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Re:Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons ... by lbotos on Friday January 27, 2023 @05:53PM (#34552932)
Imagine a game with 30 years of history, genre defining, that has die hard fans and then take some cards, make effectively "fake" versions (not tournament legal) and charge $1000 for 60 of them.

They could have done a LOT more cooler things and passionate lovers of the game wish that they did.

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Re:Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons ... by Aeolun on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:16PM (#34554063)
Why not make them tournament legal? It’d cut down on some of the insane prices for these things (like house prices, sad for those who just bought at a huge premium, but ultimately good for the rest).
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Re:Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons ... by lbotos on Friday January 27, 2023 @09:43PM (#34554575)
Long story but there is a list of cards called the "reserved list" and WoTC promised to never reprint them. So they got cheeky and said "well, we didn't really reprint them because they aren't legal, see?" Oh, and pay us $1000 for these cards.

https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Reserved_List

One of the most famous cards is on the RL:

https://scryfall.com/card/leb/233/black-lotus?utm_source=mw_...

And the new "not legal" version:

https://scryfall.com/card/30a/228/black-lotus

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