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>>50857638

I watch Rudy Alpha Investments for a few years now. First MTG product I bought was artist proofs because I weighed up the age/rarity against price. Before that I was considering buying Alpha rares. Rudy would always mentioned how limited they were, like 1100 print runs. When I discovered Artist proofs I was like woohoo they are cheap and much rarer.

I try to buy artist proofs where I like the artwork. An artist proof I have struggled to find is Ayesha Tanaka for example. I pick that because it has Japanese Geisha, fits with weebo culture. The initial print run has to be at least 20k, whereas the artist proof would be like around 100 or so. Also some of the other Legends cards with cool artwork.

One of things to consider, a big factor that holds back sets like Legends are that the print runs are like 20x Alpha. With Artist proofs it levels out the supply of each set to some extent. In this way I think some of the other sets can shine brighter with artist proofs. Even stuff like Revised artist proofs are almost as rare as Alpha/Beta artist proofs. So potentially I would value them similarly, so I get some of the cards that are valuable alphas in Revised artist proof version for a small amount of dollars.

I appreciate your way of investing and it is more traditional, but I am just a tourist that comes from buying Pokemon and dead CCGs such as Illuminati, MECCG, X Files, Monty Python, Harry Potter etc. My approach will always be more about age, rarity and what I like the look of weighed up against cost. Especially if the market hasn't noticed it yet.