Staples and Trade Bait

[Snatch Steal]

So I've been thinking about laying down a lot of money to buy some staples:

 

2-3x Ash Blossom

3x Pot of Desires [MT17]

2x Dimensional Barrier (Own 1)

3x Solemn Strike [COTD-SE]

1x PSY-Framelord Omega

1x Toadally Awesome

 

The total comes down to approximately $322 depending on how many Ash Blossom.

 

My concern comes in the inevitable reprinting of the cards. It's easy enough to say "buy them and then use them as trade bait" but that doesn't always work with me. I'd like to buy stuff that I can use reliably in most decks or get rid of easily, like strikes and d-barriers. I would consider holding off on Ash Blossom, Desires, and Toadally, because I think they could go down and/or aren't immediately useful.

 

Is now a good time to buy? Which cards do you think will go up or down?

[~British Soul~]

My concern comes in the inevitable reprinting of the cards. It's easy enough to say "buy them and then use them as trade bait" but that doesn't always work with me. I'd like to buy stuff that I can use reliably in most decks or get rid of easily, like strikes and d-barriers. I would consider holding off on Ash Blossom, Desires, and Toadally, because I think they could go down and/or aren't immediately useful.

Desires is in the mega tins (guaranteed), so you don't need to worry 'bout that and Strike is in the COTD SE in September so I'd hold fire on that till then.

[Snatch Steal]

Desires is in the mega tins (guaranteed), so you don't need to worry 'bout that and Strike is in the COTD SE in September so I'd hold fire on that till then.

Removing 3x Strike and 3x Desires brings it to about $332. Still a fuckton but more manageable.

[~British Soul~]

Removing 3x Strike and 3x Desires brings it to about $332. Still a fuckton but more manageable.

Indeed, glad I was able to inform you about those two cards to save hassle.

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D Barrier will lose utility once Link decks start becoming meta relevant, but we don't know how long that will take.

 

If you're buying Toadally for the Bahamut plays, then that gets worse with the new Link rules, but otherwise it's good in Paleozoic frogs, which are no longer meta and won't be as long as True Draco are around (worst imaginable matchup)

 

Omega gets better with Links, being able to clear itself out of your EMZ while retaining almost as much value as it had before.

 

As for Ash Blossom, Ghost Ogre took 10 months to get its first reprint, and it's been a whole year we've had Ghost Reaper and that hasn't reprinted at all. Probably a safe investment.

 

 

Those are my opinions on the other 4 cards that BS didn't comment on.

[Βyakuya]

Ash is probably at it's lowest around 65, though it may go lower in the far future so be wary of that. If you're willing to pay a lot of cash, I'd suggest you do it now. 2 is sufficient enough since some players main 2 anyway and despite its versatility and strength some argue Ogre is still somewhat better anyway. Just give it a few more time nd a few more tourney results.

 

DB is also pretty low but if you just buy a MT or 2 and pull 1 you'll profit or chances are you get bait so just wait. Same goes for Toadally.

 

Omega's reprint confirm is quite nebulous. No confirmation yet, but it's still sitting at around 50. IMO I'd at least wait til the latest DoL pack gets spoilered to see if it is confirmed. If not I would just either try to buy at a low price or hold off until another reprint chance since Omega has moderate usage in the total metagame.

[~ P O L A R I S ~]

Ash Blossom would be a resounding yes, the others not so much. Ash Blossom is perhaps the most immediately useful card in the game and will only get better post-Links. It shuts out ev-ery-thang. 

 

D-Barrier isn't getting any better going forward and the rest are getting reprinted soon, making now the worst time to buy them. When I was 16 I was quite incapable of casually dropping $322 on terrible YGO investments but props to you for Young Moolah Baby.