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The Truth About Magic: The Gathering Finance (Patreon)

Published:
2018-03-08 15:30:21
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2018-03-08 15:30:22
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2022-01

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The Truth About Magic: The Gathering Finance

See my original video, Are Challenger Decks really Standard Masters? A Magic: The Gathering VLOG here: https://youtu.be/B6KhAkTYkxU Don't forget to check out The MTG Reprint Problem: https://youtu.be/Ej34H1pabOU and A Guide To U/B Modern Faeries https://youtu.be/bxJoDewazyk Jace vs. Urza - https://youtu.be/dIC-PCMNqLE Lore Analysis, Garruk vs. Liliana: https://youtu.be/o6X0Vpytp2w Tolarian Community College is brought to you by Card Kingdom! You can support The Professor just by checking out their store through this link: http://www.cardkingdom.com/TCC In my previous video, which was meant as a vlog slash rant on how much I think the upcoming CHallenger decks are a great and desperately needed product, I ended by taking a swipe at MTG Finance, and I think that even though this was a vlog video and not researched and scripted lesson, my closing comments were both unfair and uninformed. In fact, those comments are now my second biggest mistake/regret in my entire channel's history. The truth is that MTG Finance is not a catch all bogeyman, more or less responsible for high card prices, and I am sincerely sorry that I characterized it as such. My comments were asinine and unfounded, and I’m sorry that they concluded a video that I had gone into wanting to make 100% positive, a big cheer for these Challenger decks. I want to try and correct myself by talking a bit more about what MTG Finance is, something that isn’t too easy to do because MTG Finance is a large and diverse community. Yes, when we talk of MTG Finance we talk about people who do things that can make me upset, things like buying out all copies of a card, being trade sharks or taking advantage of others through trade, of course treating the Magic the gathering game like a stock market and trying to manipulate that market. But MTG Finance also includes people who just want to track and understand the value of their cards, people who want to try and buy cards that are a good value, and be sure to sell cards before they lose value. When you decide to hold onto a card because you think that card will be worth more in a year or even two, you are participating in MTG Finance. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

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Mushu

Thanks, prof. I definitely understood you meant the sharks in the water.

Anonymous

Another GREAT video!

Anonymous

Prof I'm ashamed to be your patreon. I was excited to see you finally start to move away from the safe content that you normally make. Yesterdays video while controversial it was brilliant work of art. It showed growth. It showed your finally comfortable speaking on controversial matters in a thought provoking manner. I was proud to be your patreon yesterday. Then I saw this video. You backtracked, instead of holding your head in pride, you cow-toe to the banality. I'm now ashamed to be your patreon. I want see you speak your mind more, push the boundaries. Grow the art form of magic content creator. Make it so I can once again be a proud supporter of the professor. Until then I hold my head in shame for you.

Anonymous

MTG is filled with the biggest cheaters and thieves (other than the sports card industry which is the dirtiest industry in trading cards).

Anonymous

Everyone sit down, it's time for a lesson!

David

I think that if Wizards wants to see the game go up in collect-ability they need to stop reprinting with original art. Make the originals with the original art be the sought after ones. They will retain their value, players will have the cards they need, and the artists will get paid to produce. Win Win Win.

Anonymous

I'm proud of him. Blanket statements about whole groups of people are never the right thing. I understood he was (half) joking. Doesn't mean it was right. People condemning the whole group of MTG Finance for the actions of the obnoxious few are no better than the sharks they rail against. Blame Wizards of the Coast if you must point the finger. They are in complete control of the secondary market, and they create the situations those people can exploit. If WotC were more proactive in reprinting cards with unintentional and mysterious shortages, they would stop doing it.

Samuel Albert Mell
>>10662628

I had no trouble understanding that he specifically meant the people within the secondary market who hoard cards and treat the game as a monetary investment, looking to grow their assets by denying people who want the cards for a simple game those cards at a reasonable price by forming artificial shortages. I understood this because that kind of activity is harmful to the hobby, it's harmful to player, it raises the barrier of entry to playing with anything but jank, and because I know the Professor is someone who cares deeply about the average player and that he also supports local game stores, I knew that he was specifically referring to the part of MTG finance that harms them. I also find the argument of "if you do thing, you're just as bad" to be incredibly disingenuous. Quite frankly if a person grouses about MTG finance they are not as bad as the sharks because they are not, in fact, doing something that has an observable, provable negative impact upon the game, eg creating artificial shortages to raise prices. And again, when people use such blanket terms it's generally pretty clear that they mean a specific portion of that group.

Anonymous

Why I can't I message the professor. I can message any other content creator but not Brian. What are you worried about or hiding from. Your a public figure, one of the most important creators of the moment, a leader and yet you refuse to speak to us the masses. That is nothing but pure arrogance. I guess if I was part of the MTG finance cartel I would be able to message you but since I'm not I'm unable too. How arrogant of you to demand money from me; yet refuse to allow me to talk with you. Wake up Brian and listen to the masses instead of shunning us.

Anonymous

Very classy, Prof! Appreciate your passion and candor to the MTG community!

Anonymous

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