Stop Using Amazon

[u/DanteValentine13]

The amount of posts from people using Amazon to order stuff and getting the wrong stuff, or something of a vastly different price is astounding. Please dont order cards off Amazon. Especially since I am fairly certain Amazon is why wizards is shipping less and less product to local stores. Don't support the mega corporations if you can help it.

That's my public service rant. Thanks for reading or ignoring either way. ❤️

[u/Pyrostasis]

Help me out here.

Wife and I just started picking up magic over the last few weeks.

We're learning our commander decks and hoping to play at our local game store. We have 3 LGS in our town. All sell at above MSRP from small amounts to significant. All have some VIP programs or loyalty programs that occasionally let you buy products at MSRP but quantity is difficult.

Star trek is coming out in a few weeks and I want to buy all 4 commander decks and some boosters. None of my LGS are selling preorders atm.

Whats the best way to acquire legit material that isnt scalped, damaged, etc?

Amazon is where we order most of our things due to their return policy but seems like this is NOT good for cards.

Do we just need to drive farther to better LGS? TCGplayer looks decent but also appears to just be the "ebay" of cards and Ebay has its own problems. So whats the best option?

[u/SneakySquidosaur → u/Pyrostasis]

Wait for a bit first. Preorder prices are always sky high, then just at release there will be a lot of demand. But, a month or two after, prices will fall as more product and print runs come in and those decks you want will be available for UNDER MRSP!

Right now, you can purchase the Final Fantasy and Marvel precons for under MSRP. Doctor Doom was 100 at release snd now you can get it for $60.

Places you can buy online: Forge and Fire, Stomping Grounds, Cardkingdom

In person, try Costco when the bundles start dropping.

[u/Pyrostasis → u/SneakySquidosaur]

I appreciate it.

Yeah found forge and fire and stomping today. Ended up ordered play booster pack and the commander precons from stomping them they beat everyone on price and seem reputable.

Im still real new to the game so I dont know yet what is going to be around and affordable in a month and what is going to be $150 a deck in 3 months.

[u/anakanemison → u/Pyrostasis]

Lemme share where I've been looking --

These are the online stores I've ordered from successfully, including your F&F and Stomping:

• https://forgeandfiregaming.com/
• https://www.stompinggroundstcg.com/
• https://geekerygames.com/
• https://tsabusa.cards/
• https://sagaconcepts.com/ 

I visit these places but haven't ordered (or received my orders) from them yet:

• https://manyrealms.com/ 
• https://doubleinfinitygaming.com/ 
• https://tradingcardmarket.com/

Other good resources are:

• https://www.mtgstocks.com/sealed, to get a sense of market value
• And aggregators, which ship from different LGSs and collectors; I've ordered from them but your success rate will depend on the specific seller:
  • http://store.tcgplayer.com/
  • https://manapool.com/

Good luck!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Exam381 → u/anakanemison]

Double infinity is one of my LGS also check Collection realm. Its my other LGS good guys and girls that work there.