That one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card is already worth $1M and it's not even out yet
Remember that one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card that was unveiled in March as part of the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth crossover set? If you've got it, Dave and Adam's Card World wants it, and they're prepared to give you $1 million for it.
This particular Magic card is literally as unique as it gets. Only a single copy of the 1 of 1 Ring, as it's known, will be printed; it will then be tucked away inside an English-language Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth collector booster pack, and fired off into the world. That means whoever finds the card will be the only person on the entire planet to own the card.
That extreme rarity gives it a certain inherent value, particularly to collectors—collectors such as, for instance, Dave and Adam's, a collectibles company that deals in cards, comics, and «autographed memorabilia,» which is offering a $1 million bounty on the card. Simply put, if you find the card, Dave and Adam's will give you a million bucks for it.
Of course, Dave and Adam's deals in Magic cards, and all of this is a ploy to sell them. And holy cow, they are expensive: "Booster Boxes" of the Tales of Middle-earth set—12 packs per box, 15 cards per pack—are currently pre-selling for $425, which works out to roughly $35 for a single pack of cards, or $2.33 per card. Two bucks would buy me 10 packs of baseball or Star Wars cards when I was a kid, and I'd get some goddamn chewing gum in the bargain, too.
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