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Posted on Oct. 1, 2012, 5:14 a.m. by PasorofMuppets
Hello, I was going to purchase/pre-order a box of RTR, then I realized I'd be getting 200 dollars basically for free and I was thinking of purchasing 2 boxes of RTR; however, I'm not so sure if that's a good idea. A lot of really good players I know seem to purchase/pre-order boxes, but to my knowledge that's not really the best idea. Does this have to do with the early price inflations of cards and so on? Should I just purchase a box of RTR, and then buy singles I need from previous sets?
Just wondering what your thoughts would be on this.
Buying boxes are also a great way to get a good trade binder going and sometimes you'll lose value, but from my experience you'll only see a loss if you go with core sets, rtr will likely give you more for your buck as you're more likely to open good rares, also you'll often end up with playsets of most of the non rares.
October 1, 2012 5:47 a.m.
PasorofMuppets says... #4
According to my friend it goes like this:
You can pick up a box for about 90 depending on you lgs, and the dollar per pack ratio is much better than buying packs (obviously) which helps mitigate a lot of risk. He also does it for the (un)commons as well. Maybe I'm just being cheap. :P
October 1, 2012 6:07 a.m.
For RTR only i will buy a couple boxes.If you check..
Avacyn Restored set had 8 cards (with more than 10$ worth) including 6 mythic 2013 Core Set had 5 cards (with more than 10$ worth) including 4 mythicReturn to Ravnica has 11 cards (with more than 10$ worth) including 5 mythic
So you have more chances to get more money than you spent with RTR box (all because of the lands of course)
October 1, 2012 6:39 a.m.
i would have certainly bought some boxes if i played standard and needed playsets of things, and I would have really enjoyed opening packs, in fact i probably would have held a draft for funzies with my mates where we all drafted for free but the cards were mine at the end or something just to get additional fun from the boosters. I will certainly look into buying boxes of the next sets if they interest me as much, i just ordered the singles i wanted for my EDH decks for pretty damn cheap from a girl on Ebay in France, as i live in england this reduces shipping time and cost significantly from buying from english stores or risking getting gouged for import buying from USA :-(. if you are building exclusivley in RtR block buy some boxes there is plenty of great cards to trade with and for. if like me you dont get chance to visit stores though loads of random rares and mythics to trade may not be that helpful this is another reason i buy singles, only single i haven't bought is vraska which seems to be a good choice cuz now she is down from 30 to like 18 so i will consider getting one now if the ebay auction is kind haha :-)
October 1, 2012 6:47 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
If your aim is to build decks, buy the singles. It's more cost-effective. If you like to crack packs, then buy boxes on preorder when they're cheapest. The former will get you a deck built 100% of the time and the latter doesn't make any guarantees.
October 1, 2012 9:48 a.m.
If you want to keep your collection current and have playsets of all the uncommons and commons you'll need, buy at least 1 box per set. I personally buy 1 or 2 boxes, depending on how good a set is as far as rare prices. After that, I buy singles to fill in the holes, as it is more cost effective to just buy the cards you need. I like opening boosters, and at $90/box it ends up being a really good deal. Because most commons usually cost you $.25 to $.50, even a booster with a bad rare can be worth the $2.50 you pay for it, since you'll not be needing to buy commons or very many uncommons as singles.
My girlfriend does not like to read cards and such on the intarwebs. She looks through our binders and boxes of Standard and decides what she wants to build based on what our collection supports. Because of that it's just best for us to have lots of cards.
I think Singles are a good deal, but I know good players who refuse to buy singles unless it's the day of the tournament they need them for. It's all about opinion, but the worst thing to do is not get a box and then end up buying 40 or 50 boosters at $4 apiece over the course of a sets "newness," which is what I used to do before I realized how boxes could help my collections and lower my expenditure.
October 1, 2012 10 a.m.
cartwheelnurd says... #9
My mom preordered me a box for my birthday, and then another for my brother's birthday (which coincidentally is october 5, when rtr comes out!) SO, since we share a collection, I will be getting 2 boxes within about a week... so excited!! I can't wait to hear what everybody opens from their boxes.I will post mine, but I never had good luck. preordered a box of avr but didn't get anything good except entreat the angels and griselbrand, then proceeded to open 3 cavern oif souls in the following weeks. I have strange lucks.
October 1, 2012 4:41 p.m.
DeletedNow4ever says... #10
If you want to build your collection and you play standard, the answer is easy. Buy the singles you need to build your post rotation deck, then go to FNM and dominate and get packs, then repeat the process with your deck over and over and get a box for basically free :) That's how I do it...A week after you open that box most of those cards will lose value. If you're buying one or two boxes you aren't going to get a playset of the rares or mythics you need for your deck anyway. Hell, if you buy a case you won't get a playset of all the rares and mythics. So if you want to crack packs but can't crack the top 8 at FNMs, then buy a box.
October 1, 2012 10:35 p.m.
rckclimber777 says... #11
Personally I always buy a box or two. In the case of RTR I'll buy 2 (I'm getting them from a local shop for 85 + Tax a piece). What normally happens is I get maybe 1 or 2 of the decent mythics along with a few smaller cards. I sell them off to make back what I put into the boxes. Rarely do I get all of my money back, but I certainly make easily half to 75% of it. That leaves me with about 30 rares, tons of uncommons and commons (from one box) all for a net cost of something around $30 or less. Normally the rares that I have left, I can trade pretty easily for other cards. The more you trade and watch the prices the more you get used to knowing which cards are going to be worth picking up and which ones you want to get rid of as soon as possible. One thing I did with the Innistrad block was I picked up a box for each set sold cards that I knew were going to go down in price (aka Sorin, Lord of Innistrad , Garruk Relentless Flip , Entreat the Angels , Temporal Mastery ), traded for dual lands which I knew were going to go up, and now I have playsets of all the duals and I've managed to trade away many of my extra dual lands for the staples like Huntmaster of the Fells Flip and Geist of Saint Traft .
If you're willing to be patient in getting all the cards you want then (at least for me) buying a box and then trading up is the way to go.
BiggRedd54 says... #2
It's not the smartest stand point from a competitive player's perspective, but it is really fun to press your luck..Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose...but most of the time you at least break even. IMO it's worth it.
October 1, 2012 5:37 a.m.