Comment by VirusNewbie
3 years ago
Is MtG one of the few games where being able to spend $10,000 USD puts you at a significant advantage (if playing vintage?). I think Vintage is my favorite format but it is becoming more expensive than high end watch collecting.
I'd say the number of games like that is not few. 10k in equipment in most sports will give you an advantage over 1k in equipment.
It's more accurate to say that the entry cost into the Vintage format is 10k (or whatever the cost of the deck you want to play). You can't just throw money at the deck and increase its winrate unless your deck starts out suboptimal.
Almost nobody plays vintage. Legacy is largely dead. The most expensive competitive format is modern, where competitive decks can run in the low thousands.
1000 or 2000 in equipment is absolutely normal for a lot of competitive endeavors.