How much is too much?

[Dragonslayer_90]

So I've been playing legacy for about a year and half or two now. I currently have Team America and ANT built. Working on Esper Stoneblade. There's something that's been on my mind though. And that is if there's a certain point where too much money is holed up in cardboard. I'm wondering what's other people's opinions on this matter? I'm sure it's all a matter of how much one is willing and/or able to have a collection that allows you to play an X amount of decks. Originally I was planning on building 4-6 decks, each different broad archetypes, and no more, but now I'm contemplating on working on getting 40 duals and 40 fetches. What are the pros and cons on getting to that point? Is it not worth it in the long run? This is also a matter of how many decks is too many before I become too unfocused and can't become good enough with a certain deck or small amount of decks to stay competitive rather than purely financial.

[Arsenal]

I'm with you. I own all the Legacy staples and I'm planning on selling off the majority of my stuff as I only really play with 1-2 decks anyway and the potential payout will greatly assist with a home downpayment.

[Dragonslayer_90]

I'm with you. I own all the Legacy staples and I'm planning on selling off the majority of my stuff as I only really play with 1-2 decks anyway and the potential payout will greatly assist with a home downpayment.

Ah. Yeah I'm leaning towards limiting it to a certain amount of decks. I've heard of so many people having the whole format only to sell most of it off later on. Every now and then I try to think about getting all the majority of the format, but if 4-6 decks is enough to give me both focus and adaptability when my favorite decks are terrible in the meta, I'm not going to bother getting 40 duals and 40 fetches, at least not until wizards decides to abolish the reserved list (if that ever happens).

[nodahero]

For the longest time I had access to nearly any archetype in Legacy but I found myself seldom playing anything besides either storm on stoneblade so I have slowly unloaded the rest of it while holding on to cards that can see application in the decks I tend to play.

I have basically kept access to every blue staple, lands included and the common cross blue staples such as Goyf and LEDs. However, I ditched my Ports and all my dredge stuff and barely glance back.

[mini1337s]

So I've been playing legacy for about a year and half or two now. I currently have Team America and ANT built. Working on Esper Stoneblade. There's something that's been on my mind though. And that is if there's a certain point where too much money is holed up in cardboard. I'm wondering what's other people's opinions on this matter? I'm sure it's all a matter of how much one is willing and/or able to have a collection that allows you to play an X amount of decks. Originally I was planning on building 4-6 decks, each different broad archetypes, and no more, but now I'm contemplating on working on getting 40 duals and 40 fetches. What are the pros and cons on getting to that point? Is it not worth it in the long run? This is also a matter of how many decks is too many before I become too unfocused and can't become good enough with a certain deck or small amount of decks to stay competitive rather than purely financial.

I currently own 40 duals, fetches, shocks, playsets of staples (minus Candles, Tabernacle, etc). I'm in my mid 20s, have no dependents, and am in a 1.5 income relationship (girlfriend is in school). I have approximately 35-40k (retail) wrapped up in cardboard. I would guess that I've spent approximately $25k over the last 4 and a half years on the game.
I enjoy playing and collecting Magic cards. I enjoy have access to many different decks/strategies etc. For me, having all of that is totally worth it, and I don't see myself selling it. I'm also on the low end of many people on this forum.
If you enjoy it and have the ability to spend the money, why not? It's not like your money disappears for good like with other hobbies. You can always change your cards into cash in the future. Unless you need the money for something, why not keep it in something you enjoy? Better return than RRSPs, that's for sure.

[Erdvermampfa]

Love how everyone has to mention how extensive his collection is. As for the OP's question; I think the time has come to sell out slowly but steadily because the format is on its decline and has never been more miserable in terms of playing experience before. Brainstorm is the main reason for this but also other cards contribute to the misery. I can't think of a way (that is acceptable for everyone) to solve the format's current issues because it would either require massive bans (Delver, Terminus, Show And Tell, Griselbrand, Abrupt Decay, True-Name Nemesis) or the ban of Brainstorm, but that card is deemed untouchable for most people.

[Bed Decks Palyer]

I'm afraid this will become a "Bitching about prices 2.0" thread pretty soon, and I'd direct you there. However, lets try to not derail the thread and see if it will work...

In last three or four years I sold most of my stuff. I got away complete AggroLoam first (keeping just Goyfs and Wastes), then I sold Armageddon Stax stuff (Moat, Elspeth, Humility...) followed by the whole Stompy base (Tomb, City of Traitors) to concentrate on blue decks only. Once I realized I won't move anywhere further without JTMS, I've thrown away Tundra.manabase and all the SFM+tools, CB/Top, Natural Order and related crap. Later ANT/TES went away together with random Emmy plus Grisly plus Shallow Grave plus whatnot and of course the rest of the non-Savannah non-blue duals that survived The Great Aggro Loam Purge. I am yet to realize what to do with Ichorid (and although it's a crappy deck, it's still some 200 bucks at least) and I'm two Tropical Islands away from not having any other dual then the 3plus3 bound in RUG Threshold. And all through the last half-year I turned cardboard into gold via alchemy of "de-Batterskulling" myself how I call the process of systematically selling any card I may sell at any opportunity that happens.


So, speaking about concentration on one or two decks (one, in my case), I've done what I could, although I still got pile of crappy worn cards remaining from the dismembered decks. I hope to sell/alter/burn them until the end of the year. The target status is to have:
- one Legacy deck (Can Thresh) in a semi-pimp fashion with a complete semi-pimp advanced sideboard. 50 000 crowns.
- one nostalgia semi-pimped Terrageddon in case my zombified casual group awakens from stupor and/or to troll my lgs once in a while. 10 000 crowns
- one even more nostalgia anti-pimp Erhnamgeddon in case the ZCG awakens from stupor AND decides to play Magic in pubs. 1 000 crowns.
- not a card more. (0 crowns, just in case...)


/introduce yourself off topic


Now, what was I...? Oh, got it!

Unless you're really devoted to the game AND have lots of time to play it AND like to brew stuff AND have quite some money, you should concentrate on one or two decks. The downside is that you're deliberately limiting yourself and you may find yourself kicked out of competition in the future, if some powerful printing invalidates your deck choice. (But it's unlikely, as Legacy has such a deep card pool, that every, even the most "ridiculous" deck choice, is valid, see e.g. Hollywood's recent report with Manaless Dredge in a RiP/DRS/Cage infested metagame.)
In this case I'd choose some flexible and reliable deck/archetype and try to wring out maximum of it. I'm not sure if your main concern are money or the time/effort needed to master some deck, but no matter what, with only a one (or two) decks to choose from, you might get bored quite fast, esp. if you decide for a linear deck(s that share strategy). Take for example something like RUG/bUrg split. It doesn't take a corvee to upkeep those decks once you'll get the needed staples, otoh, if you'll become fed up with one of them, the other may not be distinct enough to keep you thrilled. (That's when your secondary budget crap.dec like Dredge, Affinity or Burn might come to aid and you may survive the periods of boredom-from-my-amazing-deck by piloting them.)

Otoh, having the full set of duals and fetches makes it possible to build quite anything and this might be a recipe for some amazing fun. Yet this comes with a price too, and by "with a price" I'm not only literal. Yes, we know that once you'll acquire UWx lands, you'll need someting to spend that mana on, and this all costs money. What I meant was that you might find yourself overwhelmed by the possibilities and in fact don't realy enjoy your cards. This is what happened to me and in the end I always played one or two decks for well over a year with the rest of my cards gathering dust.
Also, you won't master the decks if you'll switch them too often (yet you'll better understand how the metagame's big animals live, so it's not completely impractical) and this might be a source of frustration.
Nice thing is that if for w/e the reason you'll start to hate your bags and binders, you may simply decide to sell the collection and got your money back probably with significant profit. (We don't expect massive RL reprints in a near future, do we?)


In short:

Have time plus money and a bit of a will to learn the decks, all the while not being afraid of logistic troubles linked to big collections? Wanna start your own Savings With Magic (TM) account? Go for the full 40and40 and never look back!
Not a fan of wasting resources, love to pet with one deck for centuries? Do you hate trading and have no place where to hide your cardboard brilliants? Build one deck and be done with it.


EDIT:

Love how everyone has to mention how extensive his collection is.
Crap, I should have seen your post before writing my own...:laugh:
I got very few cards. And they are worn!


As for the OP's question; I think the time has come to sell out slowly but steadily because the format is on its decline and has never been more miserable in terms of playing experience before. Brainstorm is the main reason for this but also other cards contribute to the misery. I can't think of a way (that is acceptable for everyone) to solve the format's current issues because it would either require massive bans (Delver, Terminus, Show And Tell, Griselbrand, Abrupt Decay, True-Name Nemesis) or the ban of Brainstorm, but that card is deemed untouchable for most people.
Yep.

[thegrinningdemon]

Love how everyone has to mention how extensive his collection is. As for the OP's question; I think the time has come to sell out slowly but steadily because the format is on its decline and has never been more miserable in terms of playing experience before. Brainstorm is the main reason for this but also other cards contribute to the misery. I can't think of a way (that is acceptable for everyone) to solve the format's current issues because it would either require massive bans (Delver, Terminus, Show And Tell, Griselbrand, Abrupt Decay, True-Name Nemesis) or the ban of Brainstorm, but that card is deemed untouchable for most people.

Since prices and tournament attendance are steadily increasing, I think most people would disagree with you that it is a miserable format.

[mini1337s]

Since prices and tournament attendance are steadily increasing, I think most people would disagree with you that it is a miserable format.
+1
Dude just trolls constantly anyways.

[Lt. Quattro]

So I've been playing legacy for about a year and half or two now. I currently have Team America and ANT built. Working on Esper Stoneblade. There's something that's been on my mind though. And that is if there's a certain point where too much money is holed up in cardboard. I'm wondering what's other people's opinions on this matter? I'm sure it's all a matter of how much one is willing and/or able to have a collection that allows you to play an X amount of decks. Originally I was planning on building 4-6 decks, each different broad archetypes, and no more, but now I'm contemplating on working on getting 40 duals and 40 fetches. What are the pros and cons on getting to that point? Is it not worth it in the long run? This is also a matter of how many decks is too many before I become too unfocused and can't become good enough with a certain deck or small amount of decks to stay competitive rather than purely financial.

Instead of building X many decks, have your main deck and a pet deck then starting going for 40/40 duals/fetches and staples. For a long while dredge was my pet deck and since I got lion's eye diamonds when LED dredge cemented itself as the better build I can now build ANT cheaply if I got bored of dredge.

So when you got the choice of going big or go home choose GO BIG! I've wanted to build lands for years but never did since tabernacle was an expensive card ($250 :eek:), only went into lands/prison decks and was vulnerable to grave hate when I already had a pet deck weak to grave hate. When lands/dark depths started having solid finishes on scg I knew I had to have the deck.

[Will_L]

If you get pleasure out of having and owning the cards then keep on accumulating. I don't play legacy, or magic, that often but I own every staple and every deck except for Candles and some niche Legends stuff. It's fun to just have the cards and build decks.

If that isn't important to you then get every card for, like, 2 decks and play those decks.

[Tormod]

No one really needs 40 dual lands. I have a 21 dual lands, 16 blue duals, 5 non-blue. I can build most decks. 25 would probably be the ideal number.

No one really needs 40 fetches, I have 28, more than enough to build any deck.

[lordofthepit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_MLLVcxoc

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Also, there's some "trouble" with Magic: the Collectable that's not inherent to say Shandalar or Etherlords.

While you may acquire all cards available for Shandalar, Etherlords or for some discontinued CCG (even in playsets), there's no way how to do the same in real Magic. So, you'll decide to have the 40+40 and you'll even complete the cycle. What's next? Will you go after each staple? And if not, what was the point of acquiring the lands? Will you tap them in vain? Of course not, you want something to play. So you'll acquire the first set of staples. Guess what, that's not where you'll end.

Now another possibilities open in front of you, but are you sure you want to try them? The collectible aspect of game that the collectors love (surprise, surprise) might become unpleasant for a player if he becomes overwhelmed by the endless choices and by the constant need for updates. It's much more manageable to keep your hobby/collection under control if it's say five hundred cards than when it's five thousand... which is still more in the player's territory than collector's: consider the need for playsets, the need for sb cards, the need for playsets of sb cards, etc. (I guess that The Ultimate Canadian Thresh Package All-in-One that I'm planning to build is about the size of three to four hundred cards.) I know that many cards overlap and there's no need to have sixteen playsets of Grafdigger's Cage for each sb of each of your deck, but are you sure you want to have thousands of cards all over your place just becasue of the possibility you'd play some fringe deck in the future? Again, I'm talking from the perspective of a player, not a collector, and although I liked the collecting (because it opened new possibilities and brought me new decks), I disliked the managment, paperworks, homework, call it as you wish, that is inherent to the collecting. Then it takes just a small impuls and you start to view your collection whole lot differently.

I'm not here to discourage you, and if you really want to live your dream, simply purchase the cards and enjoy them, there's nothing simpler we may advice you. But what I really wished to warn you about (even though we're strangers from the internet, so weight my words as you like) is that this may easily turn into hobby having you instead of you having a hobby.

Not long ago I suddenly felt like if all the cards and decks I acquired throguh the first fifteen years of my MtG "carrier" were simply a burden, so I finally dismantled the "collection" - which in fact was just a random set of "player's proprieties", dissimilar to a usual "real" collection - and with every deck broken into pieces and sold for the parts, I felt like if another crust cracked and like if I washed away another ply of filth.
That's also part of the reason (maybe the only reason) why I was so voluminous in my previous post. There's nothing like a shower in public.


PS: If I'd go for the 40+40, I'd buy Unlimited duals.

[JPoJohnson]

I started by building my legacy deck a few years ago being Merfolk. It was the only deck I had and absolutely loved it. I played it for a while until I started to get into the format for serious and then I built several more decks. Since then I ended up building:

UWr Miracles
Merfolk
TES
UWR Midrange
Dredge
(Working on now): Solidarity

At this point I've found that I have access to most playstyles and in most meta I can adapt for the most part with various decks. Sure there are matchups that aren't great, but that's the way it is. I think "too much" really depends. I was ok with spending $90 a piece on Volcanic Islands since they went into 3 of those decks, but I'm not ok with spending $50+ on City of Traitors even though it would open up Show N' Tell, MUD and Painter. It's not the direction I want to go or the style of decks that I want to play.

So... I guess after a lot of talk about really nothing in the end, the short answer is that once you're happy with what you have and what you can do, any price can be "too much". For me, I got combo/control/midrange and I'm ok with the ability to switch it up if necessary or stick to my (now) pet deck of TES.
That, and the fact that most of my playing is casual versus competitive so building an EDH deck takes precedence and am willing to spend a little on that to build it compared to another legacy deck.

[Megadeus]

IF I had the money to own 40 duals/fetches, I would because I love brewing up random crap and would love to just bring something new every week (outside of when I feel like binging on loam because it is sweet). If I were a tourney grinder who cared about winning maybe my mindset would be different, but I mostly play this game because it is fun and Iliek the people associated with it. It's really what you want out of the game man. If you want to grind and win opens and such, then I say play 1 or 2 decks a bunch and get good at them. Me? Over the 2 years I have played the format I have played most major archetypes at least once and had fun doing it. I haven't won much, but I have enjoyed it and I dont see my enjoyment decreasing any time soon.

[Einherjer]

I had every real Legacydeck, but realized that I play Miracles only for two years, so I sold everything but UWR. So I only play UWR, I could build Patriot too, but this deck sucks anyways.

With the fortune I made by selling all those expensive stuff I can travel to every fucking event in the whole world for the next years. That's how I intend to spend the hobby-money. And I tell you: Travelling 4-6 times a year is way better than having all Legacydecks at home, trust me.

Greetings

[Dark Ritual]

The only reason I have 40 duals and 40 fetches is because I got them cheap 5 years back. If I were starting legacy today with nothing at all...no way would I attain 40 dual lands and 40 fetchlands. And realistically you don't need all 40 duals and fetches. Especially me. Fetches I use: Blue ones + verdant catacombs from time to time. Arid mesa, foothills, windswept heath, marsh flats...I haven't played those cards in years. I'm very likely downsizing my collection later this year as it's worth too much and I don't use 90% of it as I play just storm combo and nothing else nowadays and storm staples like LED and delta give you access to virtually every storm deck without needing nonsense like plateau or taiga.

When I came into this thread I'll be honest though, I thought this was going to be about how zendikar fetches are worth more than onslaught fetches now with the exception of delta and strand. Scalding tarn at $75. Sigh. Remember when I could pick that card up in droves for $10 same with the rest of the fetchlands the only two that I don't remember going that low were the original blue fetches from onslaught/strand and delta since decks that run those typically run 4 and back before enemy fetches were introduced so many legacy decks ran the full 8 blue fetchlands due to no other options now there are options at that slot.

[allek]

I came back to the game in 2006 after a 10 year break and started building my collection from scratch. By 2010 I had 40 fbb duals, 20 ONS foil fetches and all staples in the format, many of them foiled. My deck of choice was a pimped-out aggro loam which was a really good deck back then (miss it a lot). I sold almost everything and just kept the most critical staples and no foils. Used the money for a down payment on my apartment and to pay back to myself what I had spent on MTG.

After 2010, I kept on playing and started building my collection yet again, then sold it in 2013 when I got my first child. By that time, I had 40 UNL duals, all fetches and all staples again. Used the money to repay myself for my MTG expenses and pay some mortgages and start a savings account for my little girl. I kept my current pet deck GW Maverick (with 4 alpha Savannahs) and Reanimator (with 3 beta UG Seas) and again, a few staples but no other duals this time since I would have less time to play.

Repeating this pattern will be my strategy going forward. Build a collection mostly by trading and being business-savvy like buying two playsets of good cards, flip one for profit to pay for the playset I keep and make sure that my hobby and collection pay for itself. I do some mtgfinance but none of this "buy spiking cards"-shit, I just invest in the tier-1 cards of legacy, preferably by selling standard staples that always have such an inflated value.

All in all, I love this game and not only has it given me countless hours of fun but also a really side income to complement my day job. In response to all who worry this might be a bubble; don't worry, if you're smart than you can still come out on top. Be cautious, look for any signs and never buy into hype.

Most importantly though, keep track of all your purchases (excel or whatever) and try to separate your personal finances from your hobby. Ideally, when you have a collection and some momentum, you can easily stop investing new cash and just trade or buy/sell for whatever cards you want. This way, you aren't really taking any chances since your collection has paid for itself already. Should the market crash, you only lost the opportunity cost of doing something else with your money.

[Bed Decks Palyer]

What allek wrote is a reasonable advice!


Also:

I kept my current pet deck GW Maverick (with 4 alpha Savannahs) and Reanimator (with 3 beta UG Seas)
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[jandax]

There's a typical trend in this thread; a player enters the format for the first/umpteenth time, builds a collection (that, let's face it, usually just goes up in value) and then sells out when a critical life event happens (buying house, becoming a parent, etc.) they sell out and eventually start the aquisition of cards all over again. I had a collection that could build most decks in the format, then consolidated my collection into two pet decks and a small binder of cards to tune them and cashed out the rest (became a parent, priorities shifted)

OP: You should figure out where you are in this Magic life cycle and make smart decisions accordingly. The sky isn't falling, so barring any sort of major economic crysis, your money is relatively safe in Legacy cardboard. If you can afford to build a collection, do it but in a wise manner. Otherwise, figure out the deck or two that you love to play, build it and just draft or play sealed for rares to flip into Legacy cards. Your choice. It's not bad to hold onto a stack of real estate, jaces and goyfs. It's not bad to sell out for all but a pet deck or two. You just gotta figure out what your priority in life is for the next month/year or two.

[nedleeds]

"Never sell your cards."

- the Beta Fiend

[mishima_kazuya]

I like to have a full set of most staples (Duals, Forces, modern stuff) since I tend to abandon my pet decks once they lose tier 1 viability.

I sold some of my CounterTop stuff when UWgr Goyf/Firespout Counterbalance died, but I regret not reacquiring those cards now that Miracles is a viable choice.
On the other side of the coin, when Zoo stopped being tier 1 I was still able to jump into the Maverick bandwagon easily since a lot of the cards were transferable.

Although it also comes down to how competitive you are. Do you go to every SCG Open/Legacy GP you can and try your best to win them? Or do you just want to be able to play weekly events just to play Legacy? The former favors having a robust collection so that you can readily switch decks and the latter favors having just one deck that you enjoy playing.

[rockout]

I definitely feel the burden of having an extensive collection. I've thought of how to best get rid of it and become overwhelmed with the thought of selling it piece-wise and worded that if I bulk out, I'll lose probably 35-50% of the value. Granted, I bought everything for dirt cheap and won quite a bit of it, so losing 35-50% value now is still probably gaining like 300% times its original paid for value.

If you are trying to buy a home, like myself, sell it. Otherwise, at least for the next year because scg announced sunday legacy through 2014, legacy will continue to skyrocket.

[force_of_phil]

It's hard to tell when the price surges will end, when people will decide they aren't going to pay that much for a piece of cardboard. I never imagined my magic collection being worth more than my vehicle. I want to sell a lot of the stuff, but it keeps going up so I hold off. I can only imagine a lot of other players are in the same spot and that's what keeps the prices moving in that direction. When that sentiment shifts is when it will start falling apart.

[dahcmai]

I've played since the really early days when you could still buy packs of Alpha for less than the price of a current standard staple. I loved Vintage. Vintage eventually felt a little "too extreme". I really don't know how to put that into words. I'm more of a deck builder than a competitive player and the feel of trying to build new decks eventually got rougher and rougher in Vintage until it reached a boiling point of where you could only find a new card in a new set that made an old deck competitive again and even then it was only a slight rebuild of an old deck that got a new tool to make it worth playing. Being totally original was out of the question eventually. To be honest I blame the Mox prices and the printing of Mirrodin (creating the rise of Slaver and pushing Workshop decks back to the forefront) for really hurting that format more than anything else.


Legacy seems to have hit that point as well. Now don't think it's all doom and gloom. Legacy is at a great point right now with a ton of different playing options just like vintage was way back then. It's starting to have that feel of getting limited by deck building options though. Delver decks keep most new decks on their toes. It's so fast and resilient, you have to keep it in mind for anything you make now. Just like how we used to talk about how you always had to build a new deck with the phrase in mind "Can I beat a first turn Lacky?" There's too many of those variables now. Can I beat a second turn stoneforge? Can I beat this or that. We're locked into playing a certain way now just like Vintage became. There's options of course, but I don't like being limited like that. The severe form of rock, paper, scissors, mentality.

This convinced me to slow down quite a bit and stick to Modern.


Then there is the second reason for most people. Money. Sometimes your life just needs a bit more of it.



Between these two reasons, eventually people find a breaking point. You either move to Standard and Modern. Go casual EDH. Or see that cash pile and decide it's worth more to you as a down payment. I hear that last one a lot. Especially when people get married.

[Megadeus]

Legacy seems to have hit that point as well. Now don't think it's all doom and gloom. Legacy is at a great point right now with a ton of different playing options just like vintage was way back then. It's starting to have that feel of getting limited by deck building options though. Delver decks keep most new decks on their toes. It's so fast and resilient, you have to keep it in mind for anything you make now. Just like how we used to talk about how you always had to build a new deck with the phrase in mind "Can I beat a first turn Lacky?" There's too many of those variables now. Can I beat a second turn stoneforge? Can I beat this or that. We're locked into playing a certain way now just like Vintage became. There's options of course, but I don't like being limited like that. The severe form of rock, paper, scissors, mentality.


I see what you are saying here. It really does ring true. When I build a deck I have to make sure I can beat a delver, a stoneforge, a true name, a 20/20 marit Lage, a Show and Tell. It is a lot to deal with. One would say that this shows a lot of format diversity. The issue being that there are very few decks that actually can pass the test of being able to answer a majority of these without just packing super narrow answers into their deck. I may be getting off into a discussion that should be had elsewhere, but that is one issue that I see with the format. And the one card that allows decks to pack somewhat narrow answers and not care because they can shuffle those narrow cards away when they are dead?

[Philipp2293]

I'm in a weird spot - on the one hand I have nearly everything for every deck and close to finishing a set of FBB Duals. On the other hand I sold my Duals/Fetches/Forces/Wastelands in excess of playsets, mostly to my local playgroup so that it can grow, and I'm probably going to sell my foils too -> so I'm rather cutting down my collection.

But I put most of my cards to good use, since I brew a lot and play lots of casual magic, so I like to have my options. Working in the financial sector with a decent salary doesn't hurt either.

[Allcoin]

My roommate and I have come to the same discussion amongst our selves lately, I personally am more of a collector than I am a player, even though I started magic only a year and a half ago, I personally would like to round out a dual land set between he, I and a few of our other close friends that we play with. I do not make enough money on the other hand to buy staples that I would like to buy, such as more duals, finishing off my blue dual set, and working on blue fetches and other blue staples (fluster storms, misdirection.... A personal set of goyfs). I'm still working on coming to a personal conclusion to what I should do, but for now, I am starting to just try and achieve these goals through trading, packs, and drafting. I found chaos drafts are a fun way to attempt to get some small staples and binder filler, along with a terrible amount of foreign cards when English packs are out of stock. I don't know it I am entering the format at a bad time, or just making a mistake in buying in so hastily when I hardly understand the endgame and how to get there with a deck I hardly play.

For now, I just need 1 more tundra and I have my pet deck finished, then I can try to figure out where I should go from there.


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[from Cairo]

I have had one collection of staples - duals, fetches, etc - some dating back to the late 90s-early 00s. I took a break for college, kept my cards, came back to the game in Lorwyn. I have just picked up Legacy cards as they've been released since. I've considered cashing out a handful of times, but I enjoy the game and the cost of reentry always goes up. At this point I really only play one deck for major events, but it is nice to have the option to branch out at smaller events and is especially convenient to be able to loan large chunks of decks to friends.


The sky isn't falling, so barring [including] any sort of major economic crysis, your money is relatively safe in Legacy cardboard.