That "Do I have it?" Moment
Economics forum
Posted on May 11, 2014, 10:54 p.m. by ducttapedeckbox
I haven't been paying much attention to the value of my collection since I've gone to college as I left it mostly at home, but recently I have noticed that a foil Spell Pierce is a whopping $50. After seeing this, and a picture of a foil one, I'm pretty sure I have one, but can't remember for sure and it's driving me nuts.
Has anyone else had this experience where you find out a card has jumped in price and you can't remember if you have one? Or maybe you've forgotten you have a card that turns out to have jumped in price without your knowing. Just a little has-this-happened-to-you? thread.
I made this filthy casual Rat deck in standard a while back to play some kitchen table with a few friends. Lo and behold, MBD is now a thing and I can't remember if I still have that playset of Pack Rat s. My first pack ever also had a Mutavault in it. I had it for a very long time. It wasn't until it really jumped that I started scratching my head.
May 11, 2014 11:28 p.m.
miracleHat says... #4
I thought that i had a Black Lotus
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miracleHat! STOP DREAMING. Anyways, i thought that i had a Geist of Saint Traft
, i don't know what happened to it. I might've traded it for junk cards.
May 11, 2014 11:53 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #5
I thought I had a bunch of expensive angels from one of my shit decks when I started out.
May 12, 2014 12:15 a.m.
KnightsBattlecry001 says... #6
I heard that Sensei's Divining Top was twenty something bucks from a friend a week or so back. When I heard that I thought my god I know I've got at least a playset of these somewhere in my collection stashed away somewhere. I've looked some for it, but no luck finding them. I hope like hell I didn't trade them away years ago.
May 12, 2014 12:20 a.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #7
I also swear I had pulled a 3rd Liliana of the Veil (I'm lucky) but I'm not sure what happened.
May 12, 2014 12:21 a.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #8
Lightning Bolt and Gitaxian Probe are $2.00 plus a piece, which is pretty groovy. Then again, it's really cool if you have the cards, however obtaining them is a different story. The price spikes for Modern and Legacy have been kinda nuts as of late.
May 12, 2014 1:08 a.m.
Thebigshaggy says... #9
Watched a kid trade a Mox Opal to another kid for a short stack of 10-15 uncommons from standard after I offered him some decent money cards from older sets for it. He goes, "Do you have some Galerider Sliver s? Because I'll take those over these uncommons."
DO I HAVE IT?
No, I don't.
May 12, 2014 3 a.m.
KrosanTusker says... #10
aeonstoremyliver Yeah, it's crazy! I'm not going to start going on about fetches here, but, y'know... Mental.
Apparently promo Git Probe is now worth $15 or something. I found a bunch of old(-ish) promos I didn't know I had; a couple Git Probes were among them.
I was pleased to see firstly that I had more cards than I thought I did and also that my system for storing them all works well enough for me to find things!
May 12, 2014 12:41 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #11
@ KrosanTusker -- It's a nice feeling to know that when I do get my hands on my binder again, I should be able to quickly see if I do in fact have a foil Spell Pierce .
I also could have sworn I had a PLC Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth somewhere, but I never could find it...
Nemesis says... #2
yes, I've had similar with Eternal Witness in fifth dawn. though mine wasn't NEARLY that expensive, haha.
May 11, 2014 11:12 p.m.