Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Eternal Masters / Vendor leak scandals

DISCLAIMER:

I'm not an economist. I'm not a corporate lawyer or a legal expert. I'm not a vendor, a speculator, an MTG financier, or a Wizards insider. I am simply a competitive Magic player who has to participate in the card singles market in order to play.

I've been following the Eternal Masters leak / Magic vendor drama with great interest. In particular, I think it's fascinating when a lot of things are happening behind the scenes, "under the table" as it were, that a lot of people involved have a huuuuuge incentive to keep that way. Here's my understanding of the situation, my opinion on how it could be handled, and how it's going to affect my behavior going forward.

If you know more than me and feel like at any point in time I got something wrong or I'm not informed enough about something, please feel free to step in and let me know (if you can do so in a mature, constructive fashion).

Also, sorry for the non-strategy post - this is just the best format for thoughts like this.