If you are reading this blog, I am going assume that you enjoy playing the game of Heroclix. So, I will not bore you with why I play.

Define Yourself

This will be the hardest part of this monetary equation. Ask yourself the following question:

Are you a collector that plays or a trader that plays?

A collector must have every piece in the set. This blog post is not for you.

A trader is looking for pieces that they will play. For the traders, I will show a way to possibly make a little money from the game with little capital.

Start or Collection of Pieces from Past Set

First and foremost, talk to players at your local venue. Trust me! We all have hundreds, if not thousands of pieces that we do not play/doubles and want to off load. Now granted, these pieces will not be the best figures in the game, but for a cool $50.00; I’m will to bet that you would be able to obtain 70% for the commons, Uncommon and Rares from the last 4 sets.

So, make a list of the last 4-5 sets and ask around. Before you know it, you will have over a 100 useable pieces.

If you looking for a particular piece, ask your local players first and compare the prices given to the black market (E-Bay); then buy. If players are not selling, then and only then, wait 2-3 months or until a new set release before buying from the black market.

Future Purchases

This is where I make a killing. First, I am lucky! At my venture, we can buy a brick for $100.00. This purchase includes a free midnight release tournament and 3 entries into weekly-held tournaments. If I go half into a purchase of a case, the cost is only $95 and I still get the four free tournaments.

So, I know you are asking—how are you making a killing?

I listen to podcast, read blog postings and spoiler alerts before I purchase a brick; I only buy a brick and only want to collect the common, uncommon and rares from a set.

I make a determination if a prime, super-rare or chase fits my playing style. If it does (most do not) I sell them on the first night or within 24 hours. I do not sell them on E-bay; however, I tap back into the local players and give them a discount on the E-bay price. Normally, first week my prices are: Super-rares/Primes-$30, Chases -$40. So with Wizkids’ current distribution, I will collect about $100 within 24 hours. So, the brick is basically free for me. With the money collected, I refer back to the Start or Collection of Pieces from Past Set section for my missing pieces.

Allow me to give to an example:

In the Trinity War set, I did not pull the following, yet wanted pieces: Batman, Wonder Woman and Tim Hunter. Someone offered to sell all 3 of them to $100 on the first day, The first week, E-bay was selling them for higher. I sold my Zatanna and Black Adam for $60 and Gluttony for$50.00. That was a quick $110.00. I recently purchased Batman ($25), Wonder Woman ($5) and Tim Hunter ($5). So, let’s look at my P and L (profit and loss). Day 1; brick -$95, selling of Figures +$110; four tournaments entries +$20, profit +$35; which I used to later buy the pieces that I wanted for a net zero cost. In these free tournaments and other paid tournaments, I was able to collect and or win the remaining missing common, uncommon and rares from past sets; or in some cases other prizes that were trade bait or quick cash. I took second in a tournament and the prizes were Vampire Wolverine and Batman. I still have the Wolverine, if someone wants it.

To sum this up, I am ahead $355.00 which is used to play in Yu-Gi-Oh! HeroClix: Battle of the Millennium.

I hope that you enjoyed this blog post on How To Play Heroclix and Not Go Broke

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