For my pack to power journey to succeed, I would need a couple of things; the first, having good friends who are willing to help me out on the journey and the second, card volume. The more cards you have, the higher probability of having a card someone wants or better yet, needs. Moving cards is the key to this project and I need to make as many transactions as possible to keep the selection of cards diverse and to build up a trading reputation. Keeping all this in mind, I went into the next few trades, shooting for volume to increase the amount of selection I have available.
Trade 2:
This one came up after my friend, Jav, and I were talking about my pack to power and how I was going to accomplish it. He mentioned that he needed a Blasphemous Act for his sideboard for Kessig Green, featuring the powerhouse of Dungrove Elder. Luckily, it's exactly what the doctor ordered. He was willing to help and I asked him to throw in every junky rare he didn't mind offering for the project. Appreciate the help, man!
+1 Moonmist FOIL $0.99
+1 Titanic Growth FOIL $0.49
+1 Tunnel Ignus $0.49
+1 Tower of Calamaties $0.49
+1 Thopter Assembly $0.49
+1 Dormant Gomazoa $0.49
+1 Djinn of Wishes $0.49
+1 Bludgeon Brawl $0.49
+1 Shape Anew $0.49
+1 Praetor's Grasp $0.75
Total: +$4.67
This trade is exactly what I needed to get started. I'm glad that I could help Jav out with his deck and he could throw me some fodder to hopefully move to people looking for random sideboard cards or casual decks. A lot of these rares were Standard legal, so I'm confident that a lot of them could move.
Trade 3-4:
This next pair of trades was with my friend, Gyula who's always really helpful when it comes to starting projects and is always a team player. He took a quick scan of my binder and took the foil Titanic Growth. Considering he doesn't really play green, I took this as a generous offer. He asked me to take a look at his binder, so when I opened it, a bunch of cards fell out. I decided to trade for them, since they 'jumped out at me' so to speak.
+1 FOIL Galvanic Juggernaut $0.49
+1 Innistrad Forest $0.25
+2 Scourge of Geier Reach $0.20/each
+1 Distant Memories $0.49
Total: +1.09
The next trade was kind of an oops, since Gyula also wanted the Unburial Rites for his Dromar, the Banisher EDH deck. Since I knew he didn't really play red, I decided to go for a card that might be in demand in the right playgroup, considering a budget Kessig deck might turn up in a Top 8 somewhere.
-1 Unburial Rites $0.75
+1 Rootbound Crag $2.99
Total: +2.24
Trade 5:
The final 2 trades happened when I took my binder out to Gainesville, Fl to meet up with my friends, Sean and Jason. I had brought along my mentor, Roger who was in town for a couple games of EDH. After getting crushed by Sean's Bant token deck, we hit the trade binders. He pulled out a Thopter Assembly for his mono red EDH deck he's been concocting and asked me to put together a pile of cards for it. After putting a few cards in, I felt like I had taken too much, but he didn't mind.
-1 Thopter Assembly $0.49
+1 Wall of Omens $0.99
+1 Amulet of Vigor $0.99
+1 Temple Bell $0.75
Total: +$2.24
I'm really excited for this trade. Global draw effects like Temple Bell are really popular in the Orlando playgroup and I have high hopes for the Amulet and the Wall of Omens, both of which see lots of play in casual magic.
Trade 6:
This trade happened after Sean's roommate, Jason, took a look at the binder and saw the Praetor's Grasp that I think he could use. Jason is a heavy control player, so it's no surprise he chose the controlly black card. After looking in his binder for some small things, I saw a Greed and I knew that would move well in Orlando, since I have a few friends building black decks and card draw is always a premium. After a little hesitation, he let the Greed go. Of course the true win is that foil forest. I hope that Praetor's Grasp allows you to cast awesome spells, Jason (and hopefully I'm not on the receiving end of that spell!)
-1 Praetor's Grasp $0.75
+1 FOIL Innistrad Forest $0.99
+1 Greed $0.49
+1 Lifeforce $0.75
+1 Weakness $0.25
Total: +$1.73
I was really surprised by the price of Lifeforce. Strange counterspells out of blue sometimes get some love, so I'll take a small risk on it and see how it does.
End of the Day Total: +$11.97
Thanks for reading! If you'd like to make a trade, check out the Trade Document on the right hand side of the blog. I'll do my best to keep the list updated. Until the next trades, Magic players!
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-David J.
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