Hi Everyone!We've all got our ideas written down and we know what the plan is, right? The next big mystery to solve is how we are planning to acquire inventory. There are several ways to obtain inventory, I'm going to tell you flat out the best way is to find someone selling an entire collection. A lot of times they need the money, or don't look at Magic Online cards as an investment and are happy with however much money they will get for the collection.
I'll tell you a few things that I always look for that separate a great deal from a less than great deal. The first is look at the collection and determine how many "money" cards there are. Look for desirable cards, cards popular in Standard and Modern on Magic Online are a good indicator that the set hadn't already been picked through. You don't need pre-picked through sets. Also look at the number of money cards vs the total number of cards. I looked at a collection recently that had a Mox pearl and literally nothing but bulk rares and commons and uncommons. A lot of sellers a sneaky and try to make it look like a good collection with a good "headliner" card with a weak collection.
On what to avoid, if anyone says "we tried running a bot" or anything along those lines, avoid at all costs. If someone else is treating their cards like a business it's likely that you're not getting a good deal.
This is part of your bot where "business" comes into play and making good decisions can't be taught, you really just have to look at the information and try to determine what's important and what's not and make decisions off the most relevant data.
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