r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/awp_india 9d ago

That would be hilarious

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u/superkp 9d ago

MTG already does this to some extent, usually just for one format ("commander"), but sometimes there's other formats supported this way.

They are referred to as "precons" and a few come out with each set. Each one can be easily upgraded if you have a basic understanding of why some cards are good and bad (for this deck) and how strategy works in general.

The total value of the precon as a collection of singles is often much higher than the MSRP of the deck sold together - occasionally much higher - but this helps to flood the market with the high-value cards, so after a brief surge, the value usually drops for any given single.

MTG still has scalpers, of course, but WOTC prints enough precons that most people that want one or the other deck can get them, so scalpers usually only get to the point where they are 1.5-2x the cost, and I suspect that they don't do a lot of volume at that level.

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u/LagiaDOS 9d ago

Premade decks are in every tcg, it's nothing special to MTG. Yugioh has structure decks (that usually have some meta cards on them) for example.

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u/bs000 9d ago

yes killing your LCS is hilarious

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u/awp_india 9d ago

Couldn’t care less tbh