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383 points toomuchtodo | 2 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | 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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1. rs186 ◴[01 Nov 25 11:16 UTC] No.45780801[source]▶
Why not mention blind boxes and Labubu

I never understand why people "collect" these things

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2. hobofan ◴[01 Nov 25 12:30 UTC] No.45781139[source]▶
Labubus are much less about collectior value. They are more like a wearable luxury item that's sold via a gambling mechanic.

Their value is much less speculative and much more closely based on (blindbox price * distribution percentage of the rare variants) than most of the other items being dicussed here.