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So this always happens. I say I am done and I don't want to write anything, and then something happens where I want to write about it.
Around this time of the year I get my bonus from work, and since I do work an ass ton my wife expects me to spend a little extra when that bonus comes in for all the hard work I do put in to provide for my family. This year it is a lot less than other years, just because we have a baby and I need to put money away for him, but I did end up getting some stuff.
In the last blog I wrote about trying to pick up an Urza's Destiny box from Wizard's Cupboard, but since they wanted a cashiers check and would not take my credit card, they cancelled the purchase. This was pretty upsetting because I cashed out my CardSphere balance to pay for the purchase, and I had already paid the withdraw fee before Wizard Cupboard told me the sale was cancelled.
What that means, I took out $3300 from my CardSphere balance and had to pay a 10% withdraw fee for their service. That service, that I am glad to pay for, is a website that you can see what MTG cards other members are looking for, and if you have them the site will match you up so that you can get paid for those cards they are looking for. Peer to Peer trading is what I think they call it. So when you send cards you get a cash balance of what those cards are worth, and you can build that balance up to $10k.
You can withdraw that balance anytime you wish by paying 10% of anything you are taking out of your balance. So what I do is send out all the cards that I do not need for my collection, build up my balance, and get the cards and sealed product I am looking for.
My plan was to keep building that balance up until I got to $10k, but seeing that this website had a box I needed for sale, I thought it would be a great time to pick up the higher priced boxes I was looking for. Enter Wizard Cupboard and what they cancelled...
So yeah I was a little upset, and what do I do when I am upset? That's right! I buy stuff anyway!
Card Kingdom had these boxes up for sale, and they were around $250 each so I figured why the fuck not. I was already sad, so at least these will make be feel a little better. Now I am done with the really really old boxes, and the Champions of Kamigawa block. I still have the really expensive boxes like The Dark and such, but those are bucket list type items that I do not think I will ever buy.
And then I was like, fuck it more! Let's go see what is at the LGS, I have money in my pocket that is burning a hole. What did I find, that's right... promo cards that I do not even collect. Ok, but come on, Teferi's Protection and Noble Hierarch? I am a WUG player, so they just fit perfectly.
Box Toppers! I still need 20 more, but I am halfway done! I also like to buy these at the FLGS Lodestone because it helps support them, and keep them open, so I will always accept paying a higher price there.
And these... SO.... I did not know how many I actually had in my collection, and I just love this card for EDH, so I just grabbed all of them. But when I came back home I saw that I already had 9 of them, and I still have 3 sealed sets of the Commander decks, so I really don't need anymore of them. But now I have all that I might need and more.
And these. These are the Battlebond cards I need for my complete playset of first print cards. I still need 3 more cards, but this gets me really close to being done. Funny thing is, right after I picked these up I have been reading a lot of stuff on Reddit that the price of Battlebond is going up. Score 1 for me!
And while I was at Lodestone, the greatest FLGS in the world, I saw they had the guild kit decks, but they were missing WG and BU. I was looking to get a complete set for the collection, but I did not want a partial set, so I went home to see if I could pick up Selesnya and Dimir before I grabbed the rest at my FLGS. eBay had some crazy prices for those two decks, and it looks like Selesnya had some really good reprints, so the price was pretty inflated. Amazon on the other hand had complete sealed sets of guild kits under $100, so I just snagged one of each and called it a day!
But as I was up at my FLGS we were talking about why I even wanted them since it was all reprints, and that reminded me that all I really wanted were the lands! But with the sealed sets, I did not want to crack them just for the lands, so I went onto CardSphere and added 5 of each, from each deck to my Want list. Hopefully those will be coming soon in the mail.
While I was there, I thought I would just go for it and add all the Player Promo cards I wanted. These are promo cards I wanted, because I like the full art. I should be posting more of these that come in. I already have a bunch on the receiving list, waiting to open.
And through all that, I finally bought something on Facebook. I have been a member of some of the Magic the Gathering groups on Facebook, but just been silently watching to action from the back. I saw one seller post this box for $1750 and figured, "Why the hell not?!"
I really hate buying things for the first time on any site, and I was pretty sheepish about spending so much money on Facebook. Luckily this was a seasoned seller, and actually had a website he sold from. He was posting on Facebook for a lower price than what he had on his website, so I can only think he was just trying to move the box.
The payment went through PayPal and he sent me all the pictures I was asking for. A week later, it showed up in my PO Box, and I am very close to getting all the sealed booster boxes I am looking for! So yeah, I am now thinking I will not need to sell my Revised Booster boxes, and I can just pick up everything I need on Facebook. I hate Facebook, but if I can get what I am looking for, then let's go!
So I hope to have some updates, and I will keep sending out more trades. I am just not sure how much I will be posting here, but I will try and keep up with what is going on.
Booster Boxes needed:
7th Edition
Fifth Dawn
Mercadian Masques
Nemesis
Prophecy
Coldsnap
Urza's Destiny
Bucket List
The Dark
Portal
Starter 1999
Highly doubt:
Unlimited
Arabian Nights
Antiquities
Legends
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