ANOTHER DONATION!

Just when I thought all of the donations were done, I got ANOTHER donation. This time it was from a real good buddy that would like to remain anonymous.

Here's what was very generously given to me:

Garruk Wildspeaker (Lorwyn) x2 $7.98
Fire-Lit Thicket (GP Flower-Stamped from GP Boston day 2. Drafted by the Canadian National Champion, Marc Anderson) $3.99
Wort, the Raidmother $.99
Dramatic Entrance $.49
Lightning Greaves x2 (Mirrodin) $3.98
Wheel of Sun and Moon $2.99
Paradise Mantle $2.99
Scythe of the Wretched $1.99
Cloudthresher x4 $3.96
Full Art Forest from Zendikar $.75
Full Art Island from Zendikar $.75
Savage Lands $1.49
Goblin Burrows x4 $1.96
Sulfurous Springs $1.49
Llanowar Wastes $1.99
Karplusan Forest $1.99
Treetop Village x2 $1.98
Teetering Peaks $.25
Ancient Den $1.99
Seething Song $1.49
Sygg, River Cutthroat $1.99
Violent Ultimatum x2 $.99
Bonesplitter x5 $1.25
Mask of Memory $.49
Kitchen Finks $3.49
Atog x2 $.98
Juvenile Gloomwidow (Foil) $.25
Seedcradle Witch (Foil) $.75
Tattermunge Maniac $.49
Ashenmoor Gouger $.49
Boggart Ram-Gang $1.99
Krosan Tusker $.25
Crystal Shard $.75
Darksteel Ingot $.99
Mind Shatter $.49
Doom Blade $.25
Explosive Vegetation $.99

annnnnnd a blown-up mail promo Hero of Bladehold!!! $ ?.??

Total = + $62.37

That's not including anything I can get from some additional worthless commons and basic lands that he threw in.

I'm at the point now where the entire binder is filled to the brim. What I really need to do is make some big trades and trade up as much as possible.

I'll post a binder video update shortly.

SO EXCITING! Thanks for reading!

- Milo

Trade 10 and 11 !!!

2 trades, 1 post. Just amazing.

Trade #10 was with a buddy, Jason, who needed some newer cards for his cube. I was more than happy to oblige. The Birthing Pod has been sitting in my binder since the binder's origins and the Kessig Wolf Run hasn't jumped in price the way I thought it would. However, the Wolf Run is a really solid card to have, its super easy to move right now. I didn't actually make anything on this trade. We made a dead even swap. I just took two cards that I was pretty confident that I could move - PLANESWALKERS.

I traded my: Kessig Wolf Run and Birthing Pod ($6.98)

and I received:

Sorin Markov and Chandra Nalaar ($6.98)

The second trade was with this random dude, Miguel. He's not completely random, I actually know him, but he's just got one of those faces - you know? Miguel and I have been talking about trading from the binder for a little while now. He only found a Silvergill Adept and a Paper Tiger. I valued the Paper Tiger at exactly nothing - as did he.

This is the trade we made:

I made this trade just because I gained a little value.

I traded my Silvergill Adept and a Paper Tiger ($1.74)

for his Recross the Paths and Devil's Play x2 ($2.23)

Total: +$0.49

This is the type of trade that could turn around and bite me in the ass. We'll see. I think that there must be someone out there looking for Devil's Play - and I'm going to fucking find them.

'til next time.

- Milo

Trade 9 - Trading with Iby

Iby was one of the first people to donate to the cause, so when he told me he really needed the Koth, I knew it was going to him.

I really wanted to get some Standard stuff for Koth so I could chain it off into a bunch of cards that were easier to move. Unfortunately, Iby doesn't really buy a lot of Magic cards anymore so his stuff is pretty ancient.

However, he was determined to ensure I gained value out of this trade:

My:

Koth of the Hammer ($15.99)

for his:

Minamo, School at Water's Edge, Masako, the Humorless (foil), Sunforger (foil) and Grove of the Burnwillows ($21.96)

Total: +$5.97


Now I gotta find some people who are interested in getting rid of their Standard overstock for some of these hard-to-find foils and modern playables.


I started trading over youtube to build some web-cred. I couldn't get any bites on my donations-to-something trade binder video so I started trading with popular youtube traders in hopes that their subscribers would trickle down and start visiting my youtube channel.

This is the first trade confirmation video that I've received:

Trade 8 - BIGGEST TRADE YET

I went to 401 after work on Thursday because I know there's a Standard tournament and a lot of people bring traders to those things. Unfortunately, most of those people are really only looking for cards to play in Standard. There was this one guy though...who, like me, was just there to trade.

He kinda took me to school, he was a better trader than I am. That's okay though - I got to trade up:

My: Kitsune Mystic (foil), Kuro, Pitlord (damaged/foiled), Undead Warchief (Foil), Skycloud Expanse (foil), Goblin Token (Player Reward's) and a Slagstorm = $20.94

The Goblin token isn't on SCG so we just kinda guessed - He valued the pitlord at a buck less because it was damaged.

I received: Hinterland Harbor, Magister Sphinx, Koth of the Hammer = $20.73

Total = -$0.21

...I didn't get owned as badly as I thought! :D

It was definitely nice to move the Undead Warchief at full value. I really needed to get rid of my EDH/Maginally collectible cards and gain some relevant expensive cards.

Koth's price will fluctuate based on the popularity of Mono-Red in Standard...I'm okay with that. Planeswalkers are nice to have in a binder full of unpopular cards.

Trades have slowed the fuck down

Greetings and Salutations.

Trades from my Donations to Something binder have slowed the fuck down. The random people I've been running into don't want to trade with me because I look like a sexy shark.

The people from Craigslist aren't responding to my updated trade list.

That means I need to branch out again. I'm now entering the world of youtube trading. I started my own channel, "Sweet Magic The Gathering Chan".

http://www.youtube.com/user/MiloDaGreat1?feature=mhee

Hopefully, I can shore up some sweet trade offers with my awesome 8-Bit channel theme. It's pretty much a razzle dazzle magic trade page and I think the pay-off is going to be sweet to the Xtreme.

Donations to Something - Speculation Pays

I didn't make any trades or get any more donations, but I still made $2.49. How? Let's check Starcitygames.com

This is how:

Solemn Simulacrum Commander 4 Artifact Creature - Golem 2/2 R NM/M 101 $7.99

Mayor of Avabruck | Howlpack Alpha Innistrad 1 Creature - Human Advisor Werewolf 1/1 R NM/M 128 $3.99


Remember trade #5?

My Solemn Simulacrum for a Kessig Wolf Run, Mayor of Avabruck, Aegis Angel and Ob Nixilus, the Fallen

+$2.49

Shiiiit. Trade don't look so bad now, do it?

Hopefully, I'll get more trades done this week and can update with some more killer trade posts. I need to move a bunch of commons and get some relevant cards in my binder.

Another Donation - HUGE DONATION!

A friend of mine, Sebastian, has very generously donated cards to this project twice. Some of the cards I started with were his, then he found a bunch of commons/uncommons and he gave those to me last night.

I added so many cards from the stacks he gave me, that I had to completely reorganize my binder. I also ended up taking out some cards.

I took out a bunch of French 4th edition, Russian shadowmoor and Japanese RoE commons. I also removed:

Grab the Reins x 2 $0.98
Scrabbling Claw x 2 $0.50
Russian Meekstone ?
Dragon Blood FOIL $.49
Arcane Spyglass FOIL $.25
Darksteel Pendant FOIL $.75
Arcbound Singer FOIL $.49
Granite Shard FOIL $.49

$ - 3.95

I added a bunch of cards, I'm going to try and list them all, but there is a chance that I might miss something...

Wirewood Lodge $2.99
Temple of the False God $.75
Daru Encampment x 2 $.98
Starlit Sanctum x 4 $3.96
Seaside haven x 2 $.98
Tree of Tales $.49
Secluded Steppe x 3 $.75
Barren Moor x 4 $1.00
Lonely Sandbar x 3 $.75
Armadillo Cloak x 4 $3.96
Fires of Yavimaya x 3 $2.97
Edgewalker x 2 $.49
Nebuchadnezzar $.49
Feldon's Cane x 2 $.49
Caltrops x 4 $1.96
Myr Enforcer x 2 $1.98
Serpent Generator $.98
Loxodon Warhammer x 3 (One has some writing on it - "I am worse than Crystal Shard, you dumbass") $4.47??
Crystal Chimes $.49
The hive x 2 $.49
Colossus of Sardia x 3 $1.47
Skyship Weatherlight $.99
Triskelion $.49
Tormod's Crypt $1.49
Quicksilver Amulet (Urza's Legacy) $5.99 - CRAZY RIGHT?
Spellbook x 2 $.98
Wall of Junk $.49
Thran Lens x 4 $1.96
Shield Sphere $1.99
Crystal Shard $.75
Ashnod's Altar x 2 $1.98
Moss Diamond x 5 $1.25
Marble Diamond x 3 $.75
Fire Diamond x 3 $1.47
Sky Diamond x 2 $.98
Charcoal Diamond $.49
heartstone $.49
Nuisance Engine $.49
Sungrass Egg x 2 $.50
Shadowblood Egg $.25
Aura of Silence $1.99
Enlistment Officer $.49
Soltari Priest $.99
Animate Wall x 2 $.98
Warrior Angel x 2 $2.98
Flicker $.49
Oracle en-Vec $.49
Sacred Guide $.49
Wall of Essence $.49
Divine Offering (Chronicles) x 4 $1.00
Righteousness $.49
Null Chamber $.49
Peace Talks x 2 $.50
Repulse x 2 $.50
Man-O'-War x 4 $1.00
Chain of Vapor $1.99
Rebuild $.49
Waterfront Bouncer $.25
Exhaustion (portal) $.99
Raven Familiar x 2 $.98
Telepathy $.49
Recall $.49
Second Chance $.49
Whim of Volrath $.99
Duplicity $.49
Musician $.49
Drain Power x 2 $.98
Ice Cave $.49
Legacy's Allure $.49
Elephant Grass $1.99
Channel $.49
Argothian Wurm $2.99
Call of the Wild $.49
Seeker of Skybreak $.49
Revelation $.49
Invigorate $1.99
Rebirth $.49
Quirion Druid $.49
Argothian Elder $.75
Tempting Licid $.49
Yavimaya Granger $.99
Killer Bees x 2 $.50
Tinder Wall x 3 $1.47
Living Lands $.49
Bloated Toad x 2 $.25
Reap and Sow $.49
Ruination $1.49
Goblin Recruiter $1.99
Seething Song $1.99
Goblin Bombardment $1.49
Goblin Grenade (Fallen Empires) x 3 $4.47
Arc Lightning x 2 $.50
Land's Edge $.99
Keldon Firebombers $.49
No Quarter $.49
Brand $1.49
Kird Ape $.49
Goblin Tinkerer $.49
Brawl $.49
Goblin War Strike $.49
Mogg Fanatic x 3 $1.47
Uthden Troll $.25
Wall of Stone $.49
Dragon Whelp $.25
Dark Ritual x 6 $5.94
Sacrifice $.49
Culling the Weak $.99
Bottomless Pit x 4 $.49
Hidden Horror $.25
Reanimate $5.99
Exhume x 3 $8.97
Songs of the Damned x 2 $.98
Unearth x 2 $2.98
Diabolic Servitude $.49
Bone Dancer $2.49
Kaervek's Spite $.75
Ebon Praetor $.49
Lurking Evil $.49
Endemic Plague $.49
No Mercy $4.99
Dauthi Horror x 3 $.75
Dauthi Marauder x 2 $.50
Dauthi Slayer x 5 $2.45
Stupor $.49
Barter in Blood $.99
Hecatomb $.99
Diabolic Tutor x 3 $2.97
Portal 3 Kingdoms Basic Land (2 of each) $10.00

TOTAL = + $171.70

This total is very misleading. There are a lot of $.50 cards listed that I will almost never be able to move. I'd love to trade these for Standard cards, just so my binder doesn't look like a sack of dated commons.

I also made some pages of crappy cards just for fun. IE, Page of Revised Terrors with a Mirrodin Terror in the middle as well as a page of commons from portal and two pages of John Avon basic Swamps and Mountains from Urza Saga and Mirage.