Comments on: Insider: No Longer a Skeptic

By: wilderness

wilderness — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:48:58 +0000

In reply to Kurbstomp. I would have to agree. I find all the 'unlimited drafting' articles to be quite low value as well. Discussing 1-2 of trades after drafting events really offers nothing in terms of speculation.

By: LoSt

LoSt — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 22:21:19 +0000

One great way to make money with your trades is to target these types of cards you are talking about in exchange for hot standard or modern cards. Often people will jump at the chance to trade the random crappy mythics and rares that have been stuck in their binder for ages at very bargain rates if they can trade it up into something good.

There is nothing I love more than trading a $20 mythic for 30 rares that someone doesn’t want, and then buylisting those same rares for $25-30

People who aren’t in the business of selling cards often won’t care that the TCG mid on a crappy rare is $1.5 and you’re giving them .5, they are just happy to get rid of their bulk for new cards for a deck.

By: Bobby Deng

Bobby Deng — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:11:36 +0000

Something I found as a goldmine is a buylist % of the trade price, meaning what % is buylist price / trade price is the highest to maximize your cash when trading.

Looking at mythics, Ajani Caller of the Pride and Ral Zarek had 60-70% buy% of trade so I’ve been trading for those, thinking they’ll slowly grow or spike and worst comes to worst sell them off for a decent buy price. Trader tools have shaped my trading strategy slightly.

By: Kurbstomp

Kurbstomp — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:53:46 +0000

I feel like this should be a free article? What with the plug for TT and no actual advice.

By: Mike Lanigan

Mike Lanigan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:50:37 +0000

I would have liked more details, but this is exactly the type of finance article tons of people need to read. This concept is especially important if you get into buying collections. Getting the most out of your cards is key and much of the time you will have “dealer bulk” that no one wants so make sure you take Danny’s advice and move it!