This set was widely considered to be MTGs best-selling to date, with Hasbro CEO Chris Cox stating in 2023 that the $200 million in revenue over six months that the Lord of the Rings set brought was roughly double what other high-performing sets had generated in the past
Keeping track of Ring-Bearers, knowing which ring-bearer has which part of the Ring completed, and then paying attention to a growing Orc Army alongside graveyard shenanigans and Thievery effects just makes for messy gameplay
You essentially have to destroy a bunch of cards to collect enough currency to trade one, making the system only viable to whales who have no use for trading, and unusable for free-to-play or new folk who would benefit from filling out their collections
In the past, I have used Ultra Pro the most often but I hadnt had the chance to use Avery trading card pages until this article
The presence of security features is also essential (hologram, UV ink, QR Code etc.)