Episode 609: The Curse Of The Black Lotus
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Episode 609: The Curse Of The Black Lotus March 11, 2015 8:35 PM ET Listen 16 min 56 sec Save this episode to Stitcher: Listen to this later on Stitcher 
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A mint condition Black Lotus sells for $25,000.
Jim BrusoIn a classic bubble - housing for example, or tech stocks or Beanie Babies - the fun ends in a crash. Things go belly up, and people can lose a lot of money.
The creators of the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering faced such a bubble. The cooler they made their cards, the more the resale value increased - and threatened to send Magic cards the way of the Beanie Baby.
Today on the show: how the folks who made Magic cards came up with a plan. A plan to once and for all conquer the science of bubbles, and make a collectible toy that could live forever.
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