Magic: The Gathering Cards

Comments discuss collecting, buying, investing in, and the gambling-like aspects of Magic: The Gathering cards and similar trading card games like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, including pack openings, rarity, and secondary market value.

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CydeWeys Aug 11, 2019 View on HN

Why do people buy tens of thousands of Magic cards when you only need 40 in a deck to play?

swsieber Nov 17, 2017 View on HN

Haven't we had that for a while though with trading card games - e.g. pokemon card packs.

ipv4dhcp Jan 22, 2023 View on HN

magic the gathering? or perhaps really most trading card 'games'.

nekusar Oct 31, 2025 View on HN

People are also leaving out stuff like Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh, and Magic The Gathering.All of them also introduce rarities (arbitrary exclusiveness), hidden cards in a pack, and extreme gambling gamification.The only non-gambling MtG packs are the preconstructed commander decks. All 100 cards are published. But the packs and boxes? Pure gambling, especially for the chase rare cards.And before anyone asks, yes, my username is based after this $2 card. <a href="https://edhrec.com

alasdair_ Nov 23, 2013 View on HN

I just bought a bunch of (physical) magic: the gathering cards from abugames.com

Glyptodon Oct 18, 2014 View on HN

Just like Magic cards, I guess.

Alpi Aug 3, 2022 View on HN

Oh I found a golden card from Magic the Gathering

hackernewds Apr 17, 2022 View on HN

what is the effective value of investing in Magic cards though? surely <<<1

Garlef Feb 27, 2021 View on HN

Same thing is happening with other products - for example Magic: The Gathering.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEOB5sltnC8And companies build their products around this:https://secretlair.wizards.com

kgc Sep 21, 2023 View on HN

Is there something like this for Pokemon cards?