Mythic rarity has driven the prices of certain Magic cards completely out of control. $50 Baneslayer Angels. $80 Jace, the Mind Sculptors. There’s no way to argue that those prices aren’t completely ludicrous. But Event Decks, in addition to being a brilliant way to introduce new players to tournament Magic, also offer Wizards a sneaky [...]
There are currently four cards from Scars of Mirrodin selling in the $40 range, all of them mythic rares. I’m not here to whine about how hard it is to acquire the cards needed to play in constructed formats. I am worried about the economic consequences — history shows us that mythic rares could kill [...]
It’s a phrase heard at game and card shops around the world, typically when someone with deeper pockets buys some ridiculously overpriced card or miniature: “It’s just paper and ink. There’s no way I’d pay that much!” That may be true, but somebody would. Here’s an essay on why the things we love cost as [...]
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