Monday was a pretty slow day for Magic, only 15 people for draft and about 10-20 people for Legacy and as a result I only did four trades on the night. Occasionally there will be days when nobody is there and not much will come in terms of trading. I did manage to knock off one of my big targets in my first trade.
My
Damnation
Fetid Heath
For
Sword of Light and Shadow
Foil Rune-Scarred Demon
I needed the Sword of Light and Shadow for my Xiahou-Dun EDH deck and expected to wait a couple weeks before I even saw one. One of the regulars at the store had one sitting around and needed one of the spare Damnation sitting in my binder. The foil Rune-Scarred Demon is a nice bonus pickup. It’s a solid EDH card and while it isn’t worth much, I shouldn’t have too much trouble trying to move to someone looking to upgrade on the cheap.
I couldn’t draft today because I’m trying to cut my expenses until I get a new job. Hopefully I can before the Prerelease so I can at least draft a couple of times. I was fortunate enough to sell $120 worth of cards to my friend Phil for his EDH decks, offsetting a collection I bought for $100 a couple of days earlier. The collection was mostly two to three dollar cards but with the right amount of effort, had plenty of upside. The only problem will be trying to sell stuff like Sculpting Steel and Oblivion Stone for full value and making it worth the time. Highlights included a foil No Mercy and a set of Eternal Witness and Path to Exile.
My roommate Alex is trying to convert his EDH deck to one that adheres to the French banlist and as a result we decided to make a large swap so he could offload the card he had no use for.
My
Animar, Soul of Elements
Chameleon Colossus
Cloud of Faeries
Foil Sphinx of Uthuun
Japanese Genesis
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Sword of Fire and Ice (Played)
Birds of Paradise
Deadwood Treefolk
Alex’s
Time Spiral
Mana Reflection
Consecrated Sphinx
Jace Beleren
Stroke of Genius
Regrowth
Tooth and Nail
Gilded Lotus
This type of trade exemplifies what one of the practices I like to follow: Trade to help people out. Usually I have two or three wants at a given and more often than not, they are obscure enough or high enough value that most, if not all people will not have them. Instead of wasting my and other people’s time by not trading with because they don’t have my wants, I trade for anything that might interest me. Anything from Legacy/Standard staples to Nantuko Shades for my collection or EDH bulk rares. I’d rather complete a trade than not since I’m not partial to most of the stuff in my binders and I enjoy trading. It benefits both sides since someone gets what they want and I will always find something usual in return.
The other trades weren’t very interesting, I picked up a Shirei, Shizo’s Caretaker and a Smother for my EDH decks, but like I said it was a slow night. I will be back at the store Wednesday for Standard, since I have to bring Steelshaper’s Gift to someone.
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