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This is a pretty fun thing to try to do with trading cards. Back in the day when I played Magic/Yugioh, I'd start with a janky common card and see how much I co
by eachro 6y ago
This is a pretty fun thing to try to do with trading cards. Back in the day when I played Magic/Yugioh, I'd start with a janky common card and see how much I could turn it into. You have to exploit differences in how people value cards: the valuations of cards online mostly follows the way competitive players value them, but there are tons of people who play casually and others who just chase shiny/cool looking cards. It was relatively easy for me to turn a janky card into another common card that was useful in competitive decks (ex: fissure/smashing ground in yugioh), and trade those for janky holos with competitive players, which I could then turn into more useful/valuable holos with the collectible/casual crowd, and so on. It's super fun to do a few times just to know that you can pull it off.
- eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 6y agoIsn't this actually mathematically the same as arbitrage? :D
- andrewflnr 6y agoIt's literally, identically arbitrage.
- BorisTheBrave 6y agoNo, arbitrage is a combination of trades that essentially risk free as they offset each other. This is just regular trading. Every time he swaps a card, he takes the risk that he won't be able to offload the new card.
- selestify 6y agoDoesn't arbitrage come with slight risk too? The spreads are always fluctuating, and if you don't time it right (in say high-frequency trading) you might not be able to offload whatever you just bought at a good price either.
- BorisTheBrave 6y agoStrictly speaking, yes, there are risks associated. But there's still a wide difference between those risks, and speculating on the (not-immediate) future.
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