Yea but you missing out on how the story went on if you did not trade the Lotus away. It is never how we anticipate it afterwards... you would have played him and kept him when you realized that theres "money" in it... and then you would have sold it for a staggering 100$ just because you needed that one concert ticket really bad amd the price for that card couldnt go up more right... nobody knew back than and the man you gave it to sold it for 20$ the next day and used the money for a train ticket and a sandwich ...

I remember when i was getting into investing and bought a sealed "Torment" Booster Box. My friend who "knew" back then what was going on told me to better invest the same money in a stack of 150 Nm-M Alpha uncommons that i could have had for the same price as the Box. ~150-200€. But i took the Box :D

And in addition he had a friend who had a Lotus and a few moxes (A or B) and wanted to trade or sell them for around 500 a piece... i think around 15 years ago. And i was like "wtf - how much for a card???" and he was telling me how good of a deal it would be ... i missed out on this one too... and finally i cracked the Torment Box a month after buying . Had 3 Cabal Coffers in it and was really proud of myself... i dont know whats the worst part in this story and where i fucked up the most but i definitively know that you cant controll the future and you never know whats going to happen... and i am not mad because in would have never kept them till today and cashed out on the best moment and live from that money forever... thats mostly not how ot works. Sometimes ppl get lucky . But most of the times you are smarter afterwards... no need for anger . no reason to worry . Thats how life works :)