Traded my LED. Was It Worth It?
Economics forum
Posted on Feb. 7, 2015, 12:06 p.m. by CastleSiege
Last night I traded my Lion's Eye Diamond for 4x Polluted Delta (making my 2nd playset), 2x Wooded Foothills (completing 1 playset), and 1x Bloodstained Mire (completing 1 playset). Was this a good trade? Lion's Eye Diamond is on the reserved list so it will never be reprinted. LED will also always float between $70-100 and will "probably" never go over that. The fetches on the other hand are the KTK prints and always have the possibility of being printed again in years to come. They will also probably continue to drop in price as more Khans packs are opened (it's the most opened set ever). There's also the possibility that they will rise in the years to come (obviously not to their previous values before being reprinted).
Again I ask: Was this a good trade, value-wise? Is it a trade you would have made? For reference we based the trade off of SCG prices.
Epochalyptik says... #3
I would have kept the LED. You only came out slightly ahead monetarily, and the fetches will remain low for a while and are highly available now. LEDs have monetary value and trade weight (they're iconic, in demand, and hard to find, so you can force higher value trades with them).
February 7, 2015 12:10 p.m.
CastleSiege says... #4
I did trade it to a close friend whom I see regularly. He wanted it for an infinite mana combo in his artifact EDH deck which he makes changes to on a regular basis. He did say he'd be willing to trade it back to me if he takes it out of the deck so I'm not too concerned. Just getting other people's opinions excluding this fact.
February 7, 2015 12:18 p.m.
Schuesseled says... #5
I wouldn't worry about fiscal gain, can you use the fetches more than the diamond, if yes, good trade.
February 7, 2015 1:58 p.m.
Well if you traded it to a friend and you believe you made a good trade then no worries :) I pulled 2 soulfire grad masters and straight up gave them to my friend who really wanted them. I know they are good trade fodder but id rather help a friend get a slightly pricey card that he couldn't get than have it in my binder and never use it.
Servo_Token says... #2
I don't think that this was a good trade. If they were original print fetches, it might be a different story, but I just feel like you traded away secured legacy value for semi-secured modern value. Like, you could have used that diamond to trade into duals or better.
If you're happy with the trade though, then I'd say you did well. I just wouldn't be happy if I made that trade.
February 7, 2015 12:10 p.m.