I recently saw a Mana Crypt going for $50, when magiccards.info puts it at more like $80. Rather than buy it on the spot I decided to come home and check out ebay and some other online stores, but found there are more printings than I knew of. I think I understand what's going on, but I was hoping some of you fine gentlemen and ladies could confirm this for me.
This is what I think: the Spanish printing is the only one in white border and sells for about $40-$50, while the other European ones are black border and sell for a bit more. Most importantly, there is only one English printing, which is black border and worth about $80 (+/- $10).
Do I have that right? Assuming this is English and NM, should I grab this Mana Crypt for $50?
The English version is more like $60 at the moment. So $50 is still a good price, and it's basically just going up - the judge promo is limited enough that it shouldn't impact the price. If you need one, I'd take that deal.
I second that as well. As EDH gets more popular and more people are getting their decks worked on eventually they realize that Crypt is the next card to get. Once you have that it's time for Duals I guess.
I got mine for $50 a couple months ago and feel that they've been sitting right about that much on ebay since.
From what I have heard, sometimes stores get a hold of HUGE quantities of them... Like, discovering an unopened cache that was collecting dust in some store's back room. I've been told that when they were sent to stores, they were sent in stacks the size of bricks.
Maybe the store you saw the super nice price at found a brick of Crypts and can afford to offload them at such a price.
From what I have heard, sometimes stores get a hold of HUGE quantities of them... Like, discovering an unopened cache that was collecting dust in some store's back room. I've been told that when they were sent to stores, they were sent in stacks the size of bricks.
Maybe the store you saw the super nice price at found a brick of Crypts and can afford to offload them at such a price.
They were in 55-card bricks. They used to pop up on ebay once in a while. That was when Crypt was $10.
Yeah, I'd grab it. CardKingdom had a NM one up for $52.95 a few weeks ago and I snapped it up. I feel good about it. Seems they retail at $70-80 and ebay at $55-75 these days, and they're rising (see here). Get 'em while you can.
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This is what I think: the Spanish printing is the only one in white border and sells for about $40-$50, while the other European ones are black border and sell for a bit more. Most importantly, there is only one English printing, which is black border and worth about $80 (+/- $10).
Do I have that right? Assuming this is English and NM, should I grab this Mana Crypt for $50?
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I got mine for $50 a couple months ago and feel that they've been sitting right about that much on ebay since.
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Maybe the store you saw the super nice price at found a brick of Crypts and can afford to offload them at such a price.
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They were in 55-card bricks. They used to pop up on ebay once in a while. That was when Crypt was $10.
If anyone were to sell a brick now, i can only imagine how high the bidding can go.
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