One of the items Rainbow Sportscards has started carrying in depth is Used Magic The Gathering Cards . The game is the oldest CCG (collectible card game) running - 15 years in 2007 - and the player base is huge. Players frequently have a need to fill holes in old decks with certain cards, and they are always creating new decks to try and get an edge over their opponents. You can never tell which cards a person will need - a key component of one deck will be less than useless in another. We just have to be ready with the cards when they need them.

All of our used Magic the Gathering cards are sorted first by set, and then by card alphabetically within each set. We keep the first copy of each card in a binder to let people look through and read, and to show them which cards we have available. All of the rest of the used Magic the Gathering cards are stored carefully sorted in boxes, so we can easily fill an order when we need to. When we're down to the last copy of a card available, we'll pull it out of the binder and sell that one. In this way our in-store customers always know exactly what cards are available.

Magic the Gathering the game produces three rarities of cards: common, uncommon, and rare. The pricing structure for our used Magic the Gathering cards take this into consideration. With a few exceptions, commons are priced at 5 for a dollar, and uncommons go for between 75 cents and two dollars on average. The rares can go from a couple of dollars into the 20-30-40 dollar range, depending on the card.

Most of our used Magic the Gathering cards are in what we call NM or playable condition. They might show some light use around the edges or have a little surface wear, but they are still useable. Any card that could be construed as marked or that is visibly beat up we try to mark as such. This is important in playing the game because a marked card can give a player an unfair edge over their opponent. That is why we try to be careful with the used Magic the Gathering cards we sell.