This is a story about the most desirable card in the history of Magic.

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Chapters:
0:00 Pretty Pennies
6:20 The Most Powerful Card in Magic
11:19 Reserving the Right to Reprint
14:30 Keeping Promises
17:11 Seeking The Crown Jewel
24:27 Transcending Magic
28:42 Credits

Sources:
https://bit.ly/3sFf5eH $27k Alpha Lotus in 2013
https://n.pr/3LnJpAV NPR segment on Magic and Lotus
https://bit.ly/39ZlV85 IGN on opening Lotus at GP Chiba
https://bit.ly/3lj12ao Zakeel on MTGPrice
https://bit.ly/3wkyymS Klug Lotus Timelapse
https://bit.ly/3wj7GUy Klug Lotus Timelapse Gif
https://bit.ly/3LnJLYh Alpha Lotus sells for $87k
https://bit.ly/3a7uFcz Kotaku on Alpha Lotus for $87k (9.5 grade)
https://bit.ly/3yDuWhz Scrye Magazine 2002
https://bit.ly/3PnrnC2 Prices of Lotus 20002007
https://bit.ly/3PuBaWT Alpha, Beta, Unlimited by the numbers
https://bit.ly/3LnK6dv All About Alpha
https://bit.ly/39UWG6U Beckett posts about $87,00
https://bit.ly/3wj84T0 Beckett Grading Process
https://bit.ly/3yEiH4k QS on Alpha buyouts
https://bit.ly/3a7uLRt PSA selling history on Unlimited Lotus
https://bit.ly/37QWq8k $55k Charizard
https://bit.ly/3Lla5Cn Honus Wagner Wiki
https://cnn.it/3PqZlFO $9.5 million stamp
https://bit.ly/3wxvx1J Seven Most Expensive Stamps
https://bit.ly/3LtB0Mw The price history of the entire RL
https://bit.ly/3PqfafM Promissory Estoppel and the RL
https://bit.ly/3wndRqK Flu Game article
https://bit.ly/3LlS0Ee Flu Game 12’s sell for $100k
https://bit.ly/3yEj1jp Most Expensive Comic Book $3.2 million
https://bit.ly/3Mmezdp McFarlane balls
https://bit.ly/3NlgRJO Cabinet of Curiosities
https://bit.ly/3yHXQwP Veblen Goods
https://bit.ly/39TTJU7 Clip of Lotus being played
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