It has been every week since Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy collaboration formally hit cabinets, and within the time since, we have witnessed some actually staggering costs on choose single playing cards. These fortunate sufficient to tug sure variations of the collection borderless, surge foil character playing cards, for instance, might fetch wherever from $200-700 for them proper now. And but, completely none of those costs examine to what one of many collection’ serialized Golden Touring Chocobos simply bought for.
As a part of a restricted run of 77, it is not notably surprising a Golden Touring Chocobo can be price a considerable amount of cash. That stated, in line with a latest eBay listing, Golden Touring Chocobo #41 simply bought for a whopping $40,000. Although that is truly $10,000 lower than the shop’s unique asking value, that is additionally barely extra the typical American’s annual wage, in accordance a recent US Census report.
Although the itemizing not reveals the precise value of the accepted supply, those that have a vendor’s profile on eBay can go to the positioning’s analysis tab, search the cardboard, and examine what “related objects” have bought for. Contemplating the cardboard is one in every of a sort, it’s presently the one merchandise listed, and reveals it bought for $40,000. Oh, and do not forget the $3.91 for transport.
Even earlier than its official launch, Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy collaboration made historical past as Magic: The Gathering’s best-selling set of all time. It is vital to notice this was introduced over a month earlier than the playing cards had been truly bought and was primarily based solely on preorder numbers.
Since its launch, demand for these playing cards has brought on costs to skyrocket. Whereas the set’s 4 Commander decks are supposed to retail for $70, Final Fantasy VII’s Restrict Break deck is presently listed for $110 on TCGPlayer, whereas XIV’s Scions and Spellcraft and X’s Counter Blitz relaxation at $90. Fortunately, VI followers can nonetheless choose up Revival Trance for its unique value. Collector Boosters, that are usually priced at $38, are setting gamers again wherever from $80 to $110 presently. An unopened field of 30 Collector Boosters is presently listed for $1,170 on TCGPlayer.
Although the costs is perhaps outrageous, all of the hype surrounding the collection makes full sense when you think about every half of the collaboration’s 30+ years of historical past, their fanbases, and the gathering’s lofty objectives. The staff behind the set spent almost half a decade designing the playing cards, and had loads of “spirited discussions” over which characters had been included from throughout the Final Fantasy collection’ 16 mainline video games, and which of them they needed to go away behind. Although the quantity of playing cards a recreation has largely varies within the collaboration’s predominant set, the staff additionally launched the Via the Ages bonus sheet, which options 4, full-art playing cards from every recreation. GameSpot lately revealed three of those playing cards, together with the Balamb Backyard – Command Beacon.