> to protect their prices on the secondary market for collectors A lot of Wizards' approach to tournaments and playable cards is designed so that the secondary

> to protect their prices on the secondary market for collectors A lot of Wizards' approach to tournaments and playable cards is designed so that the secondary market's influence on the game is minimized.[0] They saw beanie babies and comics implode in value after waves of speculation, so they set up a schedule where they churn out new cards and retire old ones on a predictable schedule. All this means the company has to think as little about the secondary market as possible. You're right that counterfeits are a disruptor, but I think that's more a threat for current cards, not because people will print a bunch of black lotuses and moxes. [0] http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/04/16/400140583/how-success-almost-killed-a-game-and-how-its-creators-saved-it http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/04/16/400140583/how-s...