Alternate Ugin
Economics forum
Posted on Jan. 18, 2015, 8:59 p.m. by Linkboy
My sister pulled an alternate Ugin, the Spirit Dragon from her Ugin's Fate pack.
These guys are currently going for $95 on eBay, but I'm not sure how long this will last. I wan't to encourage her to sell it now, but I'm also scared that the price might rise in a bit.
Any help?
There's no way they'll stay that high. No way. Also eBay prices are really unreliable. Sell now.
January 18, 2015 9:04 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #4
Unless this is somehow the breakout card at Pro Tour Fate Reforged, they're about as expensive as they are going to get.
January 18, 2015 9:08 p.m.
slovakattack says... #5
If it help, I'll trade you for it :3
I doubt they'll drop by that much, as it's a pretty awesome collector's item. I doubt it'll rise much; either.
This could be the kind of thing that, due to limited availability, you can hold onto for a couple of years and reap the rewards, but... hard to say at that point.
January 18, 2015 9:16 p.m.
There were several of these at every pre-release my LGS had. So if they do see any kind of rise because of "collectors value" its going to be after a big drop and a long long time before it gets back to this $100 value
January 18, 2015 9:51 p.m.
slovakattack says... #8
I dunno, I was at 2 prereleases, and no-one pulled one...
I think I heard that only game stores with an A+ rating got an alternate art Ugin in their packs, and A++ Rated stores got 2.
That's not a whole lot.
January 18, 2015 9:54 p.m.
Though I love my store, I'm not sure that it is a A++ store. They're really amazing, but it just doesn't seem like they receive enough business.
Regardless, I'm happy I got my Ugin! I will most likely convince my sister to take it up next week in trade it in.
January 18, 2015 9:59 p.m.
slovakattack says... #10
Linkboy: I can probably give you more fair value, if you're planning on trading it to the store. I'm interested in it as a collector, and may have a lot of stuff that your sister might need.
January 18, 2015 10:02 p.m.
slovakattack: Sorry, I don't do online trading. If I could, I would take you up on that though. :(
January 18, 2015 10:10 p.m.
slovakattack says... #12
Don't worry about it, man. I'd recommend selling it on Ebay- I don't know what your store's policy is, but LGS typically give 40% max on trades. That's like -50 bucks for you in this case.
January 18, 2015 10:14 p.m.
HolyFalcon says... #13
My best friend pulled an alt art......and he got the pack after me. TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
January 18, 2015 10:16 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #14
I'd like to get one, but I'm not paying $100. It's a little annoying that the special pack had such a relatively low probability of yielding one...
January 19, 2015 12:10 a.m.
Ertai, the Corrupted has a promo with a price of $150 and he is played in virtually no format (EDH only as far as I know). As long as they don't continue to release the promo packs (are they only for the prerelease?) they will be extremely rare.
EDH is growing format and as a high quality colorless planeswalker/boardwipe it will see significant play in that format.
I can't speak for Modern but it wouldn't surprise me to see it make a mark there.
I also think people underestimate its viability in standard. No it's not for every deck but as a colorless card it can make a case for inclusion in a variety of archetypes. This is a card that wipes the board and then gives you 3 targeted damage every turn after that. Control decks will like the reusable board wipe and 3 damage to come back or close out games. They can stall games until they have a lot of mana. Green decks don't find it hard to reach 8 mana quickly. Nykthos brings ramp to other colors as well.
On the flip-side, the art kind of sucks and it isn't foiled. The normal version looks better. I'd rather have a pack foil than the promo.
Anyways, as long as they don't pump out those packs past the pre-release, I see him going up over time.
January 19, 2015 4:59 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #16
Considering the amount selling on ebay i would expect the price to slowly fall, if you want the most money for it, sell it now.
Epochalyptik says... #2
Prices probably won't rise unless Ugin becomes a go-to bomb in Modern. But even then, it's unlikely that Ugin will break $100. In my opinion, the risk of holding onto it outweighs the possible benefit you could gain from doing so.
January 18, 2015 9:01 p.m.