Next, I want to talk about the "throw in" guy. When I was younger, I
traded often as my funds were very limited and it was hard for me to
acquire new cards by means other than trading. I found that there were
some people who would trade fairly and some that wouldn't.The most unfair deals ended up being with the people who would say things like, "That's almost fair, can you just throw in some stuff?" Ultimately it ended up with both of us "throwing in" several inexpensive cards worth very little.
What I realized they were doing was
getting incremental advantage by choosing my "throw ins" that were of
higher value than theirs. By the end, they had a much better deal. As
soon as I realized this, I found that when I would take the value of my
"throw ins" they exceeded the value of a "good" card that I wanted from
the other person. When I suggested them keeping their throw ins for
another good card, they said no. This was to ensure they got a good card
for another good card and ended better than they started.
My
advice is to avoid throw ins at all costs. If you have to trade more
than one card for a card, you're trading up, that's good a lot of the
time, but when you both have lists of cards it tends to be less good of a
deal. If your trade with someone and they insist on "throw ins" I
recommend not trading with them. There are a lot of people to trade with
especially on Magic Online, you'll certainly find someone who doesn't
need "throw ins".
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