Question: how to trade for Tarmogoyf?
Economics forum
Posted on June 8, 2016, 12:30 p.m. by alulien
Just what the title says. I'm foreseeing a difficult time trading for Mr. Tarmy because I don't have a dozen high value ($40+) cards to offer up but rather a boat load of lower value cards. People who have traded Tarmogoyf what was it like? Did you experience difficulty the more cards you were trying to use to = the value? Did you have to consolidate your value by trading in to lower price staples and then trade those up for Tarmy?
On another note... if you want to get rid of a Tarmy take a peek at the binder!
Pretty much what I was afraid of, but knowing is half the battle, right? Thanks Herr Doctor.
June 8, 2016 12:40 p.m.
mathimus55 says... #4
I traded for my playset of goyfs via Pucatrade. It took me about 6 months of SAVING points and not spending any of non-goyf cards, but it was worth the wait. Patience is the big thing.
June 8, 2016 1:20 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
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June 8, 2016 1:24 p.m.
I would suggest you turn your less valuable cards into (for example) a bunch of shock lands. then, turn those shocks into some other commodity, like fetchlands, and so on and so forth.
June 8, 2016 3:59 p.m.
Harashiohorn says... #7
Lands (Your Fetches, Shocks, and ABUR Duals) are usually one of the easier routes to go. Fetches in particular work as the closest thing to common currency there is in MTG. Other than that you can trade large portions of deck or archetype, ie. 75% of a Merfolk deck or something to that effect, or just generally try to consolidate the necessary value into one archetype.. Generally speaking though, lands are the best route, otherwise you have to find not only someone with a Tarmogoyf, but someone who also wants to get into the Archetype you have the necessary value in.
June 11, 2016 12:49 p.m.
Harashiohorn says... #8
Oh and one other thing I just thought of, Eternal Masters is your Friend in this situation. If someone is trading away a Tarmogoyf they are trading away one of the most powerful cards in modern, so they are likely not looking for a bunch of cards for a modern deck, but would quite possibly be looking for Legacy/Vintage staples. I'm not advising you to crack a bunch of EMA packs in this situation, but rather if you had say a playset of Sensei's Divining Top for trade, there is a much better chance the Tarmogoyf owner would be interested, than in say a playset of Abrupt Decays.
DrFunk27 says... #2
As someone who both owns Goyf and traded for them, I can speak of my own experience. I had to trade a ton for them. This was back during the first Modern Masters, so the price was still around $150 each. Most Goyf owners will not consider trading them unless they receive high value staples in return, so you're looking at cards that are $50+. As an owner, I would not consider trading them unless I was receiving Reserve Listed cards or extremely valuable staples in both Modern, Legacy or EDH.
Best of luck to you!
June 8, 2016 12:36 p.m.