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The Creator Of 'Magic: The Gathering' Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong (defector.com)
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[–] Sea_Foam_Green@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The game was doomed to be a speculator market thanks to the Reserved List.

The game rose during the sports card boom, and was the lead-in to sports card bro boom during the pandemic.

Once finance sites popped up, everyone became an investor.