The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
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Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#2I wonder what ROI is over the years on a card like a Black Lotus?
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#3> multiple resellers are already offering millions to buy it.
I had a heated debate about this sort of artificial scarcity with a guy who uses a precision scale to weigh boosters he buys, because the foils are ever so slightly heavier due to an additional layer.
Would be really funny if he was the one to find this card.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#4whoever drew that card, sounds like they know what they are doing. taking all inquiries through an attorney, getting it appraised immediately, etc. sounds like they’re going to get pretty rich out of this.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#5I wonder what ROI is over the years on a card like a Black Lotus?
Median price for a beta Black Lotus in 1994 was ~$15 via Scry Magazine. A lightly played beta Black Lotus currently goes for ~$45,000. Alpha ranges from 150k-1m+ based on grading.
So 300,000%+ ROI
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#6I wonder what ROI is over the years on a card like a Black Lotus?
https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/A-History-of-the-Pric...
Looks like it floats around a 20% to 35% APR depending on the years.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#7I wonder what ROI is over the years on a card like a Black Lotus?
Median price for a beta Black Lotus in 1994 was ~$15 via Scry Magazine. A lightly played beta Black Lotus currently goes for ~$45,000. Alpha ranges from 150k-1m+ based on grading. So 300,000%+ ROI
Jesus. I remember when they had gone up to a couple hundred bucks and thought that was crazy.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#8I wonder how does wizards of the coast adds this card into a packs in a double blind sort of way. Otherwise there would be internal collusion/fraud to self deal.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#9I wonder what ROI is over the years on a card like a Black Lotus?
Alpha and beta printings are more rare and the exact price is hard to get a handle on.
But for the most abundant printing, the buy list prices here are reasonably representative (for a one is very good shape - most will sell for less due to condition): https://www.mtgprice.com/sets/Unlimited/Black_Lotus
Honestly, you'd be better off looking at the reserved list as a whole if you want to get a sense of more general returns. It's wild how much things spiked a few years back. I play legacy in paper regularly and have a large collection I actually use, but it's getting to the point where even I feel like I should sell out.
Re: The One Ring card, Magic: The Gathering’s coveted collectible, has been found
#10I wonder how does wizards of the coast adds this card into a packs in a double blind sort of way. Otherwise there would be internal collusion/fraud to self deal.
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