Author Topic: Do you have Pokemon, Yugioh or Magic (MTG) cards to trade? (Read 13106 times)

LukeChips · « **Reply #50 on:** January 20, 2015, 05:13:56 PM »

PM sent *again*

galadgawyn · « **Reply #51 on:** January 20, 2015, 05:43:43 PM »

So just to cover some basics:

Is that Jace deck a free 30 card deck or a duel deck, or a intro deck?

I have a pretty complete Redemption collection of +20K cards. I'm really only missing phase 2 which I haven't gotten any of yet. I've planned on getting 2 boxes worth to fill that gap but haven't yet. There are high end cards I wouldn't mind getting extra's of. How much Magic I have that will be worth trading will depend. I have about 10K with plenty of extra commons/uncommons but most of my good cards ($5-50) I want to keep. I also do have access to more cards because I work at Gem City Games.

The basic MtG formats are Vintage, Legacy, Modern, Standard and Commander. There are also many other fringe formats and casual variations. At my store, standard and Commander are by far the most popular but other stores in our area have playgroups built around the other formats. Standard and Commander seem to be the most widely played but this can vary by region. So what do people in your area play? Also, are they more casual players or very cutthroat competitive?

You probably want to avoid Vintage and Legacy which involve cards (sometimes 4 copies) that are in the $100 to $4,000 range. Modern is not quite as bad but most competitive deck lists I've seen are least several hundred. So I would recommend Standard and Commander as better starting points. You can also have decks in these formats that are hundreds or thousands of dollars but you don't have to. The thousand dollar deck will have an advantage but a $50 dollar deck can still be good and win some of the time. (I may also be biased and I have a lot more experience with these.) Between these Commander will be a little more expensive to start because it is a 100 card deck as opposed to 60 but with standard after about 1 1/2 years all the cards will rotate out and you have to keep getting new cards. This is why I focus on getting the more expensive cards for my commander decks because they stay legal and I aim for budget decks to play standard with.

So the bottom line here is that with limited starting resources it will be difficult to have a broad range of decks for multiple formats but if we could narrow down to a couple decks for a couple formats then I could put together a card pool for that at a reasonable price. If you give me some idea of what strategies and deck types appeal to you that would also help a lot. If you have no idea then I can come up with some recommendations. Again my advice here might change based on the playgroups that you would be playing with. It would also help if you could get a couple sample deck lists from them to evaluate the playing field. Most MtG players seem to be pretty open about sharing that.

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 20, 2015, 10:44:17 PM »

Quote from: galadgawyn on January 20, 2015, 05:43:43 PM

So just to cover some basics:

Is that Jace deck a free 30 card deck or a duel deck, or a intro deck?

I have a pretty complete Redemption collection of +20K cards. I'm really only missing phase 2 which I haven't gotten any of yet. I've planned on getting 2 boxes worth to fill that gap but haven't yet. There are high end cards I wouldn't mind getting extra's of. How much Magic I have that will be worth trading will depend. I have about 10K with plenty of extra commons/uncommons but most of my good cards ($5-50) I want to keep. I also do have access to more cards because I work at Gem City Games.

The basic MtG formats are Vintage, Legacy, Modern, Standard and Commander. There are also many other fringe formats and casual variations. At my store, standard and Commander are by far the most popular but other stores in our area have playgroups built around the other formats. Standard and Commander seem to be the most widely played but this can vary by region. So what do people in your area play? Also, are they more casual players or very cutthroat competitive?

You probably want to avoid Vintage and Legacy which involve cards (sometimes 4 copies) that are in the $100 to $4,000 range. Modern is not quite as bad but most competitive deck lists I've seen are least several hundred. So I would recommend Standard and Commander as better starting points. You can also have decks in these formats that are hundreds or thousands of dollars but you don't have to. The thousand dollar deck will have an advantage but a $50 dollar deck can still be good and win some of the time. (I may also be biased and I have a lot more experience with these.) Between these Commander will be a little more expensive to start because it is a 100 card deck as opposed to 60 but with standard after about 1 1/2 years all the cards will rotate out and you have to keep getting new cards. This is why I focus on getting the more expensive cards for my commander decks because they stay legal and I aim for budget decks to play standard with.

galadgwyn,

This is the Jace deck a free 30 card deck. I intend to play in all formats since all formats at the gaming center near me have weekly and monthly tournaments, and I want to get to know lots of people in many different formats. That being said they told me that I could probably purchase a RDW (Red Deck Wins) deck in individual cards for about $18 if I was interested to get started. I told them that I didn't have $18 to spend at the time, but I will work towards getting or trading for it sooner than everything else.

Can I possibly trade you for a RDW deck, I'm assuming that most of the cards in that deck won't be in the $5-$50 range.

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So the bottom line here is that with limited starting resources it will be difficult to have a broad range of decks for multiple formats but if we could narrow down to a couple decks for a couple formats then I could put together a card pool for that at a reasonable price. If you give me some idea of what strategies and deck types appeal to you that would also help a lot. If you have no idea then I can come up with some recommendations. Again my advice here might change based on the playgroups that you would be playing with. It would also help if you could get a couple sample deck lists from them to evaluate the playing field. Most MtG players seem to be pretty open about sharing that.

I did try to talk to them about specific decks lists, and they weren't very specific, and that being said I didn't have a lot of time during my initial consultation with them.

All of those formats do appeal to me, I'd be interested in some recommendations.

Regarding which strategies, I typically build decks that take on and destroy all strategies. But I'm not really sure where to get started other than a RDW deck. Please give me some recommendations. Thanks

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #53 on:** January 21, 2015, 08:37:25 AM »

Pm sent

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #54 on:** January 21, 2015, 09:06:36 AM »

Quote from: LukeChips on January 20, 2015, 05:13:56 PM

PM sent *again*

Luke,

Based on the time stamp I did receive this PM.

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 08:37:25 AM

Pm sent

This one came is at 8:37:25 am today,

but I have not received an additional PM since the one that you sent me above. If this is a new PM, please resend it to me, because it was not received on my end.

Regarding the PM above, I'm in the process of researching the data that you provide me. That being said, I'm working today from noon - 7 pm possibly a little later, so if I don't finish the research before I go to work, I'll try to finish it tonight, and worst case scenario I am off from work on Thursday.

Thanks.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #55 on:** January 21, 2015, 09:46:31 AM »

Quote from: whiteandgold7 on January 21, 2015, 09:06:36 AM

Quote from: LukeChips on January 20, 2015, 05:13:56 PM
PM sent *again*

Luke,

Based on the time stamp I did receive this PM.

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 08:37:25 AM
Pm sent

This one came is at 8:37:25 am today,

but I have not received an additional PM since the one that you sent me above. If this is a new PM, please resend it to me, because it was not received on my end.

Regarding the PM above, I'm in the process of researching the data that you provide me. That being said, I'm working today from noon - 7 pm possibly a little later, so if I don't finish the research before I go to work, I'll try to finish it tonight, and worst case scenario I am off from work on Thursday.

Thanks.

Steven

It must not have been sent

Knoxyouthpastor · « **Reply #56 on:** January 21, 2015, 03:37:30 PM »

PM Sent x's 2

LukeChips · « **Reply #57 on:** January 21, 2015, 03:44:27 PM »

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 09:46:31 AM

It must not have been sent

I resent it, could we add a gomer TexP to the deal?

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #58 on:** January 21, 2015, 10:21:39 PM »

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 03:44:27 PM

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 09:46:31 AM
It must not have been sent
I resent it, could we add a gomer TexP to the deal?

Luke,

That's a possibility. I need to check on availability, but first I'd like to research the rest of your Pokemon cards first. Then when we've finished determining value of what you are trading me we can figure out what I have available in total to trade for those cards. Thanks

Also, saw the PM that you resent, and sent a response.

Quote from: Knoxyouthpastor on January 21, 2015, 03:37:30 PM

PM Sent x's 2

Knoxyouthpastor,

Doing research on my end, will get back to you soon (within 24 hours hopefully maybe less). Thanks

Steven

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 22, 2015, 02:58:38 AM »

Quote from: Knoxyouthpastor on January 21, 2015, 03:37:30 PM

PM Sent x's 2

Knoxyouthpastor,

PM replied to.

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 03:44:27 PM

Quote from: LukeChips on January 21, 2015, 09:46:31 AM
It must not have been sent
I resent it, could we add a gomer TexP to the deal?

Luke,

PM replied to.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #60 on:** January 22, 2015, 09:07:56 AM »

PM sent.

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #61 on:** January 22, 2015, 10:30:50 AM »

Luke,

PM replied to.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #62 on:** January 22, 2015, 10:33:59 AM »

Quote from: whiteandgold7 on January 22, 2015, 10:30:50 AM

Luke,

PM replied to.

Steven

PM sent, I have tins and binders available!

Deck Metrics · « **Reply #63 on:** January 22, 2015, 01:02:22 PM »

If my brother & I travel up to one of your tournaments, we could teach you how to play MTG. That's how we started before we got saved. Its been years since we've played (10+) but we could teach you the basics.

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #64 on:** January 22, 2015, 01:42:43 PM »

delarosajon,

That would be awesome. Any input would be helpful. Thanks.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #65 on:** January 22, 2015, 01:52:03 PM »

PM sent

galadgawyn · « **Reply #66 on:** January 22, 2015, 02:08:16 PM »

Just be aware that there have been several rule changes in that time like the legendary rule change.

Yeah, red tends to be the cheaper of the colors to use. I will work on getting some lists together.

The basic deck strategies could be grouped as: control, lock, combo, tempo and aggro which kind of describes the way the deck plays. You could also look at how the deck wins: mill (deck discard), burn (direct damage) or attack with creatures. There are also subcategories and combinations of these. For example: voltron (attack with one super creature with tons of equipment and bonuses), beatdown (attack with several large powerful creatures), or swarm (attack with tons of little creatures, usually tokens). You could also have a control mill deck, a lock mill deck, or a combo mill deck.

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Regarding which strategies, I typically build decks that take on and destroy all strategies.

If I understand you correctly then that would probably be some sort of control, lock or tempo deck but these tend to be more complicated and difficult to play. I would not recommend starting there. Red, white and green are probably better colors to start in with a more attack oriented focus.

$18 is going to be a bit of challenge to work under that budget but maybe that can be expanded with more Redemption trade? I've looked at your trade page and there is not a lot of haves on it but I understand it takes time. So I would be looking for cards like KoT, Michael, FA, NJ, Samaria sites, Haman's plots, legions, hard to find promos, the early church.

LukeChips · « **Reply #67 on:** January 22, 2015, 02:57:50 PM »

Quote from: galadgawyn on January 22, 2015, 02:08:16 PM

$18 is going to be a bit of challenge to work under that budget but maybe that can be expanded with more Redemption trade? I've looked at your trade page and there is not a lot of haves on it but I understand it takes time. So I would be looking for cards like KoT, Michael, FA, NJ, Samaria sites, Haman's plots, legions, hard to find promos, the early church.

I have seen some magic cards go for 1000s of dollars! MTG makes a lot of money off chase cards!

Master KChief · « **Reply #68 on:** January 22, 2015, 05:26:06 PM »

Two of the most popular RDW decks in Standard:

http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/standard-r-16512#paper
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/standard-boss-sligh-13156#paper

The first one takes about $20 to build if not less. The second is also only about $80 but is a bit better because it has a substantial amount of reach.

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #69 on:** January 22, 2015, 11:09:37 PM »

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If I understand you correctly then that would probably be some sort of control, lock or tempo deck but these tend to be more complicated and difficult to play. I would not recommend starting there. Red, white and green are probably better colors to start in with a more attack oriented focus.

galadgawyn,

Complicated and difficult to play is my middle name so to speak, like I said, I like to think outside of the box. Regarding getting started, I'd like to start with a RDW deck just as a starting point. I do have a friend not on the boards that has offered to give me some cards when he has time to get me started as well, that was about two weeks ago, and I haven't received them yet, but that being said we do work together.

Quote from: Master KChief on January 22, 2015, 05:26:06 PM

Master KChief,

Thanks for the input. I'll be sure to check them out in the next week. Thanks
Two of the most popular RDW decks in Standard:

http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/standard-r-16512#paper
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/standard-boss-sligh-13156#paper

The first one takes about $20 to build if not less. The second is also only about $80 but is a bit better because it has a substantial amount of reach.

LukeChips · « **Reply #70 on:** January 23, 2015, 02:19:43 PM »

Lets take Gomer out of the deal, I found one I already have. PM sent

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #71 on:** January 24, 2015, 02:02:57 PM »

Knoxyouthpastor,

Trade mailed.

Luke,

Reviewing your PM, will respond back soon.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #72 on:** January 24, 2015, 02:15:18 PM »

Quote from: whiteandgold7 on January 24, 2015, 02:02:57 PM

Knoxyouthpastor,

Trade mailed.

Luke,

Reviewing your PM, will respond back soon.

Steven

Ok, I am giong to be very busy the rest of the week though.
Thanks,
Luke

whiteandgold7 · « **Reply #73 on:** January 25, 2015, 10:30:31 PM »

Luke,

PM sent.

Steven

LukeChips · « **Reply #74 on:** January 26, 2015, 08:57:49 AM »

Quote from: whiteandgold7 on January 25, 2015, 10:30:31 PM

Luke,

PM sent.

Steven

Thanks, PM replied

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