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Best place to trade options cards mtg Broadcasting is a way to meet up and play with people in your area. Location services must be turned on for this site on your browser (a prompt should appear). Please do not use this feature if you own a fake ice cream truck. Waiting for location permission. Broadcast and play with friends. You can send a private broadcast to meet up and play with your friends. Waiting for location permission. Best Place to Sell Cards? Posted on March 15, 2015, 6:48 p. m. by N o P a n t s P a r a d e. Hey, guys, I know I haven't been active in a while because I've been busy and stuff. But I'm looking to get some extra cash for my car as that seems to have taken over Magic. I feel like I'm beating a dead horse asking these questions, so I apologize. I'm looking to sell a good portion of my collection. I've looked up this stuff doing the Googles, but I thought I might as well come here for some more info. What I want to do first is I want to trade my bulk rares to my LGS to get some staples to allow for easier selling.

I already flipped some for a vendillion-clique, but the store wouldn't take anymore of my bulk. I have looked at selling on eBay, but I'm not exactly sure if that's the way I want to go. I've also considered selling to ChannelFireball, but I also want to get a good return on most of my collection. So what would be the best way to go about selling cards? There are some cards I'm probably keeping just because I don't seen them losing value at any point, like Thoughtseize , Savannah , (foil) shocks, fetches, maybe Snapcaster Mage s, and other things. And I'm probably keeping my modern deck for the moment. Now to my second question. I have three EDH decks, and I know which one I'm keeping. What would be the best way to go about selling the other two? Selling the deck as a whole or just taking it apart and selling the staples? I think the latter would be best, but I've seen people do both. Also, if you're interested in buying some cards from me, I'll have my binder updated at some point so let me know. k y u u r i 1 1 7 says. #2. I don't know anyone who's ever bought a premade deck, edh or otherwise, as most people tend to have an idea of what they want to build and already have some of the cards.

No point in spending extras on what you aren't going to use. I would organize your entire collection, and learn how to use Pucatrade. I don't personally use it, but i have heard that if you can learn to use it well (which involves highly organizing your collection), you can sell off bulk commons-mythics very easily. They don't give you cash, but you can use their currency to buy money cards to put on ebay. Which brings me to my answer to your question. Sell your collection as singles on Ebay. Well, the cards that you know people want at least. A), it's a good way to boost your ebay rep, and b) it's a very easy and convenient way to get rid of cards. Just list em for buy out at 75-80% of their market price and they will sell like hotcakes. Plus, the buyer pays for the shipping so all you gotta do is stick em in a plastic loader and padded envelope and ship em off. March 15, 2015 7:15 p. m. N o P a n t s P a r a d e says.

#3. Awesome. Thanks for the response. I'm only hesitant to sell on Ebay because of Ebay taking a percentage, but I'm probably exaggerating that fee. And I've read stories of buyers accusing sellers of not sending and whatnot when they did send. I'll give Pucatrade a try, too, sometime this week. I've traded on here before with no problems, but I always think I'll somehow screw up on Ebay. I'll try selling something of smaller value first. Thanks again. Also, for anyone interested in my binder, here it is from what I know I have. The rest will be added later.

March 15, 2015 7:59 p. m. N o P a n t s P a r a d e says. #4. oops. that link might not work, if it doesn't, here's my binder for anyone interested. March 15, 2015 8:01 p. m. Do you usually get delivery confirmation or anything? March 16, 2015 4:54 a. m. N o P a n t s P a r a d e says. #6. Every time I've traded on here, I've used delivery confirmation, except on like a $3 trade. And when I sold my Kinect two or three years ago on Ebay, I used delivery confirmation. Why? March 16, 2015 5:40 p. m. It just gives some extra peace of mind and shows your stuff was delivered. I haven't sent any cards in the mail but I've heardread that it's a good thing to get. I'm not saying that it can be used to prove anything if someone says they didn't get the items, but it shows it was delivered.

Not that you have to get it. =) March 16, 2015 6:42 p. m. s u n e a t e r says. #8. I've been selling on Ebay since 2003 and never had any issues with people scamming me, MTG or otherwise. Ebay's cut is very reasonable compared to your other options. TCGPlayer might also be an option but I'm not sure what kind of red tape & fees they have for individual sellers. March 17, 2015 1:02 a. m. I'm not saying that delivery confirmation can prove anything at all (because I don't know), but I've heardread that it's a good thing to get and that there's an increase in scammers. March 17, 2015 3:53 p. m. 00xtremeninja says. #10. selling on TCG is tough as you can only list up to 10 cards to start with and people are always weary of buying from fresh sellers. March 17, 2015 5:08 p. m. d e c k m o n s t e r 9 9 says. #11. i sell large numbers of cards on ebay, cheap one's and really expensive cards as well. my rule of thumb is use tracking on any order of 25 dollars or more. your probably not going to sell a massive number of cards so really it's up to u. things to watch out for and not do are, ship outside your country, almost any time i have done this it seems the buyer has tried to scam me and say they dint get it. NEVER trust the people who u sell your cards to as well.

i have sold thousands of cards and it seems about every 30 sales i do, i get some dude telling me he wants a refund since its been 4 days and they have not gotten there cards and threaten to give me bad feedback if i do not. i have mailed many of them, to f-off, and tell them maybe in two months i will refund them. i am telling the truth about this im not nice at all and guess what after probably 100 times of that happening i have never gotten a negative feedback, u just know there trying to scam, so do not fall for it. i have had many card shops buy my cards and try the scam also, TRUST NO ONE i cant stress that enough. selling on ebay has been good to me and it's a great way to earn moneycards just watch out, and use common sense, and be good about packaging and shipping em out day of sale and u will be ok. make sure to describe cards well, use things like FAST SHIPPING. in title to help sale's and sell card for buy now only at a good price. take many close up pics as well to post on item, its for your protection as well. March 17, 2015 5:47 p. m. N o P a n t s P a r a d e says. #12. All right, thanks everyone for the information! Once spring break rolls around and high school slows down, I'll start organizing everything in preparation for Ebay. How should I do the pricing? 80% of TCG low like k y u u r i 1 1 7 said? Or is there a chance I could go a bit higher? Higher might be pushing it, so 80% seems good, but I'll compare it to other listings. Thanks again.

March 17, 2015 9:59 p. m. k y u u r i 1 1 7 says. #13. I'd recommend 80% of tcg mid, low usually implies a damaged or heavily played card. Take Jace, the mind sculptor for example. He goes for what , $90? If you put him up for like $72, you might get 68 or so after ebay takes a cut. Not the 85 you could have gotten if you tried for MP, but it's guaranteed to sell fast. March 17, 2015 10:09 p. m. d e c k m o n s t e r 9 9 says. #14. i just search ebay for the price of the card im trying to sell x1 and make my price competitive. March 18, 2015 1:36 p. m. This discussion has been closed. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is unaffiliated . Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Top Ten MTGO Beginner Mistakes. 1. Buying booster packs and opening them to get cards.

This is one of the most costly but also most easy-to-make mistakes for anyone who just started out and is looking to grow his card collection — cracking boosters is fun, and that’s what they are meant for after all, right? Wrong! To understand why this is a major blunder that will cost you a lot of money, we need to talk a little bit about so-called MTGO limited tournaments and how booster packs are used in those. In contrast to constructed tournaments, in which every player brings his or her own deck with 60 or more cards he has chosen in advance, limited tournaments are played with sealed boosters that are opened during the tournament and then either drafted or used to build a 40+ card deck (depending on the exact format played). The fact that you need sealed product to participate in these online tournaments makes boosters inherently more valuable than they would be if you could only rip them open for cards. They are like entry tickets, in addition to the event tickets you need to participate. As soon as you open that booster pack, you lose this virtual value and rely on the singles within the booster to recoup the cost. In 95% of the cases, the singles in the booster pack are worth LESS than what you had to pay for it. Do not fall for fantastic stories from players about how they always open great stuff and that the difference is marginal it is not. So what should you do if you need cards to grow your collection, then? You should sell the boosters for between 3 and 4 event tickets and use those tix to buy specific cards you need and like. You can buy up to 10 nice, playable rares (no tournament powerhouses, mind you) for a single event ticket or around 30 good commonsuncommons. Even if you are not chasing the most desired cards, this is much more than you will get from your booster pack. To inform yourself about what a booster is worth, feel free to check the classifieds section in game or go to Supernova’s booster prices list, which shows the dealer buy and sell prices for a booster.

Settle in between when selling, and you should be fine. MTGO Academy is also selling boosters from many sets for low prices in our store. Check them out here. 2. Entering tournaments without sufficient play skill or knowledge of the format. It is fun to compete and even more fun to win prizes, but most beginners underestimate the competition they are facing on MTGO . The worldwide access draws the best players in the world, and you can quickly find yourself paying entry fees andor cracking packs for limited events without a realistic chance to make it to the prize ranks. MTGO has on average much better players than the casual paper Friday Night Magic event at your local store. The really good news about that is that it also makes you a much better player over time. Many of the best paper players would not be where they are today without MTGO and its strong player base. However, there are ways for you to enjoy the benefit without burning through your wallet in an attempt to improve your skill and win product. Make extensive use of the New Player room the room was created to allow beginners to get accustomed to the client interface and test the water with their initial cards. Don’t move to the regular playing area until you know how to use the interface and ideally also the most important keyboard shortcuts you will benefit greatly if you understand how stops work and how to use the F-keys. For a great summary of the most important commands you can read “Cracking the Code.

” Learn how to create, save, and load decklists for later use and always ask a member of the ORC (Online Response Crew) if you have questions they are the moderators in the game and always happy to help you out. Once you feel you are ready to move on, you should avoid the next error that is also very common and costs a lot of money, which is… 3. Buying, selling, and trading cards without knowledge of card prices. Trading is an important aspect of Magic: the Gathering , and it can either help you to save money or hinder you by costing you money. The choice is really completely up to you! With right preparation, it is certainly going to benefit your collection and make it easier for you to get the cards you need for your decks. Ignore it, and others will exploit you to their benefit chances are that you want to avoid this. First of all you need to gather a few resources, so you will be able to check card prices on a regular basis. Many MTGO cards are worth next to nothing, while others have a huge price tag. We personally would bookmark the following websites for this purpose: mtgoacademy. comstore – you can quickly use the search and the filters to get MTGO card prices. mtgotraders. com – also a large dealer that has prices for all cards. supernovabots.

com – a list of prices that is updated every 15 minutes but contains only rare cards. It is, however, a good source for comparison. cardbotmtgo. com – a simple web tool that displays card prices while you are typing them into the search field. Prices are usually the same as the MTGOTraders list. Attention! Using prices from other websites that sell paper cards for MTGO is a huge mistake, as the paper and digital prices can differ greatly in either direction, depending on the card, the card’s set, etc. Only use the above sources or other sources that are dedicated to MTGO cards for price checks. Besides websites, there is another way to check prices within the game, namely by checking the classifieds section and searching for a particular card. Often you will find buy and sell offers from players that will give you an indicator as to what a card is worth. Be careful, though, since many players offer you far less or sell for far more than a card is actually worth, so take any given ad with a grain of salt. You can also just open trade with an automated MTGO account, called a bot, and see for what it is selling the card in question. In the case of a buy bot, it will show you what the managers of the bot are paying for the card, booster, etc.

All the information combined will give you a good idea on prices and ensure that you will not get ripped off by unscrupulous sharks that pray on clueless or careless beginners. 4. Growing you collection without clear direction and knowledge of MtG formats. There are literally tens of thousands of different Magic cards in the system by now, and what is possible is only growing. This can be very confusing to the fledgling planeswalker and might lead to the mistake of buying without a clear idea of where you want your focus to be and how to be smart about growing your spell arsenal. The frustration is big when players later realize that they have wasted money and time acquiring cards they do not really need. When you start out after making your account, you will get a lot of gold-bordered planeswalker cards that are great for getting accustomed to the game in the New Player room as outlined above. Those cards, however, cannot be traded or used outside of this designated area, and therefore you need a method to acquire cards for the later constructed decks that you will use in the Casual Room, Tournament Practice Room, or in tournaments of your choice. Before you make big purchases and begin the transition, you should familiarize yourself with the most important MtG formats. Formats, simply put, delimit what types of cards you may use when competing in them. Some allow only the newest sets, others all sets, and others only commons, etc. There is really no best or worst format it is mostly a matter of taste, and to a large extent, also a matter of spendable money you have available. Vintage and Legacy, for example, allow you to use a huge card pool that contains many, many sets and is more expensive to play than, let’s say, Block Constructed, which only allows for the most recent three or fewer sets to be used.

While the number of possible formats is huge (a feature that makes MTGO really awesome), you can often use your cards in more than one, so don’t despair! Read this article to understand how formats work, and then come back for the next important step. Done? Okay, now we can talk about our recommendations for a beginner and how to go from there. MTGO Academy recommends beginners to start with the Block Constructed format, which allows only the most recent sets to be used. The reason is that you focus on a smaller card pool and don’t have to buy many, many, cards to get going. Block is also a great springboard for the most popular constructed format, which is Standard. When a new block is released, all your cards will rotate out but can be comfortably used in Standard, which then ought to be, on our recommendation, your next goal. As the set rotations continue, you might consider a slow transition into the so-called eternal formats, where card sets never rotate out (only in). The card pool for these formats constantly grow and allow you to play your cards as long as you wish in competitive events (aside from a few banned cards). Tip: To make sure you are only buying cards from sets that you need, you can use the client format filter you will then only see the cards allowed in the format of your choice when searching other players’ or bots’ collections. Check our tutorial page to learn more about this option and many others.

Attention: If you are playing casually against friends or strangers and not competing in tournaments, you are free to use whatever cards you like, of course, no matter the set. It is, therefore, not a big deal if you plan to stay in the casual rooms or mainly play with friends online. In fact, if you use the format Freeform when creating a game, you can even break the deckbuilding rules imposed by Wizards, normally in place to ensure a sound tournament experience. E. g., you can play with fewer than 40 cards in your deck or play all 10 of your copies of Lightning Bolt if you really wish. 5. Completely ignoring value-building actions. Magic is primarily a game, but if you don’t belong to the fortunate minority who can ignore financial aspects of the game (due to having massive assets in the bank), you should spend at least a small portion of your time thinking how you can use the tools, tips, and tricks shared here to sustain your hobby. Taking this effort will not only help you to finance some of the more expensive cards that exist, but also prevent you from getting ignorant and lazy about it and paying more money than you should. We highly recommend the Rags to Riches series on MTGO Academy you can learn the most valuable trading techniques and tips in an entertaining run, where I, the owner and founder of this website, turn a pile of 15 nearly worthless cards into the most expensive card online by using simple tricks and a long series of trades. Also stay on top of the finance game by reading a few economy-related articles from time to time, and listen to people with experience in that matter. 6. Not using freebots or the opportunity to buy bulk, bundles, or specials.

Many beginners make the mistake of buying too many singles. They pick a few cards they need and repeat the process over and over until they have a deck together that they like. The problem with this approach, if you have very few cards, is that as soon as you are bored of the deck, or simply want to try something else, you are forced to buy singles again. This can be very costly and in most cases, you are far better off buying in bulk. What that means is that you should buy a lot of cards at once and get a huge discount on the price. Often you can get hundreds of cards for very little money and can use the cards to build many different decks over time. There are several ways to go about this one of the most popular ones are the Beginner Specials on mtgoacademy. comstore. You will receive a huge amount of cards and pay as little as $4.99 for a huge boost to your collection. Because we are using excess inventory to make these packs, we can offer them for a low price to the benefit of the customer. There are also ways to use bulk bot accounts within the client to buy a certain amount of cards for one Event Ticket. You can recognize those due to their classified ad that often reads “Selling x uncommons for y” it can be a great way to fill a few holes in your deck or expand your deckbuilding capabilities.

Lastly there are automated accounts that give cards away for free — yes, it is legit and no scam, and you should make sure you use them. To find the accounts simply go to the classifieds, type “free” into the search box, and open trade with the account if the ad indicates to do so then you’ll get free cards. Be aware that a lot of shady players use the term free in their ad just to draw traffic to their accounts without actually offering anything for free. Chances are they are just trying to rip you off. MTGO Academy is the only account that has a special tool running in client called Academy_Quizbot . If you open trade with it and answer a Magic trivia question correctly, you can pick up to four free cards. This is allowed once a week. Just make sure you don’t time out more than 5 minutes, and you are out! Another great opportunity to get quality cards for a bargain price are our “deals of the day” that you can find on the front page. There you will find a new discounted product every day.

7. Falling for scammers that promise much but only take your goods or money. No different from any other communal online environment, MTGO has its bad apples who thrive within a small space and try to steal or exploit beginners, who are usually their most welcome victims because their lack of experience makes scammers’ jobs much easier. There are several schemes that try to part you from what is yours to benefit them, but nearly all of them use outside transactions that circumvent the built-in trading features of MTGO . The simple recommendation we can make is to engage in outside transactions only with reputable dealers who have business for many years and have earned the trust you have to put in for them. It is true that you can sometimes save a bit of money trading, buying, or selling with players you don’t know at all, but it is rarely worth the risk with large transactions. MTGO Academy is in the business for years and offers an encrypted e-commerce platform and great customer support. If you want to support our free articles and videos please visit our MTGO store, where we have a great selection of products for low prices. 8. Practice without Theory or Theory without Practice. Magic is a very skill-intensive game. It takes a long time until you can swim with the sharks, and it can easily happen that you get frustrated if you don’t follow a path that increases your play performance regularly. The trap you need to avoid is starting to play constantly, maybe even in tournaments (and you shouldn’t if you have read point 2 above…) and wonder why you always lose. To be a winner at this game, you have combine rigorous play and review with reading good method articles, watching game videos, and most importantly, asking a lot of questions and learning the rules! Rule knowledge, the technical aspect of the game, is a pivotal factor to understand why and how strong players make decisions on the board and how you can move the game forward to your advantage.

Long story short: Play a lot against competitive opponents, but combine frequent play with reading, asking, and learning. Good resources are websites that offer free articles and videos such as mtgoacademy. com, channelfireball. com , starcitygames. com, mtgotraders. com, and many more you can find on the web. Use them! 9. Not utilizing the in-game support crew (ORCs) While MTGO can be quite confusing due to the rather creative user-interface design and the complex game mechanics, it does have a very good support crew referred to as ORCs (Online Response Crew). Those support members are there to help you out if you have problems or questions, and usually respond very quickly. You should make yourself familiar with the rooms where you can reach them and utilize their help whenever you are not sure about how to use something, have technical problems, or just want to find out more about the game. The easiest way to contact them is to open the main menu at the bottom left of the home screen and then click on ‘helpchat with support’ or enter one of the tournament rooms, where you will usually find at least one ORC answering questions or linking to useful resources that help you with your issue. Try it out! 10. Reading this list and ignoring the points made. It is possible that you don’t really understand the impact of the decisions you make in game completely when you are new.

You might think it is okay to ignore a few of these points or, despite thinking you trust the above, make exceptions for ourself — it will come back to bite you in one way or another! We recommend you reread the list, print it, put it on your desktop, and come back to it often. All recommendations given here are a result of many years of MTGO experience as a user, dealer, and provider of strategic and economic advice for the game. You will certainly benefit and save a lot of money listening to what we’ve said. We wish you a lot of fun and exciting moments, and: Welcome to MTGO ! If you want to jump right in click on the button below to get to our webstore! Lol I read most of it and got to like not using free bots (which i abuse to the fullest) didn’t read anything but the captions after that then saw #10 and went back and read them. Very good article. I use some of the resources listed off in this article multiple times even though I’ve been playing MTGO for years. Perfect guide for new players. great idea and execution for an article. wish I had read this a year ago when I first started on MtGO. one issue… you recommend using MTGO Academy’s online store for price comparisons, but the most recent cards listed in the store are from NPH!

any plans to update with M12 and ISD-block cards soon? @beardo: We are going to update the store inventory in the near future, yes. In case you need prices for the most recent sets the other resources mentioned are a good reference. Glad you liked the article. i loved the article. I have been on MTGO for 2 years now and know this but it was a great link for all my friends who have just started on MTGO as it teaches them how to do it properly.! I would just add mtgolibrary. com as a resource to search for cards, bots, and prices as well. I wish I had seen this article 2 hours ago before I opened my booster pack. I’ve been looking for an article like this for ages! Thank you so much. The advice given is really good and every beginner should read and take into account.

I spent around 20 dollars to get myself a deck only to find out it’s not allowed in the standard format. The deck is great but I wish I could use to play in standard. I haven’t opened the booster pack yet because someone told me not to. I was curious as to why and now I found the reason. Good thing I didn’t open it. One question, when does the season start and end? I’m aware that standard format decks have a life span but I have no idea when banned cardsdecks are given out, etc. Any help would be appreciated and thank you again for this comprehensive and helpful article. The Magic 13 core set was released in July of this year I believe and the set has 3 expansion 1st being Return to Ravnica released Oct 15th, 2012 and the last set of this block i believe will be released April or May 2013. Then the M14 set will be released again a year from the M13 release. I am expirienced player in real magic, I have started few weeks ago playing MTGO. I have made one huge mistake, mistake number one: 1. Buying booster packs and opening them to get cards. Believe my, I have spend to much money for them. Cheeper would be even to buy separate tickets and trade with players to create your tournament deck. I have managed to create it, but had to buy few more tickets to do that.

Don’t make that mistake! p. s. Plejades, very good list! Good job! I have bought an M13 DECKBUILDER TOOLKIT 300 random cards and a few handpicked from mana leak. I have bought 6 booster’s as well and pulled Tamiyo, Angel of Senrenitiy and Sphinx’s Revelation. I don’t know what ORCs you are talking to, but they are different from the ones I have had the displeasure of interacting with. They are the worst customer service I have ever dealt with, always treat players(not just myself) like garbage, harass people constantly for little to no reason, and have incredibly poor rules knowledge that they liberally throw out and ruin peoples’ games. My advice to a new person would be GET OUT NOW before you’ve invested so much money into it that you feel trapped and have to play in an environment that makes you miserable. Like if you were at an actual tournament and the officials all heckled the players. TaaNop, I cannot confirm your observation. I have always found that you reap what you saw. If you converse politely and with respect ORCs do provide useful information and treat you well. The exception confirms the rule – but that is just my opinion.

Enjoy the game! Thanks for the read and tips bud. Trying out MTGO for the first time and having minimal knowledge of the game, I am overwhelmed by the amount thinking that goes into not just playing the game but what surrounds it as to how you approach it. With my slim knowledge of only playing on Xbox for a limited time. I am hopeful that your article is true and will be very beneficial in what I hope to be a long term commitment to the game. Look forward to finding other useful info you have out there. Great read an hour into the game now and this has answered most of my initial questions . Thanks for the help. This is very helpful! Thank you for taking the time to help out the beginners like this. Great article, thanks very!

awesome article , great insights , just what I needed as I get started, thanks. Been playing cardboard crack for about 18 years, but MTGO about 3 weeks now. Found this when searching for keyboard shortcuts. I knew they existed, and I needed to learn them. Interestingly, trading is the other thing I’ve not done at all yet and need to learn. This article looks dead on to me. Probably one of the most useful articles for MTGO noobs ever written! Thanks a bunch for this awesome free content!! According to the ORC there new player room no longer exists. What’s the next best thing to try out decks etc. before you buy the cards? With the new version of MTGO, has the format for Block and Standard switched around? So I guess if it has switched, we should start off in the Standard instead of Block? @DFam: Both of the formats are a good starting point. In general Standard has more diversity then Block but includes more sets.

It is mostly a matter of taste – many play both once they have aquired the cards for it. Have fun playing! I don’t really play this game on computer and I need to know if you need to save after building a deck and how to save or if there is auto save! BTW my brother Tom would do this game to test decks and cards before he actually bought them in real life. Just… putting that out there. Love the article. I’ve been playing Magic for a month now and I’m SO addicted to it. I’m an instant fan of this site. Very good article. I definitely appreciate this website. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Marin Baraba (Plejades on Magic Online ) is the founder of MTGO Academy. A "Wampire" Lord, Marin is also heavily interested in the Magic Online economy and enjoys playing limited. See other content from Plejades. Everything about MTGO from your fellow players' perspectives. If you are new to MTGO, check out this forum for tips, tricks, and troubleshooting.

Find important announcements from Wizards of the Coast regarding MTGO here. Check how many Qualifier Points you have for the current season (updated Thursdays). See all Premier and Daily Event schedules for the current week. If a game crashes or you lose because of a system or card bug, request compensation with this form. Can trigger a sound effect when receiving trade requests or messages, and includes hundreds of MtG Symbols for chat and the classifieds. Free to download. This page contains freely downloadable resources, including Magic Online playmats and Magic Online-compatible lists, to help remind you what spells your opponent could cast during your turn with his or her available mana. Stay Informed Stay Supplied Stay Connected. I would like to express my appreciation for your help. Parts of my next month's Magic budget will definitely go to your store! magicTCG. 3 552 . Gmonkeylouie acidix xmanii troublestarts s-mores actinide Retired Judge ubernostrum Level 3 Judge twotwobearz kodemage drakeblood4 .

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Want to add to the discussion? mod guidelines . Reddit for iPhone Reddit for Android mobile website . , . © 2017 reddit . . REDDIT and the ALIEN Logo are registered trademarks of reddit inc. &pi Rendered by PID 109248 on app-509 at 2017-12-06 00:23:44.237719+00:00 running 6791ba6 country code: DE. Blog. MTGPrice. com. Many people are leery of buylisting their cards and selling them to stores and card dealers. Players are worried that they’re getting ripped off and not getting full market value for their cards however, this is not always the case. There are numerous factors and situations many people fail to think about that can make buylisting your cards a great, profitable transaction. Here are some reasons why it’s often best to sell your MTG cards to stores’ buylists. One factor some people fail to consider when trying to sell their cards on eBay or TCGplayer is their fees.

eBay charges a 9% total value fee in addition to PayPal charges of 2.9%+$0.30 per transaction. For comparison, TCGplayer charges 11%+$0.50 for a sale. In addition to those fees, you still have to mail out the item even the cheapest mailing method of a regular envelope still costs $0.46 for the stamp, plus another $0.10 for the protective plastic top loader. Here’s a graph illustrating how much you pay in fees and shipping charges if you sell on these websites: Transaction cost (y-axis) and selling price (x-axis) The horizontal (X) axis is how much the item sold for, and the vertical (Y) axis is the cost of the fees and shipping charges. For example, if you sold an item for $10, TCG’s transaction costs would come to $2.16, whereas eBay’s fees + shipping would cost you $2.05. The marked point on the graph is the spot where both websites charge the same amount of fees for the item sold any item sold for $21.72 would cost you fees plus shipping of $3.45 at both websites. As is evident from the graph, eBay has lower fees relative to TCG on items cheaper than $21.72, whereas TCG has lower fees relative to eBay on items more expensive than that. These fees eat into a huge portion of the expected profit from a card. I routinely see cards listed on eBay and TCG where the person would receive about the same or even more money if they just sold the card to a buylist from a store. For example, as you can view on mtgprice. com, Venser, Shaper Savant is selling on eBay for $15, and yet ChannelFireball has been buying them for over a month at $12. The fees for that transaction on eBay end up being $2.65, so you end up receiving $12.35 – essentially the same price you would receive from selling to a buylist, not to mention the 30% bonus if you choose to get paid in store credit!

Also, the buylist has the added benefit that you don’t have to wait around for someone to buy your item. I can see from the price history of the card for March that people have sold copies of Venser, Shaper Savant for $12-$13, with a few even as low as $9.39 on eBay if they had all sold to ChannelFireball, they would have made more money than they did on eBay. It is also often worthwhile to sell your $1-$5 cards grouped all together to a buylist. If you want another way to look at the fees, you can view them as how much of a percent you’re paying on the item you sold: Percent of fees paid relative to selling price. This graph illustrates the percentage of fees paid relative to the item’s selling price. The X-axis is again how much the item sold for, and the Y-axis is percentage of the fees you paid relative to the cost of the item. The most important thing to note is the inverse relationship between the fee percentage and your item value as an item increases in value, the percent of fees relative to the item you pay decreases. This relationship is most relevant in items $20 and less the percentage changes very quickly, especially for extremely low priced items. Yes, eBay is better than TCG for selling lower priced items, but if you think you want to sell a one dollar item there, think again – you’d have to pay fees and shipping costs of 98% of what you sold the item for! If you sold that item on TCG, you’d actually be losing money! Fees for selling a two dollar item on eBay would be at 55%, eating up over half of what you sold the card at. Even for a five dollar sale on eBay, fees and shipping still consume 29% of the sale price, leaving you with only $3.54 net income. As the item increases in value, the percentage of fees paid eventually levels off at around 12%-13% for both sites. The moral of this story is that small value cards are often worth grouping together and selling to a buylist. Forgo the extra costs so the fees don’t eat you alive.

Thragtusk as of Mar 21, 2013. Another excellent opportunity to sell cards to a buylist arises when you know the price of a card is going to drop, and stores have not yet updated their buylist prices. For example, when the contents of the Gatecrash Event Deck were released, I knew the price of Thragtusk would plummet due to yet another reprinting. For over a week after that information had been released, Starcitygames was still buying Thragtusk at their old buylist price of $15. Fast forward a couple of months and sure enough, the price dropped, and now you can rebuy them for as little as $10. The lesson here is if you think the price of a card is going to go down, it’s often best to sell them right away even if it’s slightly under the market value, rather than trying to eke out every last cent of value out of the card and get stuck with it. One last tidbit of advice: before you hit that confirm button to sell to an online buylist, visit your local store or dealer to see if they are willing to beat any of the prices it’s a win-win situation. The store gets some cards they need, and you get a little bit more money for the cards you were willing to sell. I like to set the guideline at either getting an extra $0.25 or 10%, whichever is more, but you can decide for yourself whatever arbitrary criteria you want to follow. I hope this guide helps you decide the merits of selling your cards to a buylist. Track your collection's value over time, see which cards moved the most, track wishlists, tradelists and more. Sign up at MTGPrice. com - it's free! 5 thoughts on &ldquoThursday: Common Cents with Aaron Dettmann&rdquo Before anyone mentions this, I know I can make the formulas for the graphs more concise, but I wanted to spell out each separate cost to make it more transparent where I was pulling my numbers from. If I sell my cards to SCG, CFB, or the like, I still have to pay for postage, which can hurt profits on small cards too.

Selling to a dealer (even a local one) is always option B. If someone wants true fair value for a card, then they are better off selling it on MTG Salvation or MOTL. Typically, the buyer pays for shipping on those sites, and you get Ebay prices minus the fees. Buyers also typically cover Paypal fees, but most of the time Paypal Gift is the go-to choice. Selling to a dealer is really not a good option unless you need to move cards REALLY quickly (like your Thragtusk example). Otherwise, for cards like Legacy staples, if you want to maximize your value, trading websites are the way to go, not dealers. My point about selling cheap cards to SCG or CF etc. is that you can group together a lot of them so the shipping costs become an insignificant part of the equation instead of having to ship them off 1-4 at a time. Thanks for mentioning MTG Salvation and MOTL, I’ll try to do an article about that method at some point. Well written and informative…even to some of us Elder Dragon Legends. Best place to trade options cards mtg Get via App Store Read this post in our app! Where can I sell my Magic: The Gathering cards? I played for quite a few years and have a ton of cards that I want to get rid of. I have a mix of all editions before 2007. 7th, 8th, etc.

So the question is where can I sell them effectively. And if it is better to just get all rares out, and then sell the rest as a lot at a common hobby store. Thanks for the feedback! To get the most money for your cards, I recommend that you do the following: Separate out any valuable rares -- anything worth more than a few dollars -- and sell them individually. Sell the rest of them in bulk. Generally speaking, commons and uncommons only go for about $.01, unless they're especially valuable in one of the non-Standard formats. As for where to sell them, you have basically three options. Sell them to your local game store. This is probably the most convenient option, but be aware that the local store is likely to offer you less than you could get in other venues, and they're usually flooded with commons and may not agree to buy your old commons and uncommons at all. Sell them yourself on eBay.

This is what I did when I needed to get rid of a few thousand old commons, which I sold in a great big unsorted box. You'll probably get a higher average price per card this way, but you'll have to handle the hassle of shipping yourself. And be aware that big boxes of cards can be heavy , and therefore expensive to ship. Sell them to an online game store that buys cards. This is probably the least attractive option, since they will usually only offer prices similar to those you get selling to a local store, but you still have to ship them. Definitely take the rares out and sell those separately. People often are looking to buy rare's individually, so you'll get much better prices. If you don't mind spending a bit more time on the issue, use your knowledge of the game to sort the commons and uncommons into which seem to be better than average and which are just typical. Look up the prices for those that seem good or are otherwise unusual online and perhaps sell those separately. As to where I'd definitely check your local game store first as you'll get to deal directly with someone who has plenty of experience with card prices. If the owner won't buy them, ask if you can post a small notice somewhere in the store that you are selling them and give a brief description of what you have. Get a bit of word of mouth working for you too buy telling any friends you have that play that you're looking to get rid of them. Finally, if none of these work, try to sell them on Ebay or an MTG dealing site.

:D. there are a number of good websites where you can sell your cards. Star City Games (or for that matter, any singles website you care to pick, there are literally hundreds) will buy cards at a lower than market price, instantly, with minimal fuss ebay will help you sell your cards but takes a sizeable cut. Magic Card Market for europeans is a good peer to peer selling platform. remember though, its not just rares that can be worth money, there are commons and uncommons that are worth more than many rares. wasteland, an uncommon, is worth around $60. Karakas, another uncommon is worth around $100, and mana drain, a third uncommon, is worth $172, there are also various commons, such as Serum Visions which is worth $3, or something like sinkhole, a $30 common. It is very much worth, if you are looking to get the best price for your cards, going through and finding the cards that are worth money, a quick way to do this is to print out a website's buy list and use it as a cheat sheet for cards that are worth money, if its on the list, you may well want to sell it individually, and you should set it aside (for now) and check its actual retail value (often three or more times what the buylist price is). if its lower than you want to bother with (its well worth setting yourself a limit, e. g. anything worth less than $1) sell it as bulk. once you have set aside the cards you want to sell yourself, pick your favourite avenue, the returns you get depend on the time you want to invest. Sell the rest either as bulk collections on ebay, or to a singles website as they will often buy bulk. If you're from northern Europe I really recommend the site svenskamagic. com. It's easy to create an auction and sell your cards, especially if they're of high value. As others have said. Cards of low value are easiest sold in bulk.

You'll probably earn both money and convenience that way. Your local community probably has a facebook group where things like this are brought and sold. As they are local they can be a great option as they might be able to pick them up in person instead of paying large amounts for shipping lots of cards. Best place to trade options cards mtg How do you catalog your collection(s)? Do any of you use tools to manage, catalog, and document your various collection(s) and trade lists? I've heard of Magic Workstation and it seems intriguing, but before I start down any particular path and put the effort into cataloging mass amounts of cards, I thought I'd check with the experts. Here is the URL if you want to check out what Magic Workstation can do. magicworkstation. com Thanks for your comments. There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here! All your Gruul Nodorogs are belong to me. Trade them to me, please! Report rules violations. * A 3200-ct box for my bulk commons (plus a fat pack box when it outgrew that box) * An 800-ct box for my bulk uncommons (plus a fat pack box) * A series of 800-ct boxes for my basic lands. * A small plastic 150-ct box for holding cards i've drawn on, to use as proxy backings (i usually type out the text of the card, print it out, cut it out and put it in the sleeve with the backer) * A binder appropriately named "stuff i collect" to hold all of the rares I want to keep + cards I collect, such as my Chatter of the Squirrel and Firebolt collection. * A binder, sorted by color and alphabetically, of rares I would be willing to trade.

* A fat pack box of commons and uncommons, sorted by color and alphabetically, that I want to keep for swapping in and out of decks or because I will use them for a deck in the near future. It's clearly not the most efficient method, but it works for me. I don't trade anymore, really, just buy and sell cards as I change decks or need to get rid of excess junk, so there's no need for me to keep a massive, updated list of cards I have for that purpose. My uncommons are in stacks sorted by set. My commons are in booster boxes of the set the cards are from. I have four more copies of every card in my trade binder and don't trade out of my playsets for any reason. *Not CMC. First I sort them by the number of colored nmana symbols, then I sort those piles by their CMC, then alphabetize them. Personally, based on the size of my collection, I don't ever have to wonder if I have a common or uncommon card. I know if I have the big ones, and the rest don't matter. Joshua Mason Sherman. Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Coincidence? I think not. Edited 1 times, lastly by JoshSherman on January 02, 2011 By far the best cataloging program available for Magic.

Multiple price guides are built into it including MOTL and the author continuously updates the program, often implementing ideas that users request. Registering the program is $20, but you can use the trial for 30 days free. It is a great program and well worth registering. You get every update from there on out free. By far the best cataloging program available for Magic. Multiple price guides are built into it including MOTL and the author continuously updates the program, often implementing ideas that users request. Registering the program is $20, but you can use the trial for 30 days free. It is a great program and well worth registering. You get every update from there on out free. I've tried downloading this, but every time I open it there is an error. Am I doing something wrong?

I'm using MS Word to open it, any suggestions? And then make a list on my computer in notepad. I'm not sure if that counts as being lazy, but I just don't like binders full of cards. Exepct for my Dark Rit, Counterspell, Elder Dragons and Grixis colllection which I have 1 binder for. I've tried downloading this, but every time I open it there is an error. Am I doing something wrong? I'm using MS Word to open it, any suggestions? Its a zip file, so need Winzip, Winrar, or 7zip to open it. Then just extract the exe and run it. Its a zip file, so need Winzip, Winrar, or 7zip to open it. Then just extract the exe and run it. There have been numerous interesting replies including pictures. For collection organization I break everything into 4 categories: english regular, english foil, foreign regular, foreign foil and run unique databases for each. Then dig down by set, by color, alphabetical on the physical organizing of cards.

If you have the time for that sort of stuff. mtgstudio has a location column for each card so you can actually list cards that are in different places (downstairs, upstairs, home, work, etc) I'm sitting at about 78 000 english regular, 22 000 english foil, 26 000 foreign regular and about 5 000 foreign foil. The pricing with mtgstudio is incorrect on any card printed in alpha, beta, etc, but the software developer. is working on a functional standard dev pricing system. The ability to add mass collections is a very nice feature (just acquired a collection with 8 complete sets, sets were added in under a minute), and after you get used to the program its very solid. And I'm impressed with the card art grabber to show the correct card art and versions (requires internet connection) A recent update brought sealed product into the program (decks, boosters, booster boxes' etc) which was very nice as I carry a very large amount of sealed product. I usually run my own pricing on a spreadsheet that I export from mtgstudio, future updates promise a better pricing system but for now its out to lunch. There is the ability to put columns into the program to place your own buy and sell pricing on a card though, so that can be used as a price column if wanted. Anyways, its free to try for 30 days i believe, so I'd give it a shot and see. I picked it after going through the forum and seeing the ongoing development with it, so perhaps you might want to look through that. Its at mtgstudio. com.

My trade rares are in a Magic 2010 box with my dice and my extra commons and uncommon that aren't worth trading get handed out as giant piles of free cards whenever I go to a card shop or so.