I'm not a financial advisor so please don't take this advise without doing your own research and never invest more than you can afford to loose. There are many things that can effect the price of these cards in the future both positively and negatively that I can't predict. These are just some conclusions that I came up with when looking through the spreadsheet I put together below. This is not all the information for every card as I left out some of the lowest movements in price and reduction in numbers (most stable).
If you'd like to see or know anything special for future updates let me know in the comments down below!
Updates this week vs a few weeks ago. A few things that I found interesting:
- Alpha's don't always carry premiums. If you're looking to max out cards for cheap take alphas into consideration. The cost may escalate more quickly then Betas, but don't just assume it's going to cost more to max out an Alpha, especially when some maxed out Alphas are on the market at a cheaper rate per card than the single card options.
Current Prices
- Promo cards seem to be sitting pretty stagant. The supply isn't reducing the sales seem to be pretty minimal and the prices really haven't moved all that much. The legendary promo is the only one that has gone up in price, so laid out some possible suggestions on how to improve the next promo cards down below.
Price Change From Previous Week
3. Reward cards (with the exception of legendaries) may still get cheaper. Obviously the ones that are selling at $0.02 are at the bottom of the market. If you think these will go up at all they maybe a good investment right now as the only way they'll go down in price is if you try to unload the over the counter in bulk. Other reward cards you can wait until tomorrow and the price will probably get cheaper. Don't discount these cards those as possible good investments as people are currently giving them away. The risk of purchasing these cards is very low currently.
Change of Cards in Existence
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4. Maxed out summoners will always carry a premium, I think gold summoners will carry an even higher premium. Monster cards (minus the legendaries) are pretty much a dime a dozen. You have to have plenty of each to create different types of decks for different types of rules as well as neutral cards in almost all the decks. To complete dailies, people will always need at least 1 high level summoner from each element.
Thoughts on Promo Cards
I think promo cards should be handled differently. I understand the promo cards were part of the Kickstarter to help raise funds, but it looks like these cards are just sitting on the market because either they're priced to high currently or they're just not good cards to use in game. Promo cards need to be balanced so I don't think buffing them and making them OP is the answer, but yet they don't feel very special either that would make me want to buy them as a collector.
It would be neat if promo cards became unique print of existing cards. I'm thinking along the lines of a gold foil card, but something that sets them apart as a promo card, for instance an Elemental Phoenix that has flames that are animated or a lightning dragon that has animated lightning breathing. This would bring an existing card to the next level and make it feel special. This way SteemMonsters can pick out "good" or "popular" cards existing in the game and then make a rarer cooler version of them while keeping them limited as well.
Questions on Starter Packs
I was wondering why players can't buy starter packs? Is it because they carry a premium value to the price to help get players started for a discount? I noticed in the Kickstarter that there was one tier for Guild Master or something that was able to buy 25 starter packs. I'd love to be able to buy some starter packs to hold and give away to friends once they became interested in the game again.
Any chance that starter packs will be fore sale on the markets just like booster packs are now currently?
The biggest draw for me is being able to use it as an asset to generate more revue. It’s not a lot but when you tie up one asset with another that a nice bonus. Everything from passive to playing daily. A lot cards might not be worth much today. If the game has the staying power of 5 to 7 years many of those cards will be worth several times over what they are today.
My biggest concern with the Alphas are who is going pay it if they become worth ten times as much one day. Just because something can sell for high amounts does not mean there much volume behind it.
I can see people paying crazy amounts for Magic The Gathering cards because holy smokes the artwork on them alone is amazing. There are collectors out in that market that will pay the premium because of that alone. I don’t have the same feelings towards my SM cards. They are decent to look at but not something I would want spend to have in digital form.
I’ve already earned my start up investment back a couple times
If this game gets really big holding cards will be amazing but the amount you could earn beyond their value by using them is even more.
Something I’ve not test out yet is the new lease system they have added in. That would be yet another way for anyone investing in higher tiers to have a safe way to generate income if they themselves don’t enjoy playing the game itself or go on a long break.
The older cards on mtg are investible because of rarity and nostalgia. If SteemMonsters continues to develop a game and and community that can create those same feelings 10 years from now all the current players maybe very happy.
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You will have the option to "delegate" your cards to the lease and rent market. This tool will list your cards automatically to users who want to rent your cards to play. This will generate passive income for your investment.
Whats this tool that you speak of?
Its the same "Tool" that you use to delegate Steempower from one account to another.
You can go to "collection" on your SM account and than click a card of choice.
You will see different options what you can do with your SM card e.g. Gift, Sell or lease.
If you click "lease" than you can decide who you want to lease it to. Right now everything is manual but peakmonsters is working on a automated lease/rent market where you will determine your lease and rent data.
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a very interesting article
I have to dig more on the marketn aspect of the game
thanks for insight