The Art of the Trade - yugioh_helper




Hello, this name may seem new to those who read and write tips,  well it 
is.  But the person writing it isn't.  In fact I have written several 
other ccg tip articles under a different alias.  Can you figure out who?  
Bet you can't.  Anyway, this is a new article, because as they say "Out 
With the Old and In With the New"(just a side note- who makes these quotes 
anyway, and who are "THEY").  Well I guess it's time to move on to the tip.
 
This really is not a tip about dueling, if you read the title you should 
have noticed this, this article is a tip about trading.  So many people 
out there have no idea about the best ways to conduct a trade as well as 
how they should compare card values.  Another issue along with this is 
behaving like a well mannered duelist and not a brat.  I have alot of 
experience with this and trust me how you behave has a big influence on 
the trades outcome.
 
Well since I began playing I have been studying the major influences on 
trades along with how you should rank your cards value.  So I have broken 
this article down to discuss each of these topics.  The topics are:
 
1.  Your dueling enviroment
2.  Card ranking and value
3.  Trading manners
 
1.) YOUR DUELING ENVIROMENT
This is a huge issue when it comes to trading.  Your dueling enviroment is the 
people and area where you usually duel.  How does this influence your trade?  
Well in many extreme ways such as how much you are willing to trade to get what 
you want due to the availability of    card(s) as well as the influence your 
reputation has on your trades.  Ok the availability of the card(s) you want in 
your area is really important.  This is one of the most important influences on 
your trade.  The two halfs of this issue are that the card you or the other person 
wants is easily available or hardly or not available at all.  If the card is easily 
available in your area you will probably get a good trade for it both ways(Key note: 
if the card is easily available and the other person wants from you - if they offer 
you a trade that has a card you want or can use you should take it- because if you 
don't the other person might find another duelist who would trade for less).  The 
other part of this issue
 is that the wanted card is hardly available in your area- now you need to decide 
 how important the card is to you and/or your deck- this helps you decide how far 
 you are willing to go to get it, due to its rarity in your area the card might 
 come at a hight price so be aware of that, also if your the one who has the card 
 the other duelist wants try to go for a trade which benefits both of you, don't 
 push your luck- somebody else could always get the card from a pack or something 
 and offer it to them at a much lower price(just for reference price generally means 
 number and value of cards, not nescesarily money).  Your reputation is not as major 
 of an issue as the previous one but it can present you either with good trades or 
 horrible trades and sometimes even both.  You should know what a reputation is- if 
 your always an honest duelist with a good attitude toward both winning and losing 
 and help the people new to the game as well as those who are not, you will be able 
 to get better  trades because the people will like you more and trust that you are 
 giving them a good trade, while the exact opposite occurs if you have the reputation 
 of a bratty cheater and sore loser with a bad attitude.
 
Well I think this article is long enough.  I'll be back with the other two parts very 
shortly! But I am also going to write articles with card tips and strategies so stayed 
toon.
 
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>From your friendly neighborhood Yu-Gi-Oh Helper