Talk:"Sleepwalker's Flight"/@comment-109.12.71.74-20130727122438/@comment-112.207.152.210-20130727142027

By nature, all TCGs are pay to win.. Magic the Gathering being one of them. Also, you do have physical representations of the cards you own, but those, at the end of the day, are just pieces of paper with monetary value relative to the players percieved notion of "value".

Magic's prices rise and fall depending on the current rules sets set forth by a company who at any time could render your current deck obsolete. Especially if you are actively participating  in tournaments.

So, yes, in Magic the Gathering, you do "own" a physical copy of a card, but at the end of the day, it's value is only relative and only holds meaning to people who care about the game. My 1st edition Black Lotus is just a piece of paper to someone who doesn't care about the game and outside collectors or players it holds NO VALUE at all.