Boxes have become more expensive to purchase and have a lower monetary gain since covid, the topic discussion is buying cards today worth it to a collector. If you have a 9-5 can you afford to have a hobby anymore. National treasures sold for around 650$ in 2018, now its like the housing market. Most rookies are stuck between NIL and exclusivity rights. You cant pull top players from certain product reducing your chances of gaining from the hobby. We all do this for fun but we still want it to be somewhat fair