[Official] Bitching About Prices, Buyouts and Reprints Thread

[Blakroc]

Flagstones of Trokair just got bought out on TCG, price nearly tripled.

[Dice_Box]

This thread is depression in text form.

[Mr Miagi]

This thread is depression in text form.

Why? I find it the most entertaining thread on the forum, like I'm not even joking, really. I just sit back and laugh at the situation (whilst owning all the staples and to some degree looking at my value go up), becasue it's so bizzare it's already funny.

[Mr.C]

This thread is depression in text form.

Why? Cash money is good.

[Dice_Box]

Because it makes my hobby look like an unregulated stock market.

[Mr.C]

Because it makes my hobby look like an unregulated stock market.

It's been like that since, oh, 2009 or so. No news. I mean, you don't really have to own the cards, you know. My Magic playing experience has gotten substantially better after selling most of my stuff. I don't really care about prices these days. If people want to pay thirty bucks for mindslicer or two hundred for ugly-ass expeditions, by all means, more power to them!

Nobody *needs* to own Magic cards. When I went from "needing" cards for a deck to "eh, I'll pick it up eventually", it was great.

[Bed Decks Palyer]

Nobody *needs* to own Magic cards. When I went from "needing" cards for a deck to "eh, I'll pick it up eventually", it was great.

I guess you don't exactly play paper mtg, right?

[jrsthethird]

I can't play MTG every day (cashing out of MTGO via BFZ Foil Set redemption = money), but I can play MTG broker every day and it's fun as hell.

Doubling your money in a week's time on Boom // Bust is great. I wish I would've gotten on the Flagstones train but I missed it. It was right in front of my face.

[keys]

I have a lot of money invested in this game and I've seen significant gains as well but it's hard to not expect some kind of correction in the future. One major fuck up from WotC could erode confidence in the secondary market and send prices plummeting. That's a lot of responsibility in the hands of one company.

[MGB]

I can't play MTG every day (cashing out of MTGO via BFZ Foil Set redemption = money), but I can play MTG broker every day and it's fun as hell.

Doubling your money in a week's time on Boom // Bust is great. I wish I would've gotten on the Flagstones train but I missed it. It was right in front of my face.

Or getting in on the Eye of Ugin train? You could pick these up everywhere for $3-4 and foils for $8-9 prior to a month ago.

[jrsthethird]

I have a lot of money invested in this game and I've seen significant gains as well but it's hard to not expect some kind of correction in the future. One major fuck up from WotC could erode confidence in the secondary market and send prices plummeting. That's a lot of responsibility in the hands of one company.

But it's one responsibility they've been 100% steadfast on throughout the years.

Or getting in on the Eye of Ugin train? You could pick these up everywhere for $3-4 and foils for $8-9 prior to a month ago.

I missed that too. However, a few days ago I did find 3 copies from a collection that I stashed away and forgot about. They're gone already.

[Dice_Box]

I have a lot of money invested in this game and I've seen significant gains as well but it's hard to not expect some kind of correction in the future. One major fuck up from WotC could erode confidence in the secondary market and send prices plummeting. That's a lot of responsibility in the hands of one company.

Remember, it's their cash cow too. They are not going to fuck it if they can manage it.

[mini1337s]

Downgraded to Revised. The addict in me feels bad though.

[Dice_Box]

I will stick with Vintage as my overly stupid format of choice. 93/94 is a great idea, but fuck spending all that money on a format I will never play.

[jrsthethird]

So last night I did grab the last Flagstones that was on TCG for $14, lightly played. Just got a message from the seller and I logged in to see it. Completely expected him to balk on the sale, but instead he listed it as LP because it's signed and wanted to make sure that's ok. Totally fine.

#winning


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[Bed Decks Palyer]

I just bought one for similar price just in case anything. IDK what, tbh, moreover I lack Horizon Canopy as I was lazy to purchase it after I sold the Jap-set ones. Now I can suck my very own dick, otoh I won't be playing EDH until my coffin and there's nothing I'd plan to use the cards for, I simply wanted to have them coz reasons, so maybe I can die w/o them.
Shame the Burnillows, too. Same story like above. In fact I could have used them in some deck designed to crush my local uninterested-wife-and-nursery-babies metagame, but screw that too...

[ScottW]

Downgraded to Revised. The addict in me feels bad though.

I sold my Beta last week for $50...

[keys]

More white bordered jank $50+?

Vintage > 93/94. It's not even a contest.

[kingsey]

More white bordered jank $50+?

Vintage > 93/94. It's not even a contest.

Did you play back when Shivan dragon was the ultimate creature?
If not you may not appreciate the format for its nostalgia.

[jamesh]

93/94 is the Tiny Leaders of 2016.