An end of a treasure

[sdematt]

Alphas are about 2.8-3. When I was trying to find buyer's for Koby, most people were offering 2-2.2.

-Matt

[Wereodile]

Ya, it found a better home. Myself, have found an actual home. #mortgage :(

I envy you for having a mortgage as I sit in my oven apartment.

Have you asked the new owner to devluge the contents *if* they even plan on opening it?

[Squirrel]

Still a better love story than twilight.

[sdematt]

I'm pretty sure a dead calf rotting in the sun is better than Twilight.

-Matt

[Picc]

I'm pretty sure a dead calf rotting in the sun is better than Twilight.

-Matt

QFT, and dont even get me started on 50 shades of Edward Gray

[ESG]

Money is money, sure, but a starter deck filled with twenties would not be nearly as interesting. Treasure it is.

[xfxf]

After watching the guy opening a Berserk, Underground Sea and Time Walk from a Beta starter on YouTube I'd feel pretty terrible with anything less than that so I think it's a very good decision to part ways with that old friend :)

Are there any experts here who can tell us what your EV is opening a Beta starter?

[Koby]

After watching the guy opening a Berserk, Underground Sea and Time Walk from a Beta starter on YouTube I'd feel pretty terrible with anything less than that so I think it's a very good decision to part ways with that old friend :)

Are there any experts here who can tell us what your EV is opening a Beta starter?

I did the calculation myself:
22 rares I care about (10 duals, power 9 + time vault, Fastbond, Mana Vault)
117 rares total

2 chances at a rare, so 2*22/117 = 37.6% to open up a card I want.
Plus a whole brick of lands, and some goodie uncommons: StP, Hyppie, Serra Angel, Demonic Tutor, Sol Ring, etc

In the end, I'd rather not open it and be disappointed, and found someone who wanted to buy it. (I'm not doing to discuss the trade, so don't ask).

[aahz]

I thought that the alpha/beta starters weren't completely random. There were only certain combinations of rares that came together based on their placement on the rare sheet (though incidentally Black Lotus and Ancestral could come out of the same starter). Not sure where I heard that though, so I could be wrong. But if it's true, it certainly changes that math (probably in a bad way, though if you luck out it's extra super-mega-awesome).

[thulnanth]

I thought that the alpha/beta starters weren't completely random. There were only certain combinations of rares that came together based on their placement on the rare sheet (though incidentally Black Lotus and Ancestral could come out of the same starter). Not sure where I heard that though, so I could be wrong. But if it's true, it certainly changes that math (probably in a bad way, though if you luck out it's extra super-mega-awesome).

Black Lotus and Mox Emerald, actually .

Koby - don't forget that print sheets are 11x11=121; the remaining 4 "rares" were Island. Your odds were worse than you thought .

Take it easy,
Jared

[dontbiteitholmes]

Beta Starters are around $900(I think?) because Power nine and Dual lands are(might) in there. You could always rip open Laces for your rares...

LOL. An unsearched Beta booster pack is worth $1000+.

[sdematt]

I didn't think the packs themselves had crept up to 1k a piece. IIRC the boxes are still roughly 15-18.

But yeah, if 50 Shades is based off of Twilight, I figure Twilight is like the exponential function. 50 Shades is a derivative of Twilight, but the derivative of garbage is still garbage, so there we go.

-Matt

[dahcmai]

I totally understand selling off something like that. As much as I loved my old vintage collection, it was collecting dust. Moxes upon moxes weren't doing me any good at all. A house built from cards definitely did. I am glad I sold them off now. I like my house much more than expensive dust collectors. It's painful, but worth having a good place of your own.