Dragon Lord Atarka

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Posted on April 15, 2015, 9:30 p.m. by DarkMagician

Has Dragon Lord Atarka peaked? Will he fall or remain stable?

DarkMagician says... #2

April 15, 2015 9:31 p.m.

vishnarg says... #3

It will definitely fall. I knew he was probably the best Elder Dragon, but realistically he should come back down to around $15 or even less in a few weeks.

April 15, 2015 9:54 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #4

And while we're on Dragonlords, what about Dragonlord Silumgar? Not sure if I should wait to pick some up.

April 15, 2015 10:22 p.m.

vishnarg says... #5

Yeah that seems a bit steep. I would wait.

April 15, 2015 10:31 p.m.

Baltec says... #6

Dragonlord Atarka is a she. I can't see her going up much more. I'm actually surprised she is as high as she is. After the pre-release the elder dragons were at the top of my list of things to get rid of as I thought they would all tank. I traded her on pucatrade for like seven bucks. Then she doubled in price a few days later...oh well. You win some you lose some.

April 15, 2015 10:41 p.m.

showda says... #7

O.o holy -Insert line of censored words-, She's that much?! wow...I think I have like 3...wowza yay me.

April 15, 2015 10:44 p.m.

JRaynor says... #8

Yeah, came out of left field

April 15, 2015 10:53 p.m.

Rasta_Viking29 says... #9

Give this a read for some good info

Atarka's floor is probably $10 for the near future. R/G decks of many varieties want it, Abzan is dabbling with her, and I fully expect to see a Sultai Whip deck splash for it soon.

April 15, 2015 11:38 p.m.

JA14732 says... #10

Yeah, that's what I heard from a lot of people. I pulled Dromoka and am using him, no problems there. Even still, my 1000% profit on GGTs still remains hard to beat.

April 16, 2015 12:46 a.m.

JakeHarlow says... #11

I just read this and picked up Dragonlord Atarka online for $11, and I feel fine about that. Also grabbed more Wooded Foothills and Zurgo Jr. because I've a feeling they're headed for a small spike.

@ JA14732: What is a GGT? I assume it's a card and I'm too dumb/lazy to figure out the abbreviation.

April 16, 2015 5:52 a.m.

Named_Tawyny says... #12

Golgari Grave-Troll I'd assume.

April 16, 2015 7 a.m.

JA14732 says... #13

Yep. Bought a playset at 75 cents a pop and resold them at $7.50.

April 16, 2015 11:39 a.m.

DarkMagician says... #14

Wouldn't that be a 90% profit? Lol

April 16, 2015 11:50 a.m.

Caharin says... #15

That's 100% not 1000

April 16, 2015 1:49 p.m.

JakeHarlow says... #16

@ DarkMagician and Caharin: It's a 900% profit. He sold them at 10 times their original worth. A 100% profit is when you sell a good for twice as much as it cost you. Add 8 more times the value, you get 900%.

April 16, 2015 2:02 p.m.

Caharin says... #17

I been out of school for 10 years math is a little rusty

April 16, 2015 2:13 p.m.

Baltec says... #18

@JA14732 Dragonlord Dromoka is also a she.

April 16, 2015 2:34 p.m.

DarkMagician says... #19

JakeHarlow He bought them for .75 each and sold them for 7.50 each. .75 is 10% of what he sold it for meaning his profit was 6.75 a piece which is 90% of 7.50. His profit was 90%. He sold them at 1000% of what he got them for.

April 16, 2015 5:18 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #20

Math major here. Time to clear up simple stuff:

Initial investment is $0.75; that is the 100% we work off of. $7.50 is ten times $0.75, and so it is 1000%. However, we had to spend $0.75, so subtract that from $7.50 and bang bang we're left with $6.75 - our profit. That's nine times greater than $0.75, or 900%.

April 16, 2015 5:22 p.m.

DarkMagician says... #21

Thanks bigguy99

April 16, 2015 5:29 p.m.

JakeHarlow says... #22

@ DarkMagician: lol I know, math can be tough. I'm not a math major like bigguy99, but I do hold multiple degrees. I always hated math class though.

I work in business so I have to be able to report percentages accurately. :)

April 16, 2015 8:34 p.m.

Caharin says... #23

bigguy99 when I hit math in college I will message you with questions.

April 16, 2015 8:50 p.m.

Didgeridooda says... #24

It all depends on how you look at it. Of the money they sold for, 90% of that was profit. lol

April 17, 2015 5:03 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #25

It doesn't depend on how you look at it. Profit is directly based off of investment.

April 17, 2015 6:32 p.m.

JA14732 says... #26

How the hell did my bragging become such a big math question thing?

April 17, 2015 6:50 p.m.

Didgeridooda says... #27

90% of the $7.50 was profit.

April 17, 2015 6:56 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #28

That's exactly right, Didgeridooda. That doesn't change the fact that $0.75 was put in to get $7.50 out - that's $6.75, which is nine times the original investment. Like I said, profit is looked at in terms of what you spend, not what you make.

April 17, 2015 6:58 p.m.

Didgeridooda says... #29

Of course that is the normal way to do it.

If I just sold someone the card for $7.50 though, I would say "wow, 90% of this is profit".

April 17, 2015 7:18 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #30

The point is that when you talk about profit there is only one perspective - the one I've gone over. You can say that 90% of $7.50 is profit, but it's not the actual percentage that you make.

April 17, 2015 7:27 p.m.

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