I agree unlimited is poised to increase next, though I think CE/ICE is going to follow on the heels. Some folks, as you said, prefer black border. In addition, the ability to find minty CE/ICE is much easier and cheaper for those who do not like played cards (I fall into this camp).

I have been acquiring NM/M power and duals of CE over the last few months. The major online vendors have really dried up on stock. For example, Card Kingdom had ~15 pieces of power as recently as two weeks ago. They now have 3.

Looking at buylist prices, CE power follows a similar trend that you point out in your article. CK is around 280/315 for CE/ICE power. ABU buylists are 400-600 for CE NM power! I suspect there are some opportunities to pick up some cheaper CE/ICE pieces and buylist to ABU.

Love your articles, keep up the great work.

Cheers,

Wood

Wood Young,

That’s an excellent question! If you had asked me 12-24 months ago, I would have said that CE/IE were great pickups because of their gradual adoption in Old School. I even wrote an article on the subject a while back. But if you ask me now in the present, I gotta say CE prices seem awfully steep compared to Unlimited counterparts. I’d be inclined to put my money into Unlimited personally, unless you absolutely cannot stomach white bordered cards. I think UNL prices will outpace CE prices over the next 6 months. But this is just a guess, of course.

What are your thoughts?

Sig