The cost of sitting on that R&amp;D would be huge and ridiculously wasteful.  Instead it takes a long time from building a proof of concept in a lab to selling millions of the things for a few hundred dollars.<p>Often it&#x27;s the other way, they can make a few &#x27;super ultra&#x27; cards but nowhere near enough to meet demand.  So they price them as &#x27;Halo&#x27; items and more or less instantly sell out for months.  But, in theory if you can get that card it is the &#x27;fastest&#x27; for a little while.