Comments on: Rags to Riches: Final Edition

By: Mister Rogers

Mister Rogers — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 03:22:50 +0000

Time to trade up that force of will for a promo foil.

By: Mr. Stone

Mr. Stone — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:30:17 +0000

And You Did It!

By: Wikkin

Wikkin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:52:49 +0000

Make sure you know what you’re looking for and the value of what you have. It’s very easy to give away too much for little return.

By: moerutora

moerutora — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:09:31 +0000

This was such a great accomplishment. Thank you for completing it. Now only 3 more foils to go =p

By: Plejades

Plejades — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:49:45 +0000

@TheGreenKnight: Glad you liked it. It is always a mix of both methods; I usually try to arbitrage if possible as that allows me to use my tickets again immediately but that is of course not always possible. Usually, at this stage of your collection you are better of with arbitrage then with long term investments. I sometimes also deliberately choose not to sell immediately even though it would be possible because I know I can get more with little patience.
Frankly there are many more things one can account for and use to make money on MTGO but many of them only start working efficiently with more capital invested. I am planning to share my thoughts about this in a future projects. Thanks for reading,

Plejades

By: TheGreenKnight

TheGreenKnight — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:18:10 +0000

Very instructive series, thanks a lot! I had a quick question on this last update…what roughly was the time span covered in this last article? I ask because I’m curious if throughout the series most of the gains were made on longer-term deals where you bought cards that then went up in value, or if more were the sort of arbitrage you mentioned here where you find underpriced cards and turn them around quickly. Thanks!

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:06:49 +0000

Congrats on finishing the series! And muchos gracias, i learned so much from this!