Sounds like your memory indicates there wasn’t a particularly worrisome weakness in Magic during the Great Recession. I’m glad to hear that. It gives me confidence that Magic would be immune to market weakness when we next experience one.

Is it really? That’s really interesting, thanks for the tip. What is Red adding that makes the color combination worth playing?

Prices were similar to sets before it (with Garruk and Toughtseize leading initially, Cryptic Command was only identified a bit later), while Alara block introduced the Mythic rarity to mess up all comparison. I feel that the 4 set block caused both Morningtide and Eventide to get the notorious “3rd set effect” and even impacted Lorwyn and Shadowmoor a little.

I did not notice or read about any player base decline during this time period.

Always feel free to hit me up if you want to know how I remember a certain period, I tend to have a pretty good memory for prices, what was popular and why it was popular.