Got mine form a big box store at midnight under MSRP. Paid $120 for all 5. Going to try and buy them every week until they run out of stock or start climbing in price.
Why do you say that? EDH is a casual format its not like if they added basic lands types to the card it would be used all of a sudden. It still would only tap for your general's colors and you only have a general in EDH. It seems to me this would make the card better for the format and not do much for the vintage/legacy crowd.
I'd love to see a mono green variant of grave pact, aura shards or maybe even martyrs bond. I totally dig enter/exit triggers on an enchantment.
Also, an enchantment with a CCC of 3 or 4 that can be sacrificed to tutor or even directly place a particular permanent on the battlefield, within reason, (im looking at you, defense of the hart) while giving your creatures a small boost, that would be rad.
Nice decks! Where do you play? I see you're in Seatlle, I have a Lazav deck I just built and I'd love someone new to play against! PM me if your interested
I understand you're upset. With this jump in costs for sealed product it is difficult on both the players and many of the vendors. However, what must be kept in mind is that this is no one's fault - its just supply and demand, and WOTC controls all of the supply. Wizards can change their printing policies to introduce more RTR into the system to drive down pack cost, but that is at the risk of harming their brand by devaluing the cards.
Upset was the wrong word to use. Thanks for cashing in on it.
Here we go: I just like to play the game with friends and the fact prices are going up 20% when they don't have to, is distasteful and no way to treat your customer base.
And to address the idea that it's "just cardboard," that idea is just not correct. Magic cards are an idea - hence MODO. In the same way that stocks are not just pieces of paper, magic is a game with rules and art that represents a certain amount of time and work. Wizards cannot sell the cards at their printing costs since they have to pay for rent, design, rules management, marketing, and many more things down the line. The same is true for the distributors and ultimately the vendors.
You love giving a basic lessons in business don't you? I understand Wizards is here to make money, thats not what this is about. Also, I dont disagree that there are R&D costs involved, etc. However all of that is done by the time the product goes to print. Did you read the part of my first post where I talk about the communication between wizards and the distributors?
I just like to play the game with friends and the fact prices are going up 20% when they dont have to, upsets me as a consumer.
It's not the fault of the distributors. It's a self-regulating market. As long as there's a demand for the singles that outpaces the supply, the prices will go up. Box price is initiated by supply, but is maintained by demand. Which means that if demand goes down, so will box prices. Magic price is maintained by the most basic rules of economy, and this will not ever change.
I'm a licensed stock broker, this is about the dumbest thing I have ever read. PEOPLE GET BASIC ECONOMY, what we are talking about is the controlling of markets which is rampant in the MTG world. You say " It's a self-regulating market. As long as there's a demand for the singles that outpaces the supply, the prices will go up." So what happens if you control the supply and readjust for demand? SCG (and others) would have been shut down by the SEC 1000 times by now if this market were to be regulated to be 'fair'. Its blows my mind the amount of market manipulation that goes on with MTG.
Don't forget, we are talking about the printing of cardboard, the supply is whatever you choose it to be. I know the distributors don't have control of that, but you would be crazy to think that wizards doesn't listen closely to them about demand forecasts, then print accordingly.
Magic cards aren't the same as gold or minerals, there is a supply and demand, but it can be manipulated, easily. People will always be greedy.
What big box store is selling these under msrb?
Why do you say that? EDH is a casual format its not like if they added basic lands types to the card it would be used all of a sudden. It still would only tap for your general's colors and you only have a general in EDH. It seems to me this would make the card better for the format and not do much for the vintage/legacy crowd.
I'd love to see a mono green variant of grave pact, aura shards or maybe even martyrs bond. I totally dig enter/exit triggers on an enchantment.
Also, an enchantment with a CCC of 3 or 4 that can be sacrificed to tutor or even directly place a particular permanent on the battlefield, within reason, (im looking at you, defense of the hart) while giving your creatures a small boost, that would be rad.
Upset was the wrong word to use. Thanks for cashing in on it.
Here we go:
I just like to play the game with friends and the fact prices are going up 20% when they don't have to, is distasteful and no way to treat your customer base.
You love giving a basic lessons in business don't you? I understand Wizards is here to make money, thats not what this is about. Also, I dont disagree that there are R&D costs involved, etc. However all of that is done by the time the product goes to print. Did you read the part of my first post where I talk about the communication between wizards and the distributors?
I just like to play the game with friends and the fact prices are going up 20% when they dont have to, upsets me as a consumer.
I'm a licensed stock broker, this is about the dumbest thing I have ever read. PEOPLE GET BASIC ECONOMY, what we are talking about is the controlling of markets which is rampant in the MTG world. You say " It's a self-regulating market. As long as there's a demand for the singles that outpaces the supply, the prices will go up." So what happens if you control the supply and readjust for demand? SCG (and others) would have been shut down by the SEC 1000 times by now if this market were to be regulated to be 'fair'. Its blows my mind the amount of market manipulation that goes on with MTG.
Don't forget, we are talking about the printing of cardboard, the supply is whatever you choose it to be. I know the distributors don't have control of that, but you would be crazy to think that wizards doesn't listen closely to them about demand forecasts, then print accordingly.
Magic cards aren't the same as gold or minerals, there is a supply and demand, but it can be manipulated, easily. People will always be greedy.
I couldn't agree more