It's a bit small and hard to really tell, but I think it's a cool piece. Six legged camel is a bit goofy but I like the color palette and washed out look.
People blaming WOTC for high secondary market prices proves how little some of you understand about market economics.
I will also agree that discussing this topic often leads to much undesired bickering and childish whining. Lock the thread or not, I just won't waste my time entertaining the discussion.
Are you serious? You can't blame WotC exclusively but they have a massive hand in all of this. Supply and Demand is driving price on (particularly older) staples to ridiculous prices. In particular because demand trends well beyond supply. Why is this? The growth of the game is a double edged sword. Let's make a bogus random example. Ten years ago MtG had 100,000 players and new card sets were printed to meet that demand appropriately. Flash forward ten years and there are 500,000 players with newer sets printed to meet those demands.
Older print runs don't compare to current numbers and older cards are more expensive and scarcer for today's larger player base. We know that WotC reprints cards in an attempt to address this but it is weak and poorly done. They tread on eggshells with such extreme fear of upsetting the apple cart that they completely shy away from truly addressing the issue.
I can't speak towards their authenticity, but why would somebody counterfeit a three dollar card?
Honestly, a *smart* counterfeiter would do just that. If you have *only* top dollar cards it might be more suspicious. But if you mixed in some lower value but popular/commonly used staples it would be a way to avoid suspicion.
Sure they are if that revenue is generating significant profit (as we have known MtG has been doing).
WotC has been so far behind the curve on MTGO for so long, it's quite sad. I never log in to MTGO anymore, ever.
I'm playing Hearthstone regularly. This game/format is a winner for me because I can play, have fun, compete, and grow my collection all without the absurd financial requirements of Magic.
I see you've killed your kickstarter goal. Some really nice artwork as well. It doesn't look like "Mercy" and "the Gravemaster" are available in any of the preset bundles unfortunately, as those are my 2 favorite pieces ("She is Our Desire" is also quite nice along with your "Herald of Dawn").
I would think this is a problematic method. Paint on plastic is a risky proposition to begin with. And I would rate the potential for cracking/flaking quite high, especially with it being a soft/non-rigid surface.
I saw that it's MTGO and I went: meh.
Maybe.
Are you serious? You can't blame WotC exclusively but they have a massive hand in all of this. Supply and Demand is driving price on (particularly older) staples to ridiculous prices. In particular because demand trends well beyond supply. Why is this? The growth of the game is a double edged sword. Let's make a bogus random example. Ten years ago MtG had 100,000 players and new card sets were printed to meet that demand appropriately. Flash forward ten years and there are 500,000 players with newer sets printed to meet those demands.
Older print runs don't compare to current numbers and older cards are more expensive and scarcer for today's larger player base. We know that WotC reprints cards in an attempt to address this but it is weak and poorly done. They tread on eggshells with such extreme fear of upsetting the apple cart that they completely shy away from truly addressing the issue.
Honestly, a *smart* counterfeiter would do just that. If you have *only* top dollar cards it might be more suspicious. But if you mixed in some lower value but popular/commonly used staples it would be a way to avoid suspicion.
Sure they are if that revenue is generating significant profit (as we have known MtG has been doing).
WotC has been so far behind the curve on MTGO for so long, it's quite sad. I never log in to MTGO anymore, ever.
I'm playing Hearthstone regularly. This game/format is a winner for me because I can play, have fun, compete, and grow my collection all without the absurd financial requirements of Magic.