Surprise with magic cards worth more than 300 million VND

A game player all magic from the game Magic: The Gathering successfully sell a card worth 14,900 USD (300 million VND) on eBay, this is also one of the cards magic sold for the most expensive price in history.

Surprise with magic cards worth more than 300 million VND

It is known that the magic card sold is “The Tarmogoyf” – One of the most rated monsters in the card game Magic: The Gathering.

In fact, the regular “The Tarmogoyf” card is only worth about $175, while its metal version is around $400. However, Pascal Maynard’s “The Tarmogoyf” is stamped from the Top-8 Draft, one of the biggest Magic: The Gathering tournaments of the year,

It should be noted that, when participating in this tournament, each player will receive their own deck of cards from the organizers. This is also a familiar rule from magic card tournaments, when players will have to use magic cards provided by the organizers (but not their own cards).

After the tournament, Pascal Maynard received this valuable “The Tarmogoyf” card, and because this card didn’t fit his strategy, he decided to put it up for sale on eBay and quickly made thousands of games. Other players compete to collect.

It is worth noting that because of the surprise with the large amount of money received from the sale of “The Tarmogoyf”, Pascal Maynard decided to give half of the money to charity.

Strangely, the thief broke into the store but only took the game deck

Magic: The Gathering is a very old and popular card series around the world, so much so that there are many rare cards worth tens of thousands of dollars. Of course only those who understand the line game Magic cards, knows what it is special, and vice versa.

Recently, a rare theft happened at a store specializing in selling chess and cards in Austin, Texas, in which the two intruders did not touch any items other than Magic cards: The Gathering. According to the store owner, their total value is up to 75,000 USD, equivalent to 1.67 billion VND. Fortunately, the camera captured a faceless object and the local police force is relying on it to investigate.

It is known that the theft happened at 1 a.m., and the two thieves were so bold that they used special tools to break open the front door before stealing the package containing the Magic: The Gathering cards.

A remarkable detail that Mr. Pat Johnson – the shop owner provided to the police is that it only takes about 20 seconds for thieves to find the most valuable packs of cards. This suggests that one of the two names must be a fan of Magic: The Gathering and regularly visit this store to be able to act so quickly.

This is not the first time thefts targeting gaming cards have occurred. In 2014, two men in Japan were caught stealing 320 Yu-Gi-Oh cards and then selling them in exchange for about 70,000 yen