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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Art Waring" data-source="post: 9630030" data-attributes="member: 7037141">MTG is primarily printed in Japan, all mainline/tentpole sets/sheets are printed and cut in Japan, then shipped worldwide.MTG primarily prints through Cartamundi, which is a Belgium-based company (largely printing the foreign language print runs, with facilities in the UK, Germany, Poland, India, & Japan). They also have a facility in Dallas, TX that prints smaller run sets like collectors boxes and stuff for conventions (like mystery booster 2).  I also happen to know that collectors boxes are being printed in fewer numbers than previously (i.e. less printing in the US, more overseas currently).I am aware of this because I am trying to publish as an indy artist/designer. I was planning to include my own card prints with my ttrpg game, but the rising costs (now 104%????) now make this unfeasible for smaller solo publishers like me (and printing within the US, BEFORE tariffs were an issue, was already triple the printing price vs printing overseas).As for DnD, well lets be honest, MTG is the billion-dollar a year cash cow for Wotc/Hasbro, while DnD is barely a blip on their radar in comparison. I would guess that they are 100% focused on MTG ATM, and DnD will be nothing but an afterthought (in terms of what they will be doing infrastructure-wise). Not to mention that this will reinforce their digital-only push to get people onto DDB, and have ever-more reasons to curb their physical book printing as much as they can.I honestly don't think that Wotc (as big as they are) has enough of a support structure (nor enough printing presses) within the US to just stop printing overseas overnight. Compound this with their recent spike in mtg prices, and things do not look good (the upcoming Final Fantasy sets MSRP is almost double the cost of former sets, & even other previous UB sets like WH40k), for a non-premium standard legal set this presents a myriad of its own problems).MTG was already on its way to becoming very expensive as a hobby. Now it is probably cheaper to get a WH40k army then it is to get a viable Standard deck (which can have a cost of 400-700$, on the low end, as the cost of cards is always going up & rotations increasing in rate). This was also before tariffs became a factor, I have no idea what things will end up looking like this time next year.And one final note: Quality Control: MTG has been cutting costs for a very long time in regards to quality control. Anyone that regularly plays mtg knows about "pringled" foils, misprints, miscuts, and the variety of printing mishaps which make it to the final sealed product. I can only see this getting worse with the current situation.</blockquote>

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