The future of V:TES

Soonerborn wrote: I love to draft as well. But price point will be the make-or-break factor in any futrue limited play (for my group anyway). The key to drafting was everybody could chip in for an entire box of boosters for ~$65.

Where I'm from NOBODY drafted at retail costs, not unless there was HEAVY prize suppport (like the old pre-release events that involved a starter + boosters and an entire box of swag for prizes).

VTES was never a money game like Mt$.

As far as 'rarity'. Pfft. There's no system or tradition, it was just whatever would get people to buy cards and changed constantly. Cards that were rare in early sets became uncommon and common in later sets. The hotness rares from one set would end up in starters for the next set. Rares in micro sets versus re-print rares from base sets vs NEW rares from later base sets, etc. etc. etc.

At this point we should be saying 'scarcity' because it boils down to how many copies are in existence, not any given card's distribution within any given set(s).

Ashur Tablets is technically common. What's the 'rarity' of 10th anniversary cards like Carlton Van Wyk? Sensory Dep was technically uncommon. War Ghouls and Great Beasts used to sell for $50. And yet Govern the Unaligned is still probably the single strongest non-master card in the game... at this point who cares?

Other than people profiteering off the singles market...