[HN Gopher] Magic: The Gathering Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary ...
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       Magic: The Gathering Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary by Selling $1k
       Boosters
        
       Author : paulpauper
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-10-06 21:33 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | paulpauper wrote:
       | MTG cards have beaten pretty much every investment over the past
       | 20 years, save for bitcoin or a few stocks
        
       | dexwiz wrote:
       | Wizards of the Coast has really been pumping the gas on MTG
       | recently. Something like half the cards ever printed have been
       | printed in the last five years. Tons of crossovers, limited
       | editions, and luxury products. There used to be a steady cadence
       | of releases. Cards would be previewed for the next set over a
       | month about once a quarter. Now there seems to be a continual
       | firehose of spoilers for new sets. You can open MTG news on any
       | given day, and often see a new car previewed for yet another
       | upcoming set.
       | 
       | On one hand, sounds like good business. More content of players
       | that is consumable by a larger player base, and more money for
       | Wizards. But they do seem to be burning through some player
       | goodwill.
        
         | goosedragons wrote:
         | Absolutely. This product is particularly egregious. It's the
         | most expensive boosters they've ever done by four times (and
         | those were critized for being too expensive). They're not
         | tournament legal, it's still randomized and filled with awful
         | cards nobody cares about too. Sure, you could maybe get a Black
         | Lotus or a Time Walk but you're much more likely to get
         | something like a Animate Wall or Pirate Ship. And 3 of the
         | cards in each pack are basic lands!
         | 
         | For comparisons sake the old collector's edition they did was
         | $50 for 1 of every single card in Beta.
        
         | Beached wrote:
         | wow sounds terrible. I left mtg because I thought a new core
         | set and 4x sets. ayear was too many. the cost to keep playing
         | was not worth it, and the power creep really killed the
         | enjoyment of the game for me.
         | 
         | to think it is even worse now! F...
         | 
         | I would love to just have magic go back to 1 core set a year,
         | and an expansion to it 6 months later at most.
        
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