Bitterblossom up in price?

commador01 · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 34

SO like does anyone know why cards like bitterblossom went up in price by alot. Same goes for mirrorweave, it was $4-5 before. Now it is like $10. I have no clue why.

Daveslusher- · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 32

maybe because... *GASP* PEOPLE PLAY THEM?

CMA-Flippi · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:35 am Post subject:

more ppl want it for their decks than before. actually, everyone needs Bitterblossoms.

Therefore, need is raising while the avaliable products are not raising that much -> price increases.

Avata · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 372

This has got to be an attempt at forum trolling.

It just has to.

trueeevil · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 164

So uh, you checked any of the recent block decklists?

kfcman · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 665

Yea a combination of the fact that more people want them for their decks. Like Flippi said, supply stays mostly constant and demand rises, price rises. Also, the Block PTQ season is underway, so all cards in block are going to jump a little in price because dealers and websites and etc know that people need block cards so they can reasonably charge more.

MrBrett · Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Actually it's an speculation affair. The price of food and oil have risen so much that the stock market is not safe anymore and the housing market has crashed so badly that, recently, an inversions group has decided to "invest" in Magic cards.
The idea is to identify a group of key cards (the ones with higher prices) and buy as many as possible, and then sell them at a higher price. They have bribed WotC to introduce a new type of cards (more rare) to increase the effect of their evil plans.

All of this is false (I think) although it could also be true, so, ignore this last paragraph.

kfcman · Joined: 16 Sep 2006 Posts: 665

jeebuzzx · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 5

rise in demand makes rise in price

aldaryn · Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 444

You should all just be generally aware that even if you don't PTQ much, during Block PTQ season any card in the current block gets pathetically expensive. All summer long last year, Coalition Relic was $8. I kid you not. And when the first deck wins the first Block GP, its "tech card" (last year, Goyf in GW, this year Mirrorweave in Kithkin) tends to triple in value. (or quadmillionduple in goyf's case)

Also, I want to point out props to M-L, apparently whenever the first Block GP hits, it's always won by a deck that already debuted on M-L. I would not have been able to figure out the current Kithkin configuration on my own, that's for sure.

Judging by what I've seen in block so far, I'd count on Cloudthresher staying at $10 and Reflecting Pools going upwards of $20, and Reveillark regaining value.

Haro · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 241

Orlandu · Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

Just a bad time for prices. PT Hollywood a couple weeks ago, GP Birmingham, Regionals, block PTQs.. just alot of stuff happening at once that all work to raise prices.