I developed a big interest into investing.
Not necessary the usual with stock, bonds etc for some reason I developed an interest for investments which are a bit out there.
There is art, wine, whiskey and even comics.
But for some reason one really caught my attention.
Magic cards
Little Flipstar used to play that game back in the days and I have not really thought about it for several years till I stumbled over a youtube channel which focus is on investing into those cards.
What is magic you ask? Let me quote wikipedia for this
"Magic: The Gathering (colloquially known as Magic cards or just Magic) is both a collectible and digital collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro), Magic was the first trading card game and has approximately twenty million players as of 2015, and over twenty billion Magic cards produced in the period from 2008 to 2016, during which time it grew in popularity."
Even in our digital age there is still a demand for physical cards also when an online version of the game was released.
I am still looking into it and unsure if I jump into it. I have no interest in playing the game anymore but somehow I enjoy investing into collectibles.
As far as I learned there are mutliple ways to invest into magic.
- You buy cards from the reserve list like the well known Black Lotus and Power Nine for example.
You buy cards from current sets and flip them fast.
You buy sealed booster boxes and hold them for several years.
If I jump in I will take door 3 as it seems to be the simplest one.
There are apparently a lot of fake high end cards and they are getting better and I totally dont want to get burned as they are really expensive and so out of my league anyway.
I also lack knowledge for option 2.
So option 3 seems good to get my feed wet if I so choose.
Are you invested into something unusual? What got you into it?