Donations to Something

I'm a little late to the whole "Pack to Power" phenomenon that has happened over the last two years. Back in my day we used to just trade what we had for what we wanted without this whole internet jibba-jabba getting in the way. Now that everyone has access to prices from starcitygames.com trading has become a chore, people just trade cards based on the exact costs of the moment or they don't trade at all. There has been a serious shortage of people who trade for fun, but I wanna bring that back.

I asked a lot of my friends who have quit playing Magic to donate whatever they want to a binder that can only be described as a "Cause". I'm going to take all the cards donated and begin to trade for fun. I'm going to attempt to trade for value, but to be quite honest - if someone has a stupid card that nobody uses, but its in Japanese and someone painted a cock on it, there's a good chance I'm going to overvalue it. I'm terrible at trades. The idea is that I can't possibly harm my collection because this binder is going to be mostly garbage anyway. I am hoping that I can eventually turn this binder into something awesome, but I doubt I'll hit power. I'd probably settle for a playset of beta Forests.

Here's what I'm starting with...

$10.00 +

Sensei's Divining Top $11.99

$5.00 - $9.99

Sacred Ground (7th Edition Foil) $5.99
Undead Warchief (Scourge Foil) $5.99

$1.00 - $4.99

Ensnaring Bridge $4.99

Second Sunrise x 4 $3.99 ea

Time of Need (Foil) $2.99
Dragonspeaker Shaman $2.99

Furnace of Rath (8th Edition Foil) $2.49
Withered Wretch (Legions Foil) $2.49

Kitsune Mystic (Foil) $1.99
Wing Shards (Scourge Foil) $1.99
Lumengrid Augur (Foil) $1.99

Tendrils of Agony $1.99
Persecute (US) $1.99
Cabal Ritual $1.99


Circle of Protection: Red (8th Edition Foil) $1.49
Druid's Call $1.49

$0.00 - $0.99

Takeno, Samurai General x2 $0.99 ea.
Krosan Warchief x 4 $0.99 ea.
Innocent Blood x 4 $0.99
Wirewood hivemaster x 2 $0.99 ea.
Flashfreeze (Coldsnap) $0.99

Price of Glory x4 $0.99 ea
Pyrostatic Pillar x3 $0.99 ea

Sakura-Tribe Elder x 3 $0.99
Darksteel Pendant (Foil) $0.99



Cabal Interrogator $0.75
Withered Wretch $0.75
Temple of the False God $0.75
Chain of Plasma (Onslaught Foil) x2 $0.75 ea.
Reckless One x 3 $0.75 ea.

Orochi Hatchery $0.75

Kitsune Mystic x 2  $0.49 ea.

White Knight x 4 $0.49 ea
Whipcorder $0.49
Rashida Scalebane $0.49

Leonin Elder (Foil) $0.49
Arcbound Stinger (Foil) $0.49
Ashen-Skin Zubera (Foil) $0.49

Exoskeletal Armor $0.49

Centaur Glade x4 $0.49 ea
Stag Beetle $0.49
Warbreak Trumpeter x3 $0.49 ea

Yavimaya Enchantress (8th Edition) x2 $0.49 ea
Granite Shard (Foil) $0.49
Dragon Blood (Foil) $0.49
Doubtless One $0.49



Akroma's Devoted $0.35

Vengeance (Portal Second Age) - AWESOME ART $0.25
Grab the Reins x 2 $0.25
Catapult Squad $0.25
Wirewood herald  $0.25
Scrabbling Claws x2 $0.25 ea
Arcane Spyglass (Foil) $0.25
Memory Lapse (Mirage) $0.25

???

6 Portal 3 Kingdoms Commons in Chinese $ ?

Rampant Growth (Russian 8th Edition) $ ?
Llawnowar Elves (Russian 8th Edition) $ ?
Fellwar Stone (Russian 8th Edition) $ ?




So that's what I'm starting with and it is not pretty. I have that Sensei's Divining Top, but I think it almost ruins the binder. People are only going to want to trade for the Top or nothing. I won't know for sure until I start trading more frequently.

I tried trading this stuff with a couple people at my LGS, but the people were just not having it. I needed some more donations to get something going so I went over to a friend's place and he let me take any 20 cards that he didn't need. I'll show you what I got in my next post.


- Milo