Not only can I not believe the prices some cards are going for (some over $1,500 each), but I found that I really missed playing MTG. As I looked over the hundreds of cards, I found myself having fond recollections of how I used them in decks and the various tournaments that they won for me. There’s no gaming store near me to play at anymore and I am now approaching 40. So I don’t think that I will be getting back into MTG anytime soon. Besides, I have other extremely expensive hobbies to drain my wallet nowadays. But I can’t help but miss collectible card games. I recently purchased some World of Warcraft cards for my other stepson and myself. I think I’ll crack open the instructions and see if we can’t get a game on today.

So, how much did I make selling off cards today? Less than $150. It seems that my son had let a few friends “look” at his cards a few years back and my 4 Black Lotus cards, worth $750 each, seem to have vanished. There were other cards that I recall owning that are selling for $300-500 now. If the collection was as it once was, I could have made over $5,000 for my son.

Oh well, now back to eBay to sell some old PDAs and SmartPhones. I doubt I’ll get even get the sell price of a Black Lotus for both of them.