I bought cases and cases of unhinged @ $23 a box. They got delivered on a pallet. This was when unhinged lands were about $1 each and the foil basics were around $6. You were guaranteed 2 foil lands in a box, sometimes you got 3. That purchase is literally putting my kids through college.
The variance is huge. And the thing is, with what looks like a gem of a box, with the most valuable mythics possible, I'm still only got about $100 in profit, and that's when adding teh sell price of stores, so in actually I'm below that. And that will probably fall as the card prices fall. Cut the foil fetch and I'd be about even. (I got only one inquisition a no path at uncommon.) About even, even with the two best mythics.
Yeah, that is what the good boxes were like. One box someone opened had basically Goblin Guide, Voice of Resurgence, Craterhoof Behemoth, and then tons of RtR and low value rares. Not even a single fetch. Thankfully, his second box sort of made up for it by getting three out of five fetch lands, Damnation, and Snapcaster Mage. I don't honestly remember the rest of it, but there was a Thragtusk. I just don't feel the box should be 240 msrp, especially now that my store owner has said the distributor is getting another wave of boxes in, so it sounds like the rumors of a very big print run may be true.
Who the hell pays MSRP for ANYTHING? Nobody should pay $240 (and frankly who is?) for a box. MSRP is "recommended", this box was $170 a month ago, and only demand pushed it higher. AKA idiots trying to speculate.
I really hope newbs aren't trying to make money by buying a box or two. That simply doesn't work. Even if you got in at $170 a box. This is from a guy who has made his fortune on magic. You aren't going to win trying to make $30 on each box.
While I don't agree that Gold Border violates the spirit, whatever the bs that is (after all, they have already printed RL cards in Gold Border in the past).
The gold bordered versions were printed before the cards were on the RL. The last Gold bordered cards were printed in 2005 (of the 2004 champ decks).
Might buy a fatpack, but I'll probably just try to buy some land packs on ebay.
The land packs are selling for $24 by themselves.
Surely no one is buying at that price. For only about $10 more you get 9 booster packs, a card box, player's guide and spindown die. The land packs by themselves would need to be $8 or less for the Fat Pack to not be the better buy.
Every listing on ebay sold at a buy is now of $24. There was like 8 of them. Sold out almost instantly.
Who the hell pays MSRP for ANYTHING? Nobody should pay $240 (and frankly who is?) for a box. MSRP is "recommended", this box was $170 a month ago, and only demand pushed it higher. AKA idiots trying to speculate.
The gold bordered versions were printed before the cards were on the RL. The last Gold bordered cards were printed in 2005 (of the 2004 champ decks).
LGS are also hurting themselves by charging $60 for a product widely available at target and wal mart though.
Don't you have a wal-mart where you wouldn't have to pay shipping?
Every listing on ebay sold at a buy is now of $24. There was like 8 of them. Sold out almost instantly.
The land packs are selling for $24 by themselves.
Forked bolt x2 $4
It that Betrays $9
Avenger of Zendikar $4
Primal Command $6
That's 5 of the cards, boss
Primal Command isn't a highlight? You serious, Clark? And It that Betrays?!