In the "stone age" of Magic OP, foreign cards and foreign foils could command a premium over their local equivalent. The reason behind this, generally boiled down to accessibility and scarcity driving demand.
As production ramps up across the globe, new supplemental products are released, box toppers, and intra-set art variations there are a lot of competing options for the coveted spot of "best version".
So what knocked foreign cards off the pedestal?
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