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Topic: Longevity of cards
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intelli78
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posted November 22, 2011 03:36 PM
      
Longevity/durability of cards is something I have been thinking about lately, but there is a lack of data. Basically, how much longer can we expect A/B/U/R cards to remain playable? I don't think there's an imminent problem; seems like old cards are holding up fine. But the reality of the situation is that the first printings are going on 20 years. That's some really old cardboard to be shuffling and bending.Does anyone have (preferably scientific) info? All I can share is an anecdote I once heard (random guy who purportedly had friends at Carta Mundi) that the ink in the original sets was only made to last 20-30 years, at which time it starts to bleed. Based on some of the betas out there w/ fuzzy text etc, I wonder if there is some truth to that. Still, the cardboard/paper aspect seems more fragile to me on the face of it. Any other info?
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caquaa
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posted November 22, 2011 03:40 PM
 
Treat your cards well, they'll last forever.
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intelli78
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posted November 22, 2011 03:44 PM
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Originally posted by caquaa:
Treat your cards well, they'll last forever.
Solid advice, certainly no objections here. You raise a valid point: It may be the case that these cards, properly treated, will outlive us. Mainly I am interested to know, out of curiosity, whether there are facts that bear that out.
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skizzikmonger
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posted November 22, 2011 06:27 PM
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Originally posted by intelli78:
Solid advice, certainly no objections here. You raise a valid point: It may be the case that these cards, properly treated, will outlive us. Mainly I am interested to know, out of curiosity, whether there are facts that bear that out.
Here's your facts
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coasterdude84
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posted November 22, 2011 07:29 PM
Or, if you don't believe that, I own these:Tinker
Brown Plus, considering there are still several copies of the Magna Carta and Gutenberg Bible still in existence, I wouldn't worry about them going anywhere, so long as you take care of them.
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isetfire
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posted November 22, 2011 08:46 PM
Does that tinker get BSC?If you take of the cards they will outlive us, but they are still paper and will deteriorate eventually. Plastic slabs should help prevent this.
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coasterdude84
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posted November 22, 2011 08:58 PM
BSC? As in biological safety cabinet?I think it's safe to say the life of any given Magic card is in excess of 100 years, so I wouldn't worry about it unless you've got reeeeeeeeeeeeally good health care. They'll probably then all be worth a ton of money, but none of us will be around to care.
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Zakman86
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posted November 22, 2011 09:09 PM
 
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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
BSC? As in biological safety cabinet?I think it's safe to say the life of any given Magic card is in excess of 100 years, so I wouldn't worry about it unless you've got reeeeeeeeeeeeally good health care. They'll probably then all be worth a ton of money, but none of us will be around to care.
Tinker doesn't go to Brown, he goes to Evers, then to Chance :\ you need to finish your early 1900s Chicago infield, sir.
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coasterdude84
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posted November 23, 2011 05:42 AM
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Originally posted by Zakman86:
Tinker doesn't go to Brown, he goes to Evers, then to Chance :\ you need to finish your early 1900s Chicago infield, sir.
Haha, yeah, and the Brown card shows him as having all 5 fingers on his right hand, when it really looked like this. I've actually got a Frank Chance coming. (For those who don't know, in 1910 there was a lexicon written in a newspaper that said the saddest words in all of baseball are "Tinker to Evers to Chance," referring to the famous double play trio. Curiously though, in 1910, they only actually turned something like 11 double plays.)Haven't been able to find Johnny Evers though.
However, without looking it up, do you know who played 3rd to complete the infield? Sorry for the thread derailment, but this is kinda fun.
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bushe
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posted November 23, 2011 08:16 AM
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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
Haha, yeah, and the Brown card shows him as having all 5 fingers on his right hand, when it really looked like this. I've actually got a Frank Chance coming. (For those who don't know, in 1910 there was a lexicon written in a newspaper that said the saddest words in all of baseball are "Tinker to Evers to Chance," referring to the famous double play trio. Curiously though, in 1910, they only actually turned something like 11 double plays.)Haven't been able to find Johnny Evers though.
However, without looking it up, do you know who played 3rd to complete the infield?Sorry for the thread derailment, but this is kinda fun.
I was about to point out the comedic value of three-fingers brown having a card showing at least 4 fingers on it, obviously the creative team back then wasn't as good.
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CubFan81
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posted November 23, 2011 12:59 PM
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Originally posted by coasterdude84:
However, without looking it up, do you know who played 3rd to complete the infield?Sorry for the thread derailment, but this is kinda fun.
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posted November 23, 2011 01:21 PM
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