Prerelease Seeded Packs

Economics forum

Posted on April 26, 2014, 9:27 a.m. by bigpappyj

Are these worth picking up? Particularly for Born or, if available, Journey. What's a price that's too much?

mckin says... #2

Green or red would be ykur best bet for pullung xenagos, prolly a lot of value in getting them though unless you find some weird collector with sealed prerelesse packs

April 26, 2014 10:51 a.m.

I usually see them sell for $25, which is $1 too much for six booster packs no matter how you look at it. If you don't place any value on a spindown, then there's really no extra value to be had in the packs.

I guess there is a slight bonus in that you're guaranteed a specific-colored rare, but that's not really terribly exciting.

April 26, 2014 11:33 a.m.

Schuesseled says... #4

They all have the chance of including a pantheon pack, that could increase the value somewhat, especially if one or more of the gods becomes a eternal staple.

April 26, 2014 5:33 p.m.

The new seeded packs have that additional value. The chance of it happening seems pretty low, but it's worth considering, I suppose.

The old prerelease seeded boxes don't seem to hold any real value, though.

April 26, 2014 6:22 p.m.

Darq1 says... #6

Save your money... have you opened more than one? Nyx is a total failure in the experiment of seeded packs. Had 80 customers at the first of five prerelease events last night, half left before the fourth round. These are die hard MTG fans, we aint big, we built our store on devotion to the game(s). The complaints were about guess what, the seeded packs. Most people had hoped this would give them an edge in their chosen colors, and the ratio was about 10% did, the rest was a hodgepodge, and looked nothing like it was themed towards helping the player, old or new, build into their given choice. Horrible, and I lost customers I'm sure till the 2015 blocks come around. Thanks MTG.

April 26, 2014 7:35 p.m.

Schuesseled says... #7

I'm not sure what print runs included the pantheon pack of gods, but i've bought a booster box for the hell of it. Let's see what happens.

April 27, 2014 4:27 p.m.

mckin says... #8

@Darq1 theyve all been like that. No one should be surprised. The only guarentee is a rare in your color or god of your color

April 27, 2014 4:43 p.m.

mckin says... #9

Also the oantheon packs are pre release only

April 27, 2014 4:43 p.m.

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