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Everyone will remember this name for years to come. Good luck. I tried MTG only a couple of times and never got into it, but I can see the appeal. What I don't

Everyone will remember this name for years to come. Good luck. I tried MTG only a couple of times and never got into it, but I can see the appeal. What I don't like too much is that the minter is a private company that profits from this artificial scarcity.

valbaca 3y ago
> What I don't like too much is that the minter is a private company that profits from this artificial scarcity. You might prefer FFG (Fantasy Flight Games) Living Card model. Effectively, each new set that comes out, you can buy a full play-set (it was 3x for Netrunner). Unfortunately, it's just hard to compete with the gambli---er--addicti---er-- BOSTER PACK model of MtG. (I've played MtG for 24 years, very much invested and sad that it's a LITERAL investment, see https://www.mtgstocks.com https://www.mtgstocks.com)
- kuang_eleven 3y ago
  At least for Netrunner, it was only 3x for the base set, and 2x would almost certainly get you enough. All the additional sets after the base set came with a full playset of 3x copies of each card. Sadly, Netrunner is dead and the license lost, so not a lot of hope for new, official cards any time soon.
  - valbaca 3y ago
    Yes, I glossed over the core set 2x problem The community did pick up Netrunner: https://nullsignal.games/ https://nullsignal.games/
andrewljohnson 3y ago
Thanks, I hope I get to be part of Mana Pool forever. I see MTG the same way I see any software I subscribe to, so the artificial scarcity bit doesn’t bother me a bit. I like MTG a lot and don’t mind paying, and I’m glad the business model lets them make new cards for me many times a year. I’m also glad they do all the collector scarcity stuff because they subsidize players like me who just want draft boosters and the cheapest versions of the singles for my decks.

4 ms·

Everyone will remember this name for years to come. Good luck. I tried MTG only a couple of times and never got into it, but I can see the appeal. What I don't

by simonebrunozzi 3y ago

valbaca 3y ago
> What I don't like too much is that the minter is a private company that profits from this artificial scarcity. You might prefer FFG (Fantasy Flight Games) Living Card model. Effectively, each new set that comes out, you can buy a full play-set (it was 3x for Netrunner). Unfortunately, it's just hard to compete with the gambli---er--addicti---er-- BOSTER PACK model of MtG. (I've played MtG for 24 years, very much invested and sad that it's a LITERAL investment, see https://www.mtgstocks.com https://www.mtgstocks.com)
- kuang_eleven 3y ago
  At least for Netrunner, it was only 3x for the base set, and 2x would almost certainly get you enough. All the additional sets after the base set came with a full playset of 3x copies of each card. Sadly, Netrunner is dead and the license lost, so not a lot of hope for new, official cards any time soon.
  - valbaca 3y ago
    Yes, I glossed over the core set 2x problem The community did pick up Netrunner: https://nullsignal.games/ https://nullsignal.games/
andrewljohnson 3y ago
Thanks, I hope I get to be part of Mana Pool forever. I see MTG the same way I see any software I subscribe to, so the artificial scarcity bit doesn’t bother me a bit. I like MTG a lot and don’t mind paying, and I’m glad the business model lets them make new cards for me many times a year. I’m also glad they do all the collector scarcity stuff because they subsidize players like me who just want draft boosters and the cheapest versions of the singles for my decks.