Worst Trades?
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Posted on Sept. 23, 2015, 5:04 p.m. by failurechild88
Do you ever look at your SUCCESSFUL TRADES and think to yourself, "Man, what a boner..."
My...
for his...
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mind you this was immediately post ravnica when shaman was foil shaman was over 130 dollars, it's a bit better now.
September 23, 2015 5:12 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
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September 23, 2015 5:16 p.m.
TheDuggernaught says... #5
my Scalding Tarn for nothing... because he was a new player and I thought I could help him out. I Didn't think at the time that Scalding Tarns would be worth what they are.
September 23, 2015 5:30 p.m.
My worst trade was probably an Overgrown Tomb for Ral Zarek, but I wasn't using the Tom at the time, so I don't feel too bad.
September 23, 2015 5:41 p.m.
My playset of Onslaught Polluted Deltas for 4 Wastelands and 2Wooded Foothills. About a year later, I was kicking myself and continued to do so until Khans came out with a reprint. Wasteland sat at $40 and Wooded Foothills at $20 for a very long time, with Polluted Delta at or above $100.
September 23, 2015 5:42 p.m.
failurechild88 says... #8
InfiniteParadoX I'd say you still came out positive in the long run though haha
September 23, 2015 5:44 p.m. Edited.
Serendipitous_Hummingbird says... #9
My full art Terminate for his Siege Rhino. This was during KTK when rhino was $6 and dominating modern, while the terminate was 2 bc tasigur hadn't made grixis a thing yet.
For some reason the pricing on the terminate is wrong. It's currently $14.
September 23, 2015 6:19 p.m.
I got rid of 3 Snapcaster Mage for 3 Thragtusk. Now I'm buying 4 snap casters at 70 a pop :)
September 23, 2015 6:20 p.m. Edited.
rorofat KillDatBUG was selling some snaps might be cheaper than 70 if you guys can make a deal idk if he is still selling
September 23, 2015 6:29 p.m.
I got them on eBay for 50 a pop, so I'm happy :), plus, nobody really trusts me with trades right now, because I've never traded on T/O...
September 23, 2015 6:31 p.m. Edited.
trollslayer says... #13
My Sliver Hivelord for his Jace, Architect of Thought. kindof sad about that now, since i didn't know the price. this was during ravnica-m15 time.
September 23, 2015 7 p.m.
My three Snapcaster Mages for his Bayou was a bad trade for a while, but now it's pretty even again. I also gave a Jace, the Mind Sculptor for a Noble Hierarch before Noble was reprinted.
September 23, 2015 7:02 p.m.
September 23, 2015 7:06 p.m.
It all evens out though. My best trade:
My:
For their:
1x Blackcleave Cliffs, 1x Faerie Conclave, 1x Capsize, 1x Pithing Needle
September 23, 2015 7:09 p.m.
During a night of heavy drinking I traded my Forcefield for his 2x Exploration... the very next week Exploration was spoiled for Conspiracy :/
September 23, 2015 7:15 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #18
I sold my Future Sight Goyf for $75 when I thought I was quitting Magic. When I got back into it a few years back, I saw the price and almost cried.
I also traded an original Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth before it was reprinted in anything for completely insignificant things.
September 23, 2015 7:35 p.m.
My: foil Thoughtseize, the oversized garruk
September 23, 2015 8:02 p.m.
nighthawk101 says... #20
At my second FNM (soon after M14 release), one of the veterans who was leaving Magic gave me a box of Modern/Eternal staples since I was new. Back then, I didn't recognize the value there, only that they weren't Standard legal. I can't remember the exact cards, but there were a couple Crucible of Worlds in there.
I knew the value because I offered the cards for someone's Garruk, Caller of Beasts, and was told that the cards were worth a lot more than that. I said that I probably wasn't going to use those cards because I only planned to play Standard and traded them for a then $20 card that's gone down to ~$5.
I regret that a lot, not only for the value- as I was walking away I realized the veteran had watched me trade his cards away.
September 23, 2015 8:33 p.m.
canterlotguardian says... #21
I mean I've never really had a bad trade go in the other person's favor. Best trade I've had go in my favor was (when I was still a complete noob at Eternal card pricing) about $3 in commons/uncommons for a Gauntlet of Power
. Still have it. The guy I got it from? Haven't seen him since. (This was back when the foil was about $50 according to my LGS owner, so it was even more of a hit than it would have been today.)
September 23, 2015 8:42 p.m.
Biogidget53 says... #22
Two of my better trades recently was my Sheoldred, Whispering One (promo release) for his Ugin, the Spirit Dragon. And then my Pyromancer's Gauntlet for Archangel of Tithes. I feel like i came out on top that night
September 23, 2015 9:10 p.m.
I traded away a Dack Fayden when he was $20. He doubled in price a couple weeks later.
It comes back around though. Someone traded me an Omniscience just a few weeks before Omni-Tell started doing really well in Legacy. It went from $15 to $35, and I made back my loss.
September 23, 2015 10:04 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #24
I absolutely love trading standard for modern.
1 Archangel of Thune 2 Gravecrawler 1 Keranos, God of Storms 1 Laboratory Maniac 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt 1 Restoration Angel 1 Scavenging Ooze
Got this for 3 Stormbreath Dragons. I'll speak for this guy when I say that this trade is now entirely one sided.
My worst trade ever was when I was new, I traded an Elspeth Tirel, Ajani Goldmane, and Sorin Markov for 3 Gravetiller Wurm that I wanted for my Morbid deck. I didn't know how to use a planeswalker at the time....
September 24, 2015 12:17 a.m.
asasinater13 says... #25
I don't remember details, but I know I traded some cards that have kept value into a pair of Leyline of Sanctity when they were 34 dollars. I think it included some shocks (that I now need for my burn deck).
I did the same with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, but I felt less bad because It was a while before the price went down. I think that one included a Thoughtseize + when thoughtseize was at a lower price.
I'd like to point out that I don't actually feel bad having done this, because I've played with the cards I traded for significantly, and playing magic is more important than having expensive magic cards.
(oh I also traded away a Noble Hierarch for like bulk rares before I checked cards prices, so that was bad)
September 24, 2015 12:30 a.m.
Antoniobizarro says... #26
Ages ago, I got a Force of Will in an Alliances booster, and trade it for a bunch of green creatures. I didn't know much about MTG, and used to hate blue cards, so it looked like a good deal at the time. -__-''
September 24, 2015 2:31 a.m.
My one sided trade:
Traded my Naya Blitz (INN/RTR time, after gatecrash was released) for a foil Deathrite Shaman before it was banned. Few days later, I flipped the shaman for a playset of Cavern of Souls
My worse trade:
Traded two Snapcaster Mage for the Naya Blitz deck above. The trade at the time didnt look bad until now -.-
September 24, 2015 12:03 p.m.
Do bad sales count? I once bought a $1 pack at Target that had a Cavern of Souls in it. I sold it to my LGS a few weeks later for like $10. I thought at the time that was a nice profit... :(
InfiniteParadoX says... #2
my foil
Deathrite Shaman
for his...
Dark Confidant
Path to Exile
September 23, 2015 5:11 p.m.