As other trading card games got introduced, many of them tapped into features that had been used by trading cards but not in Magic
For better or worse, ultra-rare variants are very rarely the driving force behind pack pricing
(Hmm, a little hidden philosophy stuck away in a grouping of Magic mechanics?) Let's take a look at a card from Alpha : Is this a threshold card
There is a PSA 10 listed on TCGplayer (for some reason) for $2,000, but that price means nothing until a sale is recorded
While it hasnt been officially confirmed as the Headliner card for Final Fantasy, it looks like a likely candidate based on today
For example, I recently purchased a Kami of the Crescent Moon Commander deck where all of the Islands were matching foils