Here's a deal I think I did well on over the past weekend.
Pile A
Geist of Saint traft
Spell Snare
Mox Opal
Gilt Leaf Palace
Meddlig Mage
Evolutionary Leap
Pile B
Stoneforge Mystic
Cash $60
I'm also debating on selling some cards that I tried to speculate on, but don't seem to be going anywhere or seemed to have reached their ceiling.
Some of the cards I'm thinking of selling.
KTK Fetches?
Atarka's Command
Anafenza, the foremost
Mantis Rider
Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Seems like a good sale on your part. As far as the other cards, I don't think that the fetches are going anywhere for a while, but offloading the other KTK cards now seems like a good call. Atarka's Command MIGHT end up being a real thing in Modern, but not at its current price.
Pile A
Polluted Delta
Sacred Foundry
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Pile B
Drowned Catacomb
Consuming Aberration
Door of Destinies
Hellkite Tyrant
Reforge the Soul
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Skaab Ruinator
Sage of Hours
Buried Alive
Chromanticore
Life's Finale
Prototype Portal
Harvester of Souls x2
Laboratory Maniac x2
Myr Superion x4
Dictate of Kruphix
Whip of Erebos x3
Dictate of Erebos x4
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
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Value is good. But Dredgevine isn't supposed to be about value. It's supposed to be about V-8; 2000 pounds of nitro boosted war vegetables. The more velocity, the better.
Modern: DredgeVine EDH: Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Anima Standard:
Here's a deal I think I did well on over the past weekend.
Pile A
Geist of Saint traft
Spell Snare
Mox Opal
Gilt Leaf Palace
Meddlig Mage
Evolutionary Leap
Pile B
Stoneforge Mystic
Cash $60
I'm also debating on selling some cards that I tried to speculate on, but don't seem to be going anywhere or seemed to have reached their ceiling.
Some of the cards I'm thinking of selling.
KTK Fetches?
Atarka's Command
Anafenza, the foremost
Mantis Rider
Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Seems like a good sale on your part. As far as the other cards, I don't think that the fetches are going anywhere for a while, but offloading the other KTK cards now seems like a good call. Atarka's Command MIGHT end up being a real thing in Modern, but not at its current price.
Pile A
Polluted Delta
Sacred Foundry
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Pile B
Drowned Catacomb
Consuming Aberration
Door of Destinies
Hellkite Tyrant
Reforge the Soul
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Skaab Ruinator
Sage of Hours
Buried Alive
Chromanticore
Life's Finale
Prototype Portal
Harvester of Souls x2
Laboratory Maniac x2
Myr Superion x4
Dictate of Kruphix
Whip of Erebos x3
Dictate of Erebos x4
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
It actually adds up to $60+ since they're all $1 or more.
Pile A
Polluted Delta
Sacred Foundry
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Pile B
Drowned Catacomb
Consuming Aberration
Door of Destinies
Hellkite Tyrant
Reforge the Soul
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Skaab Ruinator
Sage of Hours
Buried Alive
Chromanticore
Life's Finale
Prototype Portal
Harvester of Souls x2
Laboratory Maniac x2
Myr Superion x4
Dictate of Kruphix
Whip of Erebos x3
Dictate of Erebos x4
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
It actually adds up to $60+ since they're all $1 or more.
So I guess the question then becomes, do you need Pile B? Theoretical value is great, but if you're trading for value then you need to be able to use it or move it. If Pile B is a bunch of cards that have homes in decks, great. You saved yourself the cost of buying them by trading for them at about half value. And that's definitely a good thing. If there's no specific use in mind for Pile B, though, I'd still go with Pile A. Yes, it's worth half as much on paper, but it'll be significantly easier to move.
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Pile A
Polluted Delta
Sacred Foundry
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Pile B
Drowned Catacomb
Consuming Aberration
Door of Destinies
Hellkite Tyrant
Reforge the Soul
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Skaab Ruinator
Sage of Hours
Buried Alive
Chromanticore
Life's Finale
Prototype Portal
Harvester of Souls x2
Laboratory Maniac x2
Myr Superion x4
Dictate of Kruphix
Whip of Erebos x3
Dictate of Erebos x4
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
It actually adds up to $60+ since they're all $1 or more.
So I guess the question then becomes, do you need Pile B? Theoretical value is great, but if you're trading for value then you need to be able to use it or move it. If Pile B is a bunch of cards that have homes in decks, great. You saved yourself the cost of buying them by trading for them at about half value. And that's definitely a good thing. If there's no specific use in mind for Pile B, though, I'd still go with Pile A. Yes, it's worth half as much on paper, but it'll be significantly easier to move.
That's actually where i'm at a lost since that trade was part of Pack to Power and i don't know if i did good by trading away the shock and fetch.
Pile A
Polluted Delta
Sacred Foundry
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Pile B
Drowned Catacomb
Consuming Aberration
Door of Destinies
Hellkite Tyrant
Reforge the Soul
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Skaab Ruinator
Sage of Hours
Buried Alive
Chromanticore
Life's Finale
Prototype Portal
Harvester of Souls x2
Laboratory Maniac x2
Myr Superion x4
Dictate of Kruphix
Whip of Erebos x3
Dictate of Erebos x4
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
It actually adds up to $60+ since they're all $1 or more.
So I guess the question then becomes, do you need Pile B? Theoretical value is great, but if you're trading for value then you need to be able to use it or move it. If Pile B is a bunch of cards that have homes in decks, great. You saved yourself the cost of buying them by trading for them at about half value. And that's definitely a good thing. If there's no specific use in mind for Pile B, though, I'd still go with Pile A. Yes, it's worth half as much on paper, but it'll be significantly easier to move.
That's actually where i'm at a lost since that trade was part of Pack to Power and i don't know if i did good by trading away the shock and fetch.
That's going to depend on your local meta. Since you're determined to trade these things away and not sell them, I'd try to make sure that it's stuff your local players want. Otherwise, it'll just rot in your binder while people look for the high value stuff.
Personally, knowing now that you're doing a pack-to-power challenge (idle curiosity - are you actually trying to get a piece of power, or just something big like a revised dual? PM me), what I'd do is try to focus on cards that your local meta wants. If you're going to travel to big events, that probably means staples like fetches and shocks. Avoid stuff that'll just rot in your trade binder. Some of those cards have been in my binder for years, so while they might have value, they aren't worth it to anyone around here. Maybe they'll move better where you are - I don't know.
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Depends what you need. It's a pretty good deal on the fetches at current prices and you're getting blue zen fetches at about $40 each at pre-BFZ prices, which isn't too bad either. However, if I needed the $300 quickly, I'd be pretty fine selling the lot for that to one person in cash or PayPal gift.
Value is good. But Dredgevine isn't supposed to be about value. It's supposed to be about V-8; 2000 pounds of nitro boosted war vegetables. The more velocity, the better.
Modern: DredgeVine EDH: Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Anima Standard:
B. Tarn has to climb four times as quickly to keep pace with the KTKs, and at least part of its current price tag is scarcity of the card itself, which will probably be reprinted within a year or so.
B. Tarn has to climb four times as quickly to keep pace with the KTKs, and at least part of its current price tag is scarcity of the card itself, which will probably be reprinted within a year or so.
I'd agree with world. When you have one tarn you can really only use it in a commander deck, but with a playset of foil fetches you have one of the most expensive parts of foiling out a modern deck. Also it's just more playable.
Value is good. But Dredgevine isn't supposed to be about value. It's supposed to be about V-8; 2000 pounds of nitro boosted war vegetables. The more velocity, the better.
Modern: DredgeVine EDH: Gisela, Blade of Goldnight Anima Standard:
At this point I stop and ask. You have a Scalding Tarn expedition, and you're trying to get the best deal for it? What do you want? Are you trying to trade for value, for something for a deck, or what? If you tell us your goals, we can help you more.
Right now, Pile B looks better, from a strictly financial perspective. If you're looking for a value trade, this is a fine trade.
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Seems like a good sale on your part. As far as the other cards, I don't think that the fetches are going anywhere for a while, but offloading the other KTK cards now seems like a good call. Atarka's Command MIGHT end up being a real thing in Modern, but not at its current price.
I like Pile A here. Lot of casual staples in Pile B, but Polluted Delta is just a cross-format all-star. I'm not going to look up all the prices of Pile B, but I can't see it adding up to enough.
3 through the breach
2 seachrome coast
Pile B.
2 Windswept heath
1 Flooded Strand
1 Breeding pool
Which is more likely to hold its value long term. Also which is more likely to easily be sold for its full value? Thanks !
Modern:
EDH:
Standard:
Definitly pile B, aka the one with fetchlands basically the gold standard for eternal cards that hold value.
Modern
UBR Grixis Control
U Merfolk
Pauper
U Mono U Delver
Ancestral Visions is freed
It actually adds up to $60+ since they're all $1 or more.
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So I guess the question then becomes, do you need Pile B? Theoretical value is great, but if you're trading for value then you need to be able to use it or move it. If Pile B is a bunch of cards that have homes in decks, great. You saved yourself the cost of buying them by trading for them at about half value. And that's definitely a good thing. If there's no specific use in mind for Pile B, though, I'd still go with Pile A. Yes, it's worth half as much on paper, but it'll be significantly easier to move.
That's actually where i'm at a lost since that trade was part of Pack to Power and i don't know if i did good by trading away the shock and fetch.
My Theros-M15-Khans-Origins Cube (Trimming)
That's going to depend on your local meta. Since you're determined to trade these things away and not sell them, I'd try to make sure that it's stuff your local players want. Otherwise, it'll just rot in your binder while people look for the high value stuff.
Personally, knowing now that you're doing a pack-to-power challenge (idle curiosity - are you actually trying to get a piece of power, or just something big like a revised dual? PM me), what I'd do is try to focus on cards that your local meta wants. If you're going to travel to big events, that probably means staples like fetches and shocks. Avoid stuff that'll just rot in your trade binder. Some of those cards have been in my binder for years, so while they might have value, they aren't worth it to anyone around here. Maybe they'll move better where you are - I don't know.
$300.00
Pile B:
4 Wooded Foothills (KTK)
4 Bloodstained Mire (KTK)
4 Windswept Heath (KTK)
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
Depends what you need. It's a pretty good deal on the fetches at current prices and you're getting blue zen fetches at about $40 each at pre-BFZ prices, which isn't too bad either. However, if I needed the $300 quickly, I'd be pretty fine selling the lot for that to one person in cash or PayPal gift.
Dark Depths
Pile B
Dark Confidant
Unsure here, due to DC constantly being reprinted.
Long run thoughts?
[Primer] Kozilek, Butcher with Juice.
idyllic tutor
phyrexian obliterator
wurmcoil engine
pile b
blightsteel colossus foil
day of judgement media insert
aurelia the Warleader
thanks
I like A. Blightsteel is a neat foil, but day of judgment and aurelia get a yawn.
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WGUInfectWGU
Legacy Lands Primer
Top 8 SCG Oakland 2014
Helpdesk
My Cube on CubeTutor
Would have to agree with sparki, pile A looks more playable and fun.
Modern:
EDH:
Standard:
Appreciate the insight
3x Verdant Catacombs
3x Arid Mesa
Pile B
3x Snapcaster Mage
1x Bloodstained Mire (Expedition)
Bloodstained Mire isn't the most exciting Expedition, but I still really like Pile B here.
snap b
If DC is Skillrex then A is better. If it's Bob then it could go either way. I doubt DC will be in MM3
A and it's not close
B. Zen fetches are likely in the next Fall set and Snapcaster is likely in MM3, which is further off. The expedition is reprint proof.
Pauper: Burn
Modern: Burn
Legacy: Burn
EDH:
Scalding Tarn Expedition
Pile B:
4x Foil Khans Flooded Strand
Expedition. It's close now, but it will start pulling away later while the KTK strand will be the 4th best version.
Yeah Tarn had that recent spike but it's trailing off but that won't be the case later on.
B. Tarn has to climb four times as quickly to keep pace with the KTKs, and at least part of its current price tag is scarcity of the card itself, which will probably be reprinted within a year or so.
Pauper: Burn
Modern: Burn
Legacy: Burn
EDH:
Modern:
EDH:
Standard:
Pile B: Ugin Promo
Mana Crypt book Promo
At this point I stop and ask. You have a Scalding Tarn expedition, and you're trying to get the best deal for it? What do you want? Are you trying to trade for value, for something for a deck, or what? If you tell us your goals, we can help you more.
Right now, Pile B looks better, from a strictly financial perspective. If you're looking for a value trade, this is a fine trade.