Comments on: Surviving the Season: Drafting, Trading and Leveling Up

By: @torerotutor

@torerotutor — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:26:25 +0000

@yesterd4y Thanks for the comment, I'm confident I did fine on that trade too, but it was cetainly an eye opener when i pulled the first Tundra out of the sleeve and the back was somewhat worn. The second one was excellent. I was more just appalled with myself I assigned values to those cards without inspecting them more than him just setting two sleeved Tundras on the table across from me. It was a good lesson to learn, in a harmless situation.

@Mr.C That's a really good line. I'll beusing that. Thanks.

By: Mr.C

Mr.C — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:47:48 +0000

That's why I always say, especially on duals, that my values are for NM, and it goes down from there.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Fri, 27 May 2011 05:57:04 +0000

Great article, and I've been trying to get into Legacy as well.
As for the prediction tracker, it's ready to go, but Google is experiencing some issues. I don't want to launch with the possibility of Google Docs going down and killing the spreadsheet in the middle of the article, so as soon as we get that work out it's going up!

By: yesterd4y

yesterd4y — Fri, 27 May 2011 05:05:35 +0000

I disagree with your trade for Tundras at $70. Now, considering the SCG Legacy Bubble, $70 is incredibly low value for Tundras, almost regardless of condition. Seeing as how you are looking for cards to play with and not trade, this is incredibly favorable for you. Also, trading volatile standard cards for stable legacy cards is almost always value in the long term.
An example I have is I traded a Sword of Feast and Famine (or War and Peace, can't remember) for a Flooded Strand. Either sword is very good, but will obviously cool down in value after Stoneforge rotates, while Flooded Strand will be ~$20 as long as Legacy is still a format.

tl;dr
Trading for legacy stuff with standard stuff, even at a premium, is always value.