Should I hold onto my theros thoughtseize?

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Posted on Dec. 2, 2013, 8:19 a.m. by dpac

I just pulled a Thoughtseize in a booster.Should I hold onto it (and maybe get some more) looking to make some profit in the future or should I sell it now?

gufymike says... #2

yes, hold on to it, this 13-15$ range is it's low point at the moment. But for this printing, expect a 30$ maximum on it, even post rotation, because of the amount of time it's available and the rarity slot plus the lowryn release accessible (At 40 non-foil right now, should rise later, but they are there and a lot of people have the ts's already)_

December 2, 2013 8:22 a.m.

dpac says... #3

So if I get three more and waiting for a post rotation sell I'm to expect about a 10$/20$ profit for each one? I thought they'd rise up even more.

December 2, 2013 8:31 a.m.

gufymike says... #4

nope, about 10-20$ is about right on the profit. The only reason, not more, you have lowryn in stock and available (as singles) and this printing is going to be available for a very long time yet to come. I mean we're still opening RTR set boosters occasionally (that kind a long) and where drafting RTR set as late as june as part of the block draft format. And these aren't mythic. All this matters. That's why things like Deathrite Shaman , which sees play in the eternal formats with Thoughtseize is still cheap (plus it's use in standard is non-existant as of right now, but it's still in the 10-12$ range) if it was mythic, it would be with sphinx's rev at 20 and expected to go up more later.

December 2, 2013 8:39 a.m.

Demarge says... #5

You could hold onto them and hope for the day wizards decides to reprint some eternal format land staples and encourage people into legacy, if a BUG land base was in only the triple digits it would probably kick up ts's price greately.

December 2, 2013 10:29 a.m.

Arachnarchist says... #6

If you are only worried about maximizing profit, sell it now. Theros is still relatively new, so a lot more Thoughtseize s will still be opened. It will be triple drafted until February, Double after that until May and even then it will still be 1 out of 3 packs. Not to mention two of the most popular decks in standard right now (Mono Black and Esper) both run the card, so the demand is at a particularly high level.

However if you intend to play it, you should probably keep it.

December 2, 2013 12:28 p.m.