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Topic: changes in foreign cards trends
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mtglover
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posted October 18, 2010 09:23 PM
        
Several years ago I decided to quit magic and at that time I remembered that japanese versions are cheaper than the chinese version and the russian version are valued much lower than most other foreign cards. So exactly what happened that caused those foreign cards to command a higher value than before?
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Mr.C
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posted October 18, 2010 09:30 PM
bigballashotcaller, I believe, was partly responsible, lol  The pecking order for prices now is Korean > Japanese/Russian > German > English > Chinese/Portuguese/Italian/French/Spanish This applies only to playable cards. Otherwise, it tends to be English > European > Cyrillic / Asian.
[Edited 2 times, lastly by Mr.C on October 18, 2010]
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caquaa
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posted October 18, 2010 10:33 PM
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Originally posted by Mr.C:
The pecking order for prices now is Korean > Japanese/Russian > German > English > Chinese/Portuguese/Italian/French/Spanish
eh, this isn't anything recent. This is how we valued cards back when we were opening korean saga when it was standard legal. I've always had a thing for korean cards. Russian more recently got thrown into the mix, it does okay for itself, although I think I'd prefer to have a japanese version of a card over russian, it would move easier.
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Michael French
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posted October 19, 2010 12:15 AM
It started with Type one boom about six or seven years ago. Two collectors from WA tried to corner the market of JPN Goblin Welder foils. Welder and all other type one staples skyrocketed in price. They desired Japanese because they wanted to have most of their foils in their deck to match. Foil Chinese cards were first released in MM Before the type one boom most people wanted Simplified Chinese Foils.
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Mr.C
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posted October 19, 2010 01:10 AM
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Originally posted by Michael French:
It started with Type one boom about six or seven years ago. Two collectors from WA tried to corner the market of JPN Goblin Welder foils. Welder and all other type one staples skyrocketed in price. They desired Japanese because they wanted to have most of their foils in their deck to match. Foil Chinese cards were first released in MM Before the type one boom most people wanted Simplified Chinese Foils.
Yeah, and then wizards changed the typeface of S-Chinese from the really nice looking one to the ugly-ass one they use now. oh well.
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Tha Gunslinga
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posted October 19, 2010 06:13 AM
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Originally posted by Michael French:
Foil Chinese cards were first released in MM
No. Maybe Nemesis or Prophecy, but not Masques; there are no Masques Chinese foils that I know of. __________________
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Volcanon
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posted October 20, 2010 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by Mr.C:
Yeah, and then wizards changed the typeface of S-Chinese from the really nice looking one to the ugly-ass one they use now. oh well.
Cuz they used to be really hard to read? Try playing mtg cards written in calligraphy.
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caquaa
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posted October 20, 2010 12:58 PM
Didn't early foil sets printed in Chinese contain Chinese non-foil cards and English foil cards? Or something similar...
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Mr.C
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posted October 20, 2010 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by Volcanon:
Cuz they used to be really hard to read? Try playing mtg cards written in calligraphy.
I can do that.
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hilikuS
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posted October 21, 2010 01:51 PM
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Originally posted by Tha Gunslinga:
No. Maybe Nemesis or Prophecy, but not Masques; there are no Masques Chinese foils that I know of.
I cracked a Chinese Invasion box back in the day and didn't get any. All the foils ended up being English. Odyssey however, had em. __________________
Originally posted by Gawain:
Have you HAD gravy???
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wayne
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posted October 24, 2010 03:42 PM
Are you guys confusing S-Chinese with T-Chinese?
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