npub1uwtv65s0grk69dnpw5995d9hduyvhlh5r487enaxpu5kjrt3egrs7rp8lz (npub1uwt…p8lz) It's a form of money laundering. We're all hung up on the grossness of the object sold and the person who bought it.
But we're missing the key point: it was a transfer of cash in a way which liberates it from its original intended use for MTG. It can now be used by McCarthy for other purposes and may also have had implicit obligations attached like a quid pro quo in the transfer.