A bit giddy

I've been hawking a bunch of cards I just don't need or can't trade. Turns out, I did good things. Allow a recap:

I started to off-load unneeded cards via eBay. My efforts to trade up via deckbox, while having some minor success, had stalled. I think I wound up getting about $400-$500 in sales, minus fees, shipping supplies, etc.

From there I was able to acquire a bunch of stuff I needed to successfully run a paper legal Death and Taxes, white crusader deck. (deck list from 11/1/17)
Then, I was able to acquire cards via a private auction for about $175 total:

• Cavern of Souls, Avacyn Restored
• LP Winter Mishra's Factory, double signed
• 3x HP Spring Mishra's Factory, single signed

That's a fabulous deal in my books.

My next goal was to acquire the pieces I needed to run the RW, 3/5/18 Taxes deck. I do agree that splashing for Magus of the Moon just adds the most umph factor to the deck. The downside to this deck? The Plateaus. Honestly. Revised dual lands. Thankfully, in a bit of luck, Plateaus are some of the cheapest out there. (no blue!)

I managed to pick one up for $60 off TCGplayer, thanks to some 5% rebates from a large order over the previous weekend. (hello Rishadan Ports!) However, I still needed 2 more.

My thought was- Maybe I could get one more as part of the Winter Mishra's. That might be my best case scenario. Well- that was until yesterday. I had put the Mishra's up on a couple different FB groups to get interest. I made it clear that I could trade, sell, or do trade/sell combo. I had some interest gathered from others. However, one offer blew everything else out of the water-

Winter Mishra's Factory for 2 NM revised Plateaus. 2. TWO dual lands.

There are a couple factors which need to be worked out still, like how to make sure everything is legit. How to trust the trade. Lots of trust things.

So far the trader has been totally up on everything. Very communicative, even willing to send first. As he put it, "I already have a playset of Unlimited Plateaus, no need for revised." He also added he had just sold two Drops of Honey via the group. (didn't need a playset of them) Yeah, I'd say that's a thing.

The downside to all of this I just realized- I am still a Cavern of Souls and Karakas from being awesome. Can't have it all, all the time. But in terms of what I had just a month ago- its an amazing turn around.

Oh, and those 3 other Spring Mishra's, I might still be able to trade those for sideboard card needs. Waiting to get that sorted out.