Vampiric Tutor vs Imperial Seal
Economics forum
Posted on Dec. 1, 2014, 11:57 p.m. by ThisIsBullshit
So I was derping around on tcgplayer or some other website looking at tutors (because you can never have too many tutors in an EDH deck) and I noticed that Imperial Seal is close to $800 and Vampiric Tutor is only $90 for a foil.
Why is this the case? They literally do the exact same thing, and Vampiric Tutor even lets you do it on your opponents turn. Is there something I'm missing?
I'd have to imagine it's because Imperial Seals are in far shorter supply
December 2, 2014 12:06 a.m.
VampireArmy says... #4
yeah larger set print and reprint = less $. Seal is more of a collectors item really unless you're a baller or something
December 2, 2014 12:08 a.m.
It has to do with the fact that Imperial Seal was from a small set (Portal? I think), so there are less copies out there
Im sure someone will have a more detailed explanation but I believe it comes down to simple supply and demand
December 2, 2014 12:08 a.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #7
Okay that makes sense, I didn't realize it hadn't been printed much.
December 2, 2014 12:09 a.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #9
Wow all sorts of ninjas out there tonight. Be careful, folks. The internet ninjas have struck once again.
December 2, 2014 12:10 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #10
Please read the forum descriptions before posting. Moved to Economics.
December 2, 2014 12:13 a.m.
SimicPower says... #11
Imperial Seal was only printed in Portal Three Kingdoms, a set with such a small print run that all rares, even the bad ones, are very expensive. And Imperial Seal actually is a good card (despite being banned). Same as Capture of Jingzhou and Time Warp, 500$ and 12$ respectively although they do basically the same thing, even though Time Warp is technically better because it is playable in more formats and can target any player.
December 2, 2014 1 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #12
@SimicPower: Legality aside, Capture of Jingzhou is better because it can't be Redirected.
December 2, 2014 2:06 a.m.
SimicPower says... #13
True, I guess. Plus it can't be abused with Mindslaver.
December 2, 2014 2:10 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #14
Not only was P3K given a relatively short print run, but it was only really distributed in and around the APAC region.
December 2, 2014 4 p.m.
There are 5/3 as many Black Lotuses as Seals, and 3x as many Library of Alexandria.
December 3, 2014 9:56 p.m.
relativly chinese seals are only like $400-500, part collector and part hyper competitive edh
JA14732 says... #2
Because Imperial Seal was less printed.
December 2, 2014 12:05 a.m.