Team name decided!!

Oh this is exciting. After some more playtesting and general discussion of the new Standard once Ravnica rotates in, we got together and discussed the all important team name. It had to be something we all liked, and I wanted to keep the idea of "yeah constantly."

If you remember, "yeah, constantly" was my first idea because it's your response to someone when they tell you their bad beats story.

"I was going to kill him next turn, but he had the Wrath."
You nod, sagely. "Yeah. Constantly."

So in respect to all that, we have come together and found the modern-est equivalent. Introducing...

*drum roll please*

Team "You don't say."

You don't say? We DO say. Every time they had the Murder for your Nefarox, you tilt your head and invoke it, 'You don't say?' Every time you have 5 power on the board, but +1 with Ajani instead of just swinging for 10 and the win*, to yourself you invoke, 'You don't say?' Whenever you try to max out on the Ravager beats, and they have the Smelt in response to the final attacker with all the counters, 'You don't say.'

I could bore you further with news of what we spoke about, re Return to ravnica, but it's obvious. "Seems good." Instead I think it's more interesting to discuss buying and selling cards, on places like eBay, sure, and trends.

When Return to Rav was announced, everybody hushed together to discuss the Shocks coming back, as though secret covens may just be enough to tempt the gods-that-be to do it. Or, discussing with shop keeps, and knowingly pointing out Mutiliate and Liliana of the Dark Realms, you choose to simply "know" that the Shocks are surely returning.

At the point in time, the cost of lands was morphing. Some stayed high, at around 20/25 each. Then the set began to leak, and they stayed constant, some dipped in hopes of quick sales, or just sales at all. This was when we did most of our buying, and luckily so. A playset of dual shocks will go for different amounts, and Ravnica: City of Guilds will definately fetch a higher price and return a great percentage of their value. The new Return to Ravnica lands wont gain anything amazing, be EVERYWHERE and people wont treat them as well. Still very good, becoz functionality is that key, but compared to the older lands?

Regardless, the old cards shot straight back up to their full price, knowing the rich greedy or stupid would still pay full price for proper Rav lands (see? Writers are already refering to the old lands as "proper") and that's where they'll stay.

I'm just going to say that we managed to slaughter the arena, and to good reason to. If the lands came out, it makes the older one's premium, so we make money on resells, or just "awesomeness". And if the lands weren't reprinted? They'd maintain their rare value and being a key cycle of lands in Modern we would have made money anyway.

So that's my two bits on buying and selling cards at the moment. Watch eBay to see the fluctuations, and strike when something obvious it happening. Obviously the lands are a BIG DEAL and were more obvious than, say, Stoneforge Mystic. But the sharp eye can spy these things and move like shadows, snatching cards for peanuts.

Whatever the way you do get your cards, always be on the lookout for the rip off.

* This actually happened, only it was against me that it occured. I know how to bash for the win.