[Hexadragon, Grendel]
BGH251F2/1 = Protect Stone (10)/[Behemoth, Grand Mantis]
Red Giant/1 = Meteor Stone (5)/[Chimera, Forbidden]
Catoblepas/1 = Rename Card/[Elnoyle, Armadodo]
Ultima Weapon/1 = Ultima Stone/[Elastoid, Tri-Face]

GF CARDS & PLAYER CARDS

GF Cards and Player Cards are one-of-a-kind cards that can only be obtained by winning specific battles or by challenging the right person to a game of cards at the right time. Listed below you'll find the name of each card followed by the item you can refine from it, where you can find it and which section of the walk-through explains how to get it.

GF CARDS

LEVEL 8

Chubby Chocobo/1 = LuvLuvG (100)/[Student (Queen of Cards)]
Angelo/1 = Elixir (100)/[Watts (First Mission)]
Gilgamesh/1 = Holy War (10)/[King (CC Group)]
MiniMog/1 = Pet House (100)/[Junior Classman (Fire Cavern)]
Chicobo/1 = Gysahl Greens (100)/[Chicobo (Chocobo Forests)]
Quezacotl/1 = Dynamo Stone (100)/[Mayor Dobe (Fishermans Horizon)]
Shiva/1 = North Wind (100)/[Zone (White SeeD Ship)]
Ifrit/1 = Elem Atk (3)/[Ifrit (Fire Cavern)]
Siren/1 = Status Atk (3)/[Dollet Pub Owner (Dollet)]
Sacred/1 = Dino Bone (100)/[Minotaur (Tomb of the Unknown King)]
Minotaur/1 = Adamantine (10)/[Unknown King (Tomb of the Unknown King)]

LEVEL 9

Carbuncle/1 = Glow Curtain (3)/[Heart (CC Group)]
Diablos/1 = Black Hole (100)/[Diablos (First Mission)]
Leviathan/1 = Doc's Code (3)/[Joker (CC Group)]
Odin/1 = Dead Spirit (100)/[Odin (Centra Ruins)]
Pandemona/1 = Windmill (100)/[Balamb Hotel Owner (Occupied Balamb)]
Cerberus/1 = Lightweight (100)/[Cerberus (Clash of the Gardens)]
Alexander/1 = Moon Curtain (3)/[Piet (Rinoa)]
Phoenix/1 = Phoenix Spirit (3)/[Presidential Aide (Queen of Cards)]
Bahamut/1 = Megalixir (100)/[Bahamut (Deep Sea Research Center)]
Doomtrain/1 = Status Guard (3)/[Bartender (Queen of Cards)]
Eden/1 = Monk's Code (3)/[Ultima Weapon (Deep Sea Research Center)]

PLAYER CARDS

LEVEL 10

Ward/1 = Gaea's Ring (3)/[Doc Odine (Esthar)]
Kiros/1 = Accelerator (3)/[Man (Queen of Cards)]
Laguna/1 = Hero (100)/[Ellone (Rinoa)]
Selphie/1 = Elem Guard (3)/[Selphie's Friend (Trabia Garden)]
Quistis/1 = Samantha Soul (3)/[Trepe Groupie #1 (Fire Cavern)]
Irvine/1 = Rocket Engine (3)/[Flo (Queen of Cards)]
Zell/1 = Hyper Wrist (3)/[Ma Dincht (SeeD Inauguration)]
Rinoa/1 = Magic Armlet (3)/[General Caraway (Deling City)]
Edea/1 = Royal Crown (3)/[Edea (White SeeD Ship)]
Seifer/1 = Diamond Armor (3)/[Cid (SeeD Inauguration)]
Squall/1 = Three Stars (3)/[Laguna (Time Compression)]

Look what you need and don't need.

[bwave]

You forgot one.

[Xurts]

Keep playing. The cards that become available in disc 3 are awesome, especially the new cards you get from the QoC quest. The items that cards modify into are incredibly useful and will make you pratically unbeatable through battle and card games. Of course, it's entirely possible to stop collecting cards altogether and finish the game without much trouble.

[ReloadPsi]

Wait until disc 4 before getting Odin's card, seriously. I know it's a bit of a weird thing to do, but Gilgamesh is that crappy.

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

What do you mean by card objectives? Cards play a minor role as far as the story goes

[Xurts]

Wait until disc 4 before getting Odin's card, seriously. I know it's a bit of a weird thing to do, but Gilgamesh is that crappy.
What's wrong with Gilgamesh? He can attack at any point in battle and has 4 different attacks. He isn't great, but he certainly isn't bad. Even seeing his animation sequences is enough to get Odin before the Lunatic Pandora.