The 'Magic: The Gathering' collectible would be the first to sell for seven figures.
That eye-popping price is due to the rarity of the card: Only one is being made, and there’s a less than 0.0003 percent chance of finding it in the brand’s new card set, Hasbro told the. But the $2 million is worth it to some, including Francisco Rubio, the owner of the card shop Gremio de Dragones in Valencia, Spain. He’s offering 2 million euros for the card, along with a trip to Valencia and paella from a local restaurant..
Rubio’s bounty doubled an earlier offer of $1 million from Dave & Adam’s Card World, a store near Buffalo, N.Y. Other interested parties have also made bids along the way, but none yet tops Rubio’s. Adam Martin, the owner of Dave & Adam’s, told the newspaper that at one point he may have tried to best Rubio, but the “kinder, much gentler” version of himself may just let Rubio claim the card if someone comes across it and is willing to sell.
While the rarity of the card is likely one of the main reasons for collector’s mad dash, it also plays into the larger cultural phenomenon surrounding. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of “Magic” to be interested in the card, collectors told
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