Trading Strategy

So some of you may be wondering how I plan to turn the MBS booster into a cube. The answer? Sharp trading. More specifically, here’s the plan:

1. Trade the Rare (Hellkite Igniter) for several cards. I won’t be aiming for Cube stuff yet, as I need a functioning binder. Hopefully I’ll get another rare or a few uncommons PLUS a few throw-in commons. The trick will be to acquire cards that the current trade partner doesn’t need, but a future one might.
2. Get to know what cards my friends have and want. I am “trading up” here. The secret to trading up is understanding relative values. If you gain something that Person A does not value much for a low price, than trade it to someone who values it highly for a high price, than you have just gained something. If I am to acquire cards that my friends want, I need to know what they want. If someone wants a certain card or type of card, than I need to know who I can get it from.
3. Amass a large selection of cards. The hardest part of beginning this quest will be that I only have 15 cards to work with, and some of them are not very popular or valuable. Once I sit down to trade with someone, I want to make sure I have something they want. If not, they won’t want to trade.
4. Gather many cards of the same type. For example, in my opening booster, two of my cards interacted with Infect. However, most of my friends don’t have infect decks, so they won’t want Infect cards and the ones I have are useless. If I amass a large number of Infect cards, however, people will be able to trade with me and create an entire Infect deck, or add an Infect component to their existing deck. That will allow me to move a large number of otherwise useless cards.
5. Don’t trade for cube in the beginning. I am looking to create a cube. However, my opening booster pack by itself is not equivalent to the 360 card cube I hope to create. That means every trade has to count for something, not for the cube. Once my binder has filled up than I can come back and get some cube cards. EXCEPTION: If I can get some cube-worthy cards as throw-ins I will do so

So there’s a brief rundown of my Pack to Cube strategy. Next time I’ll add some information on my cube design and possibly have some trades made. Stay tuned!