The event deck will almost certainly be something like the list below.
A "fair" amount of value, but most of it through "chase" uncommons, as well as the Obligatory Marsh flats. And remember, Bitterblossom will very likely be included. WoTC did not now it would be anywhere near as expensive as it is.
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1 Auriok Champion
2 Dark Betrayal
2 Duress
2 Kor Firewalker
1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Revoke Existence
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Zealous Persecution
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Decks: Standard - Rally, Modern - Kikichord, Legacy - Elves
Commmander - Eight-and-a-Half Tails; Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker; Prime Speaker Zegana; Alesha, Who Smiles at Death; Daxos the Returned; Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest; Patron of the Moonfolk; Animar, Soul of Elements
Duel Decks are a terrible comparison. They're supposed to be like sealed with 6 on color rares. They're supposed to be nostalgic and flavorful, as well as balanced against each other. They don't have sets of Bolts, Paths, Nighthawks, or Doom Blades. It also hasn't really been possible to do a walker deck as spicy as E vs T because, with the exception of Jace 2 and Lili of the Veil, we haven't had insanely desirable walkers to pull like that. Lili's also really unfun for a duel deck headliner.
Standard duel decks are also a questionable comparison because with modern, 4 major things are different. We don't have booster sales to worry about, there's only one deck so there won't be a poor selling deck that forces markups, and we have a good idea of the composition of the modern meta, a year ahead of time. With standard, the meta is almost all unreleased cards when you're designing the thing. With modern, it's easy to hit just like when they did the online legacy event decks. There's also no rare limit in the announcement and the msrp is high so there will be fewer buyers to begin with.
The event deck will almost certainly be something like the list below.
A "fair" amount of value, but most of it through "chase" uncommons, as well as the Obligatory Marsh flats. And remember, Bitterblossom will very likely be included. WoTC did not now it would be anywhere near as expensive as it is.
Sideboard:
1 Auriok Champion
2 Dark Betrayal
2 Duress
2 Kor Firewalker
1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Revoke Existence
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Zealous Persecution
I would buy this. I'm not a "value hog", but when I buy pre-made product I always want to make sure I'm getting somewhere near what I should be. In fact, I buy booster boxes and things still too even though I know I'll hardly ever get my value back. Here to have fun, and hobbies should cost you money, not make you money.
That being said, a quick eyeball of this says the value would be right around $100 - more than sufficient:
Flats - $30
Auriok - $8
2x Path - $10
2x IOK - $12
1x T-Seize - $12
1x BB - $40 (guessing at the "settle value")
and some jank.
It would be great if the product has this type of value.
With the MSRP, Wizards is also sending a clear message to anyone interested to play Modern. That they'd need to pay double of a tier 1 standard deck. I understand given the price constraints and the sudden explosion of Modern. Wizards should have seen this coming and perhaps mitigate this issue a little earlier. We could have gotten these Event Decks, perhaps a year ago on hindsight.
I feel like we should be using the Premium Deck Series as a guideline for what to expect in the modern event deck as opposed to the standard event decks.
I've come to the conclusion this will be the worst version of BW human tokens they can make.
It's obvious WotC doesn't want the price of entry to be lowered, they just want to give the illusion of accessibility so noobs will buy the product at a hiked price from their LGS but are still unable to play the game without spending a fortune, so as to not bother SCG and the modern community that doesn't want "entitled" new players entering the format.
Prepare yourselves to spend $75 on a modern version of Sorin, Lord of Innistrad's deck from Sorin vs Tibalt with a lone Marsh Flats for bait.
I'll bet that it will be just like any other event deck.
They're probably going to include a lot of good, but cheap cards(lightning bolt, zealous persecution, kitchen finks, etc), with maybe 1 or 2 chase cards.
We could have gotten these Event Decks, perhaps a year ago on hindsight.
It takes 1-2 years to release anything, even supplementary products. I'm sure they've been working on this since they decided to do Modern Masters.
Neonordnance has it right. Also, you can not just immediately flood the market with everything everyone wants otherwise it ruins part of the appeal of the game of Magic. They have done a good job of releasing more and more product that appeals to all forms but it never solves the lust of more product that customers want.
They have done a good job of releasing modern product, they just need to get that banlist worked out and I think they will have a solid long term eternal format.
I completely agree. And everyone needs to keep the development cycle in mind. This product was probably being put together around the time Modern Masters was launched. Last summer Remand was ~$5. Cryptic command dropped below $20, and Clique hit $30 with Modern Masters. Bitterblossom was down to close to $10 last summer. There has been a huge run on modern staples as supply is drying up for all the new Modern/Alt Format demand.
There was also a lot of complaining about certain cards being left out of Modern Masters, but we are now see some of them trickle out as they had bigger plans. This modern event deck, the next dual deck, and the next couple blocks were all in development ready to accept reprints. The big missing items that I remember were:
1. Thoughtsieze - Created the biggest fuss, but Wizards put it in Theros to actually get enough copies out to satisfy demand.
2. Mutavault - Another miss in Modern Masters, but it is the core set and commands $35, another good move wizards
3. Remand - Price tripled not being in Modern masters, I really don't see them wanting this is standard ever, a great fit for the J vs V
4. Fetches - People were disappointed they were not in modern masters but there was not enough product for a reprint here to be useful, I expect somewhere bigger, core or fall set at least for this.
5. Daybreak Coronet - Knowing an enchantment block was coming I assumed the were holding it for Theros block. I still expect it for JiN but it might be too powerful with Ethereal Armor and company.
6. Noble Hierarch - Having just done exalted in a core set this card is the most likely for a FTV, Event deck, Commander or something. I expect it any time and a Pod deck with this is my number two guess for the event deck after faeries.
* Bitterblossom - banned at the time of Modern Masters but they probably knew the Unban was coming, and they probably knew they would have to reprint it to keep it from getting too insane. Maybe they will wait until they are sure they don't need a reban, but this has to be coming, and it be coming to standard.
Last summer when Modern Masters was launched, Remand was $10, Cryptic command was just above $20, Clique was between $35 to $40. I am sure for the price because I got these cards at that time from eBay.
I guess I should have been more specific. My remand was purchased on Feb 23 for $7 including shipping, I bought 4 V Cliques from 4 separate people on modern masters release week for $30 each. And when I opened my cryptic command I checked tcgplayer, low was $18.99 + 0.99 shipping.
But my point was the potential cards for a faeries deck were way cheaper last year when this product was locked. Wizards says they don't look at singles prices but all precons I see say they do.
The only viable reason for a single deck in a format with a dozen viable competitive decks is to reprint over-priced staples, and the deck with these cards is Jund. This product needs to contain a Goyf, a Bob, a Liliana of the Veil, and one or two of the hyper expensive dual lands. If it doesn't, $75 MSRP is not going to cut it, IMHO.
The only viable reason for a single deck in a format with a dozen viable competitive decks is to reprint over-priced staples, and the deck with these cards is Jund. This product needs to contain a Goyf, a Bob, a Liliana of the Veil, and one or two of the hyper expensive dual lands. If it doesn't, $75 MSRP is not going to cut it, IMHO.
Although I doubt this will actually happen, this does sounds like a great idea and I hope this will become reality.
The only viable reason for a single deck in a format with a dozen viable competitive decks is to reprint over-priced staples, and the deck with these cards is Jund. This product needs to contain a Goyf, a Bob, a Liliana of the Veil, and one or two of the hyper expensive dual lands. If it doesn't, $75 MSRP is not going to cut it, IMHO.
Although I doubt this will actually happen, this does sounds like a great idea and I hope this will become reality.
I know....I don't see it happening, but a deck with these three is what we need. If we get anything else, I expect many people will not like the product because it does not have their specific staple. If I am playing Merfolk, I need X, if I am playing DT, I need Y, and so on.
The only viable reason for a single deck in a format with a dozen viable competitive decks is to reprint over-priced staples, and the deck with these cards is Jund. This product needs to contain a Goyf, a Bob, a Liliana of the Veil, and one or two of the hyper expensive dual lands. If it doesn't, $75 MSRP is not going to cut it, IMHO.
Prepare for disappointment then. I don't see any way that wizards will do this. Even not counting the price, wotc have basically said that they don't like the style of play that jund offers. Add to this the face that jund was the most popular deck for some time and they are trying to increase diversity in deck types. Lastly, there is no need for a double sided token in even junk, much less jund.
Edit: also to add to that, this would lead to any retailer either marking it up to $300 plus, or pulling the cards and selling singles from it.
Even if we just get 2 or 3 value bombs in this, it's a win because Maro already said that if there's demand they will continue to reprint it, so this won't be some MM/Commander's Arsenal BS. Unless it's total trash, we can expect all the cards reprinted in the deck to go down in value.
I don't know why people are so bummed out about the prospect of it not having a ton of modern staples....
Frankly the problem with the market is SCG and all MTG re sellers who will drive the price up of the product if it brings anything decent. This has happened to the FTV sets, Commander decks, Modern Masters and previous event decks that have had cards which market above suggested retail price. In the end you will either get a box which is theoretically worth $75 and not a valid entry for the modern format which will lower the cards in there even further (meaning its not even $75 any more) or you will get a box which wizards suggested to be sold for $75 but is actually being sold for the current market price of the chase cards (aka much more than $75) and thus doesn't help the people who should be buying it in the first place (those who want to try the modern format).
I don't know why people are so bummed out about the prospect of it not having a ton of modern staples....
Frankly the problem with the market is SCG and all MTG re sellers who will drive the price up of the product if it brings anything decent. This has happened to the FTV sets, Commander decks, Modern Masters and previous event decks that have had cards which market above suggested retail price. In the end you will either get a box which is theoretically worth $75 and not a valid entry for the modern format which will lower the cards in there even further (meaning its not even $75 any more) or you will get a box which wizards suggested to be sold for $75 but is actually being sold for the current market price of the chase cards (aka much more than $75) and thus doesn't help the people who should be buying it in the first place (those who want to try the modern format).
Except if it's price gouged and it's actually continuously printed then it won't stay up in price for long.
The "being sold at way higher than msrp" argument is valid, but it's only valid if Wizards doesn't bite the bullet and print enough where it can't reasonably be price gouged.
I don't know why people are so bummed out about the prospect of it not having a ton of modern staples....
Frankly the problem with the market is SCG and all MTG re sellers who will drive the price up of the product if it brings anything decent. This has happened to the FTV sets, Commander decks, Modern Masters and previous event decks that have had cards which market above suggested retail price. In the end you will either get a box which is theoretically worth $75 and not a valid entry for the modern format which will lower the cards in there even further (meaning its not even $75 any more) or you will get a box which wizards suggested to be sold for $75 but is actually being sold for the current market price of the chase cards (aka much more than $75) and thus doesn't help the people who should be buying it in the first place (those who want to try the modern format).
Except if it's price gouged and it's actually continuously printed then it won't stay up in price for long.
The "being sold at way higher than msrp" argument is valid, but it's only valid if Wizards doesn't bite the bullet and print enough where it can't reasonably be price gouged.
yeah, but if it's only sold through game stores, then MSRP has little meaning.
As a hypothetical example, let's say that there's $150 value in the deck, and the stores decide to sell it as such. This would cause less demand, less need to re-order, and Wizards will not print any further (and to them, they will think that the "met the demand".
This is where having things sold at the big box stores helps the consumer, as they will always sell for MSRP, and game stores cannot really overcharge (since they don't control the market).
It would be nice if Wizards had an online store for some of these things to sell to consumers at MSRP. Maybe they can list this at hasbrotoyshop?
It would be nice if Wizards had an online store for some of these things to sell to consumers at MSRP. Maybe they can list this at hasbrotoyshop?
This would go leagues towards solving some distribution and supply problems and would additionally greatly aid them in accurately gauging demand (which would also lead to profit optimization). Even selling them through an online subsidiary at a 10% markup over MSRP would be adequate towards achieving this aim.
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I am not sure the big store idea would work. Many of the game store go to the big stores to buy the product at MSRP, then sell it at their store for the inflated price.
Hi,
I am not sure the big store idea would work. Many of the game store go to the big stores to buy the product at MSRP, then sell it at their store for the inflated price.
but at least people have a chance to buy it at msrp on release and it would be very abundant soo would be painfull to greed stores to do that and then sell them
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I am not sure the big store idea would work. Many of the game store go to the big stores to buy the product at MSRP, then sell it at their store for the inflated price.
While you may deal with ebay sellers trying to turn a profit, I don't think too many store owners would be buying them up from big box stores. If it's truly an unlimited release, the product would be readily available from distributors, and I would think that a store owner would be happy to turn the profit fro wholesale to retail, and would have better things to do than chase down copies at Target/Walmart/etc. to enable an additional markup in price.
Regardless, whoever would hypothetically be buying them up at retail price, Wizards has said they would print more to meet demand. If they are consistently selling out, Wizards would continue to print, and resellers would continue to see diminishing returns, as additional product hits the market.
So has there been any confirmation from WOTC on if this will be a limited print run set or not and if it will be available through big box stores?
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So has there been any confirmation from WOTC on if this will be a limited print run set or not and if it will be available through big box stores?
I thought MaRo had stated that Wizards would reprint this to meet demand. But I wouldn't expect an event deck at a big box store, so we'll end up at the mercy of game stores. We can hope that they won't raise the price, given they should be able to order as much as they want at wholesale (which is usually close to 1/2 MSRP), but that may be wishful thinking...
My concern is stores selling at an inflated price, which will limit actual demand (people wanting to pay the inflated price), and with a lack of re-orders, Wizards concluding that no additional printings are needed, thinking that they met the demand. (Simple fact that the demand at a $100-$150 price will be lower than the demand at $75).
I don't know why people are so bummed out about the prospect of it not having a ton of modern staples....
Frankly the problem with the market is SCG and all MTG re sellers who will drive the price up of the product if it brings anything decent. This has happened to the FTV sets, Commander decks, Modern Masters and previous event decks that have had cards which market above suggested retail price. In the end you will either get a box which is theoretically worth $75 and not a valid entry for the modern format which will lower the cards in there even further (meaning its not even $75 any more) or you will get a box which wizards suggested to be sold for $75 but is actually being sold for the current market price of the chase cards (aka much more than $75) and thus doesn't help the people who should be buying it in the first place (those who want to try the modern format).
Except if it's price gouged and it's actually continuously printed then it won't stay up in price for long.
The "being sold at way higher than msrp" argument is valid, but it's only valid if Wizards doesn't bite the bullet and print enough where it can't reasonably be price gouged.
yeah, but if it's only sold through game stores, then MSRP has little meaning.
As a hypothetical example, let's say that there's $150 value in the deck, and the stores decide to sell it as such. This would cause less demand, less need to re-order, and Wizards will not print any further (and to them, they will think that the "met the demand".
This is where having things sold at the big box stores helps the consumer, as they will always sell for MSRP, and game stores cannot really overcharge (since they don't control the market).
It would be nice if Wizards had an online store for some of these things to sell to consumers at MSRP. Maybe they can list this at hasbrotoyshop?
Why would any smart game store do that? If they buy at say, $50 (rounding numbers for easier math) and sell for $150, they'd make $600 per six count box, but only once they sell. If they don't sell at $150, then they don't make money. If they buy at $50 and sell at $100, they make $300 per 6 count box and once they've sold through 2 boxes, you're making more money at the lower price point. If you can reasonably and quickly re-order the product, why wouldn't you price it where you quickly moving product and making more in the long term? Lots of places don't have stacks of modern staples they need to make margin on, so you'll see smart stores do just this.
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A "fair" amount of value, but most of it through "chase" uncommons, as well as the Obligatory Marsh flats. And remember, Bitterblossom will very likely be included. WoTC did not now it would be anywhere near as expensive as it is.
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1 Emeria Angel
1 Twilight Drover
Sorceries: (15)
2 Duress
2 Gather the Townsfolk
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Lingering Souls
3 Spectral Procession
1 Thoughtseize
2 Timely Reinforcements
Instants: (11)
3 Midnight Haunting
2 Path to Exile
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2 Zealous Persecution
Enchantments: (6)
1 Bitterblossom
4 Intangible Virtue
1 Leyline of the Meek
Lands: (23)
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1 Fetid Heath
1 Godless Shrine
1 Isolated Chapel
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4 Orzhov Guildgate
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5 Swamp
2 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Vault of the Archangel
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2 Dark Betrayal
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1 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Leyline of the Void
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Revoke Existence
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Zealous Persecution
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Standard duel decks are also a questionable comparison because with modern, 4 major things are different. We don't have booster sales to worry about, there's only one deck so there won't be a poor selling deck that forces markups, and we have a good idea of the composition of the modern meta, a year ahead of time. With standard, the meta is almost all unreleased cards when you're designing the thing. With modern, it's easy to hit just like when they did the online legacy event decks. There's also no rare limit in the announcement and the msrp is high so there will be fewer buyers to begin with.
I would buy this. I'm not a "value hog", but when I buy pre-made product I always want to make sure I'm getting somewhere near what I should be. In fact, I buy booster boxes and things still too even though I know I'll hardly ever get my value back. Here to have fun, and hobbies should cost you money, not make you money.
That being said, a quick eyeball of this says the value would be right around $100 - more than sufficient:
Flats - $30
Auriok - $8
2x Path - $10
2x IOK - $12
1x T-Seize - $12
1x BB - $40 (guessing at the "settle value")
and some jank.
It would be great if the product has this type of value.
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the Graveborn deck had a msrp of $35 for a deck where every card was foil and was pretty awesome
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I'll bet that it will be just like any other event deck.
They're probably going to include a lot of good, but cheap cards(lightning bolt, zealous persecution, kitchen finks, etc), with maybe 1 or 2 chase cards.
It takes 1-2 years to release anything, even supplementary products. I'm sure they've been working on this since they decided to do Modern Masters.
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Neonordnance has it right. Also, you can not just immediately flood the market with everything everyone wants otherwise it ruins part of the appeal of the game of Magic. They have done a good job of releasing more and more product that appeals to all forms but it never solves the lust of more product that customers want.
They have done a good job of releasing modern product, they just need to get that banlist worked out and I think they will have a solid long term eternal format.
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Last summer when Modern Masters was launched, Remand was $10, Cryptic command was just above $20, Clique was between $35 to $40. I am sure for the price because I got these cards at that time from eBay.
I have no idea where you get the price...
Anything, but nothing at the moment...
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But my point was the potential cards for a faeries deck were way cheaper last year when this product was locked. Wizards says they don't look at singles prices but all precons I see say they do.
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Although I doubt this will actually happen, this does sounds like a great idea and I hope this will become reality.
I know....I don't see it happening, but a deck with these three is what we need. If we get anything else, I expect many people will not like the product because it does not have their specific staple. If I am playing Merfolk, I need X, if I am playing DT, I need Y, and so on.
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Prepare for disappointment then. I don't see any way that wizards will do this. Even not counting the price, wotc have basically said that they don't like the style of play that jund offers. Add to this the face that jund was the most popular deck for some time and they are trying to increase diversity in deck types. Lastly, there is no need for a double sided token in even junk, much less jund.
Edit: also to add to that, this would lead to any retailer either marking it up to $300 plus, or pulling the cards and selling singles from it.
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Frankly the problem with the market is SCG and all MTG re sellers who will drive the price up of the product if it brings anything decent. This has happened to the FTV sets, Commander decks, Modern Masters and previous event decks that have had cards which market above suggested retail price. In the end you will either get a box which is theoretically worth $75 and not a valid entry for the modern format which will lower the cards in there even further (meaning its not even $75 any more) or you will get a box which wizards suggested to be sold for $75 but is actually being sold for the current market price of the chase cards (aka much more than $75) and thus doesn't help the people who should be buying it in the first place (those who want to try the modern format).
Except if it's price gouged and it's actually continuously printed then it won't stay up in price for long.
The "being sold at way higher than msrp" argument is valid, but it's only valid if Wizards doesn't bite the bullet and print enough where it can't reasonably be price gouged.
yeah, but if it's only sold through game stores, then MSRP has little meaning.
As a hypothetical example, let's say that there's $150 value in the deck, and the stores decide to sell it as such. This would cause less demand, less need to re-order, and Wizards will not print any further (and to them, they will think that the "met the demand".
This is where having things sold at the big box stores helps the consumer, as they will always sell for MSRP, and game stores cannot really overcharge (since they don't control the market).
It would be nice if Wizards had an online store for some of these things to sell to consumers at MSRP. Maybe they can list this at hasbrotoyshop?
This would go leagues towards solving some distribution and supply problems and would additionally greatly aid them in accurately gauging demand (which would also lead to profit optimization). Even selling them through an online subsidiary at a 10% markup over MSRP would be adequate towards achieving this aim.
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I am not sure the big store idea would work. Many of the game store go to the big stores to buy the product at MSRP, then sell it at their store for the inflated price.
but at least people have a chance to buy it at msrp on release and it would be very abundant soo would be painfull to greed stores to do that and then sell them
While you may deal with ebay sellers trying to turn a profit, I don't think too many store owners would be buying them up from big box stores. If it's truly an unlimited release, the product would be readily available from distributors, and I would think that a store owner would be happy to turn the profit fro wholesale to retail, and would have better things to do than chase down copies at Target/Walmart/etc. to enable an additional markup in price.
Regardless, whoever would hypothetically be buying them up at retail price, Wizards has said they would print more to meet demand. If they are consistently selling out, Wizards would continue to print, and resellers would continue to see diminishing returns, as additional product hits the market.
I thought MaRo had stated that Wizards would reprint this to meet demand. But I wouldn't expect an event deck at a big box store, so we'll end up at the mercy of game stores. We can hope that they won't raise the price, given they should be able to order as much as they want at wholesale (which is usually close to 1/2 MSRP), but that may be wishful thinking...
My concern is stores selling at an inflated price, which will limit actual demand (people wanting to pay the inflated price), and with a lack of re-orders, Wizards concluding that no additional printings are needed, thinking that they met the demand. (Simple fact that the demand at a $100-$150 price will be lower than the demand at $75).
Why would any smart game store do that? If they buy at say, $50 (rounding numbers for easier math) and sell for $150, they'd make $600 per six count box, but only once they sell. If they don't sell at $150, then they don't make money. If they buy at $50 and sell at $100, they make $300 per 6 count box and once they've sold through 2 boxes, you're making more money at the lower price point. If you can reasonably and quickly re-order the product, why wouldn't you price it where you quickly moving product and making more in the long term? Lots of places don't have stacks of modern staples they need to make margin on, so you'll see smart stores do just this.