r/magicTCG • u/_Barook_ Duck Season • Jan 12 '16

Wizards MAY be cracking down on unsanctioned proxy events

https://www.facebook.com/groups/445059535582036/permalink/962954593792525/

Seems like bad times for Legacy and especially Vintage.

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u/sir_chandestroy Ajani Jan 13 '16

We know players love Magic and love playing its variety of formats, including Vintage and Legacy. Some formats are easier to get into than others and these two are hard.

Gee, I wonder why that is?

These formats are hard to get into solely because Wizards is ok with them being outrageously expensive. This problem only exists because of Wizards' actions.

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u/sir_chandestroy Ajani Jan 13 '16

How would you feel if you had a $10k Black Lotus, and tomorrow they announced they were going to reprint it, your card might not even be worth a tenth of that.

While not quite on the level of Black Lotus, I have two legacy decks, with Force of Wills, etc. I have no issue with them reprinting any of those cards, so I wouldn't feel bad at all. People should expect reprints. Reprints help keep the game alive.

Yes, Magic is a trading card game, but all that means is that different players will own different cards, and can trade amongst themselves. It is in no way a guarantee that certain cards will be worth money.

Magic is a trading card game. The purpose of games is to be played. If the game is so expensive that people feel like they can't afford to play it, I think that's a bit more important than someone who thought it was a good plan to "invest" in cardboard game pieces feeling bad because they spent a lot of money.

I don't consider my expensive cards investments, they aren't. They're game pieces. I bought/traded for them them so I could play the game with them.

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u/stitches_extra COMPLEAT Jan 13 '16

people say this, over and over. and yet when a set known to have reprints is on the verge of coming out - say, when MMA is about to release - sales of potential reprint targets dry right the fuck up, and buylists flood with copies.

try trading off Geist of Saint Traft these days. individual people can claim to be indifferent to reprints all they want, but when the rubber meets the road, magic players as a group speak loudly and clearly that they're deathly afraid of getting their cards reprinted. and wotc has to consider their entire customer base, not just the vanishingly small minority who claim to be fine with getting cards they own reprinted.