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Jan 17, 2013 -- 9:21AM, Falcon_Uk wrote:

The question is:


Is it cheaper to buy the whole set (about £130) than it would be to buy each card individually when the dust settles?

Also, I expect Thespian's Stage may be a staple in control decks (another Drownyard anyone) and therefore be fairly expensive.    

I'd say wait till the dust settles.  Reason being that granted some cards will go up dramatically in price, however most of them will plummet hard.  It'll end up being less money in the long run(Unless through some fluke there is an 80$+ card when all is said and done).

Jan 17, 2013 -- 9:35AM, Kazepenku wrote:

Jan 17, 2013 -- 9:31AM, I-rock wrote:

Jan 17, 2013 -- 9:21AM, Falcon_Uk wrote:

The question is:


Is it cheaper to buy the whole set (about £130) than it would be to buy each card individually when the dust settles?

Also, I expect Thespian's Stage may be a staple in control decks (another Drownyard anyone) and therefore be fairly expensive.    

I'd say wait till the dust settles.  Reason being that granted some cards will go up dramatically in price, however most of them will plummet hard.  It'll end up being less money in the long run(Unless through some fluke there is an 80$+ card when all is said and done).

lol I bet it's priest of penance. Someone in EDH will slap an "invinvible this turn" and gun down everyone's lands/permanent with grapeshot or something.

Heh.  I honestly wouldn't doubt it, actually.  I've seen far stranger things occur in 12 years of Magic then a pseudo-Vindicate go up dramatically in price.  I can see the Priest being a chase rare, though I'm not going to count on it.

Really, the one rare that I think will rise in price in short order is Thespian's Stage .  Has more potential in Modern and Legacy(And EDH) than pretty much anything, and I think it will be the huge boon in 2-3 months time.

Jan 20, 2013 -- 2:13PM, hozz101 wrote:

I think the couple of obvious power cards will sit pretty high, but I have my mind on a few that have fallen out of the spotlight that'll make it big whether in standard or modern. This set may not have many, but there are def. a couple of sleepers.

That's my thoughts as well.  There are a few I'd be willing to do tit-for-tat trading early on as they seem to have some potential to rise in price dramatically (High Priest & Thespian's Stage come to mind).  There are a few that seem like they may be the Deathrite Shamans of the set, starting off as a medium-priced card but rise dramatically in value if they break out in Legacy/Modern.  Not really seeing much in the way of EDH staples that will be worth a ton, but who knows.

Jan 20, 2013 -- 6:11PM, Taramoor wrote:

Jan 20, 2013 -- 6:02PM, I-rock wrote:

Jan 20, 2013 -- 2:13PM, hozz101 wrote:

I think the couple of obvious power cards will sit pretty high, but I have my mind on a few that have fallen out of the spotlight that'll make it big whether in standard or modern. This set may not have many, but there are def. a couple of sleepers.

That's my thoughts as well.  There are a few I'd be willing to do tit-for-tat trading early on as they seem to have some potential to rise in price dramatically (High Priest & Thespian's Stage come to mind).  There are a few that seem like they may be the Deathrite Shamans of the set, starting off as a medium-priced card but rise dramatically in value if they break out in Legacy/Modern.  Not really seeing much in the way of EDH staples that will be worth a ton, but who knows.

I think Signal the Clans will show up in EDH at the very least.

A lot of the others have potential as well. 

Ah, true, forgot about that one.  It'll probably be decently priced.

One that  I think is going to be a trap card of the set is Aurelia's Fury .  Yes, its  good, and yes it will be a high-dollar card, but I fully expect that by the time the dust settles it will be roughly half the price it is now.  I would be amazed if it maintains its current value, and even moreso if it goes up further than what it is currently.  As I said it's not that its even remotely bad, its just that I can't forsee it maintaining value.