MTG Salvation

The only things I need to get with my PucaPoints are the last three dual lands I need to finish up my playset. After that, I don't know what I will do.

I was playing Legend of Legaia. I did improve upon my previous world record by about 12 minutes (from 11:37:02 to 11:25:03), but I am exhausted and I am not going to stay awake much longer. Playing for 3 hours is fun, but it's tough to play for 11+ hours straight.

My guess is that at least some of the new swords get printed in MM2, so it may be better to wait to pick them up.

Sounds like a fun day. I just sat around and played video games for 11 1/2 hours nonstop to get a speedrun world record.

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But again, that includes a Mox

Drifting Skies, I am currently working towards the goal of obtaining a Mox via Puca Trade and I have a few questions, if you don't mind.

1. Did you receive a NM Mox? Or was it not NM and a sum of points was returned to the sender to accurately reflect value?
2. During the discussion was the shipping method discussed? If registered was used, was the cost borne by the sender, receiver or split between both?
3. How long did you have to wait for a Mox to be offered once you had the points available?

If you have a chance to answer that would be fantastic! Thanks in advance :).

It was for an HP Mox. Since I did not have the points for the NM version at the time, I sent the points for the card directly rather than confirm a trade and have points refunded. I have done that with some other trades as well.

The shipping method was discussed in advance. It was sent only first-class, so registered / priority was not used. Given the high price of the card, I would generally expect that the cost would just be folded into the price of the card, rather than be added on externally, but that depends on the specific traders, though.

I think it was about 4 days, and then another 4 days to get scans and agree on a price.

I know that I always ask the other party to confirm the trade and send scans for cards over 5,000 points without exception, even if they judge the card NM - I won't necessarily feel the same about it, and it's better to work something out before it gets sent out.

I got two more Tropical Islands in the mail today. (Hooray!)

Since we have an admin posting here: Do we have a timeline on Duel Decks Anthologies cards or Tarkir Dragonfury Promos? I have some of both that I would like to send out but those currently aren't supported on PT as of yet.

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I don't go out and buy hundreds of copies of a card, but I don't mind picking up 2-3 playsets of a card that I feel has significant upside. Thragtusk has seen some of the lower-priced copies bought out - there's naught but damaged and moderately played copies under $2 on TCGPlayer, and the number of sellers has dipped from 220 to about 150, so there's a bit of a trend.

Don't forget that the "printings" listed for old Tusky don't tell the whole story. This guy was printed in about 3 prepackaged decks of various kinds, so his M13 printing isn't his only release on to the market.

I'm aware that he was in two event decks, but they're all sort of congealed together under the "M13" banner. There are quite a few of him out there, but if Modern slows down a bit more to the point where he's a viable card to go over the aggro and midrange decks or can slot in alongside Siege Rhino as a 2x on top of the curve, he could go to $5. I don't think WotC wants Thragtusk back in Standard anytime soon because it did really bend the whole format around itself for 15 months. Again, I don't expect it to blow up to $15, but I can make a little profit if it doubles to $5, which is what I think could happen.

Also bullish on Savage Knuckleblade and Rattleclaw Mystic because I think Sarkhan Unbroken provides a strong and resilient top-end for the RUG Midrange deck going forward.

There may have been a resolved dispute, or a user who was sending a card to you got banned. Apparently, if a user gets banned, the other party gets the case resolved in the most favorable way possible, which may entail you getting points back even though you already received a card from them, if you hadn't at the moment confirmed the trade yet.

Did you check your ledger to see the reason?

I'm indifferent between FWB's and Revised - I'm just interested in getting those last three to finish the playset. Then I guess I don't know what I will start picking up. May even take up Standard again.

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I'm hoping PucaTrade can pull through and help me finish this project:

I actually thought I only had three Trops as well...

Nice FWB Taigas.

No skin off my teeth. Still Mountain Forests that tap for R and G. They're Italian, which may or may not matter. At least it's not Spanish - I don't really like Spanish cards for some reason.

I haven't had much luck either - I've only sent out a couple of cards in the last three weeks. I think that some people have recently started programming bots to automatically refresh and commit to any trade worth sending. This really sucks for the rest of us.

I'm hoping PucaTrade can pull through and help me finish this project:

I actually thought I only had three Trops as well...

I guess since people are listing received as well:

Directly off the stat sheet: Received 38 cards, $906.17, average = $23.85

But that's a low figure, since that excludes a $970 card and a $125 card traded via point transfer, so it would be more accurate to say:

Received 40 cards, $2001.17, average = $50.03.

But again, that includes a Mox, multiple Dual Lands, 2 Judge Flusterstorms, and multiple copies of, Savage Knuckleblade, Rattleclaw Mystic, and assorted Modern Merfolk cards, so the average doesn't mean a whole bunch.

422 cards with an average of $6.22. Median card price is right around $2.80, but that gets dragged up by a single $750 card, a couple of $80's and a few $50's.

I think I like it being that player's graveyard instead for flavor reasons - you attack them, and then he gets to dig up some of the opponent's graves, so to speak.

I guess I should see if I can do something like my previous card.

Shoreline Clash 1GU

Enchantment (R)
As Shoreline Clash enters the battlefield, choose Beasts or Leviathans
* Beasts - Creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.
* Leviathans - Creatures you control have Hexproof as long as they aren't attacking.

That's correct - a bye counts as a win for match points but doesn't affect game win points.

However, byes earned early in a tournament (such as those earned from winning a Grand Prix Trial) tend to help out people's opponent match win% (the first breaker after match points). Why? Because those individuals don't have round 1 and 2 opponents. Starting off playing against 2-0 opponents will help you have a stronger record than someone who beat an opponent in round 1 and therefore is guaranteed to be 1-1 at best, dragging that opponent match win percent down.