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About Michael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru)
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On vacation until August 16th. Will fix decks at that time, and discuss options regarding the Forbidden/Limited lists when they are officially posted.


I can answer any question based on the English Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game.

Rulings questions are my specialty. Ask me about ANY ruling for ANY card or combination of cards. If there's a valid ruling or a way to deduce a valid ruling, I'll be able to help you.

I'll also be willing to do deck fixes, but ONLY on decks that actually show some promise of possibly becoming good. Decks that are just random cards that aren't very good will be rejected, and I'll link you to a page where you can look at some better decks for ideas. Decks that are not in Advanced Format, or not competitive, will be sent to the Question Pool. IF YOUR DECK INCLUDES DARK MAGICIAN, BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON OR RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON, I WILL IMMEDIATELY REJECT IT. These are CASUAL decks, not tournament-competitive ones. Please take decks including those cards to our casual deck experts. Also, I may or may not do fixes on other themes that would be consider non-tournament worthy. (Basically, if your deck is not a Blackwing, Gladiator Beast, Vayu Turbo, Dark Synchro, or Lightsworn deck, AND I don't think it has the promise of being able to compete with any of the above five decks, I'll be hesitant to offer a fix.)

I should also be able to give you general values of cards if you`re looking to buy or sell, or answer whether a certain trade was fair or not. Please limit value questions to 15 cards or less. I'm not going to appraise your entire collection. Additionally, please only list Super/Ultra/Secret/Ultimate rares, and make sure they do not come from structure/starter decks.



Experience
Player/trader/collector for 7.5 years

Publications
Writer for Beckett Yu-Gi-Oh Collector, Beckett Anime Collector, Beckett Pokemon Collector, and various books produced by Pojo.com

Education/Credentials
Player of the American TCG since January 2002, tournament player since March 2002

Awards and Honors
Duelist King Tournament Season 3 Champion -- Jahinie Productions, West Mifflin, PA...which has since, sadly, closed its doors.
148th/482 players at 2005 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals
Top 4 at April 2005 Butler Regionals (Chaos/Trinity format)
Top 4 at August 2005 Butler Regionals (Chaos/Trinity format)
Top 8 at July 2008 Monroeville Regionals (Oppression Monarch)
Top 4 at October 2008 at Coraopolis Regionals (Tele-DAD)
Top 4 at June 14, 2009 Coraopolis, PA Regionals (Blackwings) Qualified for 2005, 2006, 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals

Non-gameplay Yu-Gi-Oh Credentials:
Have made over $120,000 in the past 6 years from dealing in bulk quantities of Yu-Gi-Oh collectibles
Created "the point system", a method for fairly trading large quantities of low-valued cards in exchange for high-valued items, commonly accepted throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh community



 
   

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Yu-Gi-Oh - buying and selling cards


Expert: Michael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru) - 6/15/2007

Question
I was wondering what these cards are worth.
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms
Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman
Elemental Hero Electrum   
Elemental Hero Neos   
Blue Eyes White Dragon   
Hyozanrayu  
Big Koala Luster Dragon#2     
Ancient Gear Beast     
Shadowknight Archfiend      
Mechanical Hound     
Vampire Lord     
Granmarg the Rock Monarch    
Machine King           
Divine  Dragon Excelion   
Giant Kozaky    
Saber Beetle   
Bitelon    
Anteatereatingant   
Ryu Kokki    
Despair from the Dark     
Dark Dust Spirit    
Elemental Hero Burstiatrix        
Elemental Hero Clayman   
Elemental Hero Avian   
Elemental Hero Neo Bubbleman    
Drillroid  
Gyroid  
Rescueroid   
Ambulanceroid   
Sumarineroid   
Decoyroid  
Jetroid    
Steamroid    
Destiny Hero-Diamond Dude
Doom Lord  
Fear Monger  
Blade Master
Destiny Hero-Captain Tenacious

Answer
I don't see anything here that either hasn't been reprinted, or is actually good enough to run in a deck that it'd be worth more than its bulk value.

For every common, add 1 cent.

For every Normal Rare, add 8.33 cents.

For every Super Rare, add 33.33 cents.

For every Ultra Rare, add 66.66 cents.


Don't count any supers or ultras that came out of a starter deck.

That's how much you can reasonably expect from a bulk dealer for your cards, as I doubt anyone else will offer much.  Yes, this includes Raviel.

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