Comments on: Insider: Speculation on Legacy Isn’t Dead

By: Sigmund Ausfresser

Sigmund Ausfresser — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:58:04 +0000

In reply to David Schumann. Lands is expensive for most. But if people have enough money to play Lands, they're going to have enough money to play Drop of Honey over Porphyry Nodes. The Green version of the card is strictly better than the White version in this deck given that it is mainly G/R already. The card is showing more play in Old School as well. Add the fact that this is RL and extremely old, and you have the makings for a spike. I think anyone who bought copies in the $70 range will easily make profit on this. I would not advocate buying at over $100 for speculation purposes.

By: pi

pi — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:34:12 +0000

In reply to David Schumann. I think it's also gambling on casual, old school and collector demand, but you're right in saying Lands is too expensive for most. Personally I've owned a set for casual play for around 15 years.

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:33:29 +0000

I always enjoy seeing a bit of innovation in a format that many think is “solved”, however, I don’t honestly know if the drop of honey speculator(s) will actually profit from it or not. While it is an old reserved list card, the lands deck is extremely expensive (even by Legacy standards) so the number of players is small and thus the expected demand is likely small. I am also cautious of cards that WoTC has reprinted (but in a different color), like Porphory Nodes as WoTC could always make a “hybrid” version that does the same thing and is hybrid w/g.