2017/2018 is when MtG started going off the rails for me. Just look at how many sets are released per year and it is easy to see the problem of over monetization: https://onlyontuesdays27.com/2022/10/18/30-years-of-magic-th... That doesn’t include other supplemental products such as secret lairs or commander decks. Not only are there many more sets per year, but the power creep is quite insane meaning that if you wan…
> 2017/2018 is when MtG started going off the rails for me. Maybe a little off, but probably not by much. MtG cards seemed to be calibrated such that if you preordered the "box set" (whatever it was) directly at retail prices (not speculative ones), you would wind up with a net profit if you went and sold the cards as individual pieces. This has been increasingly less true over time. And some of the current box sets…
Re: Hasbro dilutes the value of Magic: The Gathering, Bank of America says
#11They just did reprint reserved list cards in mtg 30th. Revised dual lands did take a significant hit to price. If anything I saw more people buying revised duals because of this.