Vectorizing this image? Advice or price quotes welcome.

[spOOf]

I have experience with Photoshop but none with Illustrator.  I just got a copy.  My basic design will look like this:



I have the character images in vector from localarcade (great resource!).  But I want to use these cards in my image.  How to I go about doing that?  I'm reading the great tutorial, so that may help me.  But I'm trying to get everything done quickly and I thought someone here might be interested in vectorizing this 1 graphic or working on the art in general.

Thanks for any input and replies.

[Epyx]

Normally hand traced would be the way to go versus using a program like Vector Magic but the cards are straightforward (not detailed enough) to probably give you a "good" result with Vector Magic.

[Trebeck]

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