#mtg mint card

[milleniummarket]

[witchyfoxelf]

mtg vegas 2024 con report, day 1

ngl, although this was a really great con, the actual con itself understandably kinda paled in comparison to the day before the con 😅

i will say i was pretty immediately impressed by the scale of the venue for this one. we walked in and saw a sprawling venue with plenty of space between everything, and we were already commenting on how much bigger it was than magiccon chicago's venue, and then we had the following exchange:

me: wait where's the mana stage and official con store and stuff?

@vi-the-deer: [looks it up] it's upstairs.

me: oh ok that makes sense. [delayed reaction] WAIT, THERE'S AN UPSTAIRS?

most of the first half of my day was spent watching preview panels, one of which my wife(!!!) & i got to watch together, but then vi had to start vir judge shift.

while vi was judging, since i didn't have any events scheduled that evening, i mostly hit up vendors and sold cards. and i was able to trade for my first ever true dual land, a savannah! i had decided on that for my first true dual because selesnya is definitely the guild i vibe with the most. (rakdos is just the one i flirt with at parties.)

they marked it lightly played but they easily could've gotten away with marking it near mint, she's a beauty 😍

i didn't do much else on day 1, but honestly given how much had already happened that weekend, probably not the worst thing 😅 and can't really complain about picking up my first true dual :)

[magicwithclass]

28 Asmira, holy avenger and I have more somewhere. I think this card is criminally underrated and overlooked. Did you know Asmira is the top commander for selesyna aristocrat decks on edhrec? That alone should make you stop and wonder if asmira is worth picking up a couple of copies. Green/white aristocrats is a functional yet underpowered deck that let's you use a lot of cards that aren't seen in other more generic decks. Selesyna aristocrats is just not a deck you see every day but if you look at some of the deck lists online then it as a unique more budget build if you are looking for some rarely done themes. It isn't even that unplayable as a commander for the theme as the ability on Asmira is not limited to once per turn. It is annoying that the counters enter the battlefield all at once and not until end of turn but at least it triggers on the end step of every turn. Flying for invasion is also thankfully included as I want my commander to get through if I am making it really big. I wonder how many people have won with commander damage using Asmira as the commander? Maybe you can join those illustrious ranks? Selesyna is also the color combintion that synergies most with +1 +1 so maybe that can be a subtheme in the deck. I was surprised that this card was almost 30 dollars in September 2020. This was right before all the buyouts so this could have been one of the first buyouts that led to the spikes in old school mtg in 2021. I can see why this card was one of the first cards targeted. It can be your commander and it is one of the few two color commanders on the reserved list. The fact that it is almost playable even now and can lead a popular deck strategy in aristocrats in an unusual color combination contribute to this card's spikes. The spike in 2020 was short lived and I would love to learn why the attempt failed but the card rebounded in 2021 when the entire reserved list basically climbed. The card remains at less than 2 dollars but if selesyna aristocrats ever becomes a theme or gets a commander precon or even gets another playable commander then this card may start rising in price again. If you can get a near mint copy for under a dollar I would say that there are worse deals and greater risks. While this card may never return to its insane highs, the future is unknowable. In the story, Asmira was a leader during the mirage and visions eras. She had visions and could most clearly interpret teferi's aid. She has not been seen or referenced much in recent mtg lore but now that zhalfir is its own plane maybe a visit to zhalfir will show asmira's fate.

[fleshengine]

I watched Rhystic Studies' "Dear Gonti, Love Sophie" video and it got me thinking about value and MTG and like... stuff.

I played MTG for the first time in 2012, with Return to Ravnica, I was 9 years old. I played on and off through my tweens but fell out of it in highschool. I picked it up again last year, junior year of college. Commander, once something strange I heard the older kids at my LGS talking about is now the most popular format. I didn't know that sleeves were expected, I didn't really know how commander worked, I sat down with my deck of a bunch of my favorite random green cards from 2012 and 2013 and riffle shuffled them to the crying and screaming of my new playgroup telling me to stop.

I have an M13 promo Primordial Hydra. Mint condition it goes for nearly 12 dollars. But in 4th grade I used to store my deck in the mesh side pocket of my backpack and I left it out to get rained on. No one's paying 12 dollars for it and it's easily my favorite card I own. I loved it so much I asked my friend to help me make a mono green hydra based commander deck, just so I could play it, and I riffle shuffled that thing.

It's been a year, that friend doesn't play anymore and I've learned so much more about MTG. I've made over a dozen decks (and played them with proxies). But my favorite deck I've ever made was a green/blue/red hydras deck, and my favorite card in it is a water damaged Primordial Hydra.

[sasquapossum]

Today was a very interesting day. After a couple of days spent clearing stuff out of my brother's storage area, which held much of my mother's stuff, he and I went to his even older storage area which we set up when I left town in 1989. Our main goal was to find his old MtG cards for my daughter and her boyfriend who are into that. No luck on that front. However, we did find several other items of interest.

More of her poetry, including complete sets of the collection that I remember helping her deliver around Wellington when I was a kid.

Some parts of her ruby-glass collection, which we had both been very surprised not to have found earlier.

My coin collection!

I'm going to focus on that last one. You see, I had thought for 44 years that it was among the things that never made it during our move from New Zealand back to the United States. I'd resigned to it being gone forever, but as soon as I opened the box I recognized the round container (in surprisingly good shape) that they were in. Hallelujah! Here are some of my favorites.

My second oldest coin. The oldest is from 1898, but it's barely recognizable. Yes, this has Victoria on the back. I distinctly remember finding both in the very back of a very deep closet at one of the flats we lived in, probably left there by a previous tenant who had forgotten how far back that closet went.

British Honduras became Belize in between these two. They're also interesting because that's where my mother's parents were still working as missionaries at that time (though I don't think the coins came from them).

More exotic locations. The middle one is from French oceanic territories (e.g. Tahiti) and feels like aluminum. The Cook Islands are a dependency of New Zealand, and I didn't even remember that they had separate coinage.

Mystery coin, side 1.

Mystery coin, side 2. Very nice design IMO. This one took me on a bit of a journey to identify. It's an Egyptian 1/10 qirsh. If I'm reading the numerals and converting from the Hijri calendar correctly, it would have been minted in 1911. That conflicts with sources saying they were minted from 1876 to 1909, but either way it was under Ottoman rule so that's interesting.

I know there are some other coins still missing, such as some Fijian ones with holes in the middle. At least now I know where to look, though it'll have to wait for another day. Besides the fact that I'm hitting the road toward home tomorrow, that storage area is a horrible mess. Getting it cleaned up enough to do a proper search for all of the still-missing things (including my brother's stamp collection) would be a task bigger than what I've tackled the last couple of days, and I'm just not up for that right now.

Still, this has been quite a trip down memory lane. There's other stuff in that box that I have yet to explore, so that should be fun when I get home.

[finalfantasycdxx]

i hate sealed graded game collecting. why is ffx greatest hits sealed graded 9.6 fucking 700 dollars on ebay. like idk something about treating games like we treat expensive playing cards is upsetting to me. let them out!!!

idk sealed game collecting somehow doesnt bother me like graded sealed does. sealed feels like you love the game and want to have a mint copy for whatever reason, maybe someday youd open it maybe you wont. graded feels like purely speculative market bs. with cards i understand it slightly more because a) black lotus is 30k easy b) card collecting and stamp collecting has been an established thing since the early 1900s maybe earlier and so the infrastructure to preserve the stuff from 100 years ago has been built up over a long time c) cards and stamps are way more susceptible to changes in humidity as well as generally fragile. not to mention that the utility of a baseball card is the same whether its behind glass or not, its just a thing to look at. for game pieces like mtg or ygo or pokemon, you could use a proxy in place of the card (secret is that you always could) and then argue theres no difference to a judge who may or may not let it fly. i guess you could argue having a sealed graded physical copy of a game lets you take the moral high road wrt emulation, but at that point just buy a cheap copy for 10$. video games are multisensory experiences and reducing them to a sealed mystery box to speculate on its value feels like capitalist alienation at its finest.

[vediogame]

From Cards To Currency - The Economics Of Mtg Singles In Gold Coast

If you're a Magic: The Gathering (MTG) enthusiast in Gold Coast, you've probably experienced the excitement of opening booster packs and the thrill of strategizing your way to victory in duels. But there's a whole different aspect of this beloved trading card game that's turning the heads of collectors and players alike—MTG singles in Gold Coast. In this blog, we're diving into the world of MTG singles, exploring why they've become a hot topic in Gold Coast, and uncovering the economics behind it all. So, let's shuffle our decks and get started!

What Are MTG Singles?

MTG singles are individual Magic cards that are sold separately, as opposed to sealed booster packs or pre-constructed decks. The allure of singles lies in their ability to complete or enhance your existing MTG decks. Whether you're on a quest to strengthen your Commander deck or seeking that elusive foil land card to make your collection shine, MTG singles offer a convenient and cost-effective way to achieve your goals.

The Gold Coast MTG Scene

The Gold Coast MTG community is thriving, with a passionate player base and regular events and tournaments. The city's love for the game has led to a growing interest in MTG singles. Players are eager to bolster their decks with sought-after cards, while collectors are looking for rare and valuable pieces to add to their ever-expanding collections.

The Economics of MTG Singles in Gold Coast

Now, let's talk economics. What's driving the fascination with MTG singles in Gold Coast?

Card Rarity and Scarcity: MTG cards are categorised into various rarities, such as common, uncommon, rare, and mythic rare. The rarity of a card plays a significant role in its value. In Gold Coast, players and collectors are constantly on the lookout for rare and mythic rare singles that can turn into valuable assets.

Metagame Influence: The metagame, the current state of the game's competitive landscape, heavily influences card prices. In Gold Coast, players want to keep up with the latest deck tech and competitive strategies, which often require specific singles that are currently in demand.

Collector's Market: Some Magic: The Gathering enthusiasts in Gold Coast are more interested in collecting than playing. They seek out cards with unique artwork, foiling, or historical significance. For these collectors, MTG singles offer a treasure trove of valuable items.

Condition Matters: The condition of a card can significantly affect its value. Gold Coast players and collectors pay close attention to factors like card grading, centering, and any visible wear or damage. Mint condition cards can command premium prices.

Local Market Dynamics: The Gold Coast's local MTG market has its own dynamics. Prices for MTG singles may vary from store to store, and they can fluctuate based on supply and demand within the city.

Investing in MTG Singles

As the interest in MTG singles continues to grow in Gold Coast, some individuals see it as a viable investment opportunity. While investing in MTG singles can be lucrative, it's essential to approach it with caution and a long-term perspective. Here are a few tips:

Research: Stay informed about the MTG market in Gold Coast. Understand which cards are in demand and why. Monitor market trends and price fluctuations.

Diversify: Don't put all your gold tokens into a single card. Diversify your MTG singles investments to spread risk.

Condition is Key: Invest in cards in the best possible condition. Mint cards are more likely to appreciate in value over time.

Patience: Investing in MTG singles is a long game. Prices may not skyrocket overnight, so be patient and prepared to hold onto your investments for the long term.

Networking: Connect with the local MTG community in Gold Coast. Building relationships with fellow players and collectors can provide valuable insights and opportunities.

Buying and Selling MTG Singles in Gold Coast

For those looking to buy or sell MTG singles in Gold Coast, there are several avenues to explore:

Local Game Stores: Gold Coast boasts a vibrant gaming community, and many local game stores offer a range of MTG singles for purchase.

Online Marketplaces: Online platforms, such as eBay and TCGplayer, provide access to a broader selection of MTG singles. However, be mindful of shipping costs and the condition of the cards.

Trading: Trading with fellow players at local events and tournaments can be an excellent way to acquire new MTG singles for your collection.

In conclusion, the world of MTG singles in Gold Coast is an exciting and dynamic one. Whether you're a player looking to upgrade your deck or a collector seeking rare gems, the local MTG community offers a wealth of opportunities. Just remember, when exploring the economics of MTG singles, research, patience, and an understanding of market dynamics are your best allies. So, shuffle your deck, strategize your plays, and enjoy the thriving MTG scene in Gold Coast!

[shahananasrin-blog]

[ad_1] The One Ring trading card is now one of Post Malone’s most precious possessions. Last month, it was revealed an unidentified Toronto man found the ultra-rare “Magic: The Gathering” (MTG) card in one of the collector’s boxes he purchased at Face to Face Games. The card was graded a Mint 9 by Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), the second highest on the grading scale, which meant the collectible was in superb condition. “There were fakes being released on the Internet, so no one would have believed it was real without authentication,” the anonymous card owner previously told CTV News Toronto in a statement. “When you see it and hold it, you can just feel its significance.” Several companies worldwide offered million-dollar bounties for the card, with one Spanish-based store Gremio de Dragones offering as much as two million euros (roughly $2.9 million Canadian) for it. On Tuesday, the elusive card bearer revealed himself on social media in a video with Post Malone. “This is my dream come true, meeting @PostMalone and him buying the One Ring card from me is literally a moment straight out of a fairytale,” Brook Trafton said in a tweet. Trafton and Malone can be seen hugging, celebrating and posing for photographs together in the video. “Yeah, I’ll take it,” Malone says in the clip. PSA congratulated Trafton for the sale on Twitter, adding the company was “honoured” to play a small part in the story. The grading company also congratulated Malone for the newest addition to his MTG collection, noting Malone even has his own card for the tabletop game called “Post The Enchanter.” During a recent Call Her Daddy podcast episode, the musician confirmed he purchased the card for $2 million (if he bought it with American currency, it would be roughly $2.7 million Canadian). “I like Lord of the Rings and Magic: The Gathering,” the musician said during the interview. Before The One Ring, Malone shelled out $800,000 for a Black Lotus Magic card, which was previously the most expensive card for the tabletop game.  [ad_2]

[qocsuing]

Best Way to Store Baseball Cards: Comprehensive Guide

Best Way to Store Baseball Cards: Comprehensive Guide

This is a detailed guide for learning the best way to store baseball cards, and protect them from damage.Get more news about toploader holder manufacturer,you can vist our website!

We’ll discuss how to store baseball cards in the most popular baseball card holders, including where to buy baseball card sleeves, top loaders, Card Savers, baseball card storage boxes, and even glass storage cases to show off your collection.

Keep in mind that these baseball card holders will work to store other sports cards, too, including basketball, football, and hockey cards, along with gaming cards such as MTG and Pokemon. Be sure to read about our best Pokemon cases as well. Most card collectors learn how to store baseball cards by being introduced to baseball card sleeves — also known as plastic card sleeves or penny sleeves — right when they first start collecting. They are the most basic baseball card holders.

Plastic card sleeves are a mandatory supply if you have any baseball cards laying around, and plan to keep them in mint condition. Given they’re super cheap, flexible, and work well with other types of trading card storage cases, just decide how many you need and buy them.

Using baseball card sleeves ensures your trading cards are protected from any dust, debris, fingerprints/oils, or minor surface damage from simply moving cards around. Very Affordable: Baseball card sleeves usually come in counts of 100 per pack, and are priced just around $2.00 for a pack. A quick look on Amazon and you can see a 10-pack of 100 count (so 1,000 sleeves) for around $20. Or simply check on eBay if you just need a single pack or two for under $5.

Flexible: Baseball card sleeves are very flexible as they are made of thin plastic. It is very common to store a trading card inside of a plastic card sleeve first, and putting the sleeve inside a Top Loader as well. This prevents the card from shifting around in a Top Loader case (discussed in the section that follows below). Disadvantages Not robust: Penny sleeves are not an ideal way to protect your baseball cards. Outside of superficial baseball card protection, don’t expect to simply use penny sleeves alone when storing your cards safely.

Hard to maneuver: While penny sleeves are flexible and affordable, you can easily cause corner wear on your trading cards if you’re not careful loading and unloading cards.

Best Advice Most collectors preserve their sports cards by putting raw (ungraded) cards in a penny sleeve –> then into a top holder –> then into a team bag just for extra security. Also store them in a cool, dark, dry place (e.g. in a closet).

[paincorpsrarefinds]

Sram, Senior Edificer FOIL Showcase Rare MTG Card Mint/NM

COLLECTIBLES: Seller: jamy-5183 (100.0% positive feedback) Location: GB Condition: Used Price: 4.32 USD Shipping cost: 6.35 USD Buy It Now https://www.ebay.com/itm/385708582017?hash=item59ce05e481%3Ag%3A0wQAAOSw0EZkl-jm&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338779482&customid=&toolid=10049&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[foofiebitch]

hiii

Favorite Color: Phthalo Green or Mint Blue

Last Book: Don't read books often, but i think it was Tender is The Flesh

Last Movie: I Saw The TV Glow qwq

Last Show: Fallout, i think???

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory

Relationship Status: Poly, Taken

Last Thing I Googled: splinter twin mtg, silly unban card

Current Obsession: Project Zomboid, i thought i literally disliked it, but my girlfriend dragged me into it and now i like it

Last Webcomic: ill include fanfiction here tho it doesnt count, it was an hdg thing and i didnt love it

Favorite Webcomic: I dont really have one

tagging @boygirldykefag @akari-starbliss @emilynyaaa @programmedpreygirl , you dont gotta answer tho.

Ten people I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @marshmallow--shark Thanks for the tag!

Last song: Intro/Chamber The Cartridge by Rise Against

Favourite colour: Orange!

Last book: A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett

Last movie: That Christmas (it was kinda weird and we didn't finish it)

Last show: Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld

Sweet/spicy/savoury: I don't have much of a sweet tooth anymore, but I used to. Savoury!

Relationship status: Happily single

Last thing I googled: "quality" synonym

Current obsession: Star Trek: Enterprise. This is my fallback obsession. Close behind is Jentry Chau as a very recent one.

Looking forward to: Seeing a concert and a musical next year!

Tagging: @ionamalachite @peculiarreality @thetachapel02 @deadheaddaisy @papercranesong @talshiargirlfriend @glitter-and-metal @dragons-in-spaceee @pearlypairings @strze-lec

[mtg-realm]

🤩 Epic looking foil Mystic Reflection from Kaldheim.

Shop Kaldheim Singles: http://www.mtgmintcard.com/mtg/singles/khm

[magicwithclass]

Emberwilde Djinn

Emberwilde djinn is somewhat interesting. It is an undercosted flyer in red that is not a dragon. Red does not get that often and something is telling me that the djinn creature type might get support when we return to tarkir. This card is from mirage though and although we get creatures of these stats in all colors back in the day this card had to come with a drawback. Magic the Gathering is a game with almost 30,000 cards and drawbacks are really advantages that you have to use synergy to produce. So, what decks have a want for a card that can switch control. You might immediately think Karona, false god or zedruu or kharn the betrayer. Any deck that benefits from donating permanents or wants to switch permanents may take a look at this guy. I especially like it in a deck that focuses on switching control of things because you can pay the mana or the 2 life to get your djinn back and then donate it all over again. This card is also decent in a goad deck. Giving your opponent a 5 power flyer but knowing that damage is not going toward you is pretty strong when. If you can give him vigilance or untap him during each turn then this card can attack 4 times in one turn sequence. That damage adds up fast and this card has evasion! This card has limited and niche use but donating is a strategy that gets a card here and there every couple of sets. Its a somewhat popular strategy in commander so I can see more commanders built on this premise. I was surprised that this card does not see more play in Blim comedic genius commander decks. You can either use the commander's ability to force emberwilde djinn to your opponent or your opponent may choose to take it but that would only fuel blim's ability. I feel like this card would see a little more play but not many people know it even exists. That is strange to me as the average person can not identify these bulk reserved list cards. That is part of the reason to look at each one individually and study it from the lens of 2024. Why do even expert mtg players not know a majority of the cards on the reserved list? Are these cards doomed to be forgotten? People who do not believe in the pedigree of the reserved list believe that cards like this have no value despite their age and remaining quantity. Am I preserving a history that just does not matter? I do not think so. I believe that when the game turns fifty years old the reserved list as a whole will spike again. In twenty years the number of reserved list cards will have shrunk but the number of unique cards in the game will have skyrocketed. Niche reserved list cards, like this, may find multiple homes or even one specific home in which it is the lynchpin of a deck. What will the quantity of the reserved list look like in the year 2045? Will even slight demand cause cards to become unobtainably expensive because there is no supply? After all, if no one knows or cares about a card like emberwilde djinn than copies will be lost. This card is not being preserved and my goal is to change that. Reblog and save these reserved list bulk cards from being lost to time. Buyouts have happened before and they will happen again. The culture, economy, and overall zeitgeist is not favorable to older cards in the moment but nostalgia sells. Eventually, through true demand, or through hoarding, or fire, or simply the reality that time destroys all things, the reserved list will shrink. My estimate is that in twenty years over half of the currently bulk reserved list will be above bulk. By that, I mean above 5 dollars for a near mint copy. This is not financial advice but if a reserved list card spiked in the next twenty years and I can make a 10,000 dollar profit or more selling off all excess copies above a playset I probably would. However, I will always keep at least one copy of each reserved list card no matter the price. I want the cards. I want to hold history in many hand. The reserved list is not a means to make money for me, although I may choose to profit off the market, but a game that I love.

[cardboard-crack]

[the-resurrection-3d]

The fact that the token is explicitly *not* the image is the heart of the con. People are paying for a certificate of ownership, basically, and the art is irrelevant. Besides not really caring, I wonder if the bad art is intentional so as to have plausible deniability about what is being sold. "We didn't sell an ugly monkey drawing, we sold a token connected to an ugly monkey drawing, and we were always clear on that."

There's also the securities fraud angle. You can buy your own NFT with your own cryptocurrency, costing you $0 but driving up the price for the suckers. This *might* currently be legal, but it could easily be looped into existing laws, so to maximize profit you need to churn out NFTs as rapidly as possible before the feds start paying attention, not waste time making a pretty picture.

Lazy Lions's website admits upfront that the actual art is procedurally generated upon purchase, so I think it's less plausible deniability and more trying to encourage repeated/bulk purchases to increase your chances of getting one that doesn't look like total ass (or looks like the Joker). Like how most trading card packs are full of commons that aren't worth anything.

You're definitely right about the fraud angle, but more than that, if people are willing to pay thousands for procedurally generated art, why bother making it look nice? People are buying a certificate of ownership, sure, but the real appeal seems to just be the idea of owning an NFT in and of itself -- someone on here compared it to those old companies where you could "buy" a star, and it really rings true from everything I've seen. Why else would someone think minting NFTs of people's old ass Homestuck cosplays work? Or NFT bros get so excited about how NFTs can be used to reinvent shit we already have?

From an artist's perspective, then, even if the individual assets look nice, a machine slamfucking them together is inevitably going to churn out lots of ugly pictures, so there's genuinely no incentive to try too hard. 

Tl;dr literally just start playing Yugioh or MTG.