I got to buy a mint (it's in a white box and everything) FTV:20 at $40 because I'm buds with the shopkeeper.
So... what am I supposed to do with it? Keep it with me for a couple years then try to sell it off ebay? I play mostly Standard because that's the only format everyone else plays around here, so I don't have a need for any of the cards in the box.
Open it and sell the pieces at or near the lowest for a NM copy on TCG or eBay and you should sell it pretty quickly and get the most money in total.
The Jace alone is worth $80 or more and at least 3 of the others should get you ~$10 (all before fees of course.). You may even be able to sell the open box on eBay for a few more bucks separately.
I'd say it's worth at least 2.5 times or more it's msrp right now sealed. If you put it up on eBay for ~$110 sealed for buy it now it'll probably sell in 1 to 5 days. If you put it up for auction it should get you ~$100 to ~$130.
Edit: As for long term value? I'd venture to say that the cards opened or sealed are pretty much at rock bottom of where they are going to fall to or very near it. I've been monitoring the prices every few days at least since July presales and they appear to have settled at a minimum value. If people are looking to get these now is the time to pick them up. Honestly? Id guess that this set with all of the good stuff in it could be worth as much as double what its worth now in 10 months. A conservative estimate , IMO, is that sealed sets should be going for $150+ in 10 months.
Buylist it quite easily for triple that to some major retailer who will gladly take it off your hands. Or trade the pieces off individually at a major event.
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Open it and sell the pieces at or near the lowest for a NM copy on TCG or eBay and you should sell it pretty quickly and get the most money in total.
The Jace alone is worth $80 or more and at least 3 of the others should get you ~$10 (all before fees of course.). You may even be able to sell the open box on eBay for a few more bucks separately.
I'd say it's worth at least 2.5 times or more it's msrp right now sealed. If you put it up on eBay for ~$110 sealed for buy it now it'll probably sell in 1 to 5 days. If you put it up for auction it should get you ~$100 to ~$130.
Edit: As for long term value? I'd venture to say that the cards opened or sealed are pretty much at rock bottom of where they are going to fall to or very near it. I've been monitoring the prices every few days at least since July presales and they appear to have settled at a minimum value. If people are looking to get these now is the time to pick them up. Honestly? Id guess that this set with all of the good stuff in it could be worth as much as double what its worth now in 10 months. A conservative estimate , IMO, is that sealed sets should be going for $150+ in 10 months.
I agree totally that it's rock bottom now. Given that Jace is the best planeswalker that has ever and most likely will ever be printed, eventually the ftv jace will recover to the 150 usd price tag. All the other good stuff like dynamo, gilded lotus and fact or fiction are edh staples and very easily sellable. Stp, hymn, venser etc with new art are very desirable. I see the box going back up to 200 in a couple of months easily.
I got to buy a mint (it's in a white box and everything) FTV:20 at $40 because I'm buds with the shopkeeper.
So... what am I supposed to do with it? Keep it with me for a couple years then try to sell it off ebay? I play mostly Standard because that's the only format everyone else plays around here, so I don't have a need for any of the cards in the box.
borderline bragging... you could just say I got a FTV 20 and not mention the price...
So... what am I supposed to do with it? Keep it with me for a couple years then try to sell it off ebay? I play mostly Standard because that's the only format everyone else plays around here, so I don't have a need for any of the cards in the box.
The Jace alone is worth $80 or more and at least 3 of the others should get you ~$10 (all before fees of course.). You may even be able to sell the open box on eBay for a few more bucks separately.
I'd say it's worth at least 2.5 times or more it's msrp right now sealed. If you put it up on eBay for ~$110 sealed for buy it now it'll probably sell in 1 to 5 days. If you put it up for auction it should get you ~$100 to ~$130.
Edit: As for long term value? I'd venture to say that the cards opened or sealed are pretty much at rock bottom of where they are going to fall to or very near it. I've been monitoring the prices every few days at least since July presales and they appear to have settled at a minimum value. If people are looking to get these now is the time to pick them up. Honestly? Id guess that this set with all of the good stuff in it could be worth as much as double what its worth now in 10 months. A conservative estimate , IMO, is that sealed sets should be going for $150+ in 10 months.
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Considering sealed sets are going on ebay for 120-140 cash, that's an insane deal IMO.
I don't think the set really has that much potential to go up since only one card is unique (Foil Hymn). I'd take 160 credit all day for that set.
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I agree totally that it's rock bottom now. Given that Jace is the best planeswalker that has ever and most likely will ever be printed, eventually the ftv jace will recover to the 150 usd price tag. All the other good stuff like dynamo, gilded lotus and fact or fiction are edh staples and very easily sellable. Stp, hymn, venser etc with new art are very desirable. I see the box going back up to 200 in a couple of months easily.
borderline bragging... you could just say I got a FTV 20 and not mention the price...
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