The biggest thing about this dramatic price increase for older guys who have been playing since the begining and still do this as a hobby have to look at their collection and go hmmm... I can put a...
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Re: Raise, raise, raise. The price of cardboard
The biggest thing about this dramatic price increase for older guys who have been playing since the begining and still do this as a hobby have to look at their collection and go hmmm... I can put a...
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Apologies. Double Post.
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You've got way more stuff than me but we were in that thread a while ago before "Price Hike 2.0" started. What is starting to shock me is the actual return you can potentially make by speculating or...
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I honestly don't think he is good per se, but 1 in an imperial painter deck would be cute. I just like the flavor of the card completely.
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<3 Spinal Villain! To me the picture looks like what if spinal meningitus was turned into a creature. Anson Maddocks FTW!
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All that I know is that everyone had better hope that the Euro goes down vs. the USD (which I think it will) otherwise you can add another ~5-10% to whatever they are now.
I don't know where the...
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Will people actually pay this much? It isn't like Wasteland which is in a ton of decks. To put everything in perspective, it's the same price as Tarmogoyf according to that site!!!
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IMO Speculating w/o having the cards you need to play your deck is a pretty big opportunity cost. You knowlingly bring an unoptimized deck to a tournament where you pay money to enter and can...
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@Dragon Whelp: You are right but there are 2 things we need to look at. 1. There is a finite supply at a certain price. 2. When all the cheaper ones are bought up if there is demand left over then...
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If you are going to sell cards be very careful about the condition you list. 9/10 most people don't care but I can't tell you how many "NM" cards I received that I asked for partial refunds on. I'm...
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A long time ago (2002) I got a Lotus for way under the going rate on Christmas day. Just follow the "seasons" for what feeds PTQs and as the season flips you should find lower prices on last season...
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You know, I thought the very same thing. This card can't keep value that long. No card that was recently printed ever stayed that high for that long but I didn't take into account the paradigmn has...
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A store makes more profit if they sell something for the same price off their store front than on Ebay. I'm not sure if matching ebay prices is worth it for a store but I 'm sure there is an overall...
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All this discussion brings up an interesting point. Playing any type of magic competitively is more expensive now. We also were willing to pay a lot more than we knew we were! *I'm sure that last bit...
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@anonymos: I agree with you in principle. Although, if 2200 people came together to play magic anywhere I'm pretty sure Wizards would hear about it and be interested in it as well. If they weren't...
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Another option instead of reprinting anything, would be for TOs to start holding proxy non-sanctioned tournaments. That way everyone could play almost everything. Then card values would probably...
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I'm for promos all the way. Think about judge/legacy top 8 foil portal playables. You can slowly increase the supply of VERY scarce cards without having to make a massive print run.
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Regarding the question of a how much even a single speculator can affect the market. Refer to the success dahcmai reported on with Sea Drakes. With regards to loyal retainers look on these boards and...
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I'm going to pipe up one more time on these boards. Initially I was just making fun of the prices that have gone ballistic and the idea that people feel they have any right to tell Hasbro what to do...
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As I continue to follow this thread and ponder this issue I have mixed feelings:
1. Indifference: I don't care how expensive the cards get. I have what I need to play most decks and if they are...
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I'm older than most on here and I have what I consider to be a very good job. I personally don't have a problem paying for cards. In fact I have extra playsets of duals, fetches, etc.
I've also...
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Di= my hero for the month.
I'm in agreement with you. I always told people interested in Legacy that you could always play with your cards and it is cheaper after just one year of playing T2 to...
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It's still going up isn't it. I called FoW. Now I will predict the massive increase of Goblin Artisans and how it will be a 6 mana combo that doesn't win the game. The card it combos with is yet...
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This I do know from economic principle: if a store is buying scroll rack for $10 without limit (at least until they change the price) then very quickly no one will be charging less than $10 for a...
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My guess is it will finally settle at $60. Unless this combo starts dominating a lot of big tournaments I don't see people shelling out. I mean if you have a boner to play this deck then great but...