Magic the Gathering is good, but honestly not this good

Erik Twice wrote: But it's just a piece of cardboard! Not something rare and intrinsically valuable like diamonds.

I'm not sure if that was irony or not, so I will act like you said it seriously: did you know that diamonds are not rare at all?

www.quicksprout.com/2012/08/16/how-to-ma...ke-a-lot-more-money/
www.wisebread.com/the-greatest-story-eve...asy-covered-in-blood

And even if they were: the majority of them are used as jewellery. And the average person can't tell the difference between a real diamond necklace and a fake one.

So, no, they are not intrinsically valuable, what makes them valuable is that people want them, for some reason. There is no difference in this regard between a diamond and a Black Lotus MTG card.

It was irony indeed

In fact, it's not about the average person, synthethic diamonds and natural ones cannot be told apart without a microscope.


Not that I care, I see value in decorating yourself with clothes or jewels. I see no value at all in wasting money to feel smug and high class, which may be the main reason why diamonds sell.

bioball wrote: updates.io9.com/post/34711203024/florida...-the-gathering-cards

I wouldn't repeatedly "tap" someone's head for their collection. Seriously, I mean you can get this shit for like $100 on ebay.

According to the story, these guys had 100,000 motives.