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Cross-trade, Power Box-Power Up

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/06/11

We discuss the rumors that there has or will be an entire month spent on re-shoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Michael got bored enough to download Bunt and Huddle (not Kick, of course), and gets his first taste of cross-trading. Ok, maybe it's not bored as much as deflated from still being unable to obtain the 1-count Mustafar Poggle. Rhett talks up the orange and insert load-up from the Power Box. And somehow, somehow, we still have more to say about manatees.

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Cosplay, 1-Count Poggle

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/06/04

We have a pairing suggesting for today's episode, enjoy it with a 2010 Riesling. Michael and Rhett start off discussing some of their cosplay exploits, to varying degrees of success and notoriety. We talk about ways to get trades going: being proactive vs. advertising and letting them come in. Via Bunt, we also discuss rewards for completing sets, or the lack thereof. Michael discusses his woes in trying to obtain the 1-count Poggle base variant. Rhett critiques a symphony concert featuring a

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Lowest Count Base Variants

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/05/27

Tune in to find out: which of our hosts was next to sustain a head injury by walking into a stationary structure? Which was better:Air Wolf or Blue Thunder? Also, some SWCT...we discuss the market for the single-digit count base variants, and especially the one count. We also talk a little The Walking Dead Card Trader, and an old Commodore 64/Apple II/DOS game that brings back memories for Rhett: Below the Root. Rhett, you can play online here, but it probably won't have the colors you remember. I'm

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Hyperspace base, things for a dollar

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/05/21

What would you buy for a dollar? Rhett discusses how he'll buy anything for a dollar, a pricing weak point of his that can and has been exploited in various situations. Dollar stores are obviously his financial kryptonite, and he at least knows to avoid them. We also discuss what if anything could be done with the Smugglers Den mechanic to improve the ability to do things like meld multiple cards at once, to make things easier in the situation of having hundreds of cards to meld, like the hyperspace

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8-bit & Manatees

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/05/12

Happy Cinco De Mayo! We wanted to wait for a more Star Wars-specific date to drop this episode, but there didn't seem to be one, at least near the beginning of May, so we'll use this episode to celebrate something at least. Michael has said that these notes should not limit the episode in getting out in a timely fashion. So rather than withhold this one any further by typing about what you'll hear, we'll get it into your ears. At some point the 8-bit set is definitely discussed. As well as

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Large Sets, New Sets, & Fever Dreams

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/04/23

Michael is under the weather this week, but joins us anyway, and hangs in there like the professional he is. He may even remember some of the discussion! We keep circling back to weather the 80 card Jedi Legacy set is the largest set ever in the app (spoiler alert: No). Hope y'all have had a good week, and happy trading! Here's the airline brochure referenced in the episode: I feel like we got gypped by ending up on the 777 pic.twitter.com/jJD6th1pjD — Tom McGrath (@TCMcG) April 18, 2016 And,

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Celeb-Rey-tion

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/04/16

By the time we released last week's episode, Michael's observation that Rey fervor seemed to be dying down was already hilariously proven wrong even by our standards of mis-calls, and the 3-day celebration was just ramping up. We'd also talked about how red and blue base didn't seem to have quite the same demand with prospecting...oops. What will we have gotten wrong this week? Tune in and find out! As a special warning, in the post-show we manage to get derailed talking about breakfast cereal; you

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New Sets Galore: TFA: Portraits, TFA: Classic Art,...

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/04/09

Plenty of cards to talk about this week as we've had a number of sets drop. We round them up, from TFA: Portraits, Geo-Linear, to the ones that have kept the good ol' tradable mechanic, like TFA: Classic Art. We also discuss the rumored "gold rush" potentially happening Sunday, so if you're a prospector, make sure you get those counts up to 100. Have a great week, and thanks as always for listening!

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Untradable

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/04/02

This week we spend a surprising amount of time actually talking about SWCT...the main topic: the influx of new cards that are dropping as Untradable. Why? We can't get our heads around it completely. We discuss it in relation to the "1 pull per account" mechanic as well, and are of different opinions over how they affect things. Other discussion highlights: "Selling out a base card"; good-bye Rancor. And Rhett starts chasing green-gradients...less than 24 hours before a bundle goes on sale with all

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Special Mini Episode!

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/03/22

Every once in a while, something so noteworthy happens in the app that we just can't get our heads around it. The mini base cards certainly put us there. We headed straight to the Illuminerdy studios and hashed it out in an appropriately shorter-than-usual mini-episode. Michael doesn't pull punches, taking a strong stand against this set. "For the sake of the many, don't buy mini", even overturning his long-standing assertion that whatever variant Topps will release with Poggle on it, he will buy,

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A Year in SWCT, Sending 500 Blind Trades (to 7 people)

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/03/19

Happy Birthday SWCT! This week we talk about: Vote in Star Wars Podcast Awards if you haven't! We're in New Show, Trade Fed is in Collecting. Polls open through 3/24 Michael's ease in resolving a multi-hundred blind trade bug (thanks Rhett and #WalkForTheFix!) Revisited fun Sneaking variants in base trades: Futility of flipping over cards in the trade offer Pi day in SWCT vs. other Topps Digital apps Primes Dejarik - we like this set Meditation Chamber card count update Djas Puhr found! Apparently

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Rhett's Login Woes, SWCT/Virgin Galactic Promotion

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/03/10

This episode includes talk including, but certainly not limited to: - Rhett's technical problems...deleted the app and redownloaded, then locked out for 24 hours. He used to care a little that this was a problem, now he really does. #WalkForTheFix - Vote for us and others, best new Star Wars Podcast of 2015 - Poggle hoarding with JB1127 - Discussing Virgin Galactic promotion - New sets: Grafitti Splatter & its mechanic, Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Galactic Ships, Star Wars Card Trader:

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Election Coverage - Poggle vs Amedda in FC Showdown

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/03/04

Yes, we're back. Back again. I can't think of any bigger election news this week than the Fan's Choice voice. Star Wars Podcast Award-nominee Michael Nipp gives us a behind the scenes look at the ups and downs in an exciting election day. We also touch on the 7-day Prospecting chase, discuss new sets and the ever-expanding rainbow of variants. Enjoy!

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Hoarding, Gorging, and Prospecting

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/02/21

In this exciting episode we discuss: The loss of a first attempt at the episode this week. How Lifetime Network's Christmas movie Comfort and Joystarring The Facts of Life'sNancy McKeon stacks up against It's a Wonderful Life. That the Meditation Chamber card seems to be part of the Pack Insert set...good luck to those completing it. A possible "Life and Times of Qui Gon Jinn" set as a series of scenes depicting events in his life set in idyllic 1950's Americana, painted in the style of Norman

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Marathons-for-Money, and...White base-for-Money?!

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/02/12

If you enjoy listening, and you're reading this on or before Feb. 16, consider nominating us at starwarspodcastawards.com: direct link to nomination form here! Big thanks to those who sent Jan Dodonna and info on why a card may not show up in your collection even if you trade for it. We also discuss the opposite problem, where a card does seem to be in the collection, but is not actually there, and has cost people awards cards. Frustrating to say the least...it's one thing to hem and haw about how

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Marathon Awards, Fashion, and Cards You Have But...

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/02/04

Another week in SWCT-land and we have a couple of new sets to talk about for the first time in a while. There's also a couple of new base variants, but only one costs money outright; the gold Qui Gon shows up for those who've gotten a decent start on hoarding. Also, we explore the "can't see them but they're there" phenomenon of cards you don't appear to have (in my case, a couple of series 1 white base cards), even when accepting trades for them and observing that the total collection card count

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The Fur Flies: Ewok Relics, Kittens, New Pinks, and more

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/01/28

When the cat's away, the Ewok's will play. Or maybe the opposite. No new SWCT sets this week, but we do have a new kind of card, and they started with a fun one; no digital piece of cloth here, we get real, actual digital fur. I'd like to see Kitten Cards do that! No really, I think that would be great if there were digital kitten fur relics. And be reassured that the fur was obtained in ethically humane ways. Some one collecting little digital fur balls, no doubt. Otherwise, we have a new variant;

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Kitten Cards, Silver Variants, Safety Warning

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/01/21

In this ground-breaking episode we touch on: Hypoallergenic kitten breeds (both Russian) More appreciation for the community #OneInThePackTurnYoBack efforts Monuments Silver variants ParmThePom's essay on improving pay-to-play in the app What's notable about General Madine Marathons in the 5K pack Important public safety announcement: After two reports of near-accidents from listeners while driving (due to either laughter, sleep, or abhorrence; circumstances not clear), we must recommend not

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Topps Razor, The Most Limited Variant of 2016, Q and A

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/01/14

"The dumbest, most awful thing possible is the most likely scenario." - Topps Razor Well this is a packed episode. We cover, and not necessarily in this order: - Pulling a faction card vs. winning the lottery (as we recorded there was only one reported winner) - The brilliant community work in spreading the "1 in the pack? Turn yo' back!" message - How will Series 3/TFA Series 1 be rolled out? - Rhett coins "Topps Razor" - Teals: The "most limited variant of 2016"! - Pink chases, monument chases -

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Michael's Poggle Rainbow and: One in the Pack? Turn...

Card Trader Illuminerdy ·

2016/01/08

It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon...I mean, in SWCT...although even as I type this there are new things percolating. The bold made prediction in this episode for seeing some actual base series 3 already may be coming true. In the meantime, enjoy this episode where Michael opens up about the risks he took to complete his rainbow of Poggle the Lesser cards, and Tommy steps up on the soap box to decry marathons selling out shortly before the next one drops. Look, people, let's work together

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