We are seeing that now, but not because nobody wants them, because nobody can afford them. And thats with everything. Inflation is real, but companies are using it as an excuse to jack up prices beyond neccessary and employer wages are staying the same. So nobody has the money to buy as much things as over 60% of the US at least is now living paycheck to paycheck.

One of the best videos ever. Guy gets a Goldfish to make better financial decisions that Reddit users.

 

Nah, I'm more inclined to believe peeps are more selective in what they purchase rather than statements at extreme ends of the spectrum.

 

At least with Eternia you get something substantial

 

But it's accurate here. Magic fans have been going back and forth over that article for weeks now, in the end it's just one guy's opinion and prediction and it doesn't mean anything.

 

They do make an awful lot of dumpster filler though.

 

Big things are expensive. I took no offence that I chose not to afford the new play set despite having very fond memories of the original. It’s strange to hear that others did.

 

That is a purely subjective opinion.

 

That could be sold in another way and i don't want to open a can of worm now, but offence or not, the facts are these. Celebration object at alienating fanbase price, like the magic card boxset.

 

Huh...

Remember a little while ago when those venture capitalists wanted to spin off WOTC from Hasbro? Sure it was their plan to watch Hasbro stock get stupidly high then sell their shares before they fell, but now it's seeming like it would have been a good idea... Either the separate WOTC would have run things better, or faced this dumpster fire without dragging Hasbro down with it.

 

Pretty sure those Vultures in particular had an eye on spinning off MTG majorly into NFT territories, which IMHO would have been even worse for collectors & players, abd an even worse idea overall.

 

That part i missed...  


I'd be perfectly happy if I never heard of NFTs becoming a thing again.

 

I mean it wasn't explicit but at the time of the articles reporting it what other contemporaneous "new/wider opportunities for development" would require you to dissociate/spin off MTG from Hasbro for?
The only thing I could think of was Crypto developments that Hasbro would not want to have to cover/be on the hook for any of the potentials liabilities of, but someone deeper in the game (whether card or financial) might have a better theory.

 

I may be going straight up insane, but literally nothing in his list of "bad things that are killing Magic" sounds like bad things to me outside of the absurd anniversary price booster pack, which is bizarre that he is upset they're expensive considering he also complains at the same time about availability of these old rare cards would "hurt collector's values!!"

 

Thank you for taking the time to provide such a detailed description. It’s not a subject that I’m at all familiar with. I suppose I’m still confused as to how any reissued cards would affect the value of the originals. I have no concerns that a reissue G1 Prime would affect the value of my original. Nor does the reissue make my original any less special. How does this differ for Magic cards?

 

It's flatly insane/hilarious that this analysis was very clearly done by a disgruntled fan.

 

So does that mean that I should sell my stock of cards from the 90s now? (lots of Fallen Empires expansion packs cards if I remember right)

 

Card stock also went to crap.