Comments on: Insider: Masterpieces and the Worldwake Effect

By: Jeremy Buckingham

Jeremy Buckingham — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:25:11 +0000

“The Masterpiece Series will exist at a rarity higher than mythic rare. For example, in Kaladesh, you will open a Kaladesh Inventions card roughly 1 out of every 144 boosters. (Technically, the Kaladesh booster pack says the ratio is 1:2,160 cards.) This is slightly more often than opening a premium mythic rare. These ratios may change for future sets.” – Maro

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/maki…

By: Sven

Sven — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:14:39 +0000

“That extra $20 (more likely closer to $30) has to come off somewhere.”

–> FWIW: The average SCG price for Kaladesh Inventions is currently $84.65 and I believe we can consider “easy to move” prices to average around 75% of that = $63.50
Knowing there is on average 1 Invention in every 4 boxes, the extra money to consider is around $16

By: Brian DeMars

Brian DeMars — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:17:32 +0000

In reply to Getting There Games.

Yeah, Getting There Games – he posted the link from Maro’s announcement. I didn’t actually get a chance to read that announcement firsthand, so thanks for posting that so that everybody can check it out. I guess, I’ve just been slightly above average with opening Expeditions for the store!

By: Brian DeMars

Brian DeMars — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:15:31 +0000

In reply to Ben Cottee. Bingo, you nailed it. Once the price of boxes on the secondary market begins to grow once the set goes out of print those cards will be able to trive. Which, is why I've been advocating those cards for months now.

By: Getting There Games

Getting There Games — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:58:51 +0000

In reply to Darren Dobbs. Do you have a source for the 1 in 144? I have been curious what the rate has been since BoZ and OGW have been released to the public.

By: Darren Dobbs

Darren Dobbs — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:47:37 +0000

FYI, insertion rate of 1 in 144 packs (4 boxes) and the accessibility of the Standard format are 2 of the items covered in the original announcement article by Maro and can be found here: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/maki…
Your idea of a “Worldwake effect” is quite interesting, however, I think the third set vs fall set will make the difference. Fall sets see much more product opened plus I think Worldwake being released near the start of the boom in player growth should not be overlooked. With only one post core set summer release to go on so far, I think the most interesting period to watch Masterpiece effects might be those that come out in Hours of Devastation.

By: Ben Cottee

Ben Cottee — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:28:18 +0000

So onceOath and BFZ go out of print how long before cards like the Eldrazi begin to grow, do we just have to look for the price of sealed boxes to grow first as a forerunner?