Comments on: Insider: WoTC the Business – Making Sense of the Market Through the Lens of Wizards’ Bottom Line https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Clarke https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-286657 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:20:05 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-286657 I’m convinced they’re throwing everything at the wall to see what will stick – and I’m not sure there’s any sort of strategy behind it. At least, nothing intentionally malicious, or designed to undermine the game.

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-286300 Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:13:32 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-286300 In reply to David Schumann.

But is that a fair exclusion?

Consider for example your first graph, looking at it you get the impression supplemental product went from 0-3 to 9/year, a 200% increase, at least. Yet if you factor in let’s say 10 precons per year (the number is higher), it becomes an increase from 10-13 to 19, not even a 100% increase.

I would argue that excluding some of the data is really skewing your graphs. I can understand your reasoning for doing so, but I would then at least more clearly present that there is more product to consider.

]]> By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-283775 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:37:22 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-283775 In reply to pi.

Pi,
Excellent points and I am aware of all the precon decks and that definitely would have an effect on prints, however, my focus was on “non-standard sealed” product, the precon decks were (as I recall) standard legal at the time of their release. This is also why I did not include event decks.

]]> By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-283771 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:35:28 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-283771 In reply to Charles Fey.

Yep. Though to be fair, a large # of those reprints were for the modern land base.

]]> By: David Schumann https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-283770 Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:34:51 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-283770 In reply to phyrexian trader.

While I can’t claim it’s the best investment….Legacy is a VERY fun format with a good bit of diversity…it’s not stupid to play (just maybe not all that wise to invest in).

]]> By: pi https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-282767 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-282767 Aren’t we missing some product here? There have been preconstructed decks since as long ago as 4th Edition. I realize those still exist, but if you would include them everywhere the graphs would look far less impressive.

Wizards has also been adding cards to the market through promo’s.

]]> By: Charles Fey https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-282408 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 15:03:18 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-282408 Thanks for the shout, Dave. I really love that you dug into the numbers here. I find it very interesting that a rise in reprint rates has been almost directly in reponse to the big years for playerbase growth (2010-present). To me this substantiates the argument that there has been a clear attempt to keep the Innistrad double-digit growth train rolling via reprints.

]]> By: phyrexian trader https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/11/insider-wotc-the-business-making-sense-of-the-market-through-the-lens-of-wizards-bottom-line/#comment-282258 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:03:46 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=53935#comment-282258 I don’t see all the fuzz about the SCG announcement.
But anyway, we knew this day would come. With the current prices, it’s just stupid to start playing legacy.

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