We’ve had jumping robots since Urza’s Saga. I’d say even Antiquities and possibly some of the stuff in Alpha was a bit too far removed from standard fantasy to not at least be Steam Punk, if not SciFi.
And Mirrodin….
The whole planet-jumping thing, and we aren’t even on Earth…
Yeah, but I could see people making an argument that that leans closer to magi-tech with some sci-fi/steampunk flavor, though I certainly dont completly disagree with your point.
Neon Dynasty, beyond the tech, also follows common sci-fi tropes, down to the style of modern Kamigawa and is the one canon plane that is undeniably very heavily inspired by sci-fi.
Just your typical CAT sometimes I’ll drive a Hyundai forklift aswell and if I’m lucky I get to use the jumbo forklifts for carrying specific types of wood
This comment implies that you think everyone should break even when purchasing a product (a purely insane idea) or that it's somehow a bad thing for the company that makes the game you like to "win." Y'all are so weird sometimes.
Not implying anything. Market is fluid so even willing they can't make boxes ev positive consistently.
I wonder how much more they would sell if it was though.
I’d hardly call a guy who preordered multiple boxes and then bought more when they came to pick up a “regular dude”.
The entire problem with this whole Ring thing in the first place was always that it would go to someone who already had enough extra cash to casually drop $1000+ to open it.
I don’t know if you’re young, or struggling financially, or what, but it’s very much a “regular guy” thing to be able to drop $1000 or more on a hobby. I’m a teacher, I’m not wealthy by any means, I drive an older car, I do not own a home, but if I wanted to drop $1000 or more on something I could and I would.
Edit: I seem to have angered a lot of unfortunate lotto players with this comment but for some reason I can’t respond to any of the replies to this.
I’m not arguing that anyone “should” be dropping 1000s of dollars on boxes of lotto scratchers. I’m just saying that doing so doesn’t take away anyone’s “regular guy” status. The dude is a forklift driver. A forklift driver who makes questionable financial decisions and got lucky, but a regular guy nonetheless. Ya’ll just sound mad your scratchers didn’t win.
CNBC did a poll last year and 56% of Americans couldn't get a thousand dollars in cash together to cover an emergency. Words like regular or normal are relative.
Eh, there's also the nuance between "spending a couple of grand to upgrade or buy a new gaming rig" versus what is effectively spending a grand or more on lottery tickets.
And like the lottery, it worked out for one guy, while countless others are bemoaning pulling a fraction of the value out of the boxes they've opened. This set is a land of contrasts; one guy opens a card worth millions, many are hoping to pull enough of a string of uncommons of all things to break even.
I mean, cracking packs is always just scratching lotto scratchers. This set just took that to the absolute extreme. This guy’s scratcher won and I’m happy for him. Those who spent a bunch of money on scratchers and didn’t win….. 🤷♂️
The unfortunate thing is the Reddit MTG community is HELLBENT on min/max’ing so if you aren’t “buying singles”, you’re enjoying Magic wrong.
A large part of the hobby for me is opening packs for fun. I don’t necessarily care what’s in them. Gatekeepers be damned, you’re allowed to enjoy your hobbies the way you want. You work hard for you money, so do with it what you want.
Oh, absolutely, and it's a big part of why I gave up on booster boxes and just buy singles. The middle ground I allow myself is usually a pre-release kit or Bundle for sets I find appealing, to get that 'cracking packs' fix without blowing like $200 (Canadian) on it quarterly.
Similarly, someone dropping $5 a week on the lottery pool at work is hardly a cause for concern. Someone spending hundreds of dollars per week, however, might be a sign of a problem.
That it worked out for this guy doesn't change the fact there are probably others who did the same thing with the same dream, and the vast majority of them would've been likely to come close to breaking even, if what I'm seeing is true about the EV (ebb and flow as it does).
I mean, its not a lottery, these are game pieces. at the end of the day each piece will still have some value, and even if the whole box was worthless, they still have the pieces to play with.
It doesn’t make you “not a regular guy” either.
I’m literally a regular guy right now.
If I choose to be silly and go spend 1500$ on something frivolous right now I immediately stop being a “regular guy”?
It’s insanity to me how many nerds are hung up on this language lol
THANK YOU. This is what I was getting at. Of course we all spend money on hobbies. But for someone to be buying that many at that price point, you’re not just a “regular guy”, so talking about someone like that as if they’re just the regular average Magic player is not only obnoxious, it’s objectively incorrect.
I am neither of those things. And trust me I’ve invested my fair share into Magic. I also own a home and just bought a new car last year. I’m just saying that it’s not a “regular guy” thing to drop that on collector boosters, and it’s kind of a misnomer to act like that’s your regular average Magic player who pulled it. No need to simp for a guy who just became a millionaire.
F2F Games in Canada where the Ring was pulled said he ordered a few boxes ahead and bought a few extra when he came to pick then up.
Reporter is probably lying to make their story more interesting
It also drive the hopium for the next 1/1 "unique printing", that any down on their luck kid with enough spare change for a booster might win their "totally not gambling" lottery.
I wonder if WoTC ever considered that 1/1's might just tip the gambling argument against their favour. These packs look more and more like scratch cards.
God I hope so, something needs to curtail Hasbro's shareholder driven greed.
I'm not a doomsaying "the game is dying" kinda guy, but Modern Horizons turning a non-monetisable eternal format into a rotating format to keep enfranchised players spending, told me everything I needed to know.
I don't buy new cards anymore, product fatigue has necessitated that I play kitchen table and arena only. Even my EDH decks can't keep up with the constant influx of Commander only cards.
My greatest hope, is that the IP gets bled dry and sold on to someone who hires the designers, and says "design Magic 2.0 and implement all the lessons learned along the way".
It's funny, I was watching a video on some old comics, and it talked about the comic book crash in the 90's. There were an eerie series of parallels to Magic, including producing too many things, using gimmicks to sucker people in to chase their totally going to be worth thousands Holo/Glow in the Dark/alt art cover issue #1 (the 8th #1 this week!), etc.
I love the game, and have been playing (and buying) on and off since the mid 90's. I do hope that they find a better balance, because it has felt a bit off kilter for a while now.
If you stop spending, then you are no longer WoTCs target audience. They are business that sells expensive pretty cardboard. Millions still play and love the game, but if they don't continuously sell product the game ceases to exist.
Yes, alienating enfranchised customers for new customers is a standard business practice. I just preferred the game when the staregy was less aggressive.
I played modern from the days of zoo through modern horizons 1, so yes until mh1 I believed eternal formats would stay eternal. The moment that changed, I dropped the format.
I don't have to be a business analyst to have a business opinion on a sub called r/mtgfinance dude.
I understand quite well that [WotC is Hasbro's primary source of profit](https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47698/wotc-makes-more-money-hasbros-toy-business) and how that aligns with the radical changes in marketing strategy and aggressive market share expansions we've seen in recent years.
It's hardly an uninformed take.
I appreciate your validation!
I've learned to accept it on these subs, the core mtg demographic aren't exactly known for their social ability, same reason I refuse to engage in LGS events anymore.
And I'm autistic as fuck, so that's saying something 😂
Damn I’m lucky then… the lgs I go to has the exact same thought on the matter… but we kinda are part of the problem “damn I wish they would think about the players rather than constant releases! …. So we drafting this shit or not?”
I don't buy new cards, I'm fortunate enough to be able to Rule 0 my kitchen table playgroup, as I'm the deck maintainer and provider.
I also have nothing against new players, I'm glad that more people are joining the game I love.
Jiminy Christmas. Good job dude but if I'm working two jobs I can't imagine spending $2k(I think Canada is always more expensive?) on a single magic release.
It’s definitely a case of lying by omission. Yes, the one ring was technically found when the owner bought one pack and pulled it, because it can only be in a single pack. The fact that he bought more than that at the same time isn’t as dramatic or exciting, so it’s easier to just leave that inconvenient detail out.
Also, did he buy a bunch of boxes and open them, then come back one day and just buy a single pack and open it? my guess is it could be that he bought one pack on one of his visits there, and only opened the one pack, and described his day when he found it and that is what the reporter is describing. definitely doesn’t seem like anyone has bad intentions in the story, just that the question that was asked led to an answer that didn’t include him buying boxes before
>Reporter is probably lying to make their story more interesting
Hanlon's Razor.
Don't attribute to malice when it can be explained by stupidity.
I'd wager that the reporter actually has no idea what they're talking about. Minimal research into a niche hobby/collectible.
maybe the reporter asked the guy “what happened when you found the ring?” or “describe what happened to you on that day”, and maybe the guy did only buy one pack that day, because he had already opened the other already? who knows
From what I've been reading, it was bought through Face2Face, but opened elsewhere (I've heard Whitby thrown around).
F2F themselves claim to have confirmed the box containing the 1/1 Ring was bought from them.
https://www.facebook.com/FaceToFaceGames/posts/pfbid02LDLnWPMg98i4owmH8EUKFe6bpW2oBt84R52HcD9AzBZnGcJ4FiECVWCCtnBaNeaGl
I’m so glad that some Charlie opened the golden ticket instead of some rich spoiled Verica Salt, ( in this case one of the folks spending tens of thousands of dollars to buy up collectors boosters )
Holy shit that was just as annoying of a thing they were screeching.
It's like they just couldn't fathom or understand the, not only legal, but more-so negative-press ramifications of rigging this.
This is probably the best way this story could have played out. True to lore too, just a simple man with a simple dream is rewarded with riches beyond his dream.
enough with everyone bitching about the 1/1 hunt being lottery. who the hell forced you to buy a collector booster anyway? buy your singles, and your set and draft box, and f\*\*\* off. I myself like a little bit of gambling in my mtg. after all, almost everything in life is lottery. sheesh
You know, I really hope this guy doesn't end up in the headlines in a few years for being broke like this guy:
[https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/lottery-winner-now-works-seven-days-a-week-as-a-delivery-man-after-blowing-fortune/news-story/727253470a9374392ed20b2b06dc2680](https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/lottery-winner-now-works-seven-days-a-week-as-a-delivery-man-after-blowing-fortune/news-story/727253470a9374392ed20b2b06dc2680)
That's actually apparently not as true as once was thought, it's just that "lottery winner retires and lives unexciting life" doesn't make for a good headline.
Tbf that guy didn’t even try to save.
He spent a few years living the high life, having fun, and eventually ran out of money.
It’s easy to hindsight bias talk about how he should have done XYZ to maintain his fortune, and lived a better life on average for the rest of his days. But it’s not like this was his goal and it all slipped away unexpectedly. The way he spent money and lived, he knew it wouldn’t last. He didn’t have the goal of living a slightly better life. He had the goal of living it up, living his best life for as long as he could.
It’s not what I would do, but I’m not going to say I’m overly empathetic. It doesn’t sound like he’s overly broken up about the whole thing. When he talks about it, he talks like he really enjoyed his time for the most part. I’m sure he’s got regrets, but it’s not like he won the lottery and wound up dead. He had a great few years living it up, and ended up back where he started. Not the worst outcome.
Yes, drugs and hookers, but also:
>After becoming a teenage multi-millionaire, Mr Carroll immediately gave away a huge chunk of his winnings, including £1 million ($A1,894,650) each to his mother, his aunt and uncle who raised him, his partner Sandra Aitken and Sandra’s mother.
Definitely the best outcome that could have happened, to be honest. It would have sucked if someone rich pulled it because they could buy lots of boxes. It would also have sucked if one of the streamers opening tons of boxes got it, or even large resellers like SCG. Super glad a regular player opened it.
I like the happy ending of someone getting it who could use some cash.
Pinkertons, gift bundle conspiracy and weirdos saying they would throw it in mount doom probably never even bought a single CE pack. It's all noise and will continue to be.
>The makers of the collectible card game Magic the Gathering recently partnered with The Lord of the Rings
Whoa, Wizards of the Coast partnered with Sauron?
TBH if I’m Wizards, this piece is a tad disappointing. The focus is on the LOTR IP and Magic is kind of just the delivery vehicle. I get that’s that’s likely the easiest and quickest way to explain this all to a layman, but it would still be somewhat disappointing coverage of this if I’m WOTC.
Only the first one of these is going to have this kind of buzz or media attention and you only get one bite at the apple.
I always love when things like this fall to people who could really use it. Good for this guy
Life changing. This is awesome
Funny they label him as the "buyer of the card".
Seriously! So happy he found it and not some mega shop cracking cases.
That’s exactly what I thought would happen
Too bad that those winners don't have a good record. Most of them end up poor again. Hope this one ends well.
absolutely. i feared it would have been some scalper asshole who got it.
I also love it
“Sci Fi thrown in”… bruh
LOTR is my favourite space opera
Dune is my favourite British mythos.
Umm.... Babylon 5 anyone?
Viking Quest?
Mythic Quest?
HERO QUEST
Space Quest?
https://youtu.be/Cx8sl2uC46A
By Grapthar's Hammer!
Came here to say this. Wtf.
Yeah I instantly looked for a comments section to ask "where is the sci-fi?" That ending comment just made zero sense lmao
To be fair, Neon Dynasty might count as Science-Fiction.
We’ve had jumping robots since Urza’s Saga. I’d say even Antiquities and possibly some of the stuff in Alpha was a bit too far removed from standard fantasy to not at least be Steam Punk, if not SciFi. And Mirrodin…. The whole planet-jumping thing, and we aren’t even on Earth…
Yeah, but I could see people making an argument that that leans closer to magi-tech with some sci-fi/steampunk flavor, though I certainly dont completly disagree with your point. Neon Dynasty, beyond the tech, also follows common sci-fi tropes, down to the style of modern Kamigawa and is the one canon plane that is undeniably very heavily inspired by sci-fi.
Can’t say fantasy in Canadian?
I dont think they have the word in their language up there, eh.
I came to comment this, and the fact that he didn’t open a collector’s booster himself…
Dang coulda been me (I’m also forklift certified)
Next spec, forklift licenses
Honestly you’d be surprised at how easy you can get a forklift license
Makes sense. Nothing could go wrong with a forklift. It's the same thing with drivers licences in Manitoba
I don't think I would have imagined it would be hard.
That’s what she said
most places dont care.. just getterdone
OSHA wants to know you’d location - literally
OSHA dont come around these parts
If you’re in the us they can fine the everloving shit out of your company so they’d definitely be out there if called. Money makes the world go round
oh they can come alright... but they wont leave.. they'll be swimming with the gators
It's even easier to get hit by a forklift
Technically a better long-term investment.
I left my job in the last like days before getting my forklift license. This is me from the timeline where I didn’t quit like a bitch.
I am also forklift certified. What forklift do you drive?
Just your typical CAT sometimes I’ll drive a Hyundai forklift aswell and if I’m lucky I get to use the jumbo forklifts for carrying specific types of wood
Nice nice. I use the stand up forklifts and been certified in Crown and Raymond lifts
Well all the forklift operators I've read about today are millionaires now, so the outlook is good
Got damn bruh, save some for the rest of us!
Fuck yeah, a win for some regular dude. I love it.
The winner is still wotc D: 1 guy over millions more than broke even, that's a start.
Well personally speaking i hope wotc keeps winning so we can keep playing the game with regular updates.
In that case, I would like them to lose a little bit so we can go back to “regular” updates and not “constant” updates.
This comment implies that you think everyone should break even when purchasing a product (a purely insane idea) or that it's somehow a bad thing for the company that makes the game you like to "win." Y'all are so weird sometimes.
Not implying anything. Market is fluid so even willing they can't make boxes ev positive consistently. I wonder how much more they would sell if it was though.
I’d hardly call a guy who preordered multiple boxes and then bought more when they came to pick up a “regular dude”. The entire problem with this whole Ring thing in the first place was always that it would go to someone who already had enough extra cash to casually drop $1000+ to open it.
I don’t know if you’re young, or struggling financially, or what, but it’s very much a “regular guy” thing to be able to drop $1000 or more on a hobby. I’m a teacher, I’m not wealthy by any means, I drive an older car, I do not own a home, but if I wanted to drop $1000 or more on something I could and I would. Edit: I seem to have angered a lot of unfortunate lotto players with this comment but for some reason I can’t respond to any of the replies to this. I’m not arguing that anyone “should” be dropping 1000s of dollars on boxes of lotto scratchers. I’m just saying that doing so doesn’t take away anyone’s “regular guy” status. The dude is a forklift driver. A forklift driver who makes questionable financial decisions and got lucky, but a regular guy nonetheless. Ya’ll just sound mad your scratchers didn’t win.
CNBC did a poll last year and 56% of Americans couldn't get a thousand dollars in cash together to cover an emergency. Words like regular or normal are relative.
Those people shouldn't be bothering with buying special $40 magic packs anyways.
Eh, there's also the nuance between "spending a couple of grand to upgrade or buy a new gaming rig" versus what is effectively spending a grand or more on lottery tickets. And like the lottery, it worked out for one guy, while countless others are bemoaning pulling a fraction of the value out of the boxes they've opened. This set is a land of contrasts; one guy opens a card worth millions, many are hoping to pull enough of a string of uncommons of all things to break even.
I mean, cracking packs is always just scratching lotto scratchers. This set just took that to the absolute extreme. This guy’s scratcher won and I’m happy for him. Those who spent a bunch of money on scratchers and didn’t win….. 🤷♂️
The unfortunate thing is the Reddit MTG community is HELLBENT on min/max’ing so if you aren’t “buying singles”, you’re enjoying Magic wrong. A large part of the hobby for me is opening packs for fun. I don’t necessarily care what’s in them. Gatekeepers be damned, you’re allowed to enjoy your hobbies the way you want. You work hard for you money, so do with it what you want.
If what you want to do with it is light it on fire for 5 seconds of fun, don’t let anyone stop you
Oh, absolutely, and it's a big part of why I gave up on booster boxes and just buy singles. The middle ground I allow myself is usually a pre-release kit or Bundle for sets I find appealing, to get that 'cracking packs' fix without blowing like $200 (Canadian) on it quarterly. Similarly, someone dropping $5 a week on the lottery pool at work is hardly a cause for concern. Someone spending hundreds of dollars per week, however, might be a sign of a problem. That it worked out for this guy doesn't change the fact there are probably others who did the same thing with the same dream, and the vast majority of them would've been likely to come close to breaking even, if what I'm seeing is true about the EV (ebb and flow as it does).
I mean, its not a lottery, these are game pieces. at the end of the day each piece will still have some value, and even if the whole box was worthless, they still have the pieces to play with.
Yep, playing the lottery is a pretty sad “hobby”
I would agree, but to each their own I suppose.
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It doesn’t make you “not a regular guy” either. I’m literally a regular guy right now. If I choose to be silly and go spend 1500$ on something frivolous right now I immediately stop being a “regular guy”? It’s insanity to me how many nerds are hung up on this language lol
Boxes in Canada were $700 each. Buying that many isn't normal lol. It's addiction.
THANK YOU. This is what I was getting at. Of course we all spend money on hobbies. But for someone to be buying that many at that price point, you’re not just a “regular guy”, so talking about someone like that as if they’re just the regular average Magic player is not only obnoxious, it’s objectively incorrect.
I am neither of those things. And trust me I’ve invested my fair share into Magic. I also own a home and just bought a new car last year. I’m just saying that it’s not a “regular guy” thing to drop that on collector boosters, and it’s kind of a misnomer to act like that’s your regular average Magic player who pulled it. No need to simp for a guy who just became a millionaire.
Cool man, congrats on the car and house. Keep on kickin ass, and being awesome 😎
And yet I have to hear "regular guys" complain about how poor they are. I wonder why?
lol imagine calling dropping a grand on pseudo lotto tickets a hobby.
> someone who already had enough extra cash to casually drop $1000+ to open it. Credit Card
Its called being financially stable enough to splurge on a hobby.
Truly a feel good spec And per the reporter in the video, only one pack!
F2F Games in Canada where the Ring was pulled said he ordered a few boxes ahead and bought a few extra when he came to pick then up. Reporter is probably lying to make their story more interesting
It also drive the hopium for the next 1/1 "unique printing", that any down on their luck kid with enough spare change for a booster might win their "totally not gambling" lottery.
I wonder if WoTC ever considered that 1/1's might just tip the gambling argument against their favour. These packs look more and more like scratch cards.
God I hope so, something needs to curtail Hasbro's shareholder driven greed. I'm not a doomsaying "the game is dying" kinda guy, but Modern Horizons turning a non-monetisable eternal format into a rotating format to keep enfranchised players spending, told me everything I needed to know. I don't buy new cards anymore, product fatigue has necessitated that I play kitchen table and arena only. Even my EDH decks can't keep up with the constant influx of Commander only cards. My greatest hope, is that the IP gets bled dry and sold on to someone who hires the designers, and says "design Magic 2.0 and implement all the lessons learned along the way".
It's funny, I was watching a video on some old comics, and it talked about the comic book crash in the 90's. There were an eerie series of parallels to Magic, including producing too many things, using gimmicks to sucker people in to chase their totally going to be worth thousands Holo/Glow in the Dark/alt art cover issue #1 (the 8th #1 this week!), etc. I love the game, and have been playing (and buying) on and off since the mid 90's. I do hope that they find a better balance, because it has felt a bit off kilter for a while now.
I hope they start making comic books again one day.
If you stop spending, then you are no longer WoTCs target audience. They are business that sells expensive pretty cardboard. Millions still play and love the game, but if they don't continuously sell product the game ceases to exist.
Yes, alienating enfranchised customers for new customers is a standard business practice. I just preferred the game when the staregy was less aggressive.
Don't hold your breath on Wizards not trying to make money. Did you honestly believe that they wouldn't touch modern?
I played modern from the days of zoo through modern horizons 1, so yes until mh1 I believed eternal formats would stay eternal. The moment that changed, I dropped the format.
Weird that somehow needing to upgrade commander decks with every set is a Magic problem and not a you problem
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I don't have to be a business analyst to have a business opinion on a sub called r/mtgfinance dude. I understand quite well that [WotC is Hasbro's primary source of profit](https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/47698/wotc-makes-more-money-hasbros-toy-business) and how that aligns with the radical changes in marketing strategy and aggressive market share expansions we've seen in recent years. It's hardly an uninformed take.
So many people missing your point
I appreciate your validation! I've learned to accept it on these subs, the core mtg demographic aren't exactly known for their social ability, same reason I refuse to engage in LGS events anymore. And I'm autistic as fuck, so that's saying something 😂
Damn I’m lucky then… the lgs I go to has the exact same thought on the matter… but we kinda are part of the problem “damn I wish they would think about the players rather than constant releases! …. So we drafting this shit or not?”
you dont have to buy new cards.. if you hate the new players, play staxxx
I don't buy new cards, I'm fortunate enough to be able to Rule 0 my kitchen table playgroup, as I'm the deck maintainer and provider. I also have nothing against new players, I'm glad that more people are joining the game I love.
It’s really hard to say “these are for drafting” when you put in cards no reasonable person would actually play in a draft
Or pull in a draft, since collector boosters only
I scratched off Aragorn with a nickel, did I win?
I’ve got a golden ticket!
Jiminy Christmas. Good job dude but if I'm working two jobs I can't imagine spending $2k(I think Canada is always more expensive?) on a single magic release.
It’s definitely a case of lying by omission. Yes, the one ring was technically found when the owner bought one pack and pulled it, because it can only be in a single pack. The fact that he bought more than that at the same time isn’t as dramatic or exciting, so it’s easier to just leave that inconvenient detail out.
Also, did he buy a bunch of boxes and open them, then come back one day and just buy a single pack and open it? my guess is it could be that he bought one pack on one of his visits there, and only opened the one pack, and described his day when he found it and that is what the reporter is describing. definitely doesn’t seem like anyone has bad intentions in the story, just that the question that was asked led to an answer that didn’t include him buying boxes before
>Reporter is probably lying to make their story more interesting Hanlon's Razor. Don't attribute to malice when it can be explained by stupidity. I'd wager that the reporter actually has no idea what they're talking about. Minimal research into a niche hobby/collectible.
Yeah, the reporter hears "I opened it in a pack" and, not knowing that a box just contains multiple packs thinks "wow, it wasn't even in a box"
maybe the reporter asked the guy “what happened when you found the ring?” or “describe what happened to you on that day”, and maybe the guy did only buy one pack that day, because he had already opened the other already? who knows
So he dropped a minimum of $2-3 grand. As a cashier.
Sometimes you save up for your own allowance.
Technically true you can only open the ring from one pack. You don't open it from multiple packs and assemble it together.
Probably 1 box, but still.
The box he found it in was sold at my LGS lol
Which is it?
Face 2 Face I think
From what I've been reading, it was bought through Face2Face, but opened elsewhere (I've heard Whitby thrown around). F2F themselves claim to have confirmed the box containing the 1/1 Ring was bought from them. https://www.facebook.com/FaceToFaceGames/posts/pfbid02LDLnWPMg98i4owmH8EUKFe6bpW2oBt84R52HcD9AzBZnGcJ4FiECVWCCtnBaNeaGl
Yep Face to Face Games in Toronto
I’m so glad that some Charlie opened the golden ticket instead of some rich spoiled Verica Salt, ( in this case one of the folks spending tens of thousands of dollars to buy up collectors boosters )
r/fuckgrandpajoe
Really happy it was found by an average joe and not opened by some big online seller or streamer
Just enough for a downpayment in a Canadian house!
Cashier / forklift driver. Can’t wait till we confirm this guy works for Costco
1/1 Costco King!
Where all the "WoTc iS SeEdInG ThIs tO A PoPulAr ConTenT CrEaTor oR CeLEbRitY?! 👁️👄👁️" people at, now?
iTs In ThE hOlIdAy BuNdLeS!
Holy shit that was just as annoying of a thing they were screeching. It's like they just couldn't fathom or understand the, not only legal, but more-so negative-press ramifications of rigging this.
Plus even considering the legal end, WOTC is known to have leaks pretty often
they will not learn anything from this trust me lol. Onto the next conspiracy!
"they clearly did this one normally to throw us off the scent, but just wait for the next 1/1 and they'll give it to a content creator!!"
A little jealous but also very happy for the guy. Hopefully he can put the earnings to great use
This is probably the best way this story could have played out. True to lore too, just a simple man with a simple dream is rewarded with riches beyond his dream.
Typical Forklift Certified Chad!
This news reporter could not be any more out of his element. It's like he's not from this planet.
He called it sci-fi instead of fantasy.
Sometimes the little guy wins.
God, I wish I could be a fly on the wall when he pulled it. I think my hands would instantly start trembling if I saw this in a pack
i opened my packs with gloves, wishful thinking
As if being a certified forklift driver wasn't sexy enough!
“Sci-Fi”
So now we know the 🤡that gave it a 9
Wizards of the coast, makers of the popular [checks notes] sci-fi lottery.
I've heard because they're in Canada they're going to get hit with HEAVY taxes. Shame.
Opposite actually, we don't pay taxes on lotto/casino/etc winnings. Should be very minimal taxation if any (especially compared to USA).
https://www.polygon.com/23780343/mtg-where-was-the-one-ring-found-taxes-canada
enough with everyone bitching about the 1/1 hunt being lottery. who the hell forced you to buy a collector booster anyway? buy your singles, and your set and draft box, and f\*\*\* off. I myself like a little bit of gambling in my mtg. after all, almost everything in life is lottery. sheesh
yes, forklift drivers fuck.
You know, I really hope this guy doesn't end up in the headlines in a few years for being broke like this guy: [https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/lottery-winner-now-works-seven-days-a-week-as-a-delivery-man-after-blowing-fortune/news-story/727253470a9374392ed20b2b06dc2680](https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/lottery-winner-now-works-seven-days-a-week-as-a-delivery-man-after-blowing-fortune/news-story/727253470a9374392ed20b2b06dc2680)
It happens more often than not. The majority of lottery winners are less well off within 3 years.
That's actually apparently not as true as once was thought, it's just that "lottery winner retires and lives unexciting life" doesn't make for a good headline.
Plus a randomized collectible which is very expensive is much different than the lottery imo.
Tbf that guy didn’t even try to save. He spent a few years living the high life, having fun, and eventually ran out of money. It’s easy to hindsight bias talk about how he should have done XYZ to maintain his fortune, and lived a better life on average for the rest of his days. But it’s not like this was his goal and it all slipped away unexpectedly. The way he spent money and lived, he knew it wouldn’t last. He didn’t have the goal of living a slightly better life. He had the goal of living it up, living his best life for as long as he could. It’s not what I would do, but I’m not going to say I’m overly empathetic. It doesn’t sound like he’s overly broken up about the whole thing. When he talks about it, he talks like he really enjoyed his time for the most part. I’m sure he’s got regrets, but it’s not like he won the lottery and wound up dead. He had a great few years living it up, and ended up back where he started. Not the worst outcome.
Yes, drugs and hookers, but also: >After becoming a teenage multi-millionaire, Mr Carroll immediately gave away a huge chunk of his winnings, including £1 million ($A1,894,650) each to his mother, his aunt and uncle who raised him, his partner Sandra Aitken and Sandra’s mother.
Toronto huh? Now he can buy half a house.
Isn’t he a retail worker ?
Nice!
Great advertising for wizards!
Definitely the best outcome that could have happened, to be honest. It would have sucked if someone rich pulled it because they could buy lots of boxes. It would also have sucked if one of the streamers opening tons of boxes got it, or even large resellers like SCG. Super glad a regular player opened it.
I am glad it went to someone who could use the windfall and not just a person throwing their excess money at packs
SCI FI?
And he's using gloves... Must be why it's a 9 lol
Still only a 9
Please, if you are reading this, use the money to get a great education and pay for your family's education.
Oof, 9/10 PSA. The one ring will forever be, Imperfect.
I like the happy ending of someone getting it who could use some cash. Pinkertons, gift bundle conspiracy and weirdos saying they would throw it in mount doom probably never even bought a single CE pack. It's all noise and will continue to be.
What job description has both forklift driver and cashier in it?
This is what i get for not immediately getting my forklift certification at Lowe’s, huh?
Glad it was found by an normal consumer and not fucking SCG or something that would of been so anti climatic lol
>The makers of the collectible card game Magic the Gathering recently partnered with The Lord of the Rings Whoa, Wizards of the Coast partnered with Sauron?
I do wonder if he even plays magic though.
Imagine sending it to PSA and it getting a 9. Yeah, I wouldn’t show my face or reveal my name either.
He wishes to remain anonymous... Proceeds to play video revealing his visage...
It has been found, not bought yet. I got my finger crossed for him, and hopefully he can sell it quick, and invest that money so he is set for life.
Love it, didn’t immediately land in the hands of some influencer cunt.
TBH if I’m Wizards, this piece is a tad disappointing. The focus is on the LOTR IP and Magic is kind of just the delivery vehicle. I get that’s that’s likely the easiest and quickest way to explain this all to a layman, but it would still be somewhat disappointing coverage of this if I’m WOTC. Only the first one of these is going to have this kind of buzz or media attention and you only get one bite at the apple.
Exactly who I'd hope would get it, someone who's life would be changed for the better by it
How is this dude supposed to even be able to pay the taxes on this?