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PROTRADER: PucaPicks for 12/15/16

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It’s the surprises that keep me coming back. As we travel further back in Magic’s history, raiding old draft boxes, we are at five and six and seven years ago. If you’ve been playing all this time, maybe you remember these formats. Maybe this is your first exposure to some of these cards. Remember, these are all commons and uncommons.

Our goal here is to mine for the cards of not just value, but demand. It doesn’t do as much good to have one $10 card that moves in a year, as compared to ten $1 cards that I can move right now.

I also want to note that I’ve seen some of the cards I highlight move in price. Last week, Galvanic Blast was nearly 100 points, now it’s under 80. I’m not blaming anyone, but it does seem that the faster you move, the better off you will be.

This week, we are covering the newer standard of core sets, as well as Zendikar block, widely given credit as leading a renaissance for Magic.

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PROTRADER: PucaPicks for 12/8/16

One of the things I like best about PucaTrade is how easily I can mine my collection for value. I’ve been playing a long time, and while I have more valuable things to send out, there’s not much that feels better than sending out a stack of commons for full value. Some of these buylist for decent money, but I really like getting bonuses for the simple effort of rifling through old draft chaff.

So I’m going to get through Scars of Mirrodin block today, and there’s some surprising stuff in there. If you find it relaxing to sort through a thousand-count box and pluck out twenty bucks in value, this is how to get that feeling.

A reminder that these are not the most valuable cards from their expansions. These are the ones higher on the want list, so these are the ones that will not linger long on your have list. Find them, send them, and profit.

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PROTRADER: PucaPicks for 12/1/16

I have to admit, I’m really enjoying this series, as I delve into older and older sets looks for not the most valuable cards, but the cards that are in highest demand (as of this writing).

We are reaching the point at which power isn’t as much of a factor as availability is. Most of these are either printed once on a much smaller scale, or they have been printed several times and this is only one of the several versions available.

My goal remains the same: I want to find the cards that are both worth enough points to warrant picking out of bulk or binders, and also on enough want lists that I can send the card out relatively rapidly. These aren’t all the cards worth picking, these are just the ones easiest to get rid of–a prime consideration of mine at all times.

 

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PROTRADER: PucaPicks for 11/24/16

Hello and if you celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving!

If that’s not a holiday you celebrate, that’s just giving you more time to get the jump on some awesome cards. 

This week, I want to look at some cards that are higher in price, but still Standard-legal. We’ve had a lot of results, and it’s time to let the numbers sink in. We’ve also had lots and lots of Kaladesh opened, with a lot more yet to go, so I’ll be keeping that in mind as well.

Some of these are buys, and some are sells. All of these are set to rotate next September, so rotation worries haven’t set in yet. I was surprised when I looked at some of the point values, and that game of expectations vs. reality is always what I want to try and profit from.

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