It took 4 weeks for me to build up the points, and another 3 weeks for someone to agree to send, but this weekend I finalized a deal to receive a judge foil Force of Will! It will be the 11th largest transaction in Puca history. It would have taken me considerably longer to go the ebay route.
Force of Will and Nomad Stadium - I see you are building the classic Counter-Nomad deck. Spend life to cast Force, get it back with Stadium!
My experience has also been that the big or rare cards do arrive, but it takes some time. For rarer cards, I suggest making sure you have marked your account settings to receive from other countries with reputable mail systems. Also make a note in your profile if you are willing to accept certain other languages, or reduced prices for non-NM conditions.
I finally gave up on a Revised Tropical Island. I had three people message me, and they all wanted to create a bidding war for the card. Basically, they all said that they had a Trop ready to go, but asked what I would give them for it.
It took 4 weeks for me to build up the points, and another 3 weeks for someone to agree to send, but this weekend I finalized a deal to receive a judge foil Force of Will! It will be the 11th largest transaction in Puca history. It would have taken me considerably longer to go the ebay route.
Force of Will and Nomad Stadium - I see you are building the classic Counter-Nomad deck. Spend life to cast Force, get it back with Stadium!
My experience has also been that the big or rare cards do arrive, but it takes some time. For rarer cards, I suggest making sure you have marked your account settings to receive from other countries with reputable mail systems. Also make a note in your profile if you are willing to accept certain other languages, or reduced prices for non-NM conditions.
Ha-ha! Now my secret is out and soon everyone will be copying it. Shoot, guess I don't need that Force of Will now. Into the trash can it goes...
The Nomad Stadium is going in my Darien, King of Kjeldor deck. Ping myself for 1, creating a 1/1 soldier. Basically another City of Brass, but with potential upside with the life gain, not to mention a foil Stadium is 1/5 the price of the cheapest non-foil mint City of Brass, which goes for $2.75 from the Modern Event Deck.
I was only set up to receive from the US and Canada at the time, but was considering expanding that if it went on much longer (although 3 weeks isn't that bad of a wait for an $800 card). But in my profile I definitely stipulated mint only, but it's absolutely important to state a willingness/unwillingness to accept less than NrMint (or alternate languages).
As an experiment I added Dack Fayden to my have list to see how many people were asking for one. To my disappointment there are 12 people who want this card and not one dropped off in two days. Damnation didn't appear to be wanted by anyone else.
Occasionally I see higher value cards being traded for points on here, but in general it seems like a lot of lower value items. I'm worried that people don't seem to trade any of the higher end stuff in exchange for points so basically I just threw away money (in the form of cards) for worthless points.
I mean I'm sure I can use them to get some of my lesser wants, various promos, and new cards from new sets, but I was really hoping to use this site to clear out my inventory and get the cube staples I was lacking. I'm not sure Pucatrade is going to meet my expectations.
I've put up a bunch of semi-high-value cards, and I haven't had a single hit on any of them except for a couple Serra Sanctums. I had up a foil vindicate, a flusterstorm, a damnation, a sliver queen, a couple of the SDCC planeswalkers, a beta Icy Manipulator, and a few other cards like that. I can't tell if I'm just slow to the draw (I only check a few times a day, rather than having a script or something constantly refreshing the page for me), but every time I've looked, nobody has been interested. I think I'm just too slow on the draw, but I'm also probably amongst a billion other people who are all looking to convert a bunch of bulk points into dual lands, so the the competition is tough. I've taken some of my cards down to trade locally instead.
It took 4 weeks for me to build up the points, and another 3 weeks for someone to agree to send, but this weekend I finalized a deal to receive a judge foil Force of Will! It will be the 11th largest transaction in Puca history. It would have taken me considerably longer to go the ebay route.
Make that #12. Someone just agreed to send me a Beta Savannah. And I was just complaining yesterday here about it. Will be #3 on the highest pucatrade sends to date. Now let's just hope it's actually English and in NM condition.
I was very very surprised that someone agreed to send a card this amount without any communication. There are some people on here who have done extremely high dollar trades -- did you have communication with your sender? I just don't usually expect to find these NM, so I'm surprised. If it is, awesome. If it's not, then we'll have to figure something out I guess.
It took 4 weeks for me to build up the points, and another 3 weeks for someone to agree to send, but this weekend I finalized a deal to receive a judge foil Force of Will! It will be the 11th largest transaction in Puca history. It would have taken me considerably longer to go the ebay route.
Make that #12. Someone just agreed to send me a Beta Savannah. And I was just complaining yesterday here about it. Will be #3 on the highest pucatrade sends to date. Now let's just hope it's actually English and in NM condition.
I was very very surprised that someone agreed to send a card this amount with any communication. There are some people on here who have done extremely high dollar trades -- did you have communication with your sender? I just don't usually expect to find these NM, so I'm surprised. If it is, awesome. If it's not, then we'll have to figure something out I guess.
DAMN YOU!
J/K of course. Congrats on getting your card! When I first had the points back on 3/28, my 80,000 point FOW would have been 8th. When I signed up to Puca the first week of March, it would have been 7th, but the Black Lotus exchange bumped me down a notch. Since then a couple of moxes bumped me out of Top 10 in the last 3 weeks. Oh well, still the highest value FOW.
Yes, I did have communication with my sender. He emailed me through Puca. The sender is an actual B&M store, claims to have gotten the card from a judge directly, and that it's never been played. I have no reason to doubt him, so I suspect maybe he had a hard time moving an ~$800 card in his shop. He wanted to insure it, and asked I take care of the $11 insurance, which I agreed to. I also stated in my profile that I'd be willing to pay a bounty on the card, so without him even mentioning it, or asking for one, I offered a $14 bounty above the $800 value, which with shipping/insurance brought the total price I paid to 82,500 ($825). But yes, I'm surprised your sender didn't reach out to you first! Puca has the card listed at $1262 currently! Who sends that without establishing contact first? Maybe he was spooked some other sender might beat him to you first.
As an experiment I added Dack Fayden to my have list to see how many people were asking for one. To my disappointment there are 12 people who want this card and not one dropped off in two days. Damnation didn't appear to be wanted by anyone else.
Occasionally I see higher value cards being traded for points on here, but in general it seems like a lot of lower value items. I'm worried that people don't seem to trade any of the higher end stuff in exchange for points so basically I just threw away money (in the form of cards) for worthless points.
I mean I'm sure I can use them to get some of my lesser wants, various promos, and new cards from new sets, but I was really hoping to use this site to clear out my inventory and get the cube staples I was lacking. I'm not sure Pucatrade is going to meet my expectations.
I've put up a bunch of semi-high-value cards, and I haven't had a single hit on any of them except for a couple Serra Sanctums. I had up a foil vindicate, a flusterstorm, a damnation, a sliver queen, a couple of the SDCC planeswalkers, a beta Icy Manipulator, and a few other cards like that. I can't tell if I'm just slow to the draw (I only check a few times a day, rather than having a script or something constantly refreshing the page for me), but every time I've looked, nobody has been interested. I think I'm just too slow on the draw, but I'm also probably amongst a billion other people who are all looking to convert a bunch of bulk points into dual lands, so the the competition is tough. I've taken some of my cards down to trade locally instead.
You might just be slow on the draw. Don't give up, I moved 2 Flusterstorms within the past month at values similar to what they are now (~$66), and also a foil one for ~$93. I also got rid of several other mid-level cards (foil Land Tax $69, Karn $46, FTV Grove $35), so just be patient if you can. I was checking puca every 5-10 minutes though for awhile, but just in the evenings when I was sitting around watching TV.
Anyone know how to contact the admins concerning missing cards from the database? I really want them to add the DTK alternate art Intro deck dragons, promo dragon's breath game Foe-Razer Regent and gameday Thunderbreak Regent so I can burn my points on them!
It may take a few days to establish market prices for these cards. The only just entered circulation two days ago. I would expect them by Wednesday.
Also, they tend to respond to Tweets - at least they did 6 months ago when I asked about card release dates.
Well the full art Thunderbreak just came out but the prerelease promo Foe-Razer and intro deck dragons have been out since the set release! Though the intro deck dragons are borderline-impossible to find at any store.
Are there peak hours in terms of people posting needs? I can't seem to match up any of my haves. My friend who uses this likens the site to ebay inasmuch as If you find a card someone needs, and don't click on it, it'll get sniped by someone else.
Are there peak hours in terms of people posting needs? I can't seem to match up any of my haves. My friend who uses this likens the site to ebay inasmuch as If you find a card someone needs, and don't click on it, it'll get sniped by someone else.
Late afternoon is often a good time. People get home from work/school and open their mail. They mark cards and received, and suddenly they have PucaPoints, so their own Wants pop up.
Friday night and Saturday morning are also good for me. People come back from FNM wanting a fourth copy of a card they played that night, or wanting to build a deck they saw or played against. I like to sit a laptop near me in the house throughout the weekend, and usually get a couple decent value trades out of that.
Some people are really delusional on this site, I just told this guy who wanted more points for his card because it was "signed" that most people would only take it at a discount, not a premium and it really set him off. I didn't even offer on the thing, I just didn't want it...here is what he wrote:
I am pissed because this is supposed to be the entire point of PucaTrade. It's not a store! It's not a vendor! It's not about the monetary resale value or profit margin, it's entirely about the trade value! You are trading with another person, a human being who PLAYS this game for fun and profit, not a business entity focused on liquidating cards.
This is, flat out, the best possible format for trading signed cards. I can get that you're nitpicky, and some people are anal about the classifications without even looking at the damn card, but this land is PRISTINE. It is NOT played in any way, which is extraordinary considering how old and popular it is among casual and combo players. It's why I got it signed, so a collector or hardcore player could get the best possible form of this land without it being like everyone else's, or having to break the bank for a foil. *Signed cards are valuable.*
I can get that you wouldn't want one, for personal or financial reasons. But don't you DARE tell me it's worth less than a regular. That's like saying foils are worth less because they can warp and become competitively unplayable over time. While that is true, in a very anal perfectionist sense, that does not in any way mean that the Judge Promo Force of Will should only be $70. It's insane. You're just trying to rip off everyone who isn't a Spike like you.
So go. See how long it takes you to get a regular one of these on this site. I've got a long list of people who have wanted one, and still don't have one because they didn't want a signed one. I'm fine if it's just a personal thing, but no, do not dare to assume that people who like signed cards are in the minority. They are just so rare, they preclude standardized pricing, which is why I am asking here, where you can name a price. But no vendor I have ever heard, even the ones who don't like signed cards, put so low a grade upon them as you have.
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Some people are really delusional on this site, I just told this guy who wanted more points for his card because it was "signed" that most people would only take it at a discount, not a premium and it really set him off. I didn't even offer on the thing, I just didn't want it...here is what he wrote:
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He's probably just annoyed to be turned down for the card again. He'll find someone who wants it I'm sure. I have no problem with most signed cards, because I am more a player than a collector.
Smile, move on, there are other traders out there.
Anyone notice that Collected Company continues to be #2 on the Trend page? I haven't seen a top Standard deck running the card - is this Modern or casual hype?
Some people are really delusional on this site, I just told this guy who wanted more points for his card because it was "signed" that most people would only take it at a discount, not a premium and it really set him off. I didn't even offer on the thing, I just didn't want it...here is what he wrote:
I am pissed because this is supposed to be the entire point of PucaTrade. It's not a store! It's not a vendor! It's not about the monetary resale value or profit margin, it's entirely about the trade value! You are trading with another person, a human being who PLAYS this game for fun and profit, not a business entity focused on liquidating cards.
This is, flat out, the best possible format for trading signed cards. I can get that you're nitpicky, and some people are anal about the classifications without even looking at the damn card, but this land is PRISTINE. It is NOT played in any way, which is extraordinary considering how old and popular it is among casual and combo players. It's why I got it signed, so a collector or hardcore player could get the best possible form of this land without it being like everyone else's, or having to break the bank for a foil. *Signed cards are valuable.*
I can get that you wouldn't want one, for personal or financial reasons. But don't you DARE tell me it's worth less than a regular. That's like saying foils are worth less because they can warp and become competitively unplayable over time. While that is true, in a very anal perfectionist sense, that does not in any way mean that the Judge Promo Force of Will should only be $70. It's insane. You're just trying to rip off everyone who isn't a Spike like you.
So go. See how long it takes you to get a regular one of these on this site. I've got a long list of people who have wanted one, and still don't have one because they didn't want a signed one. I'm fine if it's just a personal thing, but no, do not dare to assume that people who like signed cards are in the minority. They are just so rare, they preclude standardized pricing, which is why I am asking here, where you can name a price. But no vendor I have ever heard, even the ones who don't like signed cards, put so low a grade upon them as you have.
Yeah...I'd probably block him and move on. That's about the best outcome of the situation.
I saved up enough points on puca to afford a mana drain. I was just curious if anyone else had picked one of these up off puca recently and, if so, how long it took for someone to fulfill?
I saved up enough points on puca to afford a mana drain. I was just curious if anyone else had picked one of these up off puca recently and, if so, how long it took for someone to fulfill?
I saved up enough points on puca to afford a mana drain. I was just curious if anyone else had picked one of these up off puca recently and, if so, how long it took for someone to fulfill?
Thanks!
I picked on up a couple months ago (Jan-Feb was mine). It took about a week and a guy contacted me asking if I wanted a beat up copy for about 70% the current price. It was actually in pretty good shape, and for 14000 points it felt like a great deal. It's been creeping up since then though and I've found that old cards are hard enough to track down, but much harder when there's an upward trajectory.
I'm pretty sure I'm never going to pick up Dack Fayden. The want list has gone from 12 to 17 people and it has been over a week. Nobody seems to be willing to let the card go. On the other hand, Pucatrade was great for picking up more recent cube staples Tasigur and Soulfire Grand Master. Also was able to pick up an Opposition. So, not all bad I guess.
Never say never. I mean, I've gotten a ton of foil stuff I didn't think people would send me.. but...:smileup:
Now if someone would just send me a foil snapcaster or a judge feast and famine... those I've been waiting for a while.
I am pretty thrilled, by the end of March I had enough points to get the three dual lands I was looking for and it looks like by the middle of May I'll have scored a Scrubland, a Bayou, and a Savannah, which finishes my legacy deck. All from the random stuff in my binder that I couldn't trade locally and really had no use for. With the floating points and the few trades I get now (I basically only have a handful of cards to trade left), I should be fine at scoring some stuff from Modern Masters or maybe new fetchlands in the fall if they are printed. I still am thrilled to have gotten the remaining cards for my deck. I never thought I'd be able to justify buying dual lands or things like Sensei's Diving Tops...I just am unwilling to spend so much cash on a card in most cases, though I had plenty of cards I'd bought for old EDH decks that had appreciated in value greatly.
I'm pretty sure I'm never going to pick up Dack Fayden. The want list has gone from 12 to 17 people and it has been over a week. Nobody seems to be willing to let the card go. On the other hand, Pucatrade was great for picking up more recent cube staples Tasigur and Soulfire Grand Master. Also was able to pick up an Opposition. So, not all bad I guess.
I got a Dack through pucatrade a week or so ago. I think it helped that I put "[Dack]" in my nickname to attract attention and indicated in my profile that I was open to negotiate on condition (The copy I got was well within what I consider NM range, with some tiny pock-marks that are basically impossible to see from inside the sleeve).
Force of Will and Nomad Stadium - I see you are building the classic Counter-Nomad deck. Spend life to cast Force, get it back with Stadium!
My experience has also been that the big or rare cards do arrive, but it takes some time. For rarer cards, I suggest making sure you have marked your account settings to receive from other countries with reputable mail systems. Also make a note in your profile if you are willing to accept certain other languages, or reduced prices for non-NM conditions.
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Ha-ha! Now my secret is out and soon everyone will be copying it. Shoot, guess I don't need that Force of Will now. Into the trash can it goes...
The Nomad Stadium is going in my Darien, King of Kjeldor deck. Ping myself for 1, creating a 1/1 soldier. Basically another City of Brass, but with potential upside with the life gain, not to mention a foil Stadium is 1/5 the price of the cheapest non-foil mint City of Brass, which goes for $2.75 from the Modern Event Deck.
I was only set up to receive from the US and Canada at the time, but was considering expanding that if it went on much longer (although 3 weeks isn't that bad of a wait for an $800 card). But in my profile I definitely stipulated mint only, but it's absolutely important to state a willingness/unwillingness to accept less than NrMint (or alternate languages).
I've put up a bunch of semi-high-value cards, and I haven't had a single hit on any of them except for a couple Serra Sanctums. I had up a foil vindicate, a flusterstorm, a damnation, a sliver queen, a couple of the SDCC planeswalkers, a beta Icy Manipulator, and a few other cards like that. I can't tell if I'm just slow to the draw (I only check a few times a day, rather than having a script or something constantly refreshing the page for me), but every time I've looked, nobody has been interested. I think I'm just too slow on the draw, but I'm also probably amongst a billion other people who are all looking to convert a bunch of bulk points into dual lands, so the the competition is tough. I've taken some of my cards down to trade locally instead.
Make that #12. Someone just agreed to send me a Beta Savannah. And I was just complaining yesterday here about it. Will be #3 on the highest pucatrade sends to date. Now let's just hope it's actually English and in NM condition.
I was very very surprised that someone agreed to send a card this amount without any communication. There are some people on here who have done extremely high dollar trades -- did you have communication with your sender? I just don't usually expect to find these NM, so I'm surprised. If it is, awesome. If it's not, then we'll have to figure something out I guess.
DAMN YOU!
J/K of course. Congrats on getting your card! When I first had the points back on 3/28, my 80,000 point FOW would have been 8th. When I signed up to Puca the first week of March, it would have been 7th, but the Black Lotus exchange bumped me down a notch. Since then a couple of moxes bumped me out of Top 10 in the last 3 weeks. Oh well, still the highest value FOW.
Yes, I did have communication with my sender. He emailed me through Puca. The sender is an actual B&M store, claims to have gotten the card from a judge directly, and that it's never been played. I have no reason to doubt him, so I suspect maybe he had a hard time moving an ~$800 card in his shop. He wanted to insure it, and asked I take care of the $11 insurance, which I agreed to. I also stated in my profile that I'd be willing to pay a bounty on the card, so without him even mentioning it, or asking for one, I offered a $14 bounty above the $800 value, which with shipping/insurance brought the total price I paid to 82,500 ($825). But yes, I'm surprised your sender didn't reach out to you first! Puca has the card listed at $1262 currently! Who sends that without establishing contact first? Maybe he was spooked some other sender might beat him to you first.
You might just be slow on the draw. Don't give up, I moved 2 Flusterstorms within the past month at values similar to what they are now (~$66), and also a foil one for ~$93. I also got rid of several other mid-level cards (foil Land Tax $69, Karn $46, FTV Grove $35), so just be patient if you can. I was checking puca every 5-10 minutes though for awhile, but just in the evenings when I was sitting around watching TV.
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Other than that, I'd say hit the blue question mark on the bottom right hand corner of just about any Puca page.
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Also, they tend to respond to Tweets - at least they did 6 months ago when I asked about card release dates.
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Well the full art Thunderbreak just came out but the prerelease promo Foe-Razer and intro deck dragons have been out since the set release! Though the intro deck dragons are borderline-impossible to find at any store.
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Late afternoon is often a good time. People get home from work/school and open their mail. They mark cards and received, and suddenly they have PucaPoints, so their own Wants pop up.
Friday night and Saturday morning are also good for me. People come back from FNM wanting a fourth copy of a card they played that night, or wanting to build a deck they saw or played against. I like to sit a laptop near me in the house throughout the weekend, and usually get a couple decent value trades out of that.
Check out Odds//Ends - My articles on Quirky Cards and Oddball Builds
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I am pissed because this is supposed to be the entire point of PucaTrade. It's not a store! It's not a vendor! It's not about the monetary resale value or profit margin, it's entirely about the trade value! You are trading with another person, a human being who PLAYS this game for fun and profit, not a business entity focused on liquidating cards.
This is, flat out, the best possible format for trading signed cards. I can get that you're nitpicky, and some people are anal about the classifications without even looking at the damn card, but this land is PRISTINE. It is NOT played in any way, which is extraordinary considering how old and popular it is among casual and combo players. It's why I got it signed, so a collector or hardcore player could get the best possible form of this land without it being like everyone else's, or having to break the bank for a foil. *Signed cards are valuable.*
I can get that you wouldn't want one, for personal or financial reasons. But don't you DARE tell me it's worth less than a regular. That's like saying foils are worth less because they can warp and become competitively unplayable over time. While that is true, in a very anal perfectionist sense, that does not in any way mean that the Judge Promo Force of Will should only be $70. It's insane. You're just trying to rip off everyone who isn't a Spike like you.
So go. See how long it takes you to get a regular one of these on this site. I've got a long list of people who have wanted one, and still don't have one because they didn't want a signed one. I'm fine if it's just a personal thing, but no, do not dare to assume that people who like signed cards are in the minority. They are just so rare, they preclude standardized pricing, which is why I am asking here, where you can name a price. But no vendor I have ever heard, even the ones who don't like signed cards, put so low a grade upon them as you have.
He's probably just annoyed to be turned down for the card again. He'll find someone who wants it I'm sure. I have no problem with most signed cards, because I am more a player than a collector.
Smile, move on, there are other traders out there.
Anyone notice that Collected Company continues to be #2 on the Trend page? I haven't seen a top Standard deck running the card - is this Modern or casual hype?
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Yeah...I'd probably block him and move on. That's about the best outcome of the situation.
Thanks!
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Never say never. I mean, I've gotten a ton of foil stuff I didn't think people would send me.. but...:smileup:
Now if someone would just send me a foil snapcaster or a judge feast and famine... those I've been waiting for a while.
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I got a Dack through pucatrade a week or so ago. I think it helped that I put "[Dack]" in my nickname to attract attention and indicated in my profile that I was open to negotiate on condition (The copy I got was well within what I consider NM range, with some tiny pock-marks that are basically impossible to see from inside the sleeve).