Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
Unfortunately a lot at a garage sale is likely to have 10,000 cards that are worth a great total of $2.50. MTG isn't easy to sort through on the spot and 99.9% of cards are literal kindling. Worth looking out for old cards in general though.
Dang. Whould definitely trade that for a house. lol
My lady friend bought a MTG proof (Same as retail cards, but has a white back) from a MTG artist when we were at Megacon and had him sign it. Not sure what that'd be worth (I even forgot what card it was), but I'm sure stuff like that's pretty rare. Probably not as rare or as expensive as a Black Lotus though.
Artist proofs are fairly easy to get, but cool nonetheless. Signed cards are considered damaged by most people, so the signature can easily drop the value of the card.
Even if it's by the original artist? Dang. lol
I'll be honest to say that I don't know how the MTG community values things, so I guess it's kinda like how anything else is signed with it being a more sentimental thing or a certain type of collector has to be into it for it to be valued as something.
Oh well. lol
I'm going to another con here soon, so if you want me to pick you up any artist proofs (if I see any), hit me up. Since I know you're into magic, signature's will be optional.
Even if they're signed by the artist, a lot of folks still see it as damaged (myself included) because they're either a.) covering up some of the artwork, or b.) covering up text on the card. To put it into perspective, I have a signed Mox. I absolutely hate the thing because it's signed (it's in otherwise NM condition). I can't trade a 1:1 condition copy because it's signed and most people I've come across see it as a damaged card, so at worst, I get the low end of the market value.
Also, getting cards signed isn't difficult at all. In fact, Mark Tedin will sign cards for $1 a pop, and alter them for you as well (I don't know the price on the alters), and all you have to do is send him some cards and a small amount of $$. I bet if I asked super nicely, I could meet Melissa Benson and get some cards signed for the cost of a lunch (she lives fairly close by), and a lot of these artists seem to be thrilled that folks are still interested in their artwork, sometimes decades after they created it.
And no, it's not a P9 Mox It's still one of the more expensive ones (Mox Diamond), but yea. A signed card is slightly more difficult to sell than a non-signed, and an altered card is worth $0 IMO.
(Alters are where people draw/paint over the original artwork to make it look like something else - some folks have done this on rather pricey cards, and yeah.... fuck that habit)
As for the con - do you know which artists are going to be there? I really should go to Hascon one of these years.
Gotcha, I see what you're saying. Interesting way to look at it.
The only thing I've seen with altering, was with Pokemon cards, some artists paint over the text and makes a full illustration of a card. While they look cool, I can see why people would hate it if it where over a rare card or something.
Not sure what artists are gonna be there at the con I'm going to. We're going to Tampa, and we have a "go in blind" approach. lol The MTG artist we found we stumbled upon. We do try and hit up every booth down artist alleys though.
Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
You won't find a Black Lotus in any misc MTG collection. Alpha only had ~1100 copies of each rare printed, and between the heavy play and lack of care back in the day, a good condition one is incredibly rare. Same with Beta (though higher print numbers), and again with Unlimited (even more print numbers).
Alpha is $150k+
Beta is around $15k
Unlimited is around 9-12k
It's the most iconic magic card, and probably less than 4000 exist. It's also incredibly powerful and is on the restricted list in the format it's allowed in, which is legacy or vintage, and the other formats it's banned entirely. Same with the other Power 9 cards.
Is there an estimate of how many (of the known production number) are still in sealed packs?
And for what it's worth... Stadium Events was pretty damn rare and we've seen sealed copies of it pop up in surprising ways, so you never know where a rare magic card might crop up.
Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
You won't find a Black Lotus in any misc MTG collection. Alpha only had ~1100 copies of each rare printed, and between the heavy play and lack of care back in the day, a good condition one is incredibly rare. Same with Beta (though higher print numbers), and again with Unlimited (even more print numbers).
Alpha is $150k+
Beta is around $15k
Unlimited is around 9-12k
It's the most iconic magic card, and probably less than 4000 exist. It's also incredibly powerful and is on the restricted list in the format it's allowed in, which is legacy or vintage, and the other formats it's banned entirely. Same with the other Power 9 cards.
Is there an estimate of how many (of the known production number) are still in sealed packs?
And for what it's worth... Stadium Events was pretty damn rare and we've seen sealed copies of it pop up in surprising ways, so you never know where a rare magic card might crop up.
Here's a thread on the subject. There's a fella opening Alpha and Unlimited starters/boosters on the YouTube.
As for where they'd crop up - I'd say it'd be 1 in a million that you'd stumble upon one in the wild in some sick/magical/unicorn deal. These power 9 cards have been well known about for the last 25 years. Would be great if that happened to someone though. A nice minty Alpha lotus. That's life changing.
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Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
Unfortunately a lot at a garage sale is likely to have 10,000 cards that are worth a great total of $2.50. MTG isn't easy to sort through on the spot and 99.9% of cards are literal kindling. Worth looking out for old cards in general though.
$166,100 for a Black Lotus
https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2019/3/5/18251623/magic...
Dang. Whould definitely trade that for a house. lol
My lady friend bought a MTG proof (Same as retail cards, but has a white back) from a MTG artist when we were at Megacon and had him sign it. Not sure what that'd be worth (I even forgot what card it was), but I'm sure stuff like that's pretty rare. Probably not as rare or as expensive as a Black Lotus though.
Artist proofs are fairly easy to get, but cool nonetheless. Signed cards are considered damaged by most people, so the signature can easily drop the value of the card.
Even if it's by the original artist? Dang. lol
I'll be honest to say that I don't know how the MTG community values things, so I guess it's kinda like how anything else is signed with it being a more sentimental thing or a certain type of collector has to be into it for it to be valued as something.
Oh well. lol
I'm going to another con here soon, so if you want me to pick you up any artist proofs (if I see any), hit me up. Since I know you're into magic, signature's will be optional.
Even if they're signed by the artist, a lot of folks still see it as damaged (myself included) because they're either a.) covering up some of the artwork, or b.) covering up text on the card. To put it into perspective, I have a signed Mox. I absolutely hate the thing because it's signed (it's in otherwise NM condition). I can't trade a 1:1 condition copy because it's signed and most people I've come across see it as a damaged card, so at worst, I get the low end of the market value.
Also, getting cards signed isn't difficult at all. In fact, Mark Tedin will sign cards for $1 a pop, and alter them for you as well (I don't know the price on the alters), and all you have to do is send him some cards and a small amount of $$. I bet if I asked super nicely, I could meet Melissa Benson and get some cards signed for the cost of a lunch (she lives fairly close by), and a lot of these artists seem to be thrilled that folks are still interested in their artwork, sometimes decades after they created it.
And no, it's not a P9 Mox It's still one of the more expensive ones (Mox Diamond), but yea. A signed card is slightly more difficult to sell than a non-signed, and an altered card is worth $0 IMO.
(Alters are where people draw/paint over the original artwork to make it look like something else - some folks have done this on rather pricey cards, and yeah.... fuck that habit)
As for the con - do you know which artists are going to be there? I really should go to Hascon one of these years.
Gotcha, I see what you're saying. Interesting way to look at it.
The only thing I've seen with altering, was with Pokemon cards, some artists paint over the text and makes a full illustration of a card. While they look cool, I can see why people would hate it if it where over a rare card or something.
Not sure what artists are gonna be there at the con I'm going to. We're going to Tampa, and we have a "go in blind" approach. lol The MTG artist we found we stumbled upon. We do try and hit up every booth down artist alleys though.
Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
You won't find a Black Lotus in any misc MTG collection. Alpha only had ~1100 copies of each rare printed, and between the heavy play and lack of care back in the day, a good condition one is incredibly rare. Same with Beta (though higher print numbers), and again with Unlimited (even more print numbers).
Alpha is $150k+
Beta is around $15k
Unlimited is around 9-12k
It's the most iconic magic card, and probably less than 4000 exist. It's also incredibly powerful and is on the restricted list in the format it's allowed in, which is legacy or vintage, and the other formats it's banned entirely. Same with the other Power 9 cards.
Is there an estimate of how many (of the known production number) are still in sealed packs?
And for what it's worth... Stadium Events was pretty damn rare and we've seen sealed copies of it pop up in surprising ways, so you never know where a rare magic card might crop up.
Is that card some crazy power in the game or an extremely hard pack pull?
Definitely going to keep my eyes out on people selling MTG. Most have no clue what they have. Could easily see finding one in a lot at a garage sale
You won't find a Black Lotus in any misc MTG collection. Alpha only had ~1100 copies of each rare printed, and between the heavy play and lack of care back in the day, a good condition one is incredibly rare. Same with Beta (though higher print numbers), and again with Unlimited (even more print numbers).
Alpha is $150k+
Beta is around $15k
Unlimited is around 9-12k
It's the most iconic magic card, and probably less than 4000 exist. It's also incredibly powerful and is on the restricted list in the format it's allowed in, which is legacy or vintage, and the other formats it's banned entirely. Same with the other Power 9 cards.
Is there an estimate of how many (of the known production number) are still in sealed packs?
And for what it's worth... Stadium Events was pretty damn rare and we've seen sealed copies of it pop up in surprising ways, so you never know where a rare magic card might crop up.
Of Alpha/Beta/Unlimited?
https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgfinance/comments/adb08p/how_many_alpha_starter_decks_left/
Here's a thread on the subject. There's a fella opening Alpha and Unlimited starters/boosters on the YouTube.
As for where they'd crop up - I'd say it'd be 1 in a million that you'd stumble upon one in the wild in some sick/magical/unicorn deal. These power 9 cards have been well known about for the last 25 years. Would be great if that happened to someone though. A nice minty Alpha lotus. That's life changing.