Immagine that you start collecting MTG as an Investment purpose ...
which type of collection do you think will gain the most value in the next couple years (MTG 20th birthday, + more and more people into MTG) :

- 1. Sealed Booster & Starter OLD Displays
(from Beta days passing trough FBB and all Revised then Alternate & Korean 4th, Japanese old editions, Russian since 9th, and Korean back since 2012)

- 2. Misprints singles which are Unique cards
(Summer edition & Misprints)

- 3. Strictly OLD singles High Value Cards
(P9, Duals, FoW,..)

- 4. Strictly NEW editions Sealed Boxes
(as you can get them at their regular price and some will gain in value with the years but its rare to see sealed items loose value with years )

- 5. A Mix of a bit everything
(as some sealed boxes might loose value and some other gain in value and some Singles might drop as well while some might gain value too)

There's a very small market for unique cards and they tend to remain fairly stagnant.

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Originally posted by MagicPatty:
As an investment? ...you'd have to go with 5. Diversify your portfolio!

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My reasoning as well. With number 3, you're probably going to pay close to what everything is worth even though you're buying as a collection. There'll be room for profit, but not as much as the 5th option IMO.

Basically, everybody is up on the prices for FoW, P9 etc. The diverse collection always has the less obviously valuable stuff, and thus more money money.

If you're buying to play with the stuff, go with the goodies of course . Although for EDH I still prefer the diverse pile. Lots of crappy rares are amazing in EDH.

If you have hundreds of thousands, then 2, specifically Summer Edition dual lands.

If you have tens of thousands, then 3, specifically dual lands and other legacy playables on the reserved list.

If you have thousands a combo of 3 and 4 is best, with the ratio dependent on how much non-liquidity you can stand as 4 will likely be very illiquid for at least five years.

If you only have a few hundred here and there, then NONE OF THE ABOVE... get yourself an MTGO account, and start redeeming and reselling sets.

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Originally posted by Jtrade77:
If you have thousands a combo of 3 and 4 is best, with the ratio dependent on how much non-liquidity you can stand as 4 will likely be very illiquid for at least five years.

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This is not true. Rise of the Eldrazi is 2 years old and been out of print for about a year and is worth about double what it cost. Who wouldn't want a 100% profit in about a year?

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Originally posted by rats60:
This is not true. Rise of the Eldrazi is 2 years old and been out of print for about a year and is worth about double what it cost. Who wouldn't want a 100% profit in about a year?

Mirrodin Besieged has only been out of print for about 6 months and you could make a 40-50% profit. New Phyrexia has been out of print even less time and would return you a profit of about 70% today.

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Originally posted by Jtrade77:
And Saviors of Kamigawa still isn't going for the retail price of the box. I don't believe M *whatever* is either. I suppose the lesson there might be pick and choose the sets you invest in carefully, rather going for a blanket investment on every new set.

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