Old sources of wealth and power try to keep new sources of wealth and power from appearing. That is the primary conspiracy. Once you understand that, everything else makes sense.
Of course I didn't imply that, and you are also talking secondary market. All that Wizards would make off of cards is what the dealer bought them for wholesale. Whether that dealer cracked packs for singles or a player bought it at retail, the profit to the manufacturer is the same. So your point is rather silly.
It was absolutely implied; revenue can't be "lost" if it wasn't / wouldn't have been generated in the first place.
Also, your use of the term "dealer" indicated that you were talking about the secondary market as well, so I'm pretty sure we're on the same page.
I never mentioned WotC or the primary market... the dollar figure was included only to signify the unlikeliness of said user actually purchasing legitimate cards.
A few pages ago, someone mentioned they wouldn't even have a cube if not for proxies.
Again, just playing devil's advocate here... From a strict IP point of view, a user with a cube full of proxies represents "revenue lost" because they didn't buy those products from a dealer.
Implying said user would've otherwise bought all the cards for their cube at a cost of $10-20k. I know I wouldn't have.
Okay, I see that, but I can't help but compare it to Inferno Titan, a card which does everything Triskellion can do, all the time, and better.
I get that the colourless casting cost furthers your flexibility argument but it just seems like power creep has marginalized the Trike too much, such that I don't run it @ 450.
What about Triskelion? I see that thing survived wtwlf's cut to 360 but I really don't get it. Sure, it's good with blink effects, but otherwise you're paying 6 mana for a 4/4 or an Arc Lightning + a 1/1.
BTW, if it gets spoiled. I CALLED IT. Right now. August 17th
With, like, instant speed abilities? I don't see any real benefit from flashing in any of the current planeswalkers. Maybe a 187 ability or something, I guess...
I'm speculating that sunburst is making its appearance again, and that Wizards has gone all new-feature on us: Mox Opal produces mana that is of more than one color.
Something like, "imprint - when ~ comes into play, exile any number of cards in your hand. T: Add one mana to your mana pool. This mana is all colors of the exiled cards imprinted on ~."
Baseless, but it's a crazy idea that just might work on a card.
Exiling > 1 card for a mox-like effect seems terrible?
It was absolutely implied; revenue can't be "lost" if it wasn't / wouldn't have been generated in the first place.
Also, your use of the term "dealer" indicated that you were talking about the secondary market as well, so I'm pretty sure we're on the same page.
I never mentioned WotC or the primary market... the dollar figure was included only to signify the unlikeliness of said user actually purchasing legitimate cards.
Implying said user would've otherwise bought all the cards for their cube at a cost of $10-20k. I know I wouldn't have.
I get that the colourless casting cost furthers your flexibility argument but it just seems like power creep has marginalized the Trike too much, such that I don't run it @ 450.
I'd let her take off all my counters!
[x] standard variance
[?] play mistakes
With, like, instant speed abilities? I don't see any real benefit from flashing in any of the current planeswalkers. Maybe a 187 ability or something, I guess...
Exiling > 1 card for a mox-like effect seems terrible?