Comments on: Doing The “Combat Math” of Your Magic Budget

By: Morton Swinea

Morton Swinea — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:18:34 +0000

I really enjoy the post.Thanks Again. Really Cool.

By: Seeker

Seeker — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:34:46 +0000

This isn't much of a topic, more of a subsection, but I'd be interested in seeing something about the value of weird things. I mean, you mentioned librarities, so I'm assuming you have cred to comment on that sort of thing.

From the boring old "normal weird" like Japanese Cursed Scrolls, to the slightly pimper stuff like foil Spanish Meloku, all the way up to those textless foil Lightning Bolts and Karn, Silver Golem and Summer Magic and what-have-you.

By: stu55

stu55 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:47:04 +0000

@Everyone: Shoot me some topics you want to see, if some one gives a good one I will write about it…

By: Noah Whinston

Noah Whinston — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:34:43 +0000

very good article. i like the combination of general theory, specific tips, and of course, a good dash of humor

By: stu55

stu55 — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:50:48 +0000

About MOTL: If you want to get started, just register and post in the General Discussion forum about advice for starting, plenty of people will step up to help you.

By: lorddax

lorddax — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:46:07 +0000

Good to see that I'm not the only one who tries to keep to a budget. I haven't really gotten back into the game persay since my stuff was stolen, but with the help of articles like this on QS it will probably be a hell of alot easier to do if I decide to do so.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:17:35 +0000

Great Article Stu, pretty crazy to flip through here and see someone I know from the store posting an article haha. Think that the budget tips definately will help out a lot and great information about how to get into trading online. After spending a lot of money to get back into the game recently, I definately have been trying to use my card equity to supplement drafting/new sets/ etc rather than infusing more cash into cards. These suggestions definately help alot. I've looked into MOTL a few times but it can be somewhat daunting at first when you don't have the built in buyer/seller protections that ebay offers.

p.s.

Rollafatty is amazing, one of the best things about living in oakland again is geting that thing from 10-12 when it's half off.

By: Corbin Hosler

Corbin Hosler — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:57:03 +0000

Glad to see an article from you! Good work all around, and definitely something for many traders to aspire to.

By: joão Ferreira

joão Ferreira — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:11:25 +0000

yes european market is very diferent from the american. That's why i start using USA ebay. Normaly, when a price of a card drop, it drops much more in USA than in Europe (and In Portugal, sometimes takes 4/6 more weeks to drop) We open much less packs in portugal than you in states

By: CATS

CATS — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:31:51 +0000

This reminds me again that this site needs a writer for the European market, some things work just a bit different here, especially the pricing of cards. Do a lot of Europeans use MOTL? Somehow I think not, but Europeans have different outlets like magickartenmarkt.de as a great place to buy and sell cards.

This article was good so far. About MOTL: Someone should write a simple guide for trading there (and for the use of other popular places like this. A reference section that lists sites and resources would also be welcome on this site.

By: Stephen Moss

Stephen Moss — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:49:52 +0000

Great article, I like how you explained that you keep a personal bankroll on hand, also its inspiring to hear someone that manages to use Magic as a relative source of income without owning their own storefront or online retailer space.