MTG product costs stay excessive after The One Ring serialized LTR card pulled

Collector booster packing containers and pack costs for The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth started to drop barely after The One Ring serialized one-of-one Magic: The Gathering card was confirmed to be discovered on June 30. 

The frantic hunt for The One Ring, a one-of-one serialized MTG card inside The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth (LTR) set, ended today. Regardless of affirmation from WotC that The One Ring had been pulled, costs of collector booster packing containers and packs have solely dropped between six and 10 p.c at time of writing. 

Many within the MTG neighborhood are hoping collector booster field/packs Present bundle costs will drop rapidly now that The One Ring one-of-one has been found. However serialized Sol Ring pulls and Surge foil Box Topper cards inside collector booster packs might hold costs from dropping quick. 

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A number of hours after it was confirmed that The One Ring had been discovered, Amazon discounted collector booster boxes by seven percent, to round $393. The value ought to sound acquainted, because it was the typical value of LTR collector booster packing containers at the beginning of prerelease occasions. Previous to The One Ring’s affirmation, costs had reached as excessive as $550. 

Preorder costs for the Present Bundle, scheduled to launch on July 7, haven’t dropped in any respect at time of writing. The LTR Present Bundle value rose on account of having one collector booster pack contained inside and continues to be priced at round $200. Costs on TCGPlayer have been higher than Amazon, with collector booster packing containers promoting for as little as $355. 

It’s unlikely that each one LTR merchandise will drop to costs which are just like Commonplace-legal set releases, because the Universes Past set is exclusive and filled with variants that may dominate secondary market single gross sales for a while. Collector booster packing containers and packs ought to hopefully drop under $300 in some unspecified time in the future, which is a value level that’s nearer to the worth of the MTG playing cards contained inside.

Replace June 30 2pm CT: Bounty supplied for The One Ring was up to date.

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Danny Forster

Lead MTG and TFT scribe for Dot Esports. Danny is a gamer seashore bum residing in Spacecoast Florida—who additionally enjoys anime, fishing, and Star Wars. You may sometimes catch Danny enjoying TCGs and quite a lot of strategic video games. He additionally hangs out on Twitter @Dannyspacecoast.

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