It’s likely they did have a license, just that the appropriate license tokens weren’t installed on that particular rendering machine... it’d be risky for such big companies to use rendering software entirely without a proper license.

Nah, it’s more like their rendering farm had 1 machine for rendering this frame that couldn’t connect to the internet and so couldn’t authenticate the license. Square most likely has a legit license and just needs to re-render the frame with the license authenticated or on a different machine that isn’t having the…

Goddamn I miss DS9

the cards’ value makes no sense. it’s value is almost entirely because of the perception of rarity and hype of it being the most powerful card. 1 new card entering the market won’t affect the price at all. if the card is in good condition vs not so good condition, only affects the price of that particular card.

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Got to ask how old are you? I lost interesting magic decades ago but I grew up when it first came out and Black Lotus was legendary among my peers. If you’re around the ages of 28 to 34 you’ve likely at least heard of it if nerdy enough.

Most non-Magic players that are Kotaku frequenter would have known the significance of the card though.

The participants get to keep the cards (it’s a competitve event that they played qualifiers for) It will not lower the value of existing cards (the print run is known, like all mass produced collectables wear/destruction/dissapearance continuously bring the known supply down) however a graded, provenencanced, mint…

OP got rekt.

Black Lotus was how I found out about Magic. I knew about that card (at least its name and inscrutable value) before I knew what the game even was. I’m also not into competitive card games, so, I dunno man. I know who Joe Montana is but I had to look up Mike Ditka. Sometimes we just don’t know stuff lots of other…

A Black Lotus has a similar broadly known infamy to a Honus Wagner cigarette card or Amazing Fantasy 15, etc. it's pretty broadly known. 

And some people don’t know who Michael Jordan is. Would you argue that makes him not really famous?

Let put this another way: they pulled a 15,000$ piece of cardboard

Yes, this is a pack from more than 20 years ago being opened for the first time for the draft. 

Counterpoint: I’m a non-Magic player, and I’m well-aware that Black Lotus is one of the rarest cards in the game.

And this non-Magic player begs to agree. The Black Lotus is infamous.

“ It doesn’t apply to me personally, so it must not be true!!! “

There is no fucking way that the leader of free world/paradise lost has time to follow media this actively.

Do not speak ill of the Frito pie for it is a glorious meal made by the hands of angels and magical pixies

Frito pie is absolutely delicious. You don't have to drown the Fritos in the chili either but sometimes its prefered. For those people who are horrified or afraid of the frito pie, just think of them as chili cheese fries but with out the fries.