Did I do a good? A tale of Jace, the Living Guildpact

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Posted on July 14, 2014, 2:58 a.m. by Death_The_Kid

So at the Pre release I pulled a Jace, the Living Guildpact I picked Red for the event. I actually started it as a Green/Black deck vut my LGS is very casual and fun so we are allowed to edit our decks after a match. I ended up going Red/Blue. Now with Jace in it. I ended up getting his ult off twice. So I thought maybe this Jace is not that bad. So anyway as of that night he was priced around $10. I do not play blue in any format nor really plan to so I traded him. I got Soul of New Phyrexia Phyrexian Revoker promo Indulgent Tormentor and a Zen full art forest. Was this a good trade? I seen Jace going down still so I am happy but will he bounce up? Let me know what you guys think.

Osang says... #2

If you plan on using the cards you got, sure, it was worth it. When I traded Nissa, Worldwaker for a foil Perilous Vault , I looked at the price but I jumped on the opportunity since I want a foil mythic I'll definitely play over a card that I won't play.

July 14, 2014 3:06 a.m.

Death_The_Kid says... #3

all of the mentioned cards are in a deck already lol also I would of loved to get Perilous Vault such a great card in EDH i think lol maybe even standard?

July 14, 2014 3:13 a.m.

xlaleclx says... #4

You're always allowed to change your deck between rounds

July 14, 2014 4:57 a.m.

xlaleclx says... #5

prereleases are casual REL so nothing matters

July 14, 2014 4:59 a.m.

Death_The_Kid says... #6

oh i didnt know that lol

July 14, 2014 5 a.m.

ljs54321 says... #7

xlaleclx: The ability to edit your deck at a prerelease isn't because of the REL level. That's a rule for all limited events.

July 14, 2014 5:12 a.m.

Rasta_Viking29 says... #8

ljs54321 that's not true... At Limited PTQ's you register the pools and a 40 card mainboard. You can not switch your mainboard around after rounds. Like xlaleclx said, it's common at pre-release though.

July 14, 2014 8:24 a.m.

Servo_Token says... #9

At Regular REL, you can do some switching. At competitive, you cannot. So if you're having a draft at your LGS on tuesday night, you can still switch your deck around.

July 14, 2014 9:13 a.m.

Slycne says... #10

In terms of straight value the trade is even to a tiny bit ahead. Jace, the Living Guildpact is ~$9. Soul of New Phyrexia is ~$7, Phyrexian Revoker is $1, promo Indulgent Tormentor is .50c - if that - and a Zen full art forest is like $1. So you end up more or less even.

Personally I probably wouldn't have traded like that though or at least gotten a couple more dollars out of the trade. Jace, the Living Guildpact has a much better potential to be valuable than any of those cards. For instance, nothing is going to change that the promo cards are essentially worthless in terms of value since there's thousands of them, but if all the hints of Khans featuring some kind of graveyard mechanic are true then Jace, the Living Guildpact could shoot up.

July 14, 2014 10:21 a.m.

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