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Multiple ebay accounts with multiple shipping addresses. But as a long time seller myself, if I see something fishy, I can cancel the order outright for anyone I feel I don't want to ship to for any reason.

In the words of Matt Mercer: you can certainly try.

So if I get my brother to let me use my card on his eBay account, does the seller see the name on the card?

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Multiple ebay accounts with multiple shipping addresses. But as a long time seller myself, if I see something fishy, I can cancel the order outright for anyone I feel I don't want to ship to for any reason.

In the words of Matt Mercer: you can certainly try.

So if I get my brother to let me use my card on his eBay account, does the seller see the name on the card?

Not sure about card. I only take paypal and the only info I see is the verified paypal address. Rather than using your card thru ebay itself, I'd suggest adding it to your brother's paypal account then he can select it when checking out via paypal.

Question:

I have two Gemstone Caverns, near mint condition. Someone wants to buy them at 40$ each. Sell now or wait?

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Question:

I have two Gemstone Caverns, near mint condition. Someone wants to buy them at 40$ each. Sell now or wait?

Where would they be reprinted? I would hold for $40/each. The price on Goldfish is 50$/each atm.

If the London Mulligan rule becomes official, they risk increasing in value, and they are very low supply.

@eBay savvy users
Sooo... post Mythic Edition run. I have one question.

I got my brother to lend me his account for this so I should be okay trying to get 2 and 2.
On my account I have 1 paid, and 1 pending.
On his account I can see 2 paid for in his PayPal but nothing in his eBay for purchases.

Do I have 1, 2, 3, or 4 mythic editions?

This was pretty wild...

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@eBay savvy users
Sooo... post Mythic Edition run. I have one question.

I got my brother to lend me his account for this so I should be okay trying to get 2 and 2.
On my account I have 1 paid, and 1 pending.
On his account I can see 2 paid for in his PayPal but nothing in his eBay for purchases.

Do I have 1, 2, 3, or 4 mythic editions?

This was pretty wild...

yeah it was crazy lol. the world vs. 12k boxes with the main victim being the server.

honestly i dont think there is any way to tell. the action seems to have died down, so im assuming its truly over. those who confirmed the purchase, had a payment pending, and then eventually cancelled can probably be ruled out. with instances of order confirmation + payment (ie money changing accounts) look the most promising. anything with one half or the other are probably up in the air.

just conjecture mind you, but thats my take on it. so highest chance of getting at least 1, less for the other 2 cases with your brothers account, and lowest for the one just pending. with some chance you get 0 or all 4

It looks like there is some movement in Chancellor of the Tangle because of the new all-in Griselbrand deck. Do you think this card has hit its highest price? I'm (strongly) considering selling a bunch of non foils and 5 foils.

Well the deck sucks. And so does the card. So I would sell. Every card that spikes like this eventually comes down. Vengevine is a good example. Keep a playset I guess just incase but liquidate the rest.

I picked up a bunch a few months ago, because they were only like <$0.50/ea at the time and figured why not since it was a unique effect. Definitely offloading the foils and a few play sets.

the hype is peaking so id personally be selling. depending on what you purchased them at, the safest and almost always the right choice is to start by selling enough to recoup your costs. after that you are playing with house money.

Blast Zone seems to be rising. Now almost 10 dollars. What are people's opinion on this. Get one now or wait for the hype to die down?

EDIT: caved in to order 1 blast zone and a playset of Narset.

First it was Chancellor of the Tangle and Allosaurus Rider spiking, and now it's Day's Undoing and Commandeer. WHAT is going on with these cards?

*I saw something about a Modern Narset (War of the Spark one) coming out. Is it hype?

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First it was Chancellor of the Tangle and Allosaurus Rider spiking, and now it's Day's Undoing and Commandeer. WHAT is going on with these cards?

*I saw something about a Modern Narset (War of the Spark one) coming out. Is it hype?

yeah it started with that 5-0 list playing new narset plus those 2 cards. lore broker is also included, and is seeing some movement as well (uncommon, single print from RAV).

cant say much about the deck or how good it is, but hype is definitely inflating the spike.

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First it was Chancellor of the Tangle and Allosaurus Rider spiking, and now it's Day's Undoing and Commandeer. WHAT is going on with these cards?

*I saw something about a Modern Narset (War of the Spark one) coming out. Is it hype?

Looks like the allosaurus deck is real. The rider is above 10 dollars now, from being a 2 dollar card.

Someone made a thread for the Narset deck. Seems to be stuffed with alternate payment blue cards.

https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/809532-narset-parter-of-veils-combo-control-aka-pitch

Seems new karn is great and I am really surprised he is still so cheap. I am on several discord channels and they all try or play them now sure. Red prison use it 3-4, u-Tron 2 karn, green Tron full playset, whir prison are testing and not sure, same in eldrazi stompy and even I saw death and taxes with karn and liquimetal coating + several brews. I think it will spike soon so I bought some because they can't really fall lower, but great possible spike.

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Seems new karn is great and I am really surprised he is still so cheap. I am on several discord channels and they all try or play them now sure. Red prison use it 3-4, u-Tron 2 karn, green Tron full playset, whir prison are testing and not sure, same in eldrazi stompy and even I saw death and taxes with karn and liquimetal coating + several brews. I think it will spike soon so I bought some because they can't really fall lower, but great possible spike.

dont forget that it is a standard rare. at these print levels, in a set with so many chase cards at rare and uncommon, it can realistically only climb so high.

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Seems new karn is great and I am really surprised he is still so cheap. I am on several discord channels and they all try or play them now sure. Red prison use it 3-4, u-Tron 2 karn, green Tron full playset, whir prison are testing and not sure, same in eldrazi stompy and even I saw death and taxes with karn and liquimetal coating + several brews. I think it will spike soon so I bought some because they can't really fall lower, but great possible spike.

dont forget that it is a standard rare. at these print levels, in a set with so many chase cards at rare and uncommon, it can realistically only climb so high.

This and I do in fact think that it's a bit undervalued as well. I could see this card spiking to around $12-15 each. I think the jury is out a bit about whether he actually increases the win rate of Tron in the current meta or not.

I personally think it does, but I may be biased because it initially doesn't seem like Tron loses percentages and the tool box is sweet as heck!

*But it is a good point that any type of temporary spike will be calmed down a bit since it IS a rare in a set with some pretty insane cards (and prices). I've seen people open boxes and get double the value right away. That definitely won't last. It can't.

Need help to decide. Someone is offering a trade of a Wurmcoil Engine with tokens in good condition plus 15$ cash for my morningtide Bitterblossom and two tokens in good condition. Is this fair trade? Sort of need a wurmcoil for a deck I'm testing..

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Need help to decide. Someone is offering a trade of a Wurmcoil Engine with tokens in good condition plus 15$ cash for my morningtide Bitterblossom and two tokens in good condition. Is this fair trade? Sort of need a wurmcoil for a deck I'm testing..

Which version of Wurmcoil and its tokens are you being offered? All versions of it are in the $25-28 range on TCGplayer, depending on condition, so the card prices check out. The tokens, on the other hand, are worth more if they're the original Scars of Mirrodin tokens than if they were the Commander Anthology versions, by a factor of double ($4 as opposed to a little less than $2). A Morningtide Blossom in good condition sells for about $40, give or take, on TCG, but its own original tokens are worth as much as the Commander Anthology Wurm tokens ($1.5-2). The deal is close to even on the cards being offered, but the tokens can actually mean a good deal of difference.

Ok thanks. The wurmcoil being offered for trade is a Commander 2014, and the 2 wurm tokens are from commander anthology 2. The two faerie rogue tokens I have are from morningtide, both in good condition because I double sleeve everything including tokens.

So I guess if he adds 15$, then the value are almost even.

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Seems new karn is great and I am really surprised he is still so cheap. I am on several discord channels and they all try or play them now sure. Red prison use it 3-4, u-Tron 2 karn, green Tron full playset, whir prison are testing and not sure, same in eldrazi stompy and even I saw death and taxes with karn and liquimetal coating + several brews. I think it will spike soon so I bought some because they can't really fall lower, but great possible spike.

dont forget that it is a standard rare. at these print levels, in a set with so many chase cards at rare and uncommon, it can realistically only climb so high.

This and I do in fact think that it's a bit undervalued as well. I could see this card spiking to around $12-15 each. I think the jury is out a bit about whether he actually increases the win rate of Tron in the current meta or not.

I personally think it does, but I may be biased because it initially doesn't seem like Tron loses percentages and the tool box is sweet as heck!

*But it is a good point that any type of temporary spike will be calmed down a bit since it IS a rare in a set with some pretty insane cards (and prices). I've seen people open boxes and get double the value right away. That definitely won't last. It can't.

Agreed. Lest we not forget Dominaria Karn was once thought to be the next big thing from a standard set, commanding $50+/copy over the 3-4 mo following the sets release. IMO WAR Karn has a better chance of making an actual impact in the format/market, however, we still need to remember it's a rare in a highly popular standard set. I don't think it's ever worth it in the long run paying more than $30 for a Standard card while in rotation if you don't intend to use it for actually playing Standard. But that's just me; I can it potentially reaching that mark for a brief period before the market is saturated with opened product. I'd definitely expect it to hit that mark if it were a mythic, so I'd jump on them before vendors take notice and de-list/re-list +30%.

IMO Arclight is a solid card to reference whenever gauging the worth of anything within a current Standard rotation; mythic from a popular std set that followed another popular std set (never thought I'd say that about the format ever again) and quickly ascended to T1 across multiple formats, yet its ceiling was still +/- $30 until the challenger reprint. Similarly, fetches represent solid data points when looking at long-term value for anything in a popular/widely opened set. It's been what, 5 years since KTK and we just recently started to see significant movement? I think they're a steal right now at $10, but just a quarterly reminder about tempering standard expectations lol.

i mean there is no reason to believe that WAR will NOT be the most opened set of all time. big story arc conclusion, big characters, influx from arena, power level is well above average, etc.

if you wanna buy singles to play, id hold off for a couple of weeks till the market gets saturated. if you have no interest in playing, and its just about expanding your collection then rotation next year is when prices will bottom out (for non-foils at least). most probably wont wanna wait that long, but just go in aware prices will likely dip.

on another note, horizons spoilers start the sunday after next. as cards get revealed, expect prices to spike as people speculate (modern specs have been trending hot as of late). if you were thinking of cutting down on your collection and just didnt know the right time; this would be when you want to keep your eyes peeled. sell into the hype, if not, just know waiting to see if there is organic demand after the dust settles is a risk you are accepting.

So what is everyone's opinion of Newagin and is it worth buying? I know Karn is something to keep an eye on. Anything else to watch for those who only buy play set's for modern decks and brewing?

Oh boy, so happy I found that mycosynth lattice.

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So what is everyone's opinion of Newagin and is it worth buying? I know Karn is something to keep an eye on. Anything else to watch for those who only buy play set's for modern decks and brewing?

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i mean there is no reason to believe that WAR will NOT be the most opened set of all time. big story arc conclusion, big characters, influx from arena, power level is well above average, etc.

if you wanna buy singles to play, id hold off for a couple of weeks till the market gets saturated. if you have no interest in playing, and its just about expanding your collection then rotation next year is when prices will bottom out (for non-foils at least). most probably wont wanna wait that long, but just go in aware prices will likely dip.

on another note, horizons spoilers start the sunday after next. as cards get revealed, expect prices to spike as people speculate (modern specs have been trending hot as of late). if you were thinking of cutting down on your collection and just didnt know the right time; this would be when you want to keep your eyes peeled. sell into the hype, if not, just know waiting to see if there is organic demand after the dust settles is a risk you are accepting.

Very excited for Horizons spoilers to start flowing in. If WotC did it right, the Modern metagame will look very different in the coming months. The fetchland spikes have settled for now, but unless Horizons introduces a new land cycle that somehow devalues them, I'm expecting that both allied and enemy fetches will surpass their all-time highs before the end of the Summer.

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So what is everyone's opinion of Newagin and is it worth buying? I know Karn is something to keep an eye on. Anything else to watch for those who only buy play set's for modern decks and brewing?

IMO the vast majority of the set's Modern potential comes from the uncommon slot; I think many of the static ability walkers will find homes in the format (namely Ashiok, Saheeli, Kiora, Davriel) and while their rarity doesn't make for good specs, I think it'd be wise to pick up some cheap foils once more product is opened and when/if prices settle down to a reasonable point. I think Karn, Ral, & Chandra are some to keep an eye on from the rare slot. Lastly, I think it'll be interesting to see what happens to Tezzeret, master of the bridge; a 6 cmc walker is rough, but if I learned anything from playing during Mirrodin/Darksteel it's that affinity for artifacts can and will be abused if logistically possible; seeing how WotC continues to insist on including promo-only cards in Standard sets, Tezz might be the only card I'd seriously consider speccing on if/when copies can be had for a reasonable price.