Trade Evaluation Analysis 2
Economics forum
Posted on Sept. 16, 2015, 11:50 a.m. by DivineGrace
Hey. Another input analysis on a trade. Price, format, viability, utility, and personal preference what pile would you choose.
Note: LMK if these threads are annoying since the only threads I have been making are trade analysis. :( for me these i get alot of insight of what others think so it trains me to what to look for and the variability of trades etc.
Pile A:
Qasali Pridemage x2,
Dismember x3
Pile B:
Windswept Heath x3,
spyroswiz29 says... #4
Pile A: lots of good stuff for eternal formats.These cards are going to keep their current prices and its a good investment.
Pile B: here you have lots of good stuff for the standard format.The 3 fetches are great, also Evolutionary Leap sees modern play in modern Elves.
If you are looking forward to rotation,i suggest you making the trade if you are going to get pile B. As long for pile A, if you want some eternal staples, this is a good deal for you.
September 16, 2015 12:13 p.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #5
Pile A is a 'safer' investment, since many of those cards have kept their prices solid for years or have proven to be staples in their respective formats. Pile B has staples of its own, as well as some cards that have the possibility to greatly fluctuate in price in the oncoming standard rotation or possible future Modern success. If it were me doing the trade, I'd like to get pile A solely for the fact that a $35 card is harder to trade for than a $12 card. If you're the one getting rid of the fetches I'd imagine it would be easier to trade for more Heaths later than trying to get another Bitterblossom (assuming these Heaths are not spare ones you have in addition to a playset you already have). On the other hand, many of the cards in pile A don't have as broad of a market as the cards in pile B, since some of them see very niche play only in certain decks (Death Baron, Primalcrux for example). They're good cards at a nice price, but unless you'll be using them yourself in decks they might prove harder to trade in the future compared to standard cards. I've had a Khalni Hydra in my trade binder for a while now, but have had trouble finding someone who wants it moreso than the $12ish cards I'm looking for in trade.
*Note, this is all assuming the total value of the cards listed is the same. I didn't bother to add up the prices of each pile.
September 16, 2015 12:57 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #6
Hopefully I'm not alone in this, but I definitely prefer Pile 2. I mean, there are some nice cards in 1, but they're all kindof fringe. Like, Bitterblossom and Boseiju are great cards, but they don't see any real play, honestly (i.e. they don't have a home).
Comparing this to Pile 2, fetches are obvious, but the CoCos are seeing a fair bit of play in modern, Leap is a good card (eternal playability unclear), and the commands have room to go up in my opinion. So yeah, I see a lot more potential in this pile.
September 16, 2015 3:10 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #7
Then again, I really only play modern. I know Cabal Therapy sees Legacy/Vintage play, and that Bitterblossom is an EDH staple. Other than that, not really sure where the other cards might fit.
September 16, 2015 3:12 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #8
Also, DivineGrace, these threads aren't annoying at all. In fact, I love discussing trade evaluation -- trade spec and general economics are prolly 40% of why I enjoy magic, the other 60% being playing in tournaments and winning with 
Control decks.
Hjaltrohir says... #2
Pile A,as there are more eternal staples and older cards which are likely to hold their value for longer.
Pile B is pretty much just standard stuff which will lose a lotof their value soon.
September 16, 2015 11:54 a.m.