With this weeks announcement, Arena is being pushed to the forefront, rendering the old platform useless. Youre pretty much up a creek with no paddle
I don't understand, Wizards is just going to render the entire MTGO economy useless? Aren't people going to try and scoop up sets to redeem for IRL cards?
Surely they have a transition plan in place, or else it's going to be chaos on the secondary market.
I was just curious what are the best options people have to sell their MTGO collection for Cash?
I've been looking around but all the big traders from what I've seen do not appear to be buying collections for $ anymore.
Any advice?
And does anyone know why the change? I've sold online cards for money before, I'm caught off guard by this change.
-Doug
I also tried to sell my online collection, but was told about major competitive changes, including a tremendous investment on the Arena platform, which caused a lot of people to panic-sell their MTGO collections. Dealers are dealing with a massive influx. Coincidentally, I just wanted to sell my collection cuz I really need some money right now. So the timing could *not* be any worse for me personally.
Yes, its not about MTGO being dead. Its about a few things.
1. Arena has been VERY popular.
2. CFB released an article that has had some questionable claims brought up.
3. It scared everyone into panic selling, crashed the market, and dropped prices considerably.
Now would be about the single worst time you could sell out of MTGO.
I don't understand, Wizards is just going to render the entire MTGO economy useless? Aren't people going to try and scoop up sets to redeem for IRL cards?
Surely they have a transition plan in place, or else it's going to be chaos on the secondary market.
At the end of the day, Hasbro is going to do whatever they feel like they can safely get away with. If they feel like they stand to make exponentially more money through corporate sponsorship by making Magic an "esport" by way of Arena (which is a fair assumption by my estimation) then they'll leave everyone else "holding the check". This is exactly why i never invested a single cent into MTGO. In just a few days the economy has already caved in on itself. One would expect that if there was a plan in place to compensate people as your concern suggests, it would have been mentioned in the press release to ease the minds of the masses affected and eliminate the panic that would ensue.
For those being affected, I hope it finds a way to work out positively for you in the end, but I wouldnt hold my breath.
Now would be about the single worst time you could sell out of MTGO.
And also one of the best times to get into since MTGO will be going nowhere. Arena cannot support anything else besides Standard in it's current form. Modern alone is 15 years worth of cards and let's not even go into Legacy/Vintage. Modern is still one of the if not the most popular format in the game and only MTGO can support it.
A few weeks ago I was watching on youtube that some guy spent 20,000 dollars on Magic Online Cards. I feel that wizards is responsible for keeping the site active and has value since it was wizards who pushed Magic Online.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
A few weeks ago I was watching on youtube that some guy spent 20,000 dollars on Magic Online Cards. I feel that wizards is responsible for keeping the site active and has value since it was wizards who pushed Magic Online.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
I highly doubt it, its not Wizards that sets the price on cards. Who are you going to sue? MTGO Traders?
A few weeks ago I was watching on youtube that some guy spent 20,000 dollars on Magic Online Cards. I feel that wizards is responsible for keeping the site active and has value since it was wizards who pushed Magic Online.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
I highly doubt it, its not Wizards that sets the price on cards. Who are you going to sue? MTGO Traders?
Not true. Wizards set the price of cards based on 'virtual' booster packs sold and mislead people into thinking that Magic Online would be the future of magic. And they failed by adding a newer system and Online don't have the support it originally have. Yeah, there's a law suit here. All because Wizards is looking into playing the micro transaction game.
A few weeks ago I was watching on youtube that some guy spent 20,000 dollars on Magic Online Cards. I feel that wizards is responsible for keeping the site active and has value since it was wizards who pushed Magic Online.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
I highly doubt it, its not Wizards that sets the price on cards. Who are you going to sue? MTGO Traders?
Not true. Wizards set the price of cards based on 'virtual' booster packs sold and mislead people into thinking that Magic Online would be the future of magic. And they failed by adding a newer system and Online don't have the support it originally have. Yeah, there's a law suit here. All because Wizards is looking into playing the micro transaction game.
Read your user agreement.
WotC could just delete MTGO and everything on it and you couldn't sue them or do anything about it.
A few weeks ago I was watching on youtube that some guy spent 20,000 dollars on Magic Online Cards. I feel that wizards is responsible for keeping the site active and has value since it was wizards who pushed Magic Online.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
I highly doubt it, its not Wizards that sets the price on cards. Who are you going to sue? MTGO Traders?
Not true. Wizards set the price of cards based on 'virtual' booster packs sold and mislead people into thinking that Magic Online would be the future of magic. And they failed by adding a newer system and Online don't have the support it originally have. Yeah, there's a law suit here. All because Wizards is looking into playing the micro transaction game.
Read your user agreement.
WotC could just delete MTGO and everything on it and you couldn't sue them or do anything about it.
Which would be a great way to destroy any trust people have in their product.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
The Meaning of Life: "M-hmm. Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Whether its blue players countering your spells, red players burning you out, or combo, if you have a problem with an aspect of Magic's gameplay, you can fix it!
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
I was just curious what are the best options people have to sell their MTGO collection for Cash?
I've been looking around but all the big traders from what I've seen do not appear to be buying collections for $ anymore.
Any advice?
And does anyone know why the change? I've sold online cards for money before, I'm caught off guard by this change.
-Doug
I don't understand, Wizards is just going to render the entire MTGO economy useless? Aren't people going to try and scoop up sets to redeem for IRL cards?
Surely they have a transition plan in place, or else it's going to be chaos on the secondary market.
I also tried to sell my online collection, but was told about major competitive changes, including a tremendous investment on the Arena platform, which caused a lot of people to panic-sell their MTGO collections. Dealers are dealing with a massive influx. Coincidentally, I just wanted to sell my collection cuz I really need some money right now. So the timing could *not* be any worse for me personally.
1. Arena has been VERY popular.
2. CFB released an article that has had some questionable claims brought up.
3. It scared everyone into panic selling, crashed the market, and dropped prices considerably.
Now would be about the single worst time you could sell out of MTGO.
Spirits
For those being affected, I hope it finds a way to work out positively for you in the end, but I wouldnt hold my breath.
And also one of the best times to get into since MTGO will be going nowhere. Arena cannot support anything else besides Standard in it's current form. Modern alone is 15 years worth of cards and let's not even go into Legacy/Vintage. Modern is still one of the if not the most popular format in the game and only MTGO can support it.
I think wizards should do 1 of 2 things.
1, allow players to merge their Magic Online cards to Arena.
2, Buy back all the cards based on the market cost.
To tell you the truth with all this micro transactions happening, I feel that this is a good example for not buying into micro translations. That one day the money you put in becomes worthless. And Magic Online cards are not cheap.
I also feel that Magic Online players has a lawsuit.
I highly doubt it, its not Wizards that sets the price on cards. Who are you going to sue? MTGO Traders?
Spirits
Not true. Wizards set the price of cards based on 'virtual' booster packs sold and mislead people into thinking that Magic Online would be the future of magic. And they failed by adding a newer system and Online don't have the support it originally have. Yeah, there's a law suit here. All because Wizards is looking into playing the micro transaction game.
Read your user agreement.
WotC could just delete MTGO and everything on it and you couldn't sue them or do anything about it.
Deal with it.
Which would be a great way to destroy any trust people have in their product.
Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!