Inside the $100,000 Magic Deck
Share Ping Emiel’s message to our
Magic: The Gathering Whatsapp group popped up. “Look at this Commander deck I bought. It looks really weird LOL! Should I return these?”
Luckily, he didn’t. What started as a funny message ultimately launched Emiel van Daele into minor
Magic fame and, indeed, fortune. His misprinted ‘Mystic Intellect’ Commander deck is doing its very best to change the life of its owner.
“When I opened the box I was a bit cross,” Emiel laughs. “I saw the weird cards and thought: oh man, I can’t even play these. I imagined myself trudging back to the store to return them; I didn’t remember where I put the receipt. What a drag!”