Quote Originally Posted by dragonwisdom View Post
prices of mtg sets of good non-reserve list cards are dropping to historic lows and new sets are being printed to oblivion.

Has anyone noticed a semi-crash or softening in mtg prices.

Old sets that are 20 years old and not protected by the reserve list are worth next to nothing considering how old they are.

example: Apocalypse, judgement and visions (whose good cards are not on the reserve list) are worth like 100 bucks. Wizards has devalued those sets so much that they
are not worth anything. Mecandian Masques has Rishidan port which I believe can be reprinted. Once it is, this will be a 100 dollar set as well.

All the new sets that just rotated out of standard are basically worthless as they have been printed to oblivion, starting from return to ravnica and up.

Some silver age sets like Innnistrad, Rise, zendikar and Lorwn/shadowmoor block are worth money, but once the greedy reprints come from Wotc,those sets will be worthless too. I am not sure why we collect cards if they will all be worthless in 20 years. It's like they see a 300 dollar set and do everything they can to make sure it turns into a 100 dollar set.

Collectors beware that magic cards are starting to mimic the collapse of baseball cards.
In theory because you value more what you get from having them (as a collector, player or both) than the money you pay for having it (money lost+opportunity cost). That value is entirely subjective, so for some people it's worth it and for others it isn't.

From a pure financial point of view, investing in anything but some very specific cards (that are either on the Reserved List or somehow robust to reprints, like Alpha/7th foil Birds of Paradise) is a bad idea. However, if you are here, you probably love playing and/or collecting enough that you are willing to suffer some losses/opportunity costs.