Since there is a lot of talk about the visual design of these new Amonkhet masterpieces, and some discussion on whether these masterpieces will be somewhat less expensive due to diminished demand, I am wondering if there has been any number crunching done for the average increase in value for the Expeditions and Inventions as opposed to their normal printings?
Since there is a lot of talk about the visual design of these new Amonkhet masterpieces, and some discussion on whether these masterpieces will be somewhat less expensive due to diminished demand, I am wondering if there has been any number crunching done for the average increase in value for the Expeditions and Inventions as opposed to their normal printings?
Short answer, no.
Long answer, it really varies. A lot. Look at Ornithopter as an example. It's a $55 Masterpiece, but only a $0.25 - $2 card in one of its varying nonfoil printings. That's a huge (25x) multiplier. Then there's something like Kor Haven, which is $7 in nonfoil and $26 in foil. 3.5x multiplier. Scalding Tarn is $50 in nonfoil and $185 in Masterpiece - another 3.5x (yes, rough math). Meekstone is $2, Masterpiece is $22. 11x multiplier. Aether Vial is $35, MPS is $70. 2x.
It matters what the card was before (common? junk rare? bomb mythic?), who wants the card (Legacy? Modern? EDH?), and probably how cool the new printing looks. So while the average multiplier could be calculated, it's a useless statistic. Are you looking to figure out whether or not the whole set will be less expensive than it should because of the frame? Compare like to like. First, throw Force of Will out the window because it's an outlier. Then realize that a lot (8 more) of the AMK MPS cards are based on cards originally printed at common or uncommon, so they'll have huge multipliers just because of scarcity. Compare like to like - Attrition is an EDH card, so look at other EDH cards (Gauntlet of Power, for example) to try to figure out what their multipliers are or ought to be. Again, this is an inexact science. We have less than a hundred data points so far, and many are not valid for comparison. You can't look at Ornithopter to figure out where Divert should be.
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Short answer, no.
Long answer, it really varies. A lot. Look at Ornithopter as an example. It's a $55 Masterpiece, but only a $0.25 - $2 card in one of its varying nonfoil printings. That's a huge (25x) multiplier. Then there's something like Kor Haven, which is $7 in nonfoil and $26 in foil. 3.5x multiplier. Scalding Tarn is $50 in nonfoil and $185 in Masterpiece - another 3.5x (yes, rough math). Meekstone is $2, Masterpiece is $22. 11x multiplier. Aether Vial is $35, MPS is $70. 2x.
It matters what the card was before (common? junk rare? bomb mythic?), who wants the card (Legacy? Modern? EDH?), and probably how cool the new printing looks. So while the average multiplier could be calculated, it's a useless statistic. Are you looking to figure out whether or not the whole set will be less expensive than it should because of the frame? Compare like to like. First, throw Force of Will out the window because it's an outlier. Then realize that a lot (8 more) of the AMK MPS cards are based on cards originally printed at common or uncommon, so they'll have huge multipliers just because of scarcity. Compare like to like - Attrition is an EDH card, so look at other EDH cards (Gauntlet of Power, for example) to try to figure out what their multipliers are or ought to be. Again, this is an inexact science. We have less than a hundred data points so far, and many are not valid for comparison. You can't look at Ornithopter to figure out where Divert should be.