[Dogberry99]

Originally Posted by Caedus

That's changed just recently, because the odds are the franchises you're guessing on will be picked next. I had been picking up some of the bad Yankee diamonds for pretty cheap a few weeks ago for example.

As one who has been slowly acquiring cards for players on teams that later moved (so teams at both ends of the mission release spectrum, like the early Expos and the anticipated Brooklyn Dodgers), prices have seen a distinct rise in price here recently, but the larger trend of rising prices is certainly not new. Prices for all historicals have been increasing slowly since the White Sox showed everyone how missions work and how useful and profitable they can be. The recent spike is from speculative funds becoming more focused as the number of remaining teams without missions dwindles.