Best Booster Box to purchase? (Standard)
Economics forum
Posted on Dec. 29, 2013, 8:13 p.m. by PetahXtreme
I'm wondering what is the best expansion booster box to purchase. My friends have told me that RTR and Gatecrash because of the shocklands are the best options, but I think Theros is a great choice too! What do you guys think? Thanks in advance
Also, you should check out the economics forum, where these kinds of threads have already been discussed more in-depth.
December 29, 2013 8:20 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #4
As stated, RTR holds the most eternal value, with just about all the chase rares (Sphinx's Rev, DRS, Shock lands, supreme verdict) seeing Modern or even legacy play.
If you want to keep your money in standard, and have a higher chance at a money card, buy Theros. The number of rares that are over $5 compared to the number of rares you're expecting to pull (~37) deems it to be a fairly solid investment.
December 29, 2013 8:23 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
Moved to Economics.
RTR and GTC have better value than THS. I suggest preordering a box of BNG, though. You'll get it for less than release price, and you'll have all the cards while they're at their peak hype values.
December 29, 2013 8:23 p.m.
Let me chime in and say that I have already preordered BNG thanks to Epochalyptik's advice. I'm very excited to camp out on my computer and ride the hype-train to some solid trades for eternal format cards and/or interesting "build-around-me" legendaries for a sixth EDH deck.
December 29, 2013 9:14 p.m.
PetahXtreme says... #7
Wow.. I wasn't aware of Born of the Gods pre-order. It could be a nice investment, however I'll hace to wait till Feb :(
December 29, 2013 10:01 p.m.
shocklands FTW! go RTR/GTC. incidentally, i bought a box of Dragon's Maze and was able to have 3-4 of EACH guildgate lol
December 29, 2013 10:16 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #9
@PetahXtreme: Good things come to those who wait. If you're looking for value, preorder is the way to go. In general, opening boxes and packs is pretty bad at all times except preorder because of the loss of value.
December 29, 2013 10:45 p.m.
definitely agree with Epochalyptik preordering the next set is the best way to go. Majority of the stuff that's in RTR and GTC will drop in value, so pretty soon less bang for your buck. If the only reason you want RTR/GTC is for the shocklands, just figure out what colors you are going to be playing and just buy the shocks for that color scheme in mind.
Dalektable says... #2
Depends. If you are looking just for cards to be played in standard and look to keep using them theros would be best as it will be in standard much longer than RTR. But RTR holds more eternal value, as the shocks Deathrite Shaman and a few other cards see play on other formats so their prices wont drop much when standard rotates.
December 29, 2013 8:16 p.m.