I want to be in a world where if a 20 dollar card gets lost or stolen, it is possible to replace it at 20 dollars 2 years later. This isn't possible under the current system.
This isn't realistic regardless of reprint strategy. There are only ever too options reprint or don't reprint, and only one of those has a definitive outcome. Cards spike irrationally and Wizards has a minimum 18 month lead. To have any chance of accomplishing this Wizards would have to set aside one or two points in the year where they have a specialty product that has an abnormally short prep time so they can throw whatever cards have spiked recently into it to drop prices. I've never seen anyone advocating this kind of micromanagement of the secondary market, probably because its crazy. Wanting Wizards to reprint cards more often is a reasonable desire. Wanting Wizards to set an arbitrary price ceiling isn't.
I don't support wizards decisions on how they are handling the reprints, plain and simple, and accept there are people who apparently do support it even if it is at their detriment as a player. People are afraid of phantoms and ghosts in the closet, fearing changes would end the game. But sometimes, those ghosts are not really there and you have to open that door.
Its fine to be upset with their current system. Its reasonable to want them to print more cards more frequently. But I've never seen anyone actually propose anything other than "Unlimited standard release, the meta be damned". The reasonable changes that could be made would be better card selection for master sets, slightly higher print runs, or slightly lower MSRP; heck all three might be reasonable. Wizards listens to the community, but they also have TONS of data to compare against the vocal minority. When the vocal minority shouts MM is awful, no card should cost more than $40, repeal the reserved list and put duels in standard. The data of sales questionnaires and other sources showing people happy or accepting of the status quo drowns out the ridiculous complaints. Not enough people voice reasonable demands. Wizards has shown repeatedly that they make decisions based on community feed back, both bad and good. Modern was taken off the pro tour because of data, but community outcry contradicted it and they made a change. Standard rotation change was the same. Unfortunately Snapcaster was the same, the community said they want exciting mythics and that Snaps would make an exciting mythic, and Wizards heard. So if the community made reasonable demands that weren't contradictory to reality then change could happen.
Wait what when did people EVER say they wanted good high value cards at mythic? I recall ALOT of people asking to get rid of mythics or to make then all limited fodder but NEVER have I seen someone ask for MORE powerful constructed staples to be printed at HIGHER rarity's. I hear people ask for more good old playabled uncommons and to stop bumping good playable cards TO rare, but almost NEVER the other way around.
Also this is doable for example on MTGO they could make a "wizards" bot that sells all nonfoil singles from every set currently in print for a cap of 5 tickets apop, (or dirtly from the site for say the price of a single booster pack) So you can pick anyone card you want (any rarity ) for the price of a pack or take a chance with the packs. Leave foils for collectors as the "bonus perk of gambling" I could se very little problems with wizards doing something like that.
When did the community say they wanted snapcaster as a mythic? People wanted it reprinted but that is the first time I've ever heard that one.
The community never said "make snap mythic". They have said "We want mythics to be exciting" and "Snaps would be an exciting mythic". Wizards took these two statements as a que to push snap to mythic due to a lack of other exciting cards they wanted at mythic.
Wait what when did people EVER say they wanted good high value cards at mythic? I recall ALOT of people asking to get rid of mythics or to make then all limited fodder but NEVER have I seen someone ask for MORE powerful constructed staples to be printed at HIGHER rarity's. I hear people ask for more good old playabled uncommons and to stop bumping good playable cards TO rare, but almost NEVER the other way around.
It depends on where you look. But the two biggest complaints for mythics are that certain bland but powerful cards, Lotus Cobra, shouldn't be mythics, and that mythics should be exciting powerful cards. How exciting is defined is vague at best, but just look at these forums and you will see leading up to MM there was a lot of buzz about snap at mythic, a combination of it won't happen, it would obviously happen, and people being happy as long as it was printed at all. People want mythics to be good, again 'good' is fairly subjective. For some its tournament worthy, for others it means an awesome looking general, and others its absurdly high numbers.
Don't only listen to the minority that shares your opinion and assume its the Majority. I was disgusted by them up shifting Snap to mythic, but looking back its the communities fault for asking/expecting/accepting it.
When did the community say they wanted snapcaster as a mythic? People wanted it reprinted but that is the first time I've ever heard that one.
The community never said "make snap mythic". They have said "We want mythics to be exciting" and "Snaps would be an exciting mythic". Wizards took these two statements as a que to push snap to mythic due to a lack of other exciting cards they wanted at mythic.
Wait what when did people EVER say they wanted good high value cards at mythic? I recall ALOT of people asking to get rid of mythics or to make then all limited fodder but NEVER have I seen someone ask for MORE powerful constructed staples to be printed at HIGHER rarity's. I hear people ask for more good old playabled uncommons and to stop bumping good playable cards TO rare, but almost NEVER the other way around.
It depends on where you look. But the two biggest complaints for mythics are that certain bland but powerful cards, Lotus Cobra, shouldn't be mythics, and that mythics should be exciting powerful cards. How exciting is defined is vague at best, but just look at these forums and you will see leading up to MM there was a lot of buzz about snap at mythic, a combination of it won't happen, it would obviously happen, and people being happy as long as it was printed at all. People want mythics to be good, again 'good' is fairly subjective. For some its tournament worthy, for others it means an awesome looking general, and others its absurdly high numbers.
Don't only listen to the minority that shares your opinion and assume its the Majority. I was disgusted by them up shifting Snap to mythic, but looking back its the communities fault for asking/expecting/accepting it.
The community never said snapcaster mage would be an exciting mythic. The community was saying make snapcaster rare and was praying all over the place they wouldn't make him mythic. Wizards threw it in at mythic because of limited and because people said they wanted snapcaster, so it was their "compromise" to the community as they seemingly felt it would have pushed the UW blink / flash limited deck too far.
So again, where did you hear that people wanted him as an "exciting mythic"? I can literally go back through several videos and comment blocks right now from Heroes and Legends along with other sources at the time (which I did), and the closest thing to agreeing to what you said is some reluctant postings saying they probably will make him mythic.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
The more I keep thinking on this, the more I realize that the only people who probably even know what any of the older reserved list cards are outside famous ones are us 30+ year old players who started around then. Heck, I wasn't even around during legends and didn't get into magic until the first portal was out.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
The more I keep thinking on this, the more I realize that the only people who probably even know what any of the older reserved list cards are outside famous ones are us 30+ year old players who started around then. Heck, I wasn't even around during legends and didn't get into magic until the first portal was out.
And speculators.... snatching up any card that even remotely gets a whiff of popularity. Look at the obscene jump of Drop of Honey recently and, as far as I know, only one stinking deck uses it and it's sideboarded!
The more I keep thinking on this, the more I realize that the only people who probably even know what any of the older reserved list cards are outside famous ones are us 30+ year old players who started around then. Heck, I wasn't even around during legends and didn't get into magic until the first portal was out.
And speculators.... snatching up any card that even remotely gets a whiff of popularity. Look at the obscene jump of Drop of Honey recently and, as far as I know, only one stinking deck uses it and it's sideboarded!
The part that I don't like about all this with the reserved list is it's like a hidden stash of TNT in a coal mine that everyone forgot about, and all it is going to take is just the right conditions for that stash to go off and just completely tank potentially every format of Magic across the board. Wizards is likely safer dealing with a lawsuit than leaving the thing in place, but that isn't going to stop overzealous investors and speculators arguing the opposite. At the end of the day the ones who are going to be suffering are the players and Wizards of the Coast themselves since the other half views the cards as liquifiable assets in a financial return scheme. Us players don't really have an "out" financially and only have a concern with the "in" cost, since we usually don't sell cards as much as trade them around or buylist, and in most cases the person initiating the trading takes 20% loss, maybe 15% loss at best in value on the trade completion.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
First, I wouldn't break the reserve list, so reprints are out of the question in my mind.
Having said that, I think there are courses of action that would be acceptable to interests on multiple sides of the debate.
One idea is to replace the token in a pack with a "Hall of Fame" card, featuring one of Magic's most famous and powerful historical cards. On one side, the HoF card could include a small image of the original and some trivia about it. On the other side, the HoF card would be a modern rendition of the card featuring a special border, current Oracle wording, and even new art.
Of course, these cards would not be usable in any tournaments, nor could they be mistaken for the original prints. However, they would serve as kind of official proxies, without WotC even having to acknowledge them as proxies or reprints.
I know Hall of Fame cards would not satisfy everyone 100%, but I strongly feel they would be a great compromise. Players could easily sleeve them up for casual games and, for the most part, I don't think many opponents would care. I also do not think they would violate the Reserve List or its spirit.
At this point, I do not think the Reserve List can be broken. But I do think there are clean, alternative solutions out there for meeting some of the demand for access to these cards.
A compromise in which one side gets nothing and one side gets everything isn't a compromise. The Hall of Fame idea reprints nothing and does nothing to help card availability. It would be a token gesture (not sorry.) and worthless to those who -and this is important- Want cards reprinted so they can play with them.
Personally, I'd be happy if Wotc reprinted cards with no artwork: just a plain white box with the rules text on it, but tournament legal. As long as they are playable, it allows players to get them and play with them, but something that aesthetically unpleasant would never have collector value. They'd never really replace the original prints, except in the setting where what printing you have doesn't matter.
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Cards are game pieces, and should be treated as such, easily replaceable.
Cards are not money, investments, or a retirement fund, and should never have been treated as such.
Wizards made a mistake caving to speculators once, and we still pay for that mistake 2 decades later.
"Entitled:" the entire ad hominem fallacy condensed into a single word. It doesn't strengthen your argument to attack motivations, it just makes you look like you don't understand the argument.
The part that I don't like about all this with the reserved list is it's like a hidden stash of TNT in a coal mine that everyone forgot about, and all it is going to take is just the right conditions for that stash to go off and just completely tank potentially every format of Magic across the board.
Hands down, that is probably the best analogy I've ever heard about the reserved list.
I didn't understand it twenty years ago, but I'm firmly convinced speculators ruined Magic when the RL was created and they're ruining magic now.
Moving along. The token/history card idea seems interesting.
A compromise in which one side gets nothing and one side gets everything isn't a compromise.
That's not the case with this idea though. If they printed non-tournament legal versions, WotC would be at least providing nice, high quality proxies. If they insert them in the token slot, then players get them for free. So at least a portion of the side wanting reprints DOES get something - not everything - but not nothing. And copyright-infringing proxies do sell on eBay pretty regularly, so there is a demand for something like this.
My guess is that Commander players, Cube enthusiasts, and casual eternal players would largely appreciate access to such cards. At the same time, collectors who hold WotC to the Reserved List don't get burned. It feels like a win-win or at least a win-neutral to me, with no losers. WotC could even promote MTGO by using the MTGO card art and providing a link to the software on the back. Another win.
It's still "no reprints." That's not a compromise, that's "no reprints." Whether they have value or not, they are not tournament-legal Magic cards. They aren't even really Magic cards, any more than the token or rules card is a genuine magic card. Thus, this isn't a compromise, it's an empty gesture towards compromise without actually giving anything to those that want to play with those cards legally.
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Cards are game pieces, and should be treated as such, easily replaceable.
Cards are not money, investments, or a retirement fund, and should never have been treated as such.
Wizards made a mistake caving to speculators once, and we still pay for that mistake 2 decades later.
"Entitled:" the entire ad hominem fallacy condensed into a single word. It doesn't strengthen your argument to attack motivations, it just makes you look like you don't understand the argument.
Posted this to official "reserved list" thread, but think it could go here too
Wizards should change whole "Reserved list" policy from "never reprint" to "don't break original card value"!
After that all reprint ways are open again. Personally I think some limited player reward/promo versions of cards should be first step.
Like some kind of tournament reward boosters like "Standard Showdown" have only with small (Masterpiece rare) chance to get reprints of cards like "Dual-land", Tabernacle, Cradle or even Power9. With reasonably limited numbers of each we can get small influx of cheaper versions and yet keep older version market intact. And lets face it even few thousands of each "dual-land" won't affect market in way people who want to keep reserve list could complain about - counterfeits/fakes would be more damaging and thats what we are looking at in future if reserved list stay way it is
Lets make look at reserved list:
70-80% - cards mostly of collector value - little value for playing - likely almost no-one even want them reprinted
10-20% - cards which are playable or have some at least semi-unique mechanic which can possibly make them playable
5-10% - 'bombs' - P9, 'duals', Tabernacle, Cradle, ... - these are cards where rarity and play value make prices go insane and also cards where at some time their low supply combined with price increase will cause Legacy/Vintage virtually inaccessible to newer players (we may already be there) - these are also cards where number of already existing good enough "fakes" threaten to make mockery of Reserved list anyway.
Very first step to "breaking" Reserved list should be changing intent/philosophy of Reserved list. I believe it should be not that they won't reprint it, BUT that they won't reprint it in way which would severely damage prices of those cards bye increasing supply. That is after all point where most of of "NOT break Reserved list" sentiment stems from.
After reprinting is "allowed" there would be several ways how to "reprint" cards which NEED supply increase while at same time keeping price of old versions mostly intact. Essential steps (Wizards is big enough company to b able afford 1 person for each of those):
- Know your numbers - how many of those cards still exist, how many of them are still active (played at tournaments and not in some collection), their current value and value:active ratio - also keep eye on more recent cards which are not on Reserved list (we don't want repeat of situation in few years)
- ALL of these "reprints" MUST have limited numbers in given time period - at start only several hundreds to few thousands maximum of each per year - smaller numbers won't destroy 'singles' market and it would be easier to make prediction for next years - also better cards lower numbers (ideally price based) Possibly helpful steps:
- pace yourself - you don't have to try everything at once - you can try one thing this year and other thing next year (as long as you keep Essential steps together)
- ask your active players - prepare few different ways to handle situation and then make some player survey (online, GPs, ...)
Possible ways how to distribute "reprints":
- Masterpieces, "Vintage Masters", "Tempest remastered" kind of sets - possible, but too radical to begin with - better start with smaller distribution numbers - this could be used if there are no big crashes - make "pool" of cards and put one of them to mini-booster similar to showdown ones (other cards in there could be foil lands, foil tokens, ...)
-- what could be in such card "pool": Wizards can make lists of what they consider for each tier and let players decide what exactly for given year - personally I think only 10+ years old cards should be considered for tier 1-3
tier 1. - "P9" and other possible cards at significantly high price level - Masterpiece frequency - say max. 5 different given year
tier 2. - "Duals" and other cards in that price range - Mythic frequency - say 10 "Duals" and other 5-10 choosen
tier 3. - cards on level of better judge "promos" or better masterpieces or "fetch" lands - Rare frequency - 20-30 different ones each year
tier 4. - cards on level of regular GP, RPTQ participation promos - Uncommon frequency - possibly newer cards - changing each year
tier 5. - cards on level of best FNM, Arena promos - common frequency - possibly newer cards - changing each year
-- depending on what tier of cards would be in it you can give those mini-boosters to:
--- PT top players and GP top players - 1*tier 1-2 only (price money could be possibly lowered a bit as cards from those would compensate easily)
--- Judge rewards - 1*tier 1-3
--- PT, GP and RPTQ participants - 1*tier 1-4
--- top players on tournament series which frequently break few hundreds participants - further support for such - 1*tier 1-4
--- tournament rewards - similar to Showdown ones, but for different type of tournaments (GP trials, PPTQs, nationals, ...) - 2*tier 5 + 1* any tier
--- "rewards" program - somewhat similar to old rewards program, but to cut down shipping costs let players register to shops and let rewards be shipped there - 2*tier 5 + 1* any tier
This would be way to test waters of way to deal with problem side of issue and slowly increase supply of cards without creating major outcry.
That this would improve current unbalanced reward system would be very welcome bonus
Another way for reprints and also way to keep secondary card market stable enoung:(copy of my post from elsewhere)
Wizards should monitor card prices on secondary market and use some way to reprint those which were last printed 3-4+ years back and their cheapest version is longer term above certain value.
Based on how powerfull and set specific card is they could put it as Masterpiece, in Modern Master kind of set, Event/Commander/similar deck or even in regular or Core set.
I think Modern cards which are $30-$50+ should be reprinted some way.
Older card value would still be approximately same, but newer bit cheaper version will allow to more players afford those.
If it will make their official reprint policy it will lower chance cards will reach unreasonable prices long term etc...
Personally I think they should modify "reserved list" policy same way only with reprinting Legacy only and "reserved" cards when they breach $80-$150+ ranges in cheapest version
I wouldn't reprint legacy cards the same way as modern cards, that is for sure. The most expensive cards in modern are expensive more so because of the sheer amount of demand placed on them. Most of the RL cards are actually not under any demand and are mostly priced based on scarcity. There are a few exceptions like Horizon Canopy, but the impact of reprinting most of the top end cards in modern at even just rare will likely just result in a temporary dip in price before it rubber bands back up again. They nearly permanently reserved a slot in each modern masters for Tarmogoyf and it took forever for the price to finally come down even to 60 usd, and that was more so from decks moving away from using it.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
I would give a year notice. Then start rotating reserve cards into standard sets, with an quick ban from standard so it doesn't get out of hand. Allow the consumer to buy booster boxes of Ice Age+ straight from Wizards at a slightly higher price than regular boxes.
Wait what when did people EVER say they wanted good high value cards at mythic? I recall ALOT of people asking to get rid of mythics or to make then all limited fodder but NEVER have I seen someone ask for MORE powerful constructed staples to be printed at HIGHER rarity's. I hear people ask for more good old playabled uncommons and to stop bumping good playable cards TO rare, but almost NEVER the other way around.
Also this is doable for example on MTGO they could make a "wizards" bot that sells all nonfoil singles from every set currently in print for a cap of 5 tickets apop, (or dirtly from the site for say the price of a single booster pack) So you can pick anyone card you want (any rarity ) for the price of a pack or take a chance with the packs. Leave foils for collectors as the "bonus perk of gambling" I could se very little problems with wizards doing something like that.
It depends on where you look. But the two biggest complaints for mythics are that certain bland but powerful cards, Lotus Cobra, shouldn't be mythics, and that mythics should be exciting powerful cards. How exciting is defined is vague at best, but just look at these forums and you will see leading up to MM there was a lot of buzz about snap at mythic, a combination of it won't happen, it would obviously happen, and people being happy as long as it was printed at all. People want mythics to be good, again 'good' is fairly subjective. For some its tournament worthy, for others it means an awesome looking general, and others its absurdly high numbers.
Don't only listen to the minority that shares your opinion and assume its the Majority. I was disgusted by them up shifting Snap to mythic, but looking back its the communities fault for asking/expecting/accepting it.
The community never said snapcaster mage would be an exciting mythic. The community was saying make snapcaster rare and was praying all over the place they wouldn't make him mythic. Wizards threw it in at mythic because of limited and because people said they wanted snapcaster, so it was their "compromise" to the community as they seemingly felt it would have pushed the UW blink / flash limited deck too far.
So again, where did you hear that people wanted him as an "exciting mythic"? I can literally go back through several videos and comment blocks right now from Heroes and Legends along with other sources at the time (which I did), and the closest thing to agreeing to what you said is some reluctant postings saying they probably will make him mythic.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Print duals as fnm promos.
Fnm attendance; increases.
Magic players; happy
Sorted.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
And speculators.... snatching up any card that even remotely gets a whiff of popularity. Look at the obscene jump of Drop of Honey recently and, as far as I know, only one stinking deck uses it and it's sideboarded!
The part that I don't like about all this with the reserved list is it's like a hidden stash of TNT in a coal mine that everyone forgot about, and all it is going to take is just the right conditions for that stash to go off and just completely tank potentially every format of Magic across the board. Wizards is likely safer dealing with a lawsuit than leaving the thing in place, but that isn't going to stop overzealous investors and speculators arguing the opposite. At the end of the day the ones who are going to be suffering are the players and Wizards of the Coast themselves since the other half views the cards as liquifiable assets in a financial return scheme. Us players don't really have an "out" financially and only have a concern with the "in" cost, since we usually don't sell cards as much as trade them around or buylist, and in most cases the person initiating the trading takes 20% loss, maybe 15% loss at best in value on the trade completion.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Having said that, I think there are courses of action that would be acceptable to interests on multiple sides of the debate.
One idea is to replace the token in a pack with a "Hall of Fame" card, featuring one of Magic's most famous and powerful historical cards. On one side, the HoF card could include a small image of the original and some trivia about it. On the other side, the HoF card would be a modern rendition of the card featuring a special border, current Oracle wording, and even new art.
Of course, these cards would not be usable in any tournaments, nor could they be mistaken for the original prints. However, they would serve as kind of official proxies, without WotC even having to acknowledge them as proxies or reprints.
I know Hall of Fame cards would not satisfy everyone 100%, but I strongly feel they would be a great compromise. Players could easily sleeve them up for casual games and, for the most part, I don't think many opponents would care. I also do not think they would violate the Reserve List or its spirit.
At this point, I do not think the Reserve List can be broken. But I do think there are clean, alternative solutions out there for meeting some of the demand for access to these cards.
Personally, I'd be happy if Wotc reprinted cards with no artwork: just a plain white box with the rules text on it, but tournament legal. As long as they are playable, it allows players to get them and play with them, but something that aesthetically unpleasant would never have collector value. They'd never really replace the original prints, except in the setting where what printing you have doesn't matter.
Cards are not money, investments, or a retirement fund, and should never have been treated as such.
Wizards made a mistake caving to speculators once, and we still pay for that mistake 2 decades later.
"Entitled:" the entire ad hominem fallacy condensed into a single word. It doesn't strengthen your argument to attack motivations, it just makes you look like you don't understand the argument.
Hands down, that is probably the best analogy I've ever heard about the reserved list.
I didn't understand it twenty years ago, but I'm firmly convinced speculators ruined Magic when the RL was created and they're ruining magic now.
Moving along. The token/history card idea seems interesting.
That's not the case with this idea though. If they printed non-tournament legal versions, WotC would be at least providing nice, high quality proxies. If they insert them in the token slot, then players get them for free. So at least a portion of the side wanting reprints DOES get something - not everything - but not nothing. And copyright-infringing proxies do sell on eBay pretty regularly, so there is a demand for something like this.
My guess is that Commander players, Cube enthusiasts, and casual eternal players would largely appreciate access to such cards. At the same time, collectors who hold WotC to the Reserved List don't get burned. It feels like a win-win or at least a win-neutral to me, with no losers. WotC could even promote MTGO by using the MTGO card art and providing a link to the software on the back. Another win.
Cards are not money, investments, or a retirement fund, and should never have been treated as such.
Wizards made a mistake caving to speculators once, and we still pay for that mistake 2 decades later.
"Entitled:" the entire ad hominem fallacy condensed into a single word. It doesn't strengthen your argument to attack motivations, it just makes you look like you don't understand the argument.
I wouldn't reprint legacy cards the same way as modern cards, that is for sure. The most expensive cards in modern are expensive more so because of the sheer amount of demand placed on them. Most of the RL cards are actually not under any demand and are mostly priced based on scarcity. There are a few exceptions like Horizon Canopy, but the impact of reprinting most of the top end cards in modern at even just rare will likely just result in a temporary dip in price before it rubber bands back up again. They nearly permanently reserved a slot in each modern masters for Tarmogoyf and it took forever for the price to finally come down even to 60 usd, and that was more so from decks moving away from using it.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
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