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Originally posted by edsillars:
At this point it seems like a very good deal.

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Originally posted by stab107:
I would buy as many as I could at $170. Within 6 months I think boxes will be $300ish. I can't get anything locally for less than $250 so it's too much risk in my area. But $170 is a great price.

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Within 6 months they'll be on the 2nd or 3rd printing of it

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Originally posted by dwiz:
Within 6 months they'll be on the 2nd or 3rd printing of it

Edit: I'll elaborate. We have 2 worthless cards and 2 high priced mythics spoiled. Chances of a certain mythic are 1:180 packs. So you're getting a Bob or Goyf every ~7 boxes (correct me if salvation's math is off). Speculation is out of control on this. Getting $12.5 a pack isn't crazy, but when people start mapping this, are people going to buy loose packs?

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My understanding is there will be two waves of product from one print run. The first wave arrives 7 June and the second approximately 3 weeks later. There will be only one printing, no second or third printing.

I agree with you that the speculation is ridiculously out of control, but with the higher price point you have to bet they are going to pack this set full of excellent stuff that people want. If it is only one limited printing in two waves these things will be off the shelves in 6 weeks or less and boxes will be that much more expensive.

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Originally posted by stab107:
My understanding is there will be two waves of product from one print run. The first wave arrives 7 June and the second approximately 3 weeks later. There will be only one printing, no second or third printing.

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I think it will be pushing $300 at some point near the end of this year.

I just plan on sitting on it, maybe drafting it eventually

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Originally posted by Helheimr:
Keep in mind that there is A LOT more Modern Masters than people think there is going to be; in Ontario most of the shops I've checked have said that they're getting more than enough to sell to everyone who wants a box as well as draft, with prices ranging from MSRP to ~$200.

The very unreasonably high prices are due to SCG doing what they do best.

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Originally posted by gaeacradle:
Except for SCG has a much bigger customer base than shops in Ontario. Maybe you should buy those boxes and sell them to people that are willing to pay close to $300 for them.

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Originally posted by gaeacradle:
Except for SCG has a much bigger customer base than shops in Ontario. Maybe you should buy those boxes and sell them to people that are willing to pay close to $300 for them.

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There's a massive amount of MtG players in the Toronto area, and Modern Master boxes are readily available from pretty much every store for pre-order, with a "limit" of 5 (but they say 10 is feasible). And I actually have already ordered the boxes and arranged to sell them, every 10 flips gets me 2 free boxes of Modern Masters; SCG's price is ridiculous but is creating artificial demand.

Why do you think they're listing at such as high price when they are likely receiving a massive amount of product, while meanwhile tons of people on various forums have confirmed being able to get the product at MRSP or near it from their LGSes.

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Originally posted by dwiz:
I know of a retailer that got 75 boxes.

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Originally posted by JayC:
And that is all they get. No re-orders.

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Retailers are getting a large initial bulk shipment to cover pre-orders and make sure they have a good supply of stock, then 4 opportunities for re-orders of Modern Masters. It's not just the amount straight up, there's going to be more afterwards. Every store here has said they'll have re-orders, even the ones that have been hush hush about their prices.

Boxes are pre-selling on eBay between $240-$275.

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Originally posted by Koby:
This is so much fun to watch.

I wouldn't buy Modern Masters even on speculation for re-sale later on. Too much risk from only knowing 4 cards on an overpriced set.

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Originally posted by Bagbokk:
Hm. I've been thinking about this but haven't done any numbers at all. A lot of the rares are solid, it's really just the 5 stupid-dragons at mythic that sucks. I can get boxes for like $180 and it seems relatively risk-free (at least in the sense that I should be able to re-sell for at least $180, even if there ends up not being much profit). Just unsure if I want to pull the trigger but I will need to do it soon if I'm going to.

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