So it has been a pretty busy week for me. I ended up going to a "Monday Night Magic" sort of event, and that ended up being alright. I tried zombies, but that didn't pan out. The trades worked out well, though I don't know if I am buying into Modern or selling right now. In the past week I picked up a bunch of shocks, moved them, got 3 Arcbound Ravagers, another Damnation, and lots of random cards. I think that I will gradually try and pick up shocks and Zendikar fetches, as my supply is rather depleted. I hope that they see a small drop in value so I can try and get some long term profit in them. In terms of trading, I think that I am in a spot where I have a huge collection of smaller cards that I need to use to trade up, and a few of the middle of the road cards that can hopefully be used for big stuff. I moved a lot of standard things for Modern/Legacy, getting a Volcanic Island in the process. For 2 Sword of War and Peace, it seems like it was a good deal for me. I moved them and all of my Geist of Saint Traft, though I ended up getting two more recently. This might be the card that I can use for leverage to pick up for 20 and move for 25. I was able to get some value on my trades, though I am worried that I have a lot of cards that have not been moving lately. Right now I have 9 Ghoulcrawlers (4 foil) 4 Messangers, 4 Obliterators, and lots of other random cards. The purchase of all of the bulk has really filled my binder out, and I have been able to move some of the cards, making it rather profitable so far.
So Canada is hell for trading. There is no universal "We can check Starcity" approach, people really didn't want to trade many of their cards, and they were brutal with their offers. For reference, Foil cryptic > Glimmervoid, Spell Snare > $2, and the Merit Lage Token isn't worth $15. Sorry. People were just impossible to trade with, which was pretty disappointing. Over the past week, I was able to cycle some cards and make some profit, which is all I can hope for. I actually trade 4 Inexorable Tide (1 Foil), so that is just great to get rid of them. I am going to have to work on a longer term solution to my Modern/Legacy binder, and that might involve pulling out the sets of cards and ones I want to keep, and perhaps throwing them in another binder (that I don't bring to trade. It might help deal with the issues of having lots of sweet cards around, and should lower the amount of cards I am carrying. Also focusing on trying to "Trade Up" would be a good goal for the next week, since I have lots of the smaller cards, and I think now is a good time to look for cards that are under valued. I am thinking Stromkirk Noble at $5 is a steal, since it is a cornerstone in RDW and vampires, both of which will be casually played if nothing else. Garruk at $15 will be an easy choice to pick up, and Past In Flames for $3.5 is going to give me huge returns in the long term. I am also imagining that Birds of Paradise at $5 is high, so I will try and move those. I guess that right now I am just trying to fight the apathy, as grinding out a few bucks every week isn't really the most thrilling thing in the world, especially when there is little value in my local store and a trip to Canada really didn't yield anything I was looking for. I guess if I saw more cards move (Like the Tides) I would be more motivated, which is strange, because I have been trading really well lately and picked up some godly cards. Also being able to move random older cards should have helped as well. I don't know, perhaps I just have a headache and am moody and whatnot after the PTQ (23rd place, 5-2-1, mulled to 5 at least 3 times, lost a round to a guy drawing a 1 outer, lost a game to a guy drawing a 3 outer, and ended up drawing a round because my Dark Confidant revealed a 2. I really feel like I was battling my deck and battling my opponents' luck. I was really happy with playing the deck (Jund) and I think that I have the potential to Top 8 another PTQ if I play competitive decks like that in the future. I think my goal for this week is to go through my cards and add more to my .50/$1/$2 binder, and focus on trading up for some higher value stuff, hopefully new Planeswalkers and the cards I am trying to stockpile.
Here's what I got from my prize packs. Smaller sample set, but $3 a pack isn't too bad. Not opening any gravecrawlers and only 1 messenger (I think) and 0 Huntmaster really hurts
Pack 1:
Markov Blademaster ($2)
Pack 2:
Lingering Souls ($2.5)
Ghoultree ($1.5)
Foil Scorch the Fields ($.25)
Pack 3:
Increasing Ambition ($1)
Wolfbitten Captive ($1.5)
Pack 4:
Curse of Echoes ($.50)
Pack 5:
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed ($6)
Pack 6:
Zombie Apocalypse ($1)
Elbrus, the Binding Blade ($3.5)
Pack 7:
Immerwolf ($1)
Feed the Pack ($.50)
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