My father recently gave me his old magic collection of mostly fourth edition cards. I don't have much experience with mtg. If anyone who knows what they are looking at could just skim over these pictures and tell if anything stands out that would be awesome. Sorry for the low picture quality, if you need the higher res version of any picture just let me know.
The cards in the first picture are the ones worth a decent bit. Swords to Plowshares, Urza Lands and the rack are the only ones I recognized that were worth a couple dollars. There's a few 1 dollar cards like Triskelion.
If you go to starcitygames and sort by 4th edition it will list all the 4th edition cards and their prices. You won't get that price selling them but it will give you an idea of what ones are worth more. http://www.starcitygames.com/catalog/category/1009?&start=0
Thanks for the help! Do you think it's worth it to buy the missing 4th edition cards to have a complete set? Most of the cards are in good condition because my father said he did not have many friends to play the game with.
Fellwar Stone, Lightning Bolt and Pyroblast are also in the $2-4 range.
I never got the appeal of getting complete sets in Magic: the Gathering. I mean sure, it's kind of neat from a collecting perspective, but Magic formats aren't played by expansion so it's not like doing that will give you all the tools for any format.
If you want to keep the cards to play with and have also have a nostalgic memento, I'd sleeve up some of them and make an "Old School Cube." You can look up how Cube works, but basically players draft until they have 45 cards, then build a deck from them. It could be a fun thing to bring out for a rainy day, or host a little Magic night with friends.
Another fun way for 2 players to draft a cube, maybe for your father and you, is Solomon draft. Basically, one player flips over 5-10 cards (depending on the variant rules), and splits them into 2 piles, and the other player chooses which of those piles to keep, giving the other to the divider. And then you switch roles, until everyone has enough cards to build a deck. It's an interesting little psychological sort of game.
For a lot older collections, near-mint basic lands will often hold more value than most of the commons.
Of the cards that aren't in your first image and which haven't been mentioned, Ankh of Mishra, Zombie Master and Mana Flare stood out as cards you could probably sell above bulk prices.
What do you mean, alternative 4th Edition?
If you're talking Summer Edition, you're holding a fortune, whatever cards are in it...
If it's metely the second printing, then never mind.
My father recently gave me his old magic collection of mostly fourth edition cards. I don't have much experience with mtg. If anyone who knows what they are looking at could just skim over these pictures and tell if anything stands out that would be awesome. Sorry for the low picture quality, if you need the higher res version of any picture just let me know.
Any help is awesome! Thanks!
Pictures:
https://imgur.com/gallery/AEoVZMM
If you go to starcitygames and sort by 4th edition it will list all the 4th edition cards and their prices. You won't get that price selling them but it will give you an idea of what ones are worth more.
http://www.starcitygames.com/catalog/category/1009?&start=0
http://mtg.dawnglare.com/?p=viz&s=4ED
I recently found out that these cards are alternative forth edition, not normal forth edition. Does that hurt or help the value?
I never got the appeal of getting complete sets in Magic: the Gathering. I mean sure, it's kind of neat from a collecting perspective, but Magic formats aren't played by expansion so it's not like doing that will give you all the tools for any format.
If you want to keep the cards to play with and have also have a nostalgic memento, I'd sleeve up some of them and make an "Old School Cube." You can look up how Cube works, but basically players draft until they have 45 cards, then build a deck from them. It could be a fun thing to bring out for a rainy day, or host a little Magic night with friends.
Another fun way for 2 players to draft a cube, maybe for your father and you, is Solomon draft. Basically, one player flips over 5-10 cards (depending on the variant rules), and splits them into 2 piles, and the other player chooses which of those piles to keep, giving the other to the divider. And then you switch roles, until everyone has enough cards to build a deck. It's an interesting little psychological sort of game.
Corrupt Control B | Burn R | UG Turbofog UG | White Weenie W | GW Tethmos WG | BG Cycling Combo BG
Enchantress GBW | Colorless Tron C | Red Deck Wins R | UG Madness UG | Mono-G Tron G | UR Puzzlehorns UR
Rhystic Tron WU| WU Prowess WU | BR Reanimator BR | Mono-R Control R | Stompy G | Temur Tron URG
Mardu Infinite Priest WBR | 85-Card Dredge BRG | Elves GU | Boros Bully RW | Jeskai Familiars RWU
Of the cards that aren't in your first image and which haven't been mentioned, Ankh of Mishra, Zombie Master and Mana Flare stood out as cards you could probably sell above bulk prices.
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Fourth_Edition/Alternate
Some cards can be worth a bit more from this printing.
@origamiboyy: What makes you say they are alternate 4th?