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Looks like we have a genuine bubble at this point. Modern isn't even officially a paper format and people are speculating on it. I'm going to laugh when WotC decides to keep it online only and everything comes crashing down.
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They announced Modern was now a sanctioned format. They interrupted SCG Seattle to announce it. It was a big deal. I'm not sure if they were referring to online or paper, though. Anyone at SCG Seattle remember that?
-Matt
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Hi,
what do you guys think is a fair price for an
Asian blackbordered NM+ Sylvan Library
Its from 1996, so I guess its 4th edition? Not sure about that.
Thanks in advance!
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Magiccardsmarket has black bordered German NM at 18€, English from around 23-27€, so Asian should be like 40€-50€. Maybe even way more.
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Shizzow
Hi,
what do you guys think is a fair price for an
Asian blackbordered NM+ Sylvan Library
Its from 1996, so I guess its 4th edition? Not sure about that.
Thanks in advance!
Depends whether its chinese/japanese or korean.
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Julian23
Magiccardsmarket has black bordered German NM at 18€, English from around 23-27€, so Asian should be like 40€-50€. Maybe even way more.
Only Korean is worth more than english legends. Japanese is around same as english and chinese is maybe even less than german.
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dsck
Depends whether its chinese/japanese or korean.
Only Korean is worth more than english legends. Japanese is around same as english and chinese is maybe even less than german.
I don't collect foreign cards, so I may very well be wrong, but I was under the impression that FBB cards from core sets were worth significantly less than original English cards from old sets (Beta, Antiquities, Arabian Nights, Legends, etc.).
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@dsck: yeah, you're right. I didn't realize those black bordered cards were of course from Legends.
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sdematt
They announced Modern was now a sanctioned format. They interrupted SCG Seattle to announce it. It was a big deal. I'm not sure if they were referring to online or paper, though. Anyone at SCG Seattle remember that?
-Matt
Online initially, but paper too at some indeterminate point - Forsythe announced it at the Comicon panel.
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Thanks for your help so far. To specify the question, here is a link with a photo of the card. I really dont know whether its Korean, Japanese or Chinese.
http://www.mtg-forum.de/index.php?s=...dpost&p=732719
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Shizzow
Requires registering to see pictures :(
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Looks different from Koreann and Japanese. So Chinese or something? I don't know...
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It's 4th edition BB so it can't be japanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Edi..._The_Gathering)), Korean is much thinner and less... busy? I also believe korean cards had thick lettering for 4th edition. (search up a korean StP)
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It's definitely Chinese Fourth. I have some of them lying around here.
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Nessaja
Incorrect, Japanese BB fourth does exist.
I've opened starter boxes of them and sold a few Sylvan Libraries, Bolts, Ball Lightnings, etc.
As to the picture, definitely Chinese.
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It's Chinese, I've had a couple of each at one time or another and know a few people who can read them. The spacing on the letters is the giveaway to me.
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As mentioned yesterday, Woodfall Primus has indeed jumped recently for being popular in EDH, and I notice Volrath Stronghold has, too, at now close to 20$. Generally prices are down during the summer, but I've shopped around in the last 4-5 weeks (well-known and less known sites, eBay, some brick&mortar stores) and it doesn't seem to be the case this time around. Sure I nabbed a few things here and there, but nothing really striking. No playsets of Monoliths for 50$ and sets of Grindstones for 45$ like last summer.
Could it be because of the excellent timing of EDH precons, coming out right before the summer? Or I'm I completely mistaken and you guys did witness a drop in prices?
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majikal
Looks like we have a genuine bubble at this point. Modern isn't even officially a paper format and people are speculating on it. I'm going to laugh when WotC decides to keep it online only and everything comes crashing down.
I agree here, for several reasons, at least with respect to the shocklands. I've already commented tangentially about this previously, but I thought I'd spell out my logic:
1) Shocklands will almost certainly be reprinted (since the ability to reprint them is the whole reason Modern exists and appeals to anyone at all). Moreover, it will be reprinted at rare rather than mythics (Rosewater has explicitly stated that "utility cards... [such as] cycles of dual lands" will not be mythics).
2) Shocklands will have lower overall demand than standard-legal fetchlands such as Zendikar fetches during their time in Standard. This is because both will see play in Standard, EDH, Cube, etc. (probably comparable). Since Fetchlands see more play than even the original dual lands in Eternal formats, I am almost certain that Fetchlands will see more play than shocklands in Modern/Extended for similar reasons. And of course, shocklands will not see play in Vintage/Legacy.
3) Shocklands will have greater supply than standard-legal fetchlands such as Zendikar fetches during their time in Standard. This is because the Zendikar fetches were the original enemy fetchlands, whereas Shocklands will be a reprint adding to an already large existing supply of shocklands from Ravnica.
4) The Zendikar fetchlands could easily be bought for $8-10 during their time in Standard, after the initial preorder hype. I think this is an upper bound for shocklands when they become reprinted for Modern/Standard after initial price stabilization. The fact that shocklands are going for 2-3x the upper bound at this point, even before Modern has officially become a paper format, strongly indicates to me that this is a bubble.
If for some reason, prices continued to stay above the upper bound I predict despite a reprint, it's probably because of "price memory/stickiness/inertia", which has caused cards like Imperial Recruiter, Loyal Retainers, Strategic Planning, Survival of the Fittest, etc. to remain at higher prices despite outliving their usefulness. I don't believe this would apply to something that would be printed on the scale of shocklands though.
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sdematt
They announced Modern was now a sanctioned format. They interrupted SCG Seattle to announce it. It was a big deal. I'm not sure if they were referring to online or paper, though. Anyone at SCG Seattle remember that?
-Matt
The StarCityGames crew announced that at SCG Seattle. SCG isn't an official source, but I believe the initial announcement from Wizards representatives was made at Comicon, which had been going on the day before. I'm wondering if anyone went to that Comicon.
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Lord, were you at SCG Seattle? I was the guy wearing the shirt and tie :)
-Matt
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sdematt
Lord, were you at SCG Seattle? I was the guy wearing the shirt and tie :)
-Matt
I was at Seattle; unfortunately, I don't think I saw you. :frown:
