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No, they are wrong because they are analyzing secondary market prices, while the discussion was about introductory market prices, which are indeed set by WotC a
by kakarot 9y ago
No, they are wrong because they are analyzing secondary market prices, while the discussion was about introductory market prices, which are indeed set by WotC and made to, on average, be higher than the payout for selling the cards within.
I think there have been two, maaaaybe three expansion sets in the multi-decade history of the game where the average price for selling all cards in a booster pack exceeded the price of the booster pack itself.
- chimeracoder 9y ago> I think there have been two, maaaaybe three expansion sets in the multi-decade history of the game where the average price for selling all cards in a booster pack exceeded the price of the booster pack itself. Which sets are those? I would be shocked if that were true for unlimited-run sets during the time when they were still in print (the first few sets were limited to a fixed number of cards, but every normal set since has been printed to demand).
- kakarot 9y agoI've been out of the game for a couple years now but I remember reading about an expansion pack coming out that had been calculated to have a (rather marginal) edge in favor of the consumer for crack packing. I assumed if there's been one, there may have been another. Unfortunately I can't remember which set this was anymore as I lost all interest in Standard around that time due to power creep. It was some time around 2013-2014 I believe.