Oblivion Stone price spike?
Economics forum
Posted on June 7, 2015, 10:24 p.m. by Nemesis
Anybody else notice a sudden price spike for Oblivion Stone? I feel like up until a few days ago it was sitting at $12 ish. Or am i just crazy?
I get that, but I was kind of expecting a slow and steady experience. I wasn't really expecting an overnight doubling in price.
June 7, 2015 10:28 p.m.
Based on what I'm seeing through TCGPlayer, there aren't many people selling right now. Most sellers are providing foils. There are only two non-foils available. From my understanding, it's your run of the mill buyout. It seems to me at least to be happening more and more recently for modern staples that didn't see a MM15 reprint. It's unfortunate.
June 7, 2015 10:37 p.m.
Because Tron is very popular. Only explanation. Probably because they just reprinted all the other important pieces of it from Modern Masters 2015.
June 7, 2015 10:49 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #6
There have been a bunch of weird spikes recently. Needless to say, its a nice time to own good cards
June 7, 2015 10:50 p.m.
Damn. Well there goes any chance of me buying one. I needed another for my tron deck, QQ.
June 7, 2015 10:50 p.m.
yeah this is most likely because Karn is much cheaper than he was. Hence all the new players who want to give Tron a try have to buy oblivion stone.
June 8, 2015 3:54 a.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #10
GR Tron just took down the SCG Invitational and the Modern IQ that was running concurrently.
June 8, 2015 7:20 a.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #11
I second what Fluffy said. Tron is putting up good results due to the popularity of Jund and Junk.
June 8, 2015 11:03 a.m.
Seems like a bit of a buyout. This isn't a steady increase - it's doubled in 2 days.
June 8, 2015 11:19 a.m.
Well probably a buyout in speculation of Tron surging in popularity, as fluffy and I said.
June 8, 2015 11:21 a.m.
sf_torquatus says... #14
Yeah, this has buyout written all over it. I'm surprised Grove of the Burnwillows wasn't the buyout target, but it was twice the price of O-Stone, so with a fixed buyout budget it makes sense. This makes me glad that I bought into R/G Tron last Tuesday when O-Stone was $15.
June 8, 2015 7:56 p.m.
Lol I bought my playset when they were ten. Sell or no?
June 9, 2015 9:08 a.m.
Didgeridooda says... #16
I understand why the buyouts happen, but wish they didn't. It is going to mess stuff up as it becomes more prevalent.
June 9, 2015 11:03 a.m.
Umm yeah they did. Unless the price on tappedout is wrong.
June 10, 2015 10:34 a.m.
It says 20 here because that's what the price was when this thread was created. This is the current price of Oblivion Stone.
June 10, 2015 10:37 a.m.
Oh NICE. Even if they were only 20 I still got mine for 10 or less each. Thanks!
June 10, 2015 10:57 a.m.
Well now, they're ~$40 a piece. I'm glad I nabbed one when I did...but all these buyouts are getting ridiculous...and I don't even play Modern. :/
Spootyone says... #2
It has spiked in the past couple days, yes. Obvious reasoning there just being modern and some Commander appeal. Having only been printed in a "normal" set once and a Commander set once adds to its cost since it wasn't opened as heavily as today's demand would require.
It was bound to happen eventually -- especially since it didn't get a reprint in MM15.
June 7, 2015 10:27 p.m.