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LordoftheMorons posted...

Isnt the reserve list pretty unequivocally acknowledged as a mistake by Wizards (even if theyre going to honor the promise)?

Not that I think theyd reprint Black Lotus anyway given how broken it is

Yeah the Reserve List is a bad example in retrospect besides the speculation aspect. WotC does not (directly) profit from the secondary market and they probably COULD gain money from reprinting Black Lotus for Vintage but we have no way of knowing that.

It makes more sense if you know the history of why they even made the promise. In its early years MTG was helped to establish itself as a game where your cards retained some value. When they started reprinting a bunch of rare cards, people started freaking out because suddenly their value wasn't safe. So WotC promised them a list of certain cards that they'd never reprint.

Nowadays they have the clout to say it was a mistake. But any company trying out experimental NFT video games that are being promoted as investments is going to have their reputation on the line and be in a shaky position.