First this "rant" isn't intended at you... I love what you are trying to do.

I like the idea to get rid of the "worthless cards", but its a shame that there are "worthless cards" in the first place... I place the responsibility directly on the shoulders of SM, who Hive account@aggroed said he would make sure to "match the amount of supply to investor demand". Obviously their calculations were "off", but instead of stopping the overproduction by limiting the amount of cards to say 25% of what they optimistically intended, a much simpler solution would be to NOT OVERPRODUCE THEM.

Overproduction leads to loss of faith... And when faith is all you have to value things in the longer run, then wasting it by sticking to a bad forecast is not only stupid but destructive to the long term health of the market.

The thing that gave SM potential was that it could be for players and investors alike. The disregard for overproduction speaks loudly for how they feel about investors.

ps... its not only reward cards. The fact that betas continue even though CLEARLY the demand is satiated, not only hurts betas but alphas too. (since most betas are recycled alphas)