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Jul 26, 2016
It's obviously a problem for play if someone completely corners the market on a card, but I believe that there is enough supply out there that this is going to be nearly impossible -- as Kevin said, a high price will attract sellers who were sitting on the card, and there's a limited number of serious players in the formats. The reserve list was initially created to stem the fear after Chronicles that all cards were at risk of reprinting, destroying the secondary market. In the over twenty years since then, the amount of value stored in these cards has drastically skyrocketed -- a $250 Black Lotus then might be a $10K Black Lotus now -- and any move to change the promise created by the reserve list would wipe out many businesses and collectors, driving away a huge portion of the community that supports the game. It is unfortunate that the opportunity exists for an investor with deep pockets to artificially manipulate scarcity, but I think the loss of faith in WOTC and the economic destruction that would be wrought on the MtG world by changing the reserve list is a greater risk to the continued health of the game than a temporary price increase in some cards.
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