[Official] Bitching About Prices, Buyouts and Reprints Thread

[ryO!]

This is a ridiculous statement. You're telling me you have as good of a time going 0-5 then when you go 5-0 and top 4/8? Hell, I get pissed when I finish 3-2 at a local event. I'm a competitive person so that contributes, but since when is going winless fun? If that's true, then you wouldn't conceivably ever need ANY of the expensive legacy staples. Is Tarmogoyf more fun than Werebear? Is Force of Will more fun than Counterspell? The reason these cards are desireable is because they make it easier to win. Competing and winning is arguably one of the biggest factors behind the prices of cards on the secondary market. People don't want to play 43Lands and Retainers-Iona because it's fun, they want to win.

/RANT

I'm curious about how much the discussion in this thread alone has contributed to the online blowout of cards like Loyal Retainers. If I didn't regularly read the Survival threads, this card wouldn't even be on my radar screen were it not for threads like this. I'd guess that at least 5 or 6 people scoured the internet and bought up all the copies they could find just because of what they read in this thread, likely for speculative purposes.

so what ? if you don't win you quit? u don't try harder, look for alternative? bouhou. indeed your statement isn't ridiculous.

/i am cool because i "slash"

Let's hard reprint any card so Wizard can sell their booster packs for half of what it is now as everything must be availalbe by anyone, i am sure that is their target!