>>46662198>>46662261even if the person isn't just looking to make the most sensible """investments""", it remains that everyone in the hobby has limited funds to drop on the hobby (most have very limited funds relative to the cost of collecting), and most people are inevitably faced with a choice like "do i gamble my money away opening sealed modern product or do i buy something i know i want?"
i sometimes do the latter, because it's fun to open packs, but you absolutely have to recognize that you're almost never going to get your money's worth opening sealed product, and you're almost never going to get the things you actually want. if there are out of print cards you want (or hell, even if there are shitty modern cards you want), you're always better off just buying those outright
