as someone who has played magic the gathering for over a decade the secondary market is easily the worst part about the game. needing to worry about a card you spent 100 dollars on getting banned and dropping to 10 dollars over night or needing to make speculative pick ups in an attempt to save money sucks. like a LOT. I just want to play a game, not be a speculative asset day trader.

if the game is so boring that youd rather pay $1 to skip an activity, its a Skinner box

blame the game mechanics, not the money