Total Foil Count: 3,764
Below 205k!!!!!!
So I have been gone for a bit longer than normal, and I wish I could say I was super busy, but in reality I was just not into writing about my collecting. I can honestly say I have wallet fatigue. It is not so much as to spending money, but more to the fact that there is so much to buy. I just put in my Commander 2019 pre-Order to get hit with having to get Throne of Eldraine pre-Order in. I also need to wait to see if there is another Anthology product this year, let alone wait to see what the end of the year product is going to be.
I would have to say that from a cost perspective, the older sealed booster boxes are really hitting me hard with the leverage that I put out there. Now, it is all interest free purchases to have the boxes now, but it is still debt on my budget that I need to account for. So instead of putting more money into my spending accounts, that cash is being used to pay off my debt. Now that is not a bad thing, because the only reason I am doing this is to catch the lower prices on the older sealed booster boxes, but it is hindering my ability to purchase what I want rather than having what I need.
I was not able to make it to Magic Fest Minneapolis, my cousin got married and we attended that, which was nice because I did not over leverage myself by going to the MF and over spend. So let's just get into it then shall we?
Mythic Edition
I was pretty lucky on this one. A fellow CardSphere trader was moving back home and he was going on a road trip. He asked about me in the Discord channel, and we were able to work out a deal for both of his Mythic Edition: War of the Spark boxes. I overpaid a bit, and I think I could have got these boxes off of eBay for $100 cheaper, but considering I was getting them from a fellow CS trader I was willing to get the deal done.
Of course I opened one of the boxes and I will be keeping the other one sealed for the collection.
Korean 4th Edition
This right here is exciting. A CS trader from Germany reached out to me with questions on my Want for these two cards. I was willing to pay 1000% higher than list price on these two cards, and that was not even enough to acquire them. After we clarified what set these two cards were from, he was willing to pick up these cards from MKM and then sell them to me at that price. CS does not go higher than 1000%, and I can only assume that is to control some of the goings on within CS, but we are able to open disputes to make sure traders get what is the true value in some cases with admin help.
But with the addition of these two cards, I now posses a full set of Korean 4th Edition FBB cards. I can honestly tell you I thought I was never going to get this set complete, but now I have this full set and also a full set of Visions Korean. Having had these cards since the 90's, I am very happy to have finished this part of the collection. My dad would be very happy about this one.
Fat Packs
This came with the FBB Korean cards and I learned something new. You need to have elevated subscription with CS in order to send sealed product. And not only that, but you can gift those rights to seller in order for them to sell you sealed product you are looking for. I was more than happy to gift a subscription to this trader not only for the Fat Pack, but just because he was selling me the FBB Korean cards! This now finishes off my Fat Pack needs for the Worldwake block.
CardSphere Trades
My thought process is working, and I might expand this way of trading. So I have been putting cards up on CS with really low prices. Most cards are Standard cards that rotate out, but there is no way I want to pay for these cards at Standard prices. That is the reasoning behind setting the lower prices so that when the price does come down, traders can just send me the cards I am looking for at the lower prices. It is working really well. I am just setting the price I am willing to pay for these cards with the though that it is rotation time, and just sit and wait for people to send me the cards. Now that rotation time is coming, I am getting some of these prices right.
I am not going to say I am smart, but I was just lucky with this one. I got them for around $60 and right after I got sent these cards, it spiked up to above $80. I think that later on this year, during the winter, the prices will drop and I can finish my playset for $60 each. That is my guess, but if anything I will just end up going to my LGS and snagging them at list prices.
YouTuber Exotic MTG
So I was on the discord and a CS member named ExoticMTG was looking for one more card for a deck he was going to use as a prize on his YouTube channel. Or maybe it was a give away? I am not sure, but all he wanted was a Mana Crypt and I did have a couple extra that I could trade, so I opened up a DM conversation with him. After some talking we figured out what I needed and what he could provide, and this is what we ended up with.
This was the primary thing I wanted out of the trade, just cause I can't seem to find many of Box Toppers for sale anywhere. I am just trying to finish up my set and be done with these types of chase cards. I don't play with foils, and normally just trade them all away, so yeah just kind of want this to be done.
He did have these Art cards from Modern Horizons, and I just need a few more to complete my second set.
Of course I was able to pick up some Standard cards that are rotating out this fall. I was not against this just because I am looking to picking these up right now. And now that I am looking at this, the Jadelight Ranger is actually from a different CS trade, but I put it in with these pictures.
Yeah I still need Uncommon MH1 cards, and I would much rather get these in trades than have to buy them.
Here are some spicy MH1 cards that came with the trade. These are lesser rares that I needed, so it is always really great to get these cards so that I don't need to buy them.
And here are some of the big hitters that came with the trade. It is always nice to pick up some Mythic Rares. I honestly do not think I am going to be finishing this playset anytime soon. I just really do not want to know what the winter release is going to be, because I just don't have the cash to pick up anything else this year.
Well this is a late update, and a big one. There is still a bunch going on. I should be picking up my Commander 2019 decks next week but after that it should be quiet until Throne comes out. So I am not sure when I am going to update the blog again, but it might take some time. Just need to refresh my priorities.
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