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384 points toomuchtodo | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.51s | source
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nekusar ◴[31 Oct 25 19:58 UTC] No.45776057[source]▶
People are also leaving out stuff like Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh, and Magic The Gathering.

All of them also introduce rarities (arbitrary exclusiveness), hidden cards in a pack, and extreme gambling gamification.

The only non-gambling MtG packs are the preconstructed commander decks. All 100 cards are published. But the packs and boxes? Pure gambling, especially for the chase rare cards.

And before anyone asks, yes, my username is based after this $2 card. https://edhrec.com/commanders/nekusar-the-mindrazer

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belkinpower ◴[31 Oct 25 20:05 UTC] No.45776126[source]▶
The Pokémon card mania in particular is deeply weird to me. I play Magic at a local card shop a few times a month and it’s always full of people playing Magic, D&D, or various board games. I don’t think I’ve seen a single person playing the Pokémon card game. So who’s buying the valuable singles? What’s keeping the market afloat? It’s bizarre.
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1. musicale ◴[01 Nov 25 04:07 UTC] No.45779175[source]▶
Pokémon TCG seems to have turned into a contest among opportunistic resellers to see who can buy up all of the cards and sell them to ... collectors? Other resellers? Who knows?

Which is a shame, since the game itself is actually fun. Or it would be if you could buy the cards easily and cheaply.

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2. stevenicr ◴[01 Nov 25 15:41 UTC] No.45782542[source]▶
a recent few shorts / scroll to see them: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1RY5RYlgymrW3mZVmJOVUOnF...

tldr: fights, and watch someone buy the entire shelf at walmart in one transaction.