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    posted a message on Boros Mythic (in Japanese)
    Why do they always make these mythic?
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    posted a message on Crackling Drake
    By the pricking of my thumbs, all these colored symbols makes me think Theros comes.
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    posted a message on Aminatou's Augury
    Quote from Crazy Pierre »
    Yeppppppppppp Esper deck is busted, this card is going to do so many shenanigans, and you can snap it back too!
    Want this so much.
    This is basically the blue Tooth&Nail, but better because blue.
    Easy there friendo, you're stepping into hyperbole territory.
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    posted a message on Loyal Unicorn cmdr decks preview
    *The Last Unicorn theme plays as this thing tromps through the battlefield covered in gore*
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    posted a message on Open the Graves
    Hmmm, I think if it had cost ONE less mana it would probably see play in Standard. Good value though!
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    posted a message on Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
    Quote from void_nothing »
    Quote from KolbaneX »
    I thought Lord Windgrace was one of those weird characters who just kinda disappeared and didn't "die"

    He made himself one with his land and faded from existence. Not "dead" but also very much not alive. Of note: This could mean Lord Windgrace is technically the Maro-Sorcerer of Urborg, albeit in a dormant state.
    So he's literally Schrodinger's Cat...unless Bolas collapsed the wave function.
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    posted a message on Aryel, Knight of Windgrace
    I thought Lord Windgrace was one of those weird characters who just kinda disappeared and didn't "die"
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    posted a message on Goblin Warchief & Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
    The last Tolarian trained Ghitu mage ended up making herself immortal...I have high story hopes for you Adeliz...
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    posted a message on Mothershipspoilers 4/2 Weatherlight and crew
    Arvad is my new husband. 10/10 handsomest man in magic.
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    posted a message on [SS1] .:. Signature Spellbook: Jace .:. Packaging and Contents
    Quote from KolbaneX »
    Quote from KolbaneX »
    Not usually a debbie downer but obvious cash grab.


    Yeah, how outrageous. Turns out companies want to make money off the products they sell, who would have thought?



    Profit=/= Cash Grab.

    Cash grabbing is usually a decision made at the expense of your intended consumer in order to artificially increase the amount of profit yielded. I.e. roulette foils for this product, or the Buy-A-Box exclusive card. Nice attempt at being glib though. Try again?


    Big words and technical terms don't make you look smarter if you use them in a context where they make no sense: in fact, they achieve the opposite effect. The company that MAKES the product (and in fact has the monopoly over it, in that while other TCGs exist, Magic is something only Wizards make) by definition cannot "artificially increase the amount of profit yelded": it's their product, they can put on it whatever price tag they damn well please, much like every other company in the world does with their products. Then, the customers will be given the right to "vote" on whether or not they find the product to be good and/or the price tag to be appropriate, simply by choosing to not buy it: we're not talking about water or bread here, Magic is something you can easily live without.
    In turn, this means that any decision made by the company cannot be "at the expense" of the customers: "at the expense" means that the decision damages you, but how can any decision concerning Magic damage anyone? It's a game, so if you choose to pour money in it, it was your free choice, and again, not pouring money in it is also an available choice.

    Thus, those who really want these cards and/or like Jace will be glad to purchase this product, and those who don't will simply choose to not buy: how do random foils damage either group? The only people who could possibly be "damaged" by this are those who are in the game not to play it but to make money off it, but frankly I find those to be laughable: you keep whining whenever they give you something that won't give you "value" on the so-called "secondary market", and you fail to see the obvious truth, that what you do with their product after they've already gotten your money is NOT the company's concern. It cannot be, it should not be, and it will never be.

    Because the truth is, the only one a company wants to make big money off its product is the company itself, as has always been the case with all companies in all sectors throughout the entire history of humanity. Only the ridiculous levels of entitlement certain groups of the MtG community have reached could lead anyone to believe otherwise.




    First off, you lumped me in with secondary market users. Incorrect. Then, you implied I'm an entitled member of the community. Also incorrect. Then you try to make an economic statement while completely leaving out consumer satisfaction of a good, which is also incorrect. But please, by all means, continue to tell an Econ minor how Econ works.
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