Made a discovery the other day that's left me a little perplexed. Back in the day, I bought a box each original Ravnica set with the intention of drafting at some point. That never happened, so they're still sitting sealed in the basement. I happened upon some pricelist recently and saw that an unopened box of Rav is selling at around $700. What's confusing me is that the box EV (according to DawnGlare) is around $200. Is it really just the physical act of cracking the box and packs that the market values at $500, or are there some other economics at play?
A quick check on eBay shows unopened box sell about $600.
If you want to sell them, list them on eBay or AZ late November through December. Ravnica set is about to come out and will boost the popularity of Ravnica in general (and consequently the demand for older Ravnica product). And of course, Christmas.
Made a discovery the other day that's left me a little perplexed. Back in the day, I bought a box each original Ravnica set with the intention of drafting at some point. That never happened, so they're still sitting sealed in the basement. I happened upon some pricelist recently and saw that an unopened box of Rav is selling at around $700. What's confusing me is that the box EV (according to DawnGlare) is around $200. Is it really just the physical act of cracking the box and packs that the market values at $500, or are there some other economics at play?
There are collectors of sealed product who just want to have a sealed box of every set (where they keep that, I don't know - boxes are large). Ravnica block was VERY popular back in the day, and it was from before the playerbase explosion. So, it sold well (not too many boxes left in the shops) and there weren't many printed (relative to the current number of players). That makes them rare and valuable.
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Neat, I wondered if it was specific box collectors. So, if all I care about is drafting, sounds like it'd be more cost effective to just buy a complete set of Rav and make a cube than open my box.
You mentioned the player base explosion. I think I've heard of that before; do you know about when it happened and how significant it was?
Neat, I wondered if it was specific box collectors. So, if all I care about is drafting, sounds like it'd be more cost effective to just buy a complete set of Rav and make a cube than open my box.
You mentioned the player base explosion. I think I've heard of that before; do you know about when it happened and how significant it was?
You are correct. Ravnica cubes are pretty popular, and some folks mix both blocks. I imagine that people will mix all three blocks starting in the fall. Personally, I'd keep the "packs" together with the correct sets so that you can actually have the experience of drafting RAV-GPT-DIS, which was a ton of fun. If you just introduce everything in all packs, then you're looking at more of Gold Masters draft.
As far as the playerbase explosion, that's generally credited to Zendikar (the time period, not necessarily the set [although the set was pretty awesome]). MTG had a four or five year run of approximately 25% annual growth. So, boxes of ROE and before are what you want if you're a sealed box collector.
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If you want to sell them, list them on eBay or AZ late November through December. Ravnica set is about to come out and will boost the popularity of Ravnica in general (and consequently the demand for older Ravnica product). And of course, Christmas.
There are collectors of sealed product who just want to have a sealed box of every set (where they keep that, I don't know - boxes are large). Ravnica block was VERY popular back in the day, and it was from before the playerbase explosion. So, it sold well (not too many boxes left in the shops) and there weren't many printed (relative to the current number of players). That makes them rare and valuable.
You mentioned the player base explosion. I think I've heard of that before; do you know about when it happened and how significant it was?
As far as the playerbase explosion, that's generally credited to Zendikar (the time period, not necessarily the set [although the set was pretty awesome]). MTG had a four or five year run of approximately 25% annual growth. So, boxes of ROE and before are what you want if you're a sealed box collector.