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The cost and effort of printing duel decks is never going to be less than just buying the product.

• gargarplex 10y ago
  Startup opportunity? Let people create their own card game, print their decks and have them mailed.
• lelandbatey 10y ago
  Eh, that's only true if you are cash rich and time poor. A booster box with 36 booster packs costs ~$100. At 15 cards per pack, that's 540 cards per box. The latest set has 249 cards, so a box will probably get you close to 2 of each card. But to be guaranteed to have all the cards you want, you may need to buy a second booster box and do some trading/purchasing of individual cards. Total cost is at minimum ~5¢ per card. But I can also just print 6 cards per page from my black and white laser printer at a cost of up to 8¢ per page, or about 1.3¢ per resulting card (plus cutting them out with scissors). And, this doesn't require an upfront payment of $150+. So no, I would not say the cost of just buying the product is lower.
  • klodolph 10y ago
    It's even worse if you consider rarity. A pack has one slot for rare cards, three slots for uncommon, etc. 1/8 of the time the rare card will be a "mythic rare". The latest set has 53 rares and 15 mythic rares, so the chance of having even one copy of a particular rare card in your box is 1-(1-1/53×7/8)^36 or 45%. For mythic rares the probability is only 1-(1-1/15×1/8)^36 or 26% that you'll even have one copy. Then consider the number of times you'll want a "playset" of a card, which means four copies. The only sane options I can see are: * Play limited formats * Play casual with proxies * Buy individual cards
  • Pinckney 10y ago
    Parent was referring to duel decks, which are a specific product. I agree with them: proxying a $10 deck is generally a waste of your time.
    • sqeaky 10y ago
      I don't think he meant the duel deck product, I think he just meant two decks to duel with.