M19 Pre-release, and three auctions?!

I am not super enamored with Core 19. I can't tell you why to be honest. I just don't want to draft it. I am planning to start playing at a local regular Thursday night Legacy night. I have my two or so regular, want to play, decks. Its cheaper at $10, and as I don't feel like drafting.

I did catch a pre-release on Saturday at the local shop. Very small crowd, only 8-10 people total, 3 rounds. I went 2-1. Got 2 packs, and moved on. I did open one of the cards I was hoping to get- Remorseful Cleric. I need to pick up a second for the D&T deck, but super happy to have it. Graveyard-hate: hoooooooooooooo! As for my deck, it was R/B/w. Dragons were flowing which was nice. First match I just got boned by mana- it happens. Second and third rounds, the dragons flew and crushed people's souls. It was nice. It sucked I didn't get a single mythic, while everyone else had at least one. Seriously. I threw my Dragon's Horde in to my single EDH pre-con dragon deck. *shrug*

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Legacy news- I picked up 2 Brightlings for my deck after they were highly touted by Thraben U. Looks like I did the right things as they jumped up to $20 after people realized they were really good and not a lot of them out there. Silly Battlebond!
I also ordered a 3rd from TCG for $5.55 after the spike occurred. Still waiting to see if they honor the price.


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I won 3 separate auctions this week. 2 were from the same location, so I am chalking that up to the same auction. The other was from Canada.
The first two (one) were this one, and this one. I thought I did a pretty good job getting all that for like a total of $85. (auction fees included) Then there was a matter of shipping. *gulp* Ummmmm, how much you ask? Try another $45 on top. YOUCH. So for $130, I might get my money back from the cards I am pretty sure that are there- pain lands, Blood Moon, and other various cards. The real question is in the boxes of cards. I am not holding out much hope for those, likely fairly picked over. But you never know, as cards spike for no good reason.

The third/other auction had 2 cards I was aiming for- a beta basic, and a Unlimited Goblin King. Those two cards would pay for the lot easily, and everything else would be free. Who knows.