eBay insanity for May 2011

Izaak wrote:

It's just a card you need like 7-10 of to use. Apparently everyone wants to build Summon trick decks, which are fun, but hardly competitive.

I don't really get why people want more than 1 or 2 Cogs. For that one Saulot/khobar towers deck? So they don't have to move it between decks? The card is nice, don't get me wrong, but hardly as good as people tend to think.

In my experience you can get a lot of useful cards by trading a marginally useful chase rare. This is why I traded Enkil Cog, Ashurs and Preternatural Strengths.

Amenophobis wrote:

Sydnelson wrote:

I have 9 copies, want more 5.

I also known more 2 players that have 9 copies each one too.

I atke mines when expansion start, I buy 5 copies with cheap price and trade the other 4 I tarde with other players.

And this cards is very difficult to get buying displays, I sell isplays in brazil, I have selled at least 30 displays from this expansions and less than 10 came with Summon History. My friend Willian open 4 displays and no Summon History.

As a seller I think the 2 most difficult cards to give in a display is Enkil Cog an Summon History, an some Legacies cards too.

Enkil Cog is very expensive too, I see a auction end for 81 dolares. I'm thinking in sell someones in near future.

Why do you think this card is so extremely rare/sought? Is it overpowered? Does is enable decks that can win tables (too) easily?

I don't think Enkil Cog is overpower, it is only hard to get and very usefull. I have 13 copies 7 in a single deck to came fast and other 6 spread in other decks. I have more than 50 decks and I don't like exchange cards from than.

I want to make 2 Summon History decks, each one with 14 Summon History, looking for prices and trades difficults to get this card I think in the best way in that case is exchange cards over this 2 decks.

Amenophobis wrote:

I'm curious. How did you manage to obtain 6? Buying lots of displays or trading from noobs?

I found two of them in my displays, bought two at ebay (somewhere around 15 USD that days, if I only knew the prizes today I would have bought more of course) and traded two in, which was a hard struggle an cost me around 10 useful rares. (Edit: It were only 8 Rares). But to be honest: Although it is fun to play Summon History (I love to summon a Remnant of the Storm and attack with him right away) I really don't see why this card is that hard chased.

jhattara wrote:

Joscha wrote:

I really don't see why this card is that hard chased.

It's a rare card that does something unique in a somewhat powerful manner.

In other words: design flaw. A card that is powerful, does something unique and will definitely need multiples of in a deck, it should have been a common and not a rare.