Something occurred to me when I was thinking about the perception of value of mythic rares, and it made me go 'hmmmmm...'

Basically, for those of you who were playing in Legacy/Masques, remember how foil cards were obscenely expensive, for anything? I remember going into a local store and seeing Foil Ring of Gix for the equivalent of $70, mostly because it was something new and nobody was sure how to price it.

I sort of see this happening to mythics. They are as rare as an Ice Age rare, yet the prices are out of whack for something that's actually not that rare.

I commented this with a friend here, and he basically said I was nuts, mythic rares would always be worth substantially more because they were mythic.

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Originally posted by Mr.C:
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Something occurred to me when I was thinking about the perception of value of mythic rares, and it made me go 'hmmmmm...'

Basically, for those of you who were playing in Legacy/Masques, remember how foil cards were obscenely expensive, for anything? I remember going into a local store and seeing Foil Ring of Gix for the equivalent of $70, mostly because it was something new and nobody was sure how to price it.

I sort of see this happening to mythics. They are as rare as an Ice Age rare, yet the prices are out of whack for something that's actually not that rare.

I commented this with a friend here, and he basically said I was nuts, mythic rares would always be worth substantially more because they were mythic.

What do you guys think? Sorry if this sounds a bit convoluted, engrish is not my frist langauge

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Foil Ring of Gix was a $200 card when it first came out.

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The good mythics are standard staples that need to be owned to be highly competitive -- creating a large demand. A great demand draws a great price, even if they aren't any more rare than the worthless trash Mythics.

Then again Commons were 10-20, Uncommon 20-30, and rare were 50+, but this was all legacy, by time masq hit they upped the odds.

As for Mythic, yea people seem to treat them like they used to treat foils, its worth more because its Mythic, even if it sucks.

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Originally posted by junichi:
Foil Ring of Gix was a $200 card when it first came out.

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The good old times When foils replaced Uncommons in Booster and were VERY hard to get

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Originally posted by Markers:
The good old times When foils replaced Uncommons in Booster and were VERY hard to get

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I thought the foil replaced the rare which made them so expensive and people were upset about it.

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Ring of Gix tanked within two sets, once people realized that foils were here to stay and not a one-of fad decision.

Prices on mythics haven't tanked within two YEARS despite a rotation out of standard. In general, the really sought after mythics tend to average out at $10ish after rotation, but they also tend to show in box sets. WotC has muddied the waters by constantly reprinting mythics in other venues, since they are so rare.

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Originally posted by -Lunch_Box-:
I think you are missing the biggest difference between Legacy/Masque foils then and Mythics now. If you did not want to pay the premium for foils you still had access to a regular rare version that was much cheaper. If you dont want to pay $75 for JtMS or $300 for a playset then you better start considering something without blue

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Originally posted by junichi:
Foil Ring of Gix was a $200 card when it first came out.

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More like $100, actually.

It was still crazy-go-nuts, though.

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Originally posted by -Lunch_Box-:
I think you are missing the biggest difference between Legacy/Masque foils then and Mythics now. If you did not want to pay the premium for foils you still had access to a regular rare version that was much cheaper. If you dont want to pay $75 for JtMS or $300 for a playset then you better start considering something without blue

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