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Title: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 01:10:35 AM
I'm a cheap *bad word*, the most I've ever spent is $6 on a {Garruk, Primal Hunter}.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Kaleo42 on August 10, 2012, 01:13:41 AM
In my casual days it was $8 for a foil elvish piper. When i went competitive I decided $23 for a planeswalker was enough, and just bought boxxes for trade stock from then on. The planeswalker was {gideon jura} or {elspeth tirel} whichever my {U}{W} control was missing at the time.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Silent1236 on August 10, 2012, 01:21:29 AM
$16 on a {Vampire Nocturnus} before M13 came out 
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Leviathan on August 10, 2012, 01:22:50 AM
9 on a Japanese {Lotus Bloom}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Grexis on August 10, 2012, 01:30:49 AM
8 bucks on {liliana vess} now I do what the other guy said is buy boosters or booster boxes. Every once in a while I'll buy single for a crazy deck idea but I try not to spend more than $3 on a single
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Imdowd80 on August 10, 2012, 01:59:23 AM
12 dollars on {Gisela blade of goldnight}.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: smokin terry on August 10, 2012, 02:16:15 AM
Dang I kinda feel dumb for it, which I should but... 85 a piece on jace the mind sculptor when he was at 90. I got two of them.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Shivix on August 10, 2012, 02:46:29 AM
£75 for a tarmogoyf (bought 3) 2 for £75 and 1 for £60) my 4th I traded for)
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Kaleo42 on August 10, 2012, 02:59:35 AM
Quote from: smokin terry on August 10, 2012, 02:16:15 AM
Dang I kinda feel dumb for it, which I should but... 85 a piece on jace the mind sculptor when he was at 90. I got two of them.
Not buying or trading for jace is why today i have the strongest trade stock second only to the tournement orginizer.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Grexis on August 10, 2012, 03:31:15 AM
Quote from: Shivix on August 10, 2012, 02:46:29 AM
£75 for a tarmogoyf (bought 3) 2 for £75 and 1 for £60) my 4th I traded for)
A friend of mine found one of those in my local game stores 10 cent bin lol
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Greg54js on August 10, 2012, 06:41:26 AM
I spent 10 bucks on a {jace beleren} foil Japanese
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Tetsomori on August 10, 2012, 06:50:21 AM
350$ for an {ancestral recall}... 8 out of 9 down... Now i have to get a {black lotus}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 06:50:25 AM
$50 on near mint condition {force of will} I bought the 2 he had
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Tumalc on August 10, 2012, 06:57:22 AM
$200 for a mint unlimited {Mox Ruby}... This was about 10 years ago.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Dudecore on August 10, 2012, 07:26:10 AM
4 {Tundra} (about $100 a piece), 2 {Jace, the Mind Scuptor} (paid $78 a piece) and 4 {Force of Will} ($55 each). Those are all in 1 deck.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 11:20:52 AM
Quote from: Tetsomori on August 10, 2012, 06:50:21 AM
350$ for an {ancestral recall}... 8 out of 9 down... Now i have to get a {black lotus}
My hero!  Which set?  Are you getting them all from Beta?  Or Rev, Unlim?
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Odric86 on August 10, 2012, 11:22:56 AM
Quote from: Tumalc on August 10, 2012, 06:57:22 AM
$200 for a mint unlimited {Mox Ruby}... This was about 10 years ago.

I hope you still have it!!! That thing is worth bank today!
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Thorn on August 10, 2012, 12:06:18 PM
$16.00 for a near mint playset of {Lotus Petal}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Coffee Vampire on August 10, 2012, 12:47:29 PM
For me I think it was $17 on an {Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite}. As for playsets, I paid $20 for a playset of {Forbidden Orchard}.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: darkarts981 on August 10, 2012, 01:13:25 PM
I've spent 80 and 75 dollars on a card before,...
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: InfinitiveDivinity on August 10, 2012, 01:17:50 PM
$16 on a {Glimpse the Unthinkable}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Rass on August 10, 2012, 01:54:17 PM
$4 is my limit and I don't think I even did that. I would rather take my chance and buy a pack.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 02:37:57 PM
Spent $50 on a shiny {Mindslaver} when the first Mirrodin came out.

I put it right next to my RIM stocks. 😓
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Thorn on August 10, 2012, 02:40:02 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 02:37:57 PM
Spent $50 on a shiny {Mindslaver} when the first Mirrodin came out.

I put it right next to my RIM stocks. 😓
Lol. Prices change so much.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Deathseide on August 10, 2012, 02:44:03 PM
Spent twelve bucks on a {sliver queen}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 03:07:55 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 02:37:57 PM
Spent $50 on a shiny {Mindslaver} when the first Mirrodin came out.

I put it right next to my RIM stocks. 😓

In the toilet?
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 03:10:31 PM
Quote from: Thorn on August 10, 2012, 02:40:02 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 02:37:57 PM
Spent $50 on a shiny {Mindslaver} when the first Mirrodin came out.

I put it right next to my RIM stocks. 😓
Lol. Prices change so much.
In my defense, the idea of controlling a player for an entire turn seemed so OP!  In my head I saw a cheaper (and so better) {Door to Nothingness}.  Also, SO much fun in multiplayer.

In reality, it turns out more like the flavor text on {Telepathy}:
"The most disappointing thing about learning telepathycontrolling a player is finding out how boring useless people really are."
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Rass on August 10, 2012, 03:24:52 PM
Are your RIM's spinners
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: Rass on August 10, 2012, 03:24:52 PM
Are your RIM's spinners

In a perpetually downward spiral I suppose.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 03:39:19 PM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: Rass on August 10, 2012, 03:24:52 PM
Are your RIM's spinners

In a perpetually downward spiral I suppose.
HAHAHAHAHA

RIM is Research In Motion, the company that makes Blackberrys.  Not doing so well...  ::)
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BcBudds on August 10, 2012, 03:52:43 PM
$35 for a bonfire of the dammed and a close 30$ for a tamiyo
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 03:58:23 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 03:39:19 PM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 10, 2012, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: Rass on August 10, 2012, 03:24:52 PM
Are your RIM's spinners

In a perpetually downward spiral I suppose.
HAHAHAHAHA

RIM is Research In Motion, the company that makes Blackberrys.  Not doing so well...  ::)

No they are not lol. Long AAPL and MSFT here :)
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Tumalc on August 10, 2012, 04:27:11 PM
Quote from: Odric86 on August 10, 2012, 11:22:56 AM
Quote from: Tumalc on August 10, 2012, 06:57:22 AM
$200 for a mint unlimited {Mox Ruby}... This was about 10 years ago.

I hope you still have it!!! That thing is worth bank today!

I wish man... That card caused too many problems... I remember when I showed it to my wife, she grabbed it and bent it just enough for me to nearly pass out. She thought it was fake... She is such a great gal... She made it up to me when she bought me a {Juzam Djinn}...
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: remasuri ger on August 10, 2012, 04:41:53 PM
80$ for 2 {sword of war and Peace} and 2 {sword of Fire and ICE}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Akatsoa on August 10, 2012, 04:48:37 PM
almost spent 40 bucks on a conflux foil progenitus
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Moneekahh on August 10, 2012, 05:28:16 PM
I just spent 17 for an Italian {noble hierarch}. Got 2 of them and a set of {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker} for about 90.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Inconnu on August 11, 2012, 12:12:36 AM
$30 on a {Chaos Orb} all so I could annoy my friends when I activated it.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 11, 2012, 12:17:08 AM
Quote from: Inconnu on August 11, 2012, 12:12:36 AM
$30 on a {Chaos Orb} all so I could annoy my friends when I activated it.
Excellent choice!  My Unlimited {Chaos Orb} is still the pride of my collection. 😄
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...

Woah. It must be nice to have that much money lol. $7000 is like my net worth lmao
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Guitello on August 11, 2012, 12:33:58 AM
Hrm... Recently it would be either $18 for a {Geist of Saint Traft} when he costed a bit more, or $25 for a {Tamiyo, the moon sage}. Most I have spent ever on a card would have to be $75 for a {Tarmagoyf}
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:35:03 AM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...

Woah. It must be nice to have that much money lol. $7000 is like my net worth lmao

Well it's in-line with what people my age spend on going to clubs and concerts (and drugs, and clothes, and cars). I just shifted my "fun money" into magic. My girlfriend is an unwilling participant.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 01:02:56 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:35:03 AM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...

Woah. It must be nice to have that much money lol. $7000 is like my net worth lmao

Well it's in-line with what people my age spend on going to clubs and concerts (and drugs, and clothes, and cars). I just shifted my "fun money" into magic. My girlfriend is an unwilling participant.

Yeah, it seems reasonable in perspective lol. There are a lot worse ways to spend money. And the cards retain value so it's not a completely sunk cost. It just seems like a lot to me since I've had all of one part time job in my life and save and invest 90% of my money and I still don't have much lol. Oh well, a few more years of school and all I be good to go, assuming I can find a job...
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: KulrathKnight on August 11, 2012, 01:35:40 AM
Quote from: Inconnu on August 11, 2012, 12:12:36 AM
$30 on a {Chaos Orb} all so I could annoy my friends when I activated it.

...While you have {Darksteel Forge} in play? 👿
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Langku on August 11, 2012, 03:34:14 AM
I snagged a {tamiyo the moon sage} just today. I'm pretty sure it was the most expensive card I've bought at 14 bucks. I spent my cash on  a single piece of cardboard. Cringe. 
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: BlackJester on August 11, 2012, 10:50:28 AM
Quote from: Langku on August 11, 2012, 03:34:14 AM
I snagged a {tamiyo the moon sage} just today. I'm pretty sure it was the most expensive card I've bought at 14 bucks. I spent my cash on  a single piece of cardboard. Cringe.
You traded fourteen pieces of green paper for one piece of cardboard. So? ;)

(I know it's not really paper, but a composite fabric)
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Tetsomori on August 11, 2012, 11:33:15 AM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 10, 2012, 11:20:52 AM
Quote from: Tetsomori on August 10, 2012, 06:50:21 AM
350$ for an {ancestral recall}... 8 out of 9 down... Now i have to get a {black lotus}
My hero!  Which set?  Are you getting them all from Beta?  Or Rev, Unlim?

All unlimited so far. :) the lotus is gonna be a minute
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Langku on August 11, 2012, 01:55:34 PM
Quote from: BlackJester on August 11, 2012, 10:50:28 AM
Quote from: Langku on August 11, 2012, 03:34:14 AM
I snagged a {tamiyo the moon sage} just today. I'm pretty sure it was the most expensive card I've bought at 14 bucks. I spent my cash on  a single piece of cardboard. Cringe.
You traded fourteen pieces of green paper for one piece of cardboard. So? ;)

(I know it's not really paper, but a composite fabric)

Good cal Jesterl! I feel better. The cardboard is much sturdier than composite fabric and the paint job vastly more colorful. And don't get me started on the health issues. Cardboard slips are far more sanitary. I'm going to trade all my composite fabric for cardboard :)
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: cltrn81 on August 11, 2012, 03:18:22 PM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:35:03 AM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...

Woah. It must be nice to have that much money lol. $7000 is like my net worth lmao

Well it's in-line with what people my age spend on going to clubs and concerts (and drugs, and clothes, and cars). I just shifted my "fun money" into magic. My girlfriend is an unwilling participant.
LMAO that is what I am going to start calling my wife.....unwilling participant.  I am an unwilling participant for all her spending .... like who needs a $400 blender????  Well actually I like that blender cuz it makes some killer miller milk shakes <insert bring boys to the yard joke here>
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: adventus on August 11, 2012, 07:29:38 PM
In 1998 or so I paid $20 for a {Shahrazad} and $10 for an unlimited {Fork}.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Dstyle1 on August 14, 2012, 12:38:26 PM
I paid $500 for a set of {underground sea}'s in June.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Mikefrompluto on August 14, 2012, 01:09:56 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 11, 2012, 03:18:22 PM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:35:03 AM
Quote from: tsul25 on August 11, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Quote from: Dudecore on August 11, 2012, 12:07:59 AM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 10, 2012, 05:09:10 PM
I have proly spent $1500-$2000 this year and the year is not over.....

Same here. With FNM costs, variety packs of all 4 sets (5 intro packs, fat pack, booster box), sleeves, EDH and my irrational spending on Legacy...I spend probably $3000-$4000 a year on MtG alone.

Last year I spent probably $7,000...so I'm on pace this year (before RtR) to spend about the same...

Woah. It must be nice to have that much money lol. $7000 is like my net worth lmao

Well it's in-line with what people my age spend on going to clubs and concerts (and drugs, and clothes, and cars). I just shifted my "fun money" into magic. My girlfriend is an unwilling participant.
LMAO that is what I am going to start calling my wife.....unwilling participant.  I am an unwilling participant for all her spending .... like who needs a $400 blender????  Well actually I like that blender cuz it makes some killer miller milk shakes <insert bring boys to the yard joke here>

Must be a Kitchen Aid. My wife has one in pink that cost $400 and he hasn't used it once. And she gripes at me for buying Magic cards....

To stay on topic, I haven't bought any singles. I just buy boosters and trade for what I need.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Harmon74 on August 14, 2012, 01:45:07 PM
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I spent $100 for an unlimited {mox jet}.
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: cltrn81 on August 14, 2012, 02:16:00 PM
Quote from: Harmon74 on August 14, 2012, 01:45:07 PM
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I spent $100 for an unlimited {mox jet}.
In a galaxy far far away, I tried to buy a hyper drive from this little blue flying elephant/elf thing with republican credits.  He would not take my credits so I made this unsuspecting kid enter a pod race to win it for me.  I love the lack of child labor laws in other galaxies 😜
Title: Re: What's the most you've ever spent on a card?
Post by: Harmon74 on August 14, 2012, 04:50:20 PM
Quote from: cltrn81 on August 14, 2012, 02:16:00 PM
Quote from: Harmon74 on August 14, 2012, 01:45:07 PM
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I spent $100 for an unlimited {mox jet}.
In a galaxy far far away, I tried to buy a hyper drive from this little blue flying elephant/elf thing with republican credits.  He would not take my credits so I made this unsuspecting kid enter a pod race to win it for me.  I love the lack of child labor laws in other galaxies 😜
Lol