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I buy booster packs for MTG because I like drafting and sealed deck events. Randomness here is a good thing because it makes gameplay more skill based than mone

I buy booster packs for MTG because I like drafting and sealed deck events. Randomness here is a good thing because it makes gameplay more skill based than money based when compared to constructed decks (build from your collection). If I want a specific card, I'm not going to gamble with boosters, I'll just buy the card outright at the store. And that's the primary reason I stopped playing online games like MTGA and Eternal: playing draft was too expensive and not as fun as playing in person. A lot of people online would "rare draft" instead of drafting to win, and the social aspect is completely missing compared to FNM. I think that's because you can't trade cards online, so your options are: pull the cards you want or use craft them, and rare drafting improves your ability to do both. I'm not very happy about the direction online gaming is going, so I'll have to be very careful about how I introduce my children to the concept to help them see it for what it is.

fnord123 7y ago
>And that's the primary reason I stopped playing online games like MTGA and Eternal: playing draft was too expensive and not as fun as playing in person. I've never played them online and just assumed you would get access to all the cards so you could build your deck as you wished. You have to pay for the different cards?
- Liquid_Fire 7y ago
  Yes, generally you acquire in-game currency which you can buy for real money or earn through playing the game. You use this to buy a digital booster pack which contains a random collection of cards, similar to the paper game. Most collectible card games nowadays work like this, because it makes the publisher a lot more money than the model you describe.