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Topic: Alpha Animate Wall
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Sortar
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posted March 18, 2011 03:10 AM
       
HiI have an Alpha Animate wall in nm condition. I was wondering why they are so expensive. On ebay they list them for over $100 but the beta only goes for about $10. Can anyone explain this to me?
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ermabwed
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posted March 18, 2011 03:59 AM
They really are that expensive. There's one guy who collects Alpha Animate Wall specifically, and he has kept driving the prices up for at least the last five or more years. People who want to build an Alpha set or something have to bid crazy high. With only 1100 copies ever printed, and some of those presumably destroyed and others locked away in sets or in closets of people who don't play any more, it isn't hard for one guy to corner the market.Beta ones are cheap because they're the crappiest crap rare there is. They're Farmstead bad. __________________
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riemann-zeta
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posted March 18, 2011 04:21 AM
eh, what about the laces or web? :/
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coolio
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posted March 18, 2011 07:55 AM
this was because some ppl tried to collect a % of the alpha rare run.. there's no other reason why this card is as high as it is.. © __________________
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ermabwed
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posted March 18, 2011 08:42 AM
Animate Wall guy has much more than a percent 
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varyx
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posted August 27, 2011 11:50 PM
It might have to do with it being one fo the first cards in the set. I read somewhere that when people start collecting sets they often start at the beginning alphabetically.
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Tha Gunslinga
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posted August 28, 2011 05:21 AM
On a similar topic, do you guys know who the Alpha Demonic Attorney collector is?
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ermabwed
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posted August 28, 2011 07:13 AM
Sk1 (kikta1) collects both Demonic Attorney and Contract from Below. Rainsford had also collected at least his 1% of Demonic Attorney, but Ebayed them as a lot a while back.__________________
Always buying misprints. Specifically looking for:
Wyvern FE $25 each (LMK if you have non-bulk ones)
Alternate 4th: Ebony Horse $3
Eye for an Eye $3
Millstone $6
Sorceress Queen $4
bulk rares $.75 uncommons $.10 commons $.02 - Ask about money rares
T-Chinese Portal Feral Shadow $4
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guru-swamp
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posted August 28, 2011 11:24 AM
is it true alpha contract from below is worth some redicukous amount of money cause its legal in some alpha only tournament at gencon?
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ermabwed
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posted August 28, 2011 03:19 PM
No idea if such a tournament exists, but that is certainly not the source of its high price.__________________
Always buying misprints. Specifically looking for:
Wyvern FE $25 each (LMK if you have non-bulk ones)
Alternate 4th: Ebony Horse $3
Eye for an Eye $3
Millstone $6
Sorceress Queen $4
bulk rares $.75 uncommons $.10 commons $.02 - Ask about money rares
T-Chinese Portal Feral Shadow $4
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guru-swamp
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posted August 28, 2011 07:20 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ermabwed:
No idea if such a tournament exists, but that is certainly not the source of its high price.[/QUOTE so why then is it worth so much compared to any other unplayable alpha rare.....it is the most powerful card ever printed, but......
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ermabwed
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posted August 28, 2011 07:39 PM
Its price jumped from about $8 to $60+ in a couple months a few years back following some widespread coverage of the now-defunct 5-color format. __________________
Always buying misprints. Specifically looking for:
Wyvern FE $25 each (LMK if you have non-bulk ones)
Alternate 4th: Ebony Horse $3
Eye for an Eye $3
Millstone $6
Sorceress Queen $4
bulk rares $.75 uncommons $.10 commons $.02 - Ask about money rares
T-Chinese Portal Feral Shadow $4
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