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Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant. Either way, I'm sure you got a bunch of cards that at least are casual playble. If the only value you find in the cards is monetary than I suggest you leave the game again, because that means you don't really care about playing.

Wow, you do realize the problem right?

First of all, I know how you feel. The last few time I bought booster boxes, I got very few decent cards and not many were Mythic (best box I ever got had 2 Gideons and little else).

The only reason to buy boxes is if you want to get a good amount of commons and uncommons to build decks with or if you and several friends want to draft.

If there are rares and mythics you need, you best bet is to trade the bulk rares you get in a booster box (guaranteed that someone out there is looking for them) or to buy them as singles. It will actually cost you less to just pony up for a playset of Caverns than buying even one booster box and not getting any.

I, myself, have had enough of buying boosters, expecting to get the cards I need, so I'll be only getting them (for the most part) as part of a draft or sealed tourney, prize packs, need trade fodder or if I ever feel lucky (and even then, it will be only 4-5 packs) and will be getting the cards I need from other sources (just ordered $87 from mtgmintcard.com and will be getting several Avacyn, Terminus, Reforge the Soul and a bunch of other cards I need and will not have spent as much as for one box).

I will admit though, the pre-release boosters were really good to me. Got an Gisela and several bombastic rares and some Angel-related commons and uncommons from my first sealed pool to draft a decent R/W Angel deck and got a Tibalt from the participation pack (didn't top 8) and a foiled Angel of Jubilation.

The second pool went a little worse in that I didn't get enough good stuff to draft a cohesive deck, but I did get a Siguarda for a W/G/R deck and a Tibalt in the prize pack.

The third sealed pool gave me a Bonfire of the damned and a Restoration Angel and was nowhere near the first pool in quality, but that R/W deck did almost take me to the Top 8 (one win away) and the prize pack gave me a Bruna.


So out of 22 packs, I only got 4 or 5 Mythics, only 1 Foiled rare and the rest was worth less than $2. Since Tibalt and the rest of the Green and Blue stuff didn't fit into my colours (I play Black, Red and/or White) I traded most of my rares in bulk trades for stuff Like Avacyn, Terminus and a couple more Gisela.

May 5, 2012 -- 9:43AM, Escef wrote:

Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant. Either way, I'm sure you got a bunch of cards that at least are casual playble. If the only value you find in the cards is monetary than I suggest you leave the game again, because that means you don't really care about playing.

i look both ways. playable and for trade.. 
which ill be trading blue planeswalker for what i was looking for. which should be easy what i been wanting are a few cards worth $5   

May 5, 2012 -- 10:30AM, Artsy_Wumpus wrote:

I got a box Thursday/Friday at midnight. Bruna, Craterhoof, Tibalt, Entreat, Misthollow, Tamiyo + Silverblade, Cavern, Terminus, Vexing, Archwing + Foil Archwing...

but since I'm a Magic player, I'm bummed not to have recieved an Avacyn, Griselbrand, Sigarda or Grave Exchange...

Sweet pull!

Most of that would be useless to me though. Just trade fodder.  

May 5, 2012 -- 11:41AM, Half-dead wrote:

This is gambling, you gotta think of the money you are investing as good as gone.

Me, I mostly only get the ones at pre-release and then buy some randoms from time to time if I feel like it. At this recent pre-release I cracked open a 1 x Temporal Mastery , 1x Silverblade Paladin , 1x Terminus , 1x Soul of the Harvest +2  others more forgettable. Afterwards I bought a 3 boosters of AVR 1 of DKA 1 of ISD and 1 of M12.
From those the only noticeable things I got was a second Terminus and much better, a foil Huntmaster of the Fells . Also one month before it I bought just 1 booster of DKA and 1 of ISD and got a Liliana of the Veil and Geralf's Messenger . Guess all of this is to make up for my bad luck with past boosters. (still cant forget that one time when me and my friend bought 3 boosters of M12 each and I got the most crappiest rares in the edition and he got 3 different titans).

Now does this makes boosters worth it? For the vast majority of editions I'd say not really. (considering boxes as well)
I bought them just for the thrill of the gamble and was lucky.

I myself never bought boxes and I doubt I ever will. Wouldnt mind if wizards ever released an edition with so many good commons, uncommons and rares that I just felt like I had to buy box though. (please wizards release less crap in your editions) I understand why its not likely though.

This was the first box i bought 
i won a tourny one time and got a Dark Steel Box which i dont rember the good cards i do rember being very happy with it and prolly made double my money 
i never sold them i used them and traded them
which.. i moved cross the USA right when i turned 18 and left my cards behind i have noticed that to be a huge mistake with some of the older cards going for alot