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Usually there's around five levels of rarity. In magic they are:
>Commons
>Uncommons
>Rares
>Mythics
>Unique (Example: 1996 World Champion).

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When time travel becomes a thing, we will send cards into the past so we have no way of actually knowing if they exist anymore by the time it is present day, meaning the chance of somebody obtaining it is even lower than 1 in however many cards there are.

>>47692606
would a card with only one known copy in the world be tournament legal?

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>>47692606
>What's the pont of adding more tiers of rarity
It sells cards.
>and how long can it go on?
As long as it sells cards.

Its not that complicated.

>>47692688
But rare cards are only worth more as singles. The company doesn't sell more packs or charge more per pack just because there's a one in a trillion chance of getting that particular card. Anyone who would be interested in the rare card was probably already buying packs regularly anyway.

>>47692661
Generally, no. Also, the unique cards in popular trading card games are literally encased in a glass-like material like a trophy, never seeing play.

>>47692743
You underestimate people's stupidity.

I knew a guy who bought four boxes of Innistrad to try and get a Liliana.

>>47692743
You clearly weren't around for Core Sets. If there's nothing interesting to drive the product, people play less limited and buy less product.

>>47693139
What's the problem with core sets? I'm just waiting for a Print of someone along the lines of:
Mass slaughter (4)RR instant
Play only at the beginning of your combat step. Each player may declare attackers and defenders this turn.
force of the horde~ if you have three or more creatures, creatures you control gain vigilance and +x/+x until end of turn where x is the number of creatures you control.

>>47692743
Cardshops buy bulk packs from the card factory in order to sell singles out of them, the card company still sells more cards overall...

>>47692606
Don't forget
>first edition
>limited edition
>ghost rare
and the various reprints with alt art

>>47693714
>What's the problem with core sets?
They didn't sell as much as regular sets.

>>47692743
>The company doesn't sell more packs
They do.

I mean, every new rare right now doesn't make a jump in sales because they are an /expected constant/ by now. If you remove the concept, sales will drop.

>>47692743
High rarity cards are the difference between people coming in and buying like 5 packs to 2 boxes at set release.

Rumors of unannounced special 1 in 5 boxes booster packs that are all ghost rare special edition reverse holo cards that you can't get any other way leave distributors out of stock for months. It doesn't matter if these rumors are true or not.