[Official] Bitching About Prices, Buyouts and Reprints Thread

[Michael Keller]

I would say the average PTQ grinder is more skilled at Magic than a Legacy/Vintage player.

That's an egregious statement, at best.

[Barook]

I wonder how long it's going to take until we'll see another price spike for fetchlands, considering how Aaron Forsythe recently said that it's going to take a while to reprint them.

[Lemnear]

I wonder how long it's going to take until we'll see another price spike for fetchlands, considering how Aaron Forsythe recently said that it's going to take a while to reprint them.

The only thing that "takes a while" is them thinking about if killing Legacy isn't more profitable than reprinting stuff so people swap to modern, a format where they can Reprint any staple without touching the reserved list. Sure Fetches have some overlap with Modern, but that's the tradeoff.

They can Reprint Fetches and other Legacy staples at will, but refuse to and it's open to your imagination why cards like FoW never saw a reprint

[Dreg]

Today i was about to buy a top-tier, hand-made longbow and a hand-made leather quiver.

I was shocked to acknowledge that the price was lower than a Legacy deck.

[nedleeds]

They can modify the reserved list at will. They can abolish the reserved list at will. Thus they can reprint anything at will. They can declare that CE/IE and gold bordered cards are legal for Vintage / Legacy play (given double sided cards i'm not sure what the hold up is).

[ahg113]

They can modify the reserved list at will. They can abolish the reserved list at will. Thus they can reprint anything at will. They can declare that CE/IE and gold bordered cards are legal for Vintage / Legacy play (given double sided cards i'm not sure what the hold up is).

But we agree that silver bordered cards should not be legal for Vintage nor Legacy, correct?

[Phelix]

Today i was about to buy a top-tier, hand-made longbow and a hand-made leather quiver.

I was shocked to acknowledge that the price was lower than a Legacy deck.

ill rather be a planeswalker than play robinhood.

also, i believe bows can be found in roughly the same pricerange as a legacydeck (50 to infinite Price)

[Dreg]

I'm not exactly "playing robin hood" cause i practice marksmanship as a legitimate sport. Hell it's even featured in the olympics. But i'm not here to quench my flaming offended butt :(

What i was trying to point out is that MTG turned into a luxury hobby, and not one of the cheapest ones. When you are comparing something made carefully over several months by an artisan to a mass-printed piece of cardboard, and you find out that the latter is the more expensive it's easy to notice that the train has derailed.

[sdematt]

I think I've decided to sell one of my extra Legacy decks and move into a less expensive hobby that I've always wanted to try - owning and operating a Formula 1 Team.

Or, maybe I'll fund a private search for the missing Malaysian Airliner.

-Matt

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Today i was about to buy a top-tier, hand-made longbow and a hand-made leather quiver.

I was shocked to acknowledge that the price was lower than a Legacy deck.

I started archery training years ago, but as I'm left-handed, there were some trouble with stuff so I quit. But I think it's a beautiful sport.

Edit: it was in times when LotR went to cinemas, so there were hordes of people who thoguth that I started because of Legolas...
Obv. I make my decisions by the Hollywood movies, sure thing, no question...

[Richard Cheese]

I think I've decided to sell one of my extra Legacy decks and move into a less expensive hobby that I've always wanted to try - owning and operating a Formula 1 Team.

Or, maybe I'll fund a private search for the missing Malaysian Airliner.

-Matt

Start a vineyard/winery. At least the land should hold onto its value.

[Bertrand Hustle]

Start a vineyard/winery. At least the land should hold onto its value.

In terms of price/sq mile Underground Sea is worth more ;)

[Barook]

In terms of price/sq mile Underground Sea is worth more ;)

If you had any spare money lying, I would probably invest into Underground Seas. Even I'm tempted to do it. The current rate at which prices increase is ridiculous. 500$ USeas in July/August doesn't sound too unlikely.

[sdematt]

Start a vineyard/winery. At least the land should hold onto its value.

#Aint No Party Like An Oligarch Party

-Matt

[Lemnear]

I like the idea. We sourcers get rid of our unused duals and make a fond to buy our own winery.



What about this one? Reasonable priced compared to magic cards and close to the sea

[Koby]

The Source: Your Source for Sourcing Vineyards

[swoop]

Im tempted to go public with duals. Selling stocks on FBB could make me some moneyyyzzzz

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[nedleeds]

Snapcaster for me is one that I can't believe is still < $30 ... played in every format in 3-4 of's ... casuals love it also, never had a foil maxipad promo made. Some random week it's going to be $50.

[Barook]

Im tempted to go public with duals. Selling stocks on FBB could make me some moneyyyzzzz

I'm no expert on that kind of thing, but how realistic could that be?

Didn't we already establish a while ago that stuff like Tarmogoyf is worth more per ounce than gold?

[Kemp]

I feel like it's worth noting that NM Alpha Lotus is up to 10K on SCG. First time a non-misprint, card has reached that level in retail pricing as far as I know.

As I read this I had to glance above my screen, annoyed, at the beta copy pinned to my wall... In all seriousness are any Magic collectors rational? Chas Andres quoted someone or said a few months back that the time to sell magic cards is 'never'. Is this the one idiot proof collectible market or are we going to finally see a correction and some much needed sanity in the future? I worry a bit about you guys talking about buying up U.Seas in quantity but that's my problem I guess... It certainly would seem that everyone NOT buying them on credit are complete fools.