An estimated six pallets of Magic: The Gathering cards were disposed of in a city landfill in Texas for unknown reasons.
It’s not every day that so many MTG Modern Horizons II booster packs are discovered at a dump. A Reddit user allegedly in the Dallas Texas area found several pallets of boxes that contained what looked like booster packs sold at a major retail outlet.
Taking anything out of a landfill is dangerous and illegal in most cities. Most city dumps will also weigh vehicles entering and exiting, preventing dumped items from leaving the landfill. The pallets may have been denied by a retail outlet due to damage, which can lead to the boxes ending up at a local dump—not that rules can stop MTG players from a giant score like this.
A majority of the MH2 booster packs at the Texas landfill were Draft booster packs containing three packs within a box. Most packaging boxes contain around 24 of these three-pack boxes.
The Modern Horizons II set was released on June 18, 2021, and contains several cards that are worth money on the secondary market. There are even a few MTG cards from the set with borderless foil treatments that are worth over $100. The estimated value, according to a Reddit user, for the six pallets of Modern Horizon II cards is over a whopping $200,000.
As of writing, no salvageable Modern Horizon II boxes or booster packs allegedly remain at the local Texas landfill.
Published: Feb 26, 2023 12:10 pm