Many creators share and refine designs in communities like MTG Cardsmith, where people post customs, trade feedback, and workshop mechanics
various flavours of fancy frames - stargazing, universes beyond, masterpiece, ZNE expedition, and womensday
While the average value of a pack might be $100, most cards people get will be worth less than what they paid for the virtual blind box
Kieran Special Illustration Rare 218/167 While Kierans Special Illustration Rare was one of the most expensive in Japans parallel set, Mask of Change, its Twilight Masquerade counterpart is a far cry from the kind of value we see from the thematically similar Carmine Special Illustration Rare
Quick anecdote: my wife recently sold a massive sack of empty Pokmon card tins on Facebook Marketplace (dont blame me) for a few bucks, and the lovely lady who bought them for her kids to store cards in explained how she was going to be lining up outside a local toy store on Friday morning, in desperate hope to be able to get a Journey Together ETB for her daughter, while knowing how incredibly unlikely it was to be successful
