Hasbro CEO Cocks and Execs Sued for Alleged Securities Violations

[Zardnaar]

That's fine if you're trying to sell a single sword, but if you're a sword-seller and you want to keep selling swords regularly into the future, you don't do things that make the sword worthless as soon as the buyer walks away. Or then, not only will that buyer never buy a sword from you again, but anyone who hears of it will also not buy your swords.

WotC doesn't have to care about the aftermarket prices of their Magic Cards, but they should care, as it was one of the big things that made Magic what it has been in the past: A license to print money. Damage that at your peril.

This. Alot of "crap" sets dont sell well. Homelands back in the day, Prophecy, recently Spiderman.

Loot boxes need gold. No gold kinda defeats the purpose.

 

[Clint_L]

I expect someone said so in the prior pages, but...

Hopes for gains in the secondary market help drive the primary market. The secondary market makes buying cards more like an investment than an entertainment expenditure. If you flood the market, the secondary market collapses, and people can't recover any spending they did.

Like, back in the day, I financed a good chunk of my honeymoon with a Black Lotus.

I feel you. I financed a good chunk of grad school by selling my MtG cards back in 1996. At the time I thought I was super smart to be getting rid of them before their value inevitably crashed...