Its not unreasonable to think about the draft environment.
If you buy a box for 300, its 37.50 a person (price of three boosters), and the box toppers can be prize. A shop can charge 40 and add a couple of standard packs for prize support for 3rd and 4th place
Or you can draft the your own box with friends and keep the cards instead of just cracking the packs.
Or you can phantom draft on MODO.
$300 is not chump change. That's the cost of a Nintendo Switch Lite and some games. $37.50 is 2 standard drafts.
To me, it doesn't look like many boxes will be opened for draft. Those that are able to afford these will surely open them for singles resale or leave them sealed as an investment vehicle.
It looks like every single Double Masters card that was leaked to Rudy is in the set. If Rudy said that he got the list around December/January, then that's quite a big leak in advance
At least they are amazing in limited. I really want this to be fun to draft at the least.
A single draft will cost like $50ish, right?
Very expensive to draft compared to Standard draft. How many drafts would actually fire at $50 per draft? I don't think turnout was high for Eternal Masters or Ultimate Masters due to the pack cost.
Also, I read that Wizards suspended official sanctioned events for stores until September, so people would have to play privately in the meantime.
These are cards used in Commander, but they have been reprinted at least once, and both cards are used in specific decks. So, they aren't really in-demand rares. The set is definitely a high risk for individuals buying packs. It is looking like individuals should let the retailers and bigger sellers assume the financial risk of opening this set and having individuals buy singles.
LOL. There are plenty of adults upset that they can't play, but in this instance it's the kid who wants to play. Funny thing is, we allow people to come in and play whenever they want. We just aren't holding the scheduled event. If these people would have bothered to get their DM's contact info to setup a game outside of the event, there wouldn't be an issue (unless of course the DM didn't wasn't interested).
Is your store following health guidelines? Getting people gathered in an indoor space for playing an extended amount of time is risky. Cabin fever is really annoying, but getting hospitalized or sick is not fun either.
However, my local LGS is opened for reduced hours and selling product, so I still drop in for a 10 minutes to buy some product. They aren't holding any events right now (not to mention they have poor ventilation).
I have a very credible source that has informed me that OP's claims are false, and that Zendikar Rising will sell like crazy because it will have enemy fetchlands in the set, which is all it needs to fly off the shelves.
Zendikar Rising would be an odd place to add enemy fetchlands, because Wizards would have to immediately ban them for the Pioneer format. I would have expected them in a supplemental set, not a Standard set (although, as you say, the set would sell well)
I don't think they need to purchase anything. They could secretly print the cards. Then just put them in the packs. It's not difficult to make up paper work. O yeah, we purchased all of these from lots of Cards big game store. Which is a fake company Wizards made up. That ordered the printed cards from their regular printer.
Wizards could print reserved list cards again in secret, but someone eventually could figure out when it was made. Like carbon dating for cardboard. If Wizard did this and were caught, it would cause a huge uproar in the Magic community. I don't think a "secret" like this could remain secret forever.
Thanks for the link. Sigh, if that list is real, then the finance people are surely shuffling their card positions based on insider information. The regular folk are not going to be able to take advantage of this financially. It just goes back to comments that these premium sets are for whales and investors.
Crazy combos that can happen in Modern with this card in a Dredge deck.
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/6mtbyu/who_can_shed_some_light_on_why_dread_return_is/
$300 is not chump change. That's the cost of a Nintendo Switch Lite and some games. $37.50 is 2 standard drafts.
To me, it doesn't look like many boxes will be opened for draft. Those that are able to afford these will surely open them for singles resale or leave them sealed as an investment vehicle.
Very expensive to draft compared to Standard draft. How many drafts would actually fire at $50 per draft? I don't think turnout was high for Eternal Masters or Ultimate Masters due to the pack cost.
Also, I read that Wizards suspended official sanctioned events for stores until September, so people would have to play privately in the meantime.
That price is probabaly because of the original print run size, not any organic demand from Commander players.
Even if the complete reflection cycle is in this set, these are not really in-demand rares.
Is your store following health guidelines? Getting people gathered in an indoor space for playing an extended amount of time is risky. Cabin fever is really annoying, but getting hospitalized or sick is not fun either.
However, my local LGS is opened for reduced hours and selling product, so I still drop in for a 10 minutes to buy some product. They aren't holding any events right now (not to mention they have poor ventilation).
Zendikar Rising would be an odd place to add enemy fetchlands, because Wizards would have to immediately ban them for the Pioneer format. I would have expected them in a supplemental set, not a Standard set (although, as you say, the set would sell well)
Wizards could print reserved list cards again in secret, but someone eventually could figure out when it was made. Like carbon dating for cardboard. If Wizard did this and were caught, it would cause a huge uproar in the Magic community. I don't think a "secret" like this could remain secret forever.
Thanks for the link. Sigh, if that list is real, then the finance people are surely shuffling their card positions based on insider information. The regular folk are not going to be able to take advantage of this financially. It just goes back to comments that these premium sets are for whales and investors.