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Posted on July 20, 2016, 10:53 p.m. by McKz

why does Imperial Seal cost so much more than Vampiric Tutor

EmblemMan says... #2

It was only printed in portal three kingdoms which had one of the smallest print runs everything printed in that set is stupidly expensive

July 20, 2016 11:03 p.m.

McKz says... #3

thank you, i was curious to why a card with the same text costed that much more

July 20, 2016 11:06 p.m.

Unforgivn_II says... #4

Not to mention that the English print run was smaller than the Chinese and Japanese ones. The set was for appeal in Asia, so English copies were only available to Australia and New Zealand

July 20, 2016 11:32 p.m.

Boza says... #5

Not to mention, Imperial Seal is strictly worse than vamp tutor, it is a sorcery, rather than an instant, but commander players do not care.

July 21, 2016 2:55 a.m.

Guftders says... #6

Anyone who plays a singleton format (ie Highlander/EDH/DC) doesn't care if a card is strictly worse than something else, so long as it is strictly the same (because you know, you can't have more than one of anything so variance is more of a bitch). So there will always be demand for these cards even if they are terrible, simply because it's pretty much the same thing as X card that everyone considers a staple (ie Vampiric Tutor/Imperial Seal to Demonic Tutor)

July 21, 2016 5:22 a.m.

TMBRLZ says... #7

Please also see Imperial Recruiter and Grim Tutor

July 21, 2016 9:55 a.m.

Atony1400 says... #8

McKz you also have to remember that Vampiric Tutor was just reprinted in Eternal Masters, so the price is currently fairly low at the moment.

July 21, 2016 9:56 a.m.

McKz says... #9

Atony1400, its been thirty for ages?

July 21, 2016 11:44 a.m.

Atony1400 says... #10

It hit around $25 when it was spoiled for EMA.

July 21, 2016 4:05 p.m.

Guftders says... #11

For me in the UK, I know it was about 45 on ebay before reprint- now it's 15 :)

July 22, 2016 7:39 a.m.

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