In this post, we will look at three gold cards I believe provide solid upside in terms of both gameplay and investment purposes. Gold cards take 25 meteorite cards to produce and provide extra boosts for the upcoming daily play to earn rewards in Gods Unchained. First, we will examine what I looked for in an investment grade card and then take a closer look at three cards I decided on. They all fall in the common category as I wanted to keep this budget friendly. If there is interest, I can do an article on all rarity types in the future.
Supply
Supply is important in any investment grade asset as supply will drive demand. Looking at the sets, naturally I gravitated toward Genesis cards as they have the lowest supply on the market. Given it takes 25 cards to make a gold card, this supply is only going to go down and the relative supply of a genesis gold card is going to be miniscule compared to the other expansions. There also could be a boost given to Genesis cards in the future for daily play to earn which would create even greater value for these cards.
Meta Gameplay
There has to be some value in the game for cards to increase in dollar sense. The meta is ever changing however genesis cards are locked. This is a good thing in my opinion is they always have a chance to join the meta as well as have staying power even when certain cards are nerfed. When looking at these cards, I tried to use some general principles on god type. War is generally an aggro or mid range type so a high mana card is unlikely to see much playing time. Light and Nature on the other hand can do mid to late range games and so higher mana cards are more viable in my opinion.
Cost
As you will see below, all these cards are currently below what you might call a pegged value. By that I mean that the current shadow price for the same card x 5 is less than the cost of a gold card currently. Therefore, the upside potential is automatically there given this fact. That is not taking into account a natural adoption of this game into more mainstream gamers and overall player growth.
Now that we have a few general guidelines covered, let us get to the three common Genesis cards I landed on for great investment potential in my opinion. As always, this is not financial advice.
Trap door assassin
The assassin is a great addition to an aggro deception deck especially with a hidden focus. This strategy has really had it's time in the meta periodically over the past year and see it continuing to have a place especially for budget players. Four damage that is almost guaranteed to hit the opponent's face is a great way to start a game. This gold card is currently valued at 3.50. However, the shadow card combined value is 4.30. This means there is a 70 cent upside baked into the card.
Sharpen
War is known for relics and high damage to face in terms of play style. The sharpen card plays right into this giving heavy attack damage in the early to mid game. I do not see this card ever falling out of a playable card for war in most styles. The card value is currently at 17.23. The shadow card combined value is at over 20 dollars lending a more than 3 dollar profit already placed in.
Black Rhino
Nature has a great mid range deck with high damage creatures that eat up the board and is easy to play for new players early on. The black rhino is a beast of a card lending either a high damage monster or frontline protect. The versatility is great based on where you are at in the game and be a game changing card in my opinion. Current gold value is at 9.04 while the combined shadow is at 9.10. The close proximity for this card I thinks speaks to the playability and desire for the card compared to the others.
Hopefully you enjoyed this article looking at some future investment grade cards that are also very usable for their respective Gods. As we continue through this bear market, the opportunity is there to scoop up some of these cards on a discount and believe they will reap great rewards in the future as the game gains in popularity as well as NFT gaming in general.
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