[Single card discussion] Cursed Scroll

[Shtriga]

back in tempest block constructed, cursed scroll was the chasiest of the chase-rares, and an auto include in most of the decks around (it was pretty much the jitte or tarmogoyf of rath cycle). it was one of the first few cards (as I was a young noobish 13 yo beginner at the time) that I saw soar over the 20$ mark

since then though, the card has seen less and less play, to the point where it's not used at all (or almost). however I was rather surprised to see that, for a card that is used so little, it still packs a 14$ price tag. I mean, dark confidant is a heavily used card over several formats, and it lost 1/3rd of it price when it rotated out of T2, and was never as expensive as that. jitte is like 10$ and it's overall a better card than scroll is, and still sees a good deal of play

many other tempest cards that were worth big bucks back then have devalued a whole lot. cards like tradewind rider, reflecting pool, living death... and that are seeing just as much use as the scroll, are like 4$ rares nowadays. so it can't just be on antiquity and card availability

so, why do you think the scroll is still worth so much?

[frogboy]

Scroll retained it's value for a lot longer than other cards that sank because it was an Extended staple until that format rotated.

[TheLion]

dark confidant is a heavily used card over several formats, and it lost 1/3rd of it price when it rotated out of T2


hm, i can't see that loss of value. He was worth 7-8 EUR at T2 times, and now he is still worth around 6 EUR.

Speaking of Cursed Scroll: Here in Europe it's less worth than a Jitte. And I don't know where you got the 14$, but even MOTL (http://www.magictraders.com/pricelists/current-magic) says, it's only worth ~5$.

[Shtriga]

in here bob was worth 10€, and its 7 now. so roughly 1/3 :) at least locally. I was trying to get mine at the time

and I got the 14$ from cardkingdom, maybe not the best place but still. I still have 3 scrolls but no one else does so I don't know their value here, but on a couple portuguese websites they're 12.50€

@frogboy: that's a very plausible reason, I had a long hiatus before it rotated so I wouldn't know. thanks!

[Mooglar]

I live in minnesota and they wary about 12 - 17 US Dollars...

it's a good card and gets around pesky stuff like standstill but i agree they shouldnt be worth that much

i have my 2 that i got at 17 a long time ago and theyve retained their value here so its not to bad, and beside the point that ive never seen anyone have 1 except a couple of people so theyre obv hard to find outside of the internet

[Arsenal]

Agreed, this card doesn't get serious, competitive play in any format; I do not understand why it's still so expensive.

It's a casual lovers dream card, but $10-15 each? No thanks. It should be $6-8 maximum.

[Nightmare]

Discussion on why a card costs what it does, doesn't really belong here. In fact, i'm not sure where it does belong, but I know this isn't the place.