Comments on: Rags to Riches: Week Twelve

By: maarten

maarten — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:15:54 +0000

back in the days (1998) or so I once got a arabian nights near mint juzam djinn for 320 laces (the laces were a cycle of 1 mana cards to change the color of a card, often called worst rares ever (at that time)

I was getting laces left and right, as it was known I was the crazy guy collecting laces. i thought i had a few at 300+. Until i got the mail from some guy (after I advertised them)

“Great, this will really help!’ He apperently had 937 laces at that time and offered the Juzam I was looking for. Of course in those days, it included a few alpha, beta and unlimited laces.

By: james

james — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:24:38 +0000

some cards have value in high amounts. really bad cards like Chimney Imp or Tome Scour, or staple commons like Lightning Bolt or Brainstorm have a market of people collecting them.

By: Neros

Neros — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:52:24 +0000

I’m curious do you have a method of what commons you do decide to pick form the freebots or do you pick randomly?

I usually just pick one ofs so I know the bots I sell them too will be more likely to buy them. Just reading your articles makes me want to play MTGO and do more trading.

By: ReinaldoVrins

ReinaldoVrins — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:37:33 +0000

Relentless Rats might pick up in value once you have 20+ of them.

By: rainin6

rainin6 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:23:09 +0000

can’t believe this started out with just a new acct!

i know a lot of buddies who drive their accounts into nothingness fueled partly by losing in events but also because they are not savvy/decent/patient trader. this should be an inspiration to those guys (which i’ll link to here)

can you smell the foily FOW? i can =) it’s close!

By: juggernaut1002

juggernaut1002 — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:29:02 +0000

I like the breakdown of tix to rares/mythics. Are you going to become more liquid for the scars release, or are you looking to hold onto the rares/mythics you have in hopes they increase once rotation occurs?

I’m about the opposite to you at them moment (2:1 tix to rares) and looking forward to the rotation.

Another question – Terastodon, Thada Adel and Blade of the Bloodchief are all Zen block cards that have increased from bulk 0.1 tix prices to 0.5 or 1 tix. Do you see any other bulk cards worth speculating on? Splinter Twin has been kicked around for comboing with the Myr, but I’m not sure if any others will.

By: Plejades

Plejades — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:39:13 +0000

Hello Arthur,

while this strategy might work if you have tons of tickets to trade with I do not have the option to manipulate markets. I rather not do that in general even if I do have tix – sometimes I buy 15 or so of the same card if I see it cheap or believe that it will go up but usually I just try to find good deals.
In our case it’s a lot of speculation but educated guesses that mostly turn out well.