Comments on: Mana-Charged Dragon Spike on TCGPlayer: $15 of Wishful Thinking

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:51:14 +0000

Is it just me, or are we seeing more frequent buy-out spikes on random cards in the last few months? It feels like people started talking about Tiny Leaders and suddenly everyone with $100 in their pockets is tossing money at buying out something or other based on tea leaves.

By: Kelly Reid

Kelly Reid — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:16:46 +0000

Yeah, I noticed Sphere too and was going to be making a post about it shortly 🙂

I’ve noticed that these cards tend to settle almost exactly half-way between their pre- and post-spike price (regardless of true demand). Buy list prices dont move with nearly as much magnitude.

By: Chaz V

Chaz V — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:45:24 +0000

Kelly,

I really enjoy these new “on the spot” updates you’ve been pushing out as of late. Keep up the great work. I feel the exact same way, though in these instances there’s always a few dollars to eek out of these “sell side spikes”. While I personally don’t like chasing the white rabbit, I can understand financiers hedging bets on pre-spiked prices.

We saw the same exact thing with the Conspiracy Mythic Scourge of the Thrones, it still maintained a new price.Coordinated buy-out? Maybe. Dragon hype? maybe. The only justification here, is supply. Rarely do these cards ever go back to pre-spiked prices when something like this happens.

The other one that is trending as of today, is Shere of Resistance, which I’d be much more inclined to purchase. It’s actually a card that’s used in Legacy, with Lands becoming more popular to play.

Again, enjoy these new updates.