[onion2k]

The value of Magic cards on the secondary market does very little for the manufacturer. Why shouldn't they maximize their profit by selling as many as they can? People who want to speculate can just buy something else.

[johnrgrace]

Wait what? The secondary market value is why people are willing to buy new cards, it lets people justify spending a lot of money on new cards.

[onion2k]

The overwhelming majority of Magic cards are bought by people to play the game.