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Man finds $1M worth of Yu-Gi-Oh cards in a dumpster

84 pointsby dansolast Wednesday at 1:54 PM25 commentsview on HN

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1-moretoday at 10:24 PM

> In 2023, Wizards—which publishes Magic: The Gathering—sent the Pinkerton detective agency to the home of a YouTuber who had acquired 22 boxes of cards

Born too late to get into a gun fight with striking steel workers on behalf of two guys who ended up building libraries, born just in time to chase down ill gotten Magic cards. Goodness.

Animatstoday at 10:19 PM

Yu-Gi-Oh cards are still a thing? That dates from 30 years ago.

I just looked at Cabbage Patch dolls on eBay. The bottom has finally fallen out of that market. Used to see asking prices over $1000. Now they're all around $25.

PunchyHamstertoday at 10:27 PM

> “The sale of uncut sheets is not allowed,” Konami, the company that owns Yu-Gi-Oh, told me in an email and did not respond to follow-up questions.

That doesn't seem like enforceable thing...

quxbartoday at 8:42 PM

About time somebody started flooding the millennial nostalgia collectibles market with fakes.

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casey2today at 9:50 PM

Stolen or counterfeit. For people that don't know Yu-Gi-Oh $1M is a ludicrous number since Konami has and has had a very aggressive reprint policy. The value here entirely comes from the fact that it's an uncut sheet, I'd be surprised if anyone would pay that much for it.

On a side note in 2003 I opened a pack and one of the cards was just a piece of cardstock probably they just ran a few sheets through in off-impression mode and forgot about them

alex1138today at 9:06 PM

That's the card graveyard. I play Pot of Greed. It allows me to draw two cards. I've drawn Monster Reborn. It allows me to claim the stash

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtoday at 8:55 PM

>“F*** stupid f** I bet don't know you hoes getting none of this s**,” he said in another.

I trust this guy.

hn773746483today at 9:13 PM

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