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[Amory]

http://kotaku.com/infamous-price-gouger-martin-shkreli-wants-to-collect-r-1783278015

Infamous price gouger Martin Shkreli has found his next potential scheme, and it’s a little less glamorous than his shady pharmaceutical company: Magic: The Gathering. Shkreli posted on the MTG subreddit last night fishing for details about collecting rare Magic cards. He identifies as a “new and wealthy player” who collects “wine, art and other goods,” apparently unbroken by the reported $4.5 million in unpaid taxes he owed last February.

I know, I know, stop paying attention to him. But it's tough. Professional troll, this guy.



Mock if old.

 

[Arkeband]

I've gotta give him credit.

The guy is an SSS-rank troll.

 

[Forkball]

No one tell him about CS:GO skins.

 

[CambriaRising]

This fucking guy.

 

[Ahasverus]

No, you don't know. Stop paying attention to him, you're gonna make him immune to justice when the time comes (you know how it goes for famous people) and of course will feed his poisonous ego.

And also, from all the possible trolling attempts from him, this is lame.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Lol this guy.

Does he have a public email? I am totally down to try and con him into buying some unless Japanese collectables or something.

 

[Smellycat]

Can't wait for Zimmerman to start posting on reddit asking for rare skittle flavors

 

[AstroLad]

I've gotta give him credit.

The guy is an SSS-rank troll.

Is it though? It seems pretty basic and blatant.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

No one tell him about CS:GO skins.

No, tell him about them. He can waste all his unpaid tax money on buying them all up and making the owners rich, then Steam can just release loads more of the same skin and fuck him completely. Hasbro should also take note.

 

[grandjedi6]

What if he intends to buy Magic from Hasbro so he would own all the cards? He could even make new ones just for himself and mock fans about it!

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Dude has to do something while waiting for his chance to be the Republican Nominee for President in 2020.

 

[HazySaiyan]

No one tell him about CS:GO skins.

Actually do, let him bankrupt himself

 

[akira28]

Lol this guy.

Does he have a public email? I am totally down to try and con him into buying some unless Japanese collectables or something.

I have a silver prototype of this amazing Gold, diamond and sapphire Eagle. It was originally intended for a wealthy American billionaire politician, but it was stolen. Somehow I managed to recover the prototype and I see Mr skrelli is a collector of fine arts and goods...

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I can't think of anything more appropriate than someone who dabbles in human misery getting super into Magic.

 

[FStop7]

This guy

 

[Koomaster]

Awaiting the followup where he then livestreams himself ripping these rare cards in half.

 

[HStallion]

Haha is this dude Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh? Watch out he's going to collect all the Blues Eyes White Dragon cards!

 

[Kevtones]

Is it though? It seems pretty basic and blatant.

Troll salt.

 

[HvySky]

This dude is literally a professional troll. If it weren't for all of his drug company bullshit I might actually find it funny.

Edit:

“my game. Soon.”

Straight up super villain.

 

[GregLombardi]

It isnt just him, some peeps are trying to corner the market. Its making a mess of things

 

[Keru_Shiri]

It would be hilarious if this is what gets Wizards to revisit the Reserve List policy.

 

[Amory]

When it comes to Magic, Shkreli said on Reddit that he plays “a little, but not competitively,” referring to MTG as “my game. Soon.”

“Please don’t make a big deal of this,” he added.

lol

 

[Grym]

Hey Martin. I'll trade some Moxes for that Wu Tang album

 

[Ahasverus]

He's the next Donald Trump

 

[Emerson]

Literally just yesterday there was a controversy about another guy buying out the entire stock of some rare cards and forcing the prices way up. If this guy is serious he has the wealth to do so much more damage to the than the other guy has. Although as someone else already said, it would be fascinating to see WoTC forced to make some changes based on the buyout of a bunch of Reserved cards.

 

[Zee-Row]

I kinda of want him to buy every Blue and Red Eyes white dragon Yu-Gi-Oh card and then live stream himself ripping all the cards so that nobody can ever use them against him Seto Kaiba style.

 

[GregLombardi]

Literally just yesterday there was a controversy about another guy buying out the entire stock of some rare cards and forcing the prices way up. If this guy is serious he has the wealth to do so much more damage to the than the other guy has. Although as someone else already said, it would be fascinating to see WoTC forced to make some changes based on the buyout of a bunch of Reserved cards.

I can tell you even if it does, it will be months before they formally communicate their thoughts on the subject. Dismantling this problem is way more complicated than just addressing the reserve list. What do you do when your product cant be bought by consumers because it is universally held by one party?

 

[vikki]

Martin, this is a Mountain, the rarest of all the MTG cards. I've got a box full of them and You can have them at a bargain for only $10,000 a pop.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Literally just yesterday there was a controversy about another guy buying out the entire stock of some rare cards and forcing the prices way up. If this guy is serious he has the wealth to do so much more damage to the than the other guy has. Although as someone else already said, it would be fascinating to see WoTC forced to make some changes based on the buyout of a bunch of Reserved cards.

To ruin the joke, Shkreli is trolling because that guy tweeted at him and Shkreli has nothing else to do but panic a subreddit.

 

[Emerson]

I can tell you even if it does, it will be months before they formally communicate their thoughts on the subject. Dismantling this problem is way more complicated than just addressing the reserve list. What do you do when your product cant be bought by consumers because it is universally held by one party?

Oh for sure, I think months is being generous even.

There's still the possibility he's just trolling, especially considering the controversy about the latest buyouts.

 

[Regiruler]

I kinda of want him to buy every Blue and Red Eyes white dragon Yu-Gi-Oh card and then live stream himself ripping all the cards so that nobody can ever use them against him Seto Kaiba style.

Good luck, there's a hundred thousand of those in circulation.

Hell, I'd say blue-eyes has broken a million with the fact that it has a buttload of printings.

 

[A Serious Man]

The real question is, who is his commander?

 

[Megalosaro]

I enjoy tcgs but find them to be a huge fucking scam. The random nature of boosters is a nightmare.

Hobbyist gaming is a nightmare in terms of cost... but I enjoy it none the less

 

[MisterFalcon]

I can tell you even if it does, it will be months before they formally communicate their thoughts on the subject. Dismantling this problem is way more complicated than just addressing the reserve list. What do you do when your product cant be bought by consumers because it is universally held by one party?

The Market will find a way.

Spoiler

Chinese counterfeits

 

[Huge Succeeded]

doesn't this guy have friends he could be fucking with instead

 

[Regiruler]

I enjoy tcgs but find them to be a huge fucking scam. The random nature of boosters is a nightmare.

Hobbyist gaming is a nightmare in terms of cost... but I enjoy it none the less

Buy singles if you really want to.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

It would be hilarious if this is what gets Wizards to revisit the Reserve List policy.

I hope this becomes the endgame. Everybody wins!

 

[CadetMahoney]

Is it though? It seems pretty basic and blatant.

yea, what he is doing isn't really some "clever" roundabout-anonymous thing I would associate with "trolling". Tax evasion isn't trolling either.

I would associate a troll job with that guy who was using the faceless, unforgiving banking system to attack video game streamers with donations only to chargeback later:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1227683&highlight=streamer+chargeback

 

[Orbis Tabula]

"I'm interested in starting to collect cards" is just about one step away from being as far away as possible from "I'm going to own all of the rare cards."

 

[Regiruler]

Someone tell him to invest in Kozmo Dark Destroyers.

 

[akira28]

doesn't this guy have friends he could be fucking with instead

when you're rich, everyone is your friend. so he's fucking with everyone.

 

[Linkark07]

As others have said, he should go and play CS:GO. He can start making a nice collection of skins there.

 

[MetalGearZed]

Shkreli is what happens when you mix advanced capitalism with advanced cuntism.

 

[vikki]

The real question is, who is his commander?

Gwafa Hazid, of course

 

[Dennis]

At this point I expect him to be the fourth owner of CSGOLotto.

 

[reKon]

people need to stop giving this fuckboy the attention that he wants

 

[Arkeband]

Is it though? It seems pretty basic and blatant.

Its craft is in its simplicity.

He wanders into a den of nerds who all know exactly who he is, in an account named his own name, introduces himself as merely as "a collector of art, wine, and other fine foods", and asks what is most valuable to them.

Cue mental breakdowns. Hilarious. 10/10.

 

[DrArchon]

I'd love for him to buy up all the rarest cards only for WotC to come out and say "Fuck the reserve list, please pre-order Formerly Reserved Masters" and just crater the value of all of these cards.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

If he ends up running an IRL Battle City, then all will be forgiven.

 

[ReAxion]

can we send this guy to north korea