Quote Originally Posted by Stan View Post
I never understood the premium some people will pay for German cards. You can get boxes for the same price as 'normal' ones (English or French) at the normal price here (Belgium) with ease. It's not as if those cards are so hard to come by. I used to buy my boxes in Russian when that was still possible, if I were to pick up that habit again, I'd go for German. Same price, but the individual cards seem to move a lot faster.
Neither do I understand the German premium. I have been asked several times more for foil German cards than foil Japanese ones (and I'm not talking about Wilder Nacatls), which seems absurd to me. But some people are really willing to pay a big premium, so it does exist.

For cards from recent sets there doesn't seem to be any premium over English though, and they sell considerably slower. So buying German boxes instead of English ones is a worse idea than it may seem.