MTG

October 2023: "Having too many types of booster is hurting sales, so we're consolidating them."

July 2024: "Hey check out this new type of booster we came up with."

WotC exec is schizophrenic. They will never give up trying to give players less while charging them more. The never-ending cancer of "line must got up every year".

You can just create a sustainable business model guys... one where costs are recovered and a modest return is made. You don't need to give in to the squeeze from Hasbro to milk your product into the ground... and become like every other empty shell of a product they own.

Are these for vending machines or something?

I fail to see where is the "value" in a booster full of commons and uncommons

These feel really bad for any enfranchised players, but my guess is that these are meant to be for complete newbies who don't care about resale value or playability. The idea is that kids can drop a buck on some cards that look cool, and be a gateway into wanting more cards later on, or people can use them as stocking stuffers or Halloween treats.

No established player should spend money on this. I know it feels predatory to offer "low value" boosters like this to the uninformed, but the uninformed were never going to sell their cards to a shop.

At the size of half a pack, and without a guaranteed rare, I really hope they don't retail for more than $0.99-$1.50. If they hit $2 then they're truly a failed product.

As a side theory, these could just exist to drive people to more willingly spend on Play Boosters. It's like the small soda at fast food restaurants; it's a small price jump to get considerably more value, so the Play Boosters looks way better in comparison to this cheap product.

Not more boosters again...