Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Have you ever spent so much time, money, and energy on a Commander deck that walking away felt impossible?
That's the sunk cost fallacy.
It's the tendency to keep investing in something simply because you've already invested so much into it.
In Magic, it shows up when players:
🎴 Keep upgrading decks they no longer enjoy
🎴 Chase increasingly smaller improvements
🎴 Refuse to change strategies because they're "too invested"
The problem?
Your deck doesn't care how much money you've spent on it.
The only question that matters is whether it's still delivering the experience you want.
In this episode of MTG Illusions, we explore one of the most common psychological traps in Commander and why it can keep us stuck with decks we've already outgrown.
What deck should you have retired a long time ago?
#mtg #magicthegathering #commander #edh
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Have you ever spent so much time, money, and energy on a Commander deck that walking away felt impossible?
That's the sunk cost fallacy.
It's the tendency to keep investing in something simply because you've already invested so much into it.
In Magic, it shows up when players:
🎴 Keep upgrading decks they no longer enjoy
🎴 Chase increasingly smaller improvements
🎴 Refuse to change strategies because they're "too invested"
The problem?
Your deck doesn't care how much money you've spent on it.
The only question that matters is whether it's still delivering the experience you want.
In this episode of MTG Illusions, we explore one of the most common psychological traps in Commander and why it can keep us stuck with decks we've already outgrown.
What deck should you have retired a long time ago?
#mtg #magicthegathering #commander #edh
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Instagram â–º instagram.com/l1fewatermtg
TikTok â–º tiktok.com/@l1fewater
Twitter ►https://www.twitter.com/l1fewater​​​​...
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