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Expected value calculations typically favour Collector Boosters for resellers because the guaranteed foils and special treatments command higher secondary-market prices

They shut off passive abilities, activated ones, on death triggers all while rendering the target pretty pointless in combat

The treatment is perfectly defined (the card is either banned or it isnt), the timing is exact (the ban goes live the moment WotC posts), and the market response is observable in real time through secondary market prices

None of the big threats are big enough to make a sizable impact

However, it is enough to keep a Spider alive mid-combat or save it from a damage-based sweeper

The standard print is just $1.83, while the foil version goes for $16.81