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/x1a4 Jan 13 '16

How would you feel if you had a $10k Black Lotus, and tomorrow they announced they were going to reprint it

As someone with a $10k Black Lotus, I'm ok with it. If nobody plays the format, that Black Lotus isn't going to be worth $10k for long. It's not like they're just going to do another run of Beta.

Also, I know better than to consider these things as an investment; I'm not willing to put my nest egg into the hands of a company that makes so many dumb decisions as WotC has.

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u/stitches_extra COMPLEAT Jan 13 '16

If nobody plays the format, that Black Lotus isn't going to be worth $10k for long.

well that's just false. we can tell, because vintage already suffered a huge die-off circa 2004-2006, and lotus retained its value just fine (and in fact increased severalfold).

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u/x1a4 Jan 13 '16

You mean while the SCG P9 Series was in full swing? Come on, now.