I've built up a lot of modern staples and I'm unsure what I should do with them and I'm concerned with how much WOTC has been reprinting cards recently. Do any of you have some suggestions of what I should do? Are there specific cards that I should not sell? I'm thinking that I should not sell my expeditions and promos, but is there anything else I shouldn't sell? Or should I not be selling anything at all?
I'm in no urgent need of money, so I can wait, but I don't know if I should.
I've built up a lot of modern staples and I'm unsure what I should do with them and I'm concerned with how much WOTC has been reprinting cards recently.
This is a fair concern, and not an uncommon situation. Let me say a few general comments, before getting to specifics:
1) Welcome to MTGS!
2) I am not a fan of keeping Modern cards. Over the last three years, I have been systematically purging my collection of Modern staples.
3) BUT. There's always a "but".
4) Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for the deckbox link. It really helps us give better advice, since we can see the actual cards that you're talking about.
So. Should you ditch your Modern staples? The short answer is yes but. Long answer is no except. I have several guidelines for stuff to hold, and stuff to pitch.
1) If it's in a deck, keep it. Should go without saying, but often it doesn't. If you're playing the card, then the card is a good thing for you to have. Doesn't matter if it's going to be reprinted soon, you'll want to keep it.
2) Real estate is king. No matter what the deck you're going to be playing, it needs some sort of manabase (unless you're playing manaless Dredge, in which case I don't even know). You have plenty of Shocks and Fetches which are the backbone of Modern. I would never go below a playset of those. It gives you so much more flexibility to build and rebuild.
3) Shiny happy promos holding hands. You are right that Expeditions and SDCC promos are worth keeping. You've got, what, 4 Expos and the black Nissa? As much as I want to say "Oh, just sell them to me," you should keep them for the time being.
Here are some specific bits of advice, from the list. If I call out a card that's in a deck, ignore my advice in favor of keeping the deck together.
Horizon Canopy is being reprinted in Iconic Masters as a rare. That price is going to drop. Sell now. 'Goyf is at a critical point. It's at its lowest point in years, so either WOTC will give it a break and let it recover, or they'll decide that it's now cheap enough that they can reprint it more aggressively to drop it down to a $25 card. Pick which one you believe will happen. Noble Hierarch is in pretty high demand now. I would sell her unless you plan to use her - she's a shoo-in for a reprint soon, and probably at rare again which should drop (but not crater) her price. Snapcaster Mage is a card for which I made an exception to my rule. I'm keeping a playset, just in case. It's just so useful to have in case I want to audible into another deck (I currently play Affinity). Chandra Torch has taken her beatings from the SDCC promo printing and is in Standard for another year. You've got time on this one. Hold for now.
Note: When I say "sell", I'm using that as shorthand for "exchange this card for resources of your choosing". That could be cash, store credit (not advised), other cards via trading, whatever.
Second note: Eventually, you will want to sell the Expeditions and the Nissa, simply because if you sit on them forever, you might as well just have a basic land instead. Sell those when someone makes you a good enough offer for them. They'll sluggishly rise in price year after year, but in order to actually profit, you've got to sell them. You seem like someone who doesn't care about having shiny stuff, so there's no reason for you to hold them forever.
Third note: Feel free to reply with further questions, or PM me for any detailed explanation of anything that I've said.
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Thanks a lot for the advice, it was very detailed. Ya so I'll definitely be keeping the promos for now, and I'm selling the canopy. I'm still on the fence about if I should sell(trade/sell) my lands or not, but I'm definitely going to be trading away alot of my nonland cards
Thanks a lot for the advice, it was very detailed. Ya so I'll definitely be keeping the promos for now, and I'm selling the canopy. I'm still on the fence about if I should sell(trade/sell) my lands or not, but I'm definitely going to be trading away alot of my nonland cards
Which lands are on the fence? I can get even more detailed, if you want. What are you thinking about selling, and do you have a goal in mind (for example, getting into Legacy) that you figure you'll need to use these lands to achieve?
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I'm in no urgent need of money, so I can wait, but I don't know if I should.
Heres my inventory, I have two decks built and they're included in this inventory, but most of it is unused: https://deckbox.org/sets/1734570?s=i&o=d
This is a fair concern, and not an uncommon situation. Let me say a few general comments, before getting to specifics:
1) Welcome to MTGS!
2) I am not a fan of keeping Modern cards. Over the last three years, I have been systematically purging my collection of Modern staples.
3) BUT. There's always a "but".
4) Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for the deckbox link. It really helps us give better advice, since we can see the actual cards that you're talking about.
So. Should you ditch your Modern staples? The short answer is yes but. Long answer is no except. I have several guidelines for stuff to hold, and stuff to pitch.
1) If it's in a deck, keep it. Should go without saying, but often it doesn't. If you're playing the card, then the card is a good thing for you to have. Doesn't matter if it's going to be reprinted soon, you'll want to keep it.
2) Real estate is king. No matter what the deck you're going to be playing, it needs some sort of manabase (unless you're playing manaless Dredge, in which case I don't even know). You have plenty of Shocks and Fetches which are the backbone of Modern. I would never go below a playset of those. It gives you so much more flexibility to build and rebuild.
3) Shiny happy promos holding hands. You are right that Expeditions and SDCC promos are worth keeping. You've got, what, 4 Expos and the black Nissa? As much as I want to say "Oh, just sell them to me," you should keep them for the time being.
Here are some specific bits of advice, from the list. If I call out a card that's in a deck, ignore my advice in favor of keeping the deck together.
Horizon Canopy is being reprinted in Iconic Masters as a rare. That price is going to drop. Sell now.
'Goyf is at a critical point. It's at its lowest point in years, so either WOTC will give it a break and let it recover, or they'll decide that it's now cheap enough that they can reprint it more aggressively to drop it down to a $25 card. Pick which one you believe will happen.
Noble Hierarch is in pretty high demand now. I would sell her unless you plan to use her - she's a shoo-in for a reprint soon, and probably at rare again which should drop (but not crater) her price.
Snapcaster Mage is a card for which I made an exception to my rule. I'm keeping a playset, just in case. It's just so useful to have in case I want to audible into another deck (I currently play Affinity).
Chandra Torch has taken her beatings from the SDCC promo printing and is in Standard for another year. You've got time on this one. Hold for now.
Note: When I say "sell", I'm using that as shorthand for "exchange this card for resources of your choosing". That could be cash, store credit (not advised), other cards via trading, whatever.
Second note: Eventually, you will want to sell the Expeditions and the Nissa, simply because if you sit on them forever, you might as well just have a basic land instead. Sell those when someone makes you a good enough offer for them. They'll sluggishly rise in price year after year, but in order to actually profit, you've got to sell them. You seem like someone who doesn't care about having shiny stuff, so there's no reason for you to hold them forever.
Third note: Feel free to reply with further questions, or PM me for any detailed explanation of anything that I've said.
Which lands are on the fence? I can get even more detailed, if you want. What are you thinking about selling, and do you have a goal in mind (for example, getting into Legacy) that you figure you'll need to use these lands to achieve?