Thursday, 18 June 2015

Budget Control: Bermuda Triangle

So Bermuda's booster just came out recently, and there is a hype in demand for the cards. So I want to put in some advise for those who are a little light on the wallet.

Wait a few weeks for price to stabilize:
This is a very standard practice if you are extremely tight on budget. Wait for the hype to die down a bit, and more boxes are opened. The RR and some RRR will stabilize after many more boxes are opened to find SP full arts, so there WILL be much more stock soon for staples, so just chill a little and proxy up first if your friends are open about it.

Try to buy the C and R playsets:
Thus is saying as a budget player; buy play sets from people who whacked crates for SP arts. They have so many repeats of the C and R that its easy to get them to let it off to you. Being a clan booster and the sheer amount that is opened to find those elusive SP art, there is gonna be HEAPS of C and R, so i suggest trying to get a play set of C and R for ~$10. May give a little more lee way of $12-15 if you want them now, but kindly refer back to 1st rule, where you wait a few weeks, and reserve those money for the RR PGG and G3.

If you need the cash, sell your foil R, GR and SP arts now!:
This is for people who opened multiple boxes. They are only gonna drop in price as many more become available. If you can probably live with just 2 GR at this current state, but even then its optional, as the on hit stride has similar effects. They also sell for a whooping ~$30+ a pop, so use this to recoup your box cost, and wait for it to dip closer to $20 to buy them back. For SP arts, unless you are an avid collector and have the cash, just use them to recoup the cost. Sp and non-SP have no difference in play value, and if you are like me, function wise they are no different, and I prefer to save  what you can for basic important stuff, like the RRR break-stride.

Start digging stores for C and R from previous Bermuda booster (especially duos):
This is a little late, but if your local stall have spares for Duos C and R, gobble play sets up IMMEDIATELY. They are gonna keep going up, specially Peace that everyone and their friends will advocate playing in 4s. Take as many as you can if they are affordable, as it is only going to get harder, and take some for your friends if you feel generous. If for nothing else you can resell it for a marginal profit, or make complete decks to sell off.

Stay the hell away from Meer and Victoria:
If you already have these and are not planning to play them, let go of them now. Their price are now experiencing spikes as the demand suddenly jumped. Meer is super mandatory for playing Eternal Sister Meer, and Victoria is an important legion for Duos if you are going that direction now that she has another duos legion to work with. If you can snag them for trades for cheap, do so, but otherwise just ignore them for now as they are gonna cost you. Give it 2-4 months and when the craze subsides, you can go ahead and grab them as a deck or play set.


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