Fire is beautiful, possibly becuase it is so important to life. There are three common ways to make fire: matches, cigarette lighter and magnesium match (or magnesium firestarter). Matches get wet and stop working, unless they are more expensive waterproof variety. By volume per use, they are vastly inferior to lighters and magnesium matches. It would take wheelbarrows of matches to equal the amount of fires available from one lighter or magnesium match. Combined with the requirement that they be kept bone dry, matches look like a bad deal. All of this is complicated, so practice is critical.