The Scarab God Mtgo: Hold or Sell
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Posted on Oct. 9, 2017, 6:48 p.m. by Chandrian
Hello,
I got a super sweet The Scarab God from one of my packs on Mtgo and I know it's the best/most priciest card in Standard at the moment.
My question is: do you guys see it holding it's value for a while? Or will it go up or down in the near future? (atm it's 44.76 Tix on Cardhoarder)
APPLE01DOJ says... #3
Why is this card so high? Is standard that slow at the moment?
October 9, 2017 7:05 p.m.
It's a very strong card and blue/black makes for a strong deck with lots of removal and disruption.
SaffronOlive went 5-0 in a competitive league, you can find his version of the deck here: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/much-abrew-the-pirate-god-standard
The deck also took 3rd and 4th place at Worlds: http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=17119&f=ST
So it's a major win-con in one of the strongest decks in the format...
Reason why I'm asking if it might hold this value for a while or not is to know if I should sell right now or can afford to play a couple decks in a budget UB deck (cuz 45TIX... I can nearly buy a decent budget deck from Mtggoldfish for that :) )
October 9, 2017 7:11 p.m.
TheDuggernaught says... #5
Qolorful Sorry! Really was not banking on it jumping so much when I asked for that trade, lol! I mean, I obviously thought it was a good card (or else I would not have been looking for a trade); but I agree. I do not think it is $45 good. I do not even play standard. I was looking to play it in modern... and I have put them to good use so far! Got a baby 4/4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn playing vs tron. So that was cute! lol.
October 10, 2017 4:30 a.m.
Its not your fault haha I just happened to make an unwise decision
Qolorful says... #2
Im... I just... traded three of them away... while they were $14... why did this happen to me...
I certainly cant see them increasing in value further than they already have. Cards in standard arent tending to stay that high in price, so once the meta shifts out of its favor or it rotates it will drop significantly. I just have a hard time believing it will get much higher than $45 though
October 9, 2017 6:55 p.m.