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.
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.
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.
Thing is... when something starts at a ultra high price (like these boosters), I think the community will intentionally drive the resale value down. A weird phenomenon I have observed in collectibles.
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.
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.
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.
MTG cards have beaten pretty much every investment over the past 20 years, save for bitcoin or a few stocks
Thing is... when something starts at a ultra high price (like these boosters), I think the community will intentionally drive the resale value down. A weird phenomenon I have observed in collectibles.