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This is one of my main gripes with MtG. It just feel like a scam, a 90s loot boxes situation. I do not want to contribute to the business model, even if the pro
by noiwillnot 5y ago
This is one of my main gripes with MtG. It just feel like a scam, a 90s loot boxes situation. I do not want to contribute to the business model, even if the product is solid.
I will probably sell my collection and print some proxies.
- MintsJohn 5y agoUnlike NFTs there is at least a (physical) product. (And even in the digital version, you have a limited digital item in a verified/trusted (digital) environment, backed/supervised by an entity (company). In crypto you're backed by a concept (an algorithm)) To me this whole crypto stuff seems like a bigger and better incarnation of the tulip mania (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania), very little crypto stuff /coins are backed by anything of intrinsic value. In a way it's the ultimate decadence.
- OOPMan 5y agoMTG is kind the original lootbox, but I guess at least there is a reasonably good game behind it. I dumped my MTG in the early 2000s, these days I'll only buy into a card game using the LCG/ECG model. It's not necessarily cheaper but it is less scummy.