Thanks for the comment, Trevi! I’m so glad you declined his offers. At this point, I don’t like making blanket comments about a person but if you are getting offers from Rudy to buy your high end cards, be VERY wary. He could be making these offers with manipulation in mind. Make sure you weigh that out before deciding to sell.

Personally I have found Card Kingdom’s buy list to be extremely fluid, agile, and reliable. So I check their site almost daily for high end Arabian Nights cards to see how they’re reacting to the latest market movements.

MTG Stocks is also great for price trends, though it focuses on TCGplayer numbers instead of buy lists.

Thanks for commenting!

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This article was not meant as support for his actions. Just acknowledgement of the impact.

Not a fool at all. It’s tough to sink a large amount of cash on a single card because it will be tougher to move at the “new price”. You could be sitting on that card for quite a while, and that represents opportunity cost. Money you could be putting to work elsewhere. So I commend your discipline and not giving into the hype.

The site you can check is mtgstocks.com. It shows price trends and you can add/remove filters for sets you do/don’t want to see.

that makes sense now…

I sold out of Juzam last week too and these 2cards has been the subject of attention in past week with offers coming in every couple of hours.

I think it cooled down as of 2-3days ago…

great article.

May I ask which site do you use to monitor buyouts such as these on a daily basis?

No, I didn’t. I have more cash than trade assets right now and will be in Europe soon so am waiting for (assuming) better prices there to blow most of that cash on so I tend to be more conservative. For example, with the SP+ Bazaar, I negotiated it down to $850 USD but delcined. I wanted it for no more than $800 because cards around a grand can be tough to move, not sure how high this current spike will stick, and am looking for better arbitrage. Maybe I’m a fool for passing on it for that price. Time will tell. Not really concerned though because I’ll find and make good deals either way. And for trade, they wanted too much of a premium out of my Modern/Legacy/EDH binders so I declined again.

Very good point, Christopher! I appreciate the data – this underscores the fact that the market manipulators are very much operating in the U.S. While there’s definitely some arbitrage that takes place, it’s impossible for Rudy and his followers to find every copy out there. So when the next buyout happens, it’s important not to panic and purchase the first one you find. A little discipline and some creativity and you can uncover copies still at the “old price”, at least for a short time.

Did you get any? For trade? 😀