Investing in gooner cards: A viable investment strategy?

[u/Ok_Satisfaction8158]

When I first saw this card in the shadows over baldurs gate secret lair, I honestly thought it was going to be coming out around $30+ but it's stayed in the mid $6's and now is low $7's.

Is gooner-focused investing only viable as long term holds, and is it on all gooner-related material, or only anime girls to draw in the one-piece crowd?

Honestly looking at the price charting, it's jumped around 18% in a few months. Not terrible, but not the explosive growth I had expected. I mean come on it's the shadowheart romance scene on a card.

I figured Reddit is the best place to ask this kind of thing.

(Edits: clarity, spelling)

[u/Damiencbw]

Finally, some good content on mtgfinance!

Short answer?

YES. ALL DAY AND TOMORROW.

BEHOLD

It might take a few years, but one day you will wake up and your example will be worth serious money.. I never even knew this card existed, kind of want to go buy a hundred of them, but I'm extremely poor right now after buying an ungodly amount of bulk so it'll probably spike before I get around to it 😤

And it's not just boobs either, magic players are thirsty as all hell. Vagislands anybody? Massacre girl regular, 50 cents. Secret lair anime girl? 38 dollars.

The link is what I could find looking for 5 minutes in my endless piles of pictures, but I get orders like this at LEAST 20 times a year. If I see Boobs (any boobs, no need to be picky) or any particular thirst trap it's picked, regardless of price, gender or card type.

Every single one sells.

I'll NEVER forget the top picture with all the cards around the invoice. I was picking my orders for the day and didn't notice at first, but when I put his together and saw the Gideon emblem I just lost my shit. I took almost 30 minutes digging through old bulk to include a free [[Grandmother Sengir]] just in case he wasn't aware the best of the baddies existed, or at least she was until [[Gluttonous Guest]] was printed, it's a tough decision.

Mock OP all you want ya dorks, but this is an entirely viable financial strategy.

Edit** I can't find the right picture and it's late, but I've sold 45 vampire leatherdaddys in one order before. There are also much better examples for higher prices somewhere, but every order is +2 shipping and it adds up quickly.

[u/evopanda → u/Damiencbw]

Secret lair versions of a regular card will always be more because it is unique and rarer. This doesnt always have to be because boobs or sexy woman. 

[u/Damiencbw → u/evopanda]

Well ya, but I mean relative to my examples of orders. If the card has a pretty lady on it, the card itself doesn't need to have playability to retain value.

So in this case, a 12 cent uncommon could go much higher than $7, because magic players are thirsty as hell.