Magic the Gathering Cards

djj6835 · #1 07-06-2006, 03:06 AM

I recently discovered my long lost collection of MtG cards that I had in elementary school. I was bored so I decided to price the uncommon and rare ones using this site, price guide . I have a couple questions.

1. Are there actually people who would still purchase these? They are all in good condition.

2 According to the price guide I posted, the value of the rare and uncommon cards I have is about $240. If some place would purchase these, what kind of money should I actually expect to get?

Any help would be appreciated.

obsidian · #2 07-06-2006, 03:07 AM

Ebay might be your best bet to sell them.

KaneKungFu123 · #3 07-06-2006, 03:08 AM

Send a PM to Paluka. He is the expert on such topics.

illeagle · #4 07-06-2006, 03:19 AM

Don't bother dude, seriously. If the price guide says your rares and uncommons are only worth $240, this won't be worth your while because you won't get anything near that much.

Wools · #5 07-06-2006, 03:19 AM

Ebay will give you a current market price better than any online stores or magazines like Scrye or Inquest.

If you are selling to a store, expect to get less than half what any price guide says in cash, and that's only if they're in NM condition(ie, they've never been shuffled or played outside a sleeve).

Also, because I'm a dork and I can...

illeagle · #6 07-06-2006, 03:22 AM

Yeah we're all real impressed by your white border power five(?) cards noob. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

I keed, I'm actually a little jealous.

ShakeZula06 · #7 07-06-2006, 03:22 AM

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Don't bother dude, seriously. If the price guide says your rares and uncommons are only worth $240, this won't be worth your while because you won't get anything near that much.

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I know this used to be the case with baseball cards when I collected them. I found a lot of my old cards and thought I'd sell them on ebay for a quick buck. I bought a beckett and looking at ebay it seemed most cards sold for about 20-30% of the list price. Of course that's still gonna be $50-$75 if it holds the same for MtG cards

Wools · #8 07-06-2006, 03:25 AM

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Yeah we're all real impressed by your white border cards noob. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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ZOMG T3h m4na dra1ns are black bordered!

meditate89 · #9 07-06-2006, 03:31 AM

I'll buy your cards for dirt cheap. PM me =)

djj6835 · #10 07-06-2006, 03:44 AM

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Don't bother dude, seriously. If the price guide says your rares and uncommons are only worth $240, this won't be worth your while because you won't get anything near that much.

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Yeah I know, but I really have no need for them. Even if I only get 20%-30% of the listed value I would be happy. I just don't want to go to the trouble if I'm only going to get a few bucks.