Given this card was described as "Gem Mint" and it is clearly not in mint condition, you have excellent grounds to open a case on eBay. I would recommend you proceed with this route first, since you have already attempted to work with the seller to no avail. It is the seller's responsibility to ensure that the item matches the auction title/description. I would anticipate that eBay will side with the buyer (you) as they do in most cases, especially since you have pictures documenting this discrepancy. You would have to send the card back at eBay/the sellers's expense and be refunded appropriately. If for some bizarre reason eBay decides not to side with you, you can always proceed with a charge back via your credit card company.
Italian Mana Drain's routinely sell for below $100 on ebay. I would keep the Opals, especially since they have more growth potential (and just were reprinted too).
I need wooden box suggestions for ideally sub $50. It will need to hold a double sleeved 450 card cube + 200-300 additional for lands/tokens. Wine case? Other thoughts?
You lose 1 life from fetching. Then when Blood Crypt enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life and it enters untapped or you lose no life and it enters tapped.
I play Reanimator in legacy and Pod in modern. I really enjoy Pod because of the sheer number of options/outs while playing it. I also have Merfolk for modern/legacy, but rarely play it. I'm hoping to branch out into legacy a bit more without having to purchase too much (~$500). It looks like Nic Fit, Stoneblade, or ANT would be easiest to move into. Are there any other decks I'm overlooking?
Careful Study
Reanimate
Nimble Mongoose
Chain Lightning
Ichorid
Won't be:
Scalding Tarn
Thoughtseize
Meddling Mage
Containment Priest
Stoneforge Mystic
Trade 1:
A:
B:
Trade 2:
A:
B:
Italian Mana Drain's routinely sell for below $100 on ebay. I would keep the Opals, especially since they have more growth potential (and just were reprinted too).
Timetwister (Ul)
Pile B:
2x Volcanic Island (Re)
1x Bayou (Re)
All cards LP.
1 Liliana of the Veil Inn
1 Geist of Saint Traft Inn
Sells:
None
Pile A, especially since the dual is MP.
1x Noble Hierarch
Pile B:
3x Abrupt Decay
4x Deathrite Shaman
1x Leonin Arbiter
1 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Marsh Flats
1 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Strand
1 Rishadan Port
1 Gaea's Cradle
4 Wasteland
4 Snapcaster Mage