Weekly Winners 2020 - 25

Prices are everywhere because of Jumpstart spoiler season! Some really interesting cards for both competitive and casual play have been spoiled. Just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll tell you which card will be the talk of the Discord-server tonight!

 

#1 Workhorse $19.72 (+876%)

 

This Exodus rare spiked overnight from $2.14 to almost $20! Since we're in the middle of spoiler season for Jumpstart, it is no surprise that a new card was spoiled that interacts with Workhorse. In this case the reason is Emiel the Blessed.

With Emiel's ability we can flicker Workhorse for , which we can pay by removing 3 counters from Workhorse, leading to infinite enter the battlefield triggers. You can see how this is easy to abuse. If we are able to buff the horse with a Glorious Anthem we also have an infinite mana combo.

We can create another infinite "enter the battlefield" loop with cards like Brood Monitor, or we can create infinite mana with Palinchron or Peregrine Drake. In multiplayer games we can often also create this loop with Dockside Extortionist, but this is not necessarily guaranteed of course.

Palinchron	CardKingdom $37.99	TCGPlayer $31.82
Peregrine Drake	CardKingdom $1.29	TCGPlayer $0.85
Workhorse	CardKingdom $4.49	TCGPlayer $19.72
Dockside Extortionist	CardKingdom $34.99	TCGPlayer $29.99
Glorious Anthem	CardKingdom $0.49	TCGPlayer $0.56

 

#2 Bottomless Pit $5.00 (+826%)

 

Another spike because of a new Jumpstart spoiler. This time the reason is Tinybones, Trinket Thief, a card expected to see a lot of commander play in the future. The card seems so hyped and popular that it is preselling for between $60 and $70. I'm pretty sure you can spot the interaction between Bottomless Pit and Tinybones. Every turn, if one of your opponents has discarded a card, you get to draw a card and lose 1 life. This means that with Bottomless Pit you get to draw an extra card every turn while letting your opponents discard cards at random. If you manage to get your opponent(s) empty handed you can let each of them lose 10 life for .

Because of the new Legendary creature we also see cards like Words of Waste moving, especially the foil versions. This has also happened to Necrogen Mists, Anvil of Bogardan, and Oppression.

Necrogen Mists	CardKingdom $3.99	TCGPlayer $4.00
Words of Waste	CardKingdom $3.99	TCGPlayer $5.49
Bottomless Pit	CardKingdom $0.69	TCGPlayer $5.00
Anvil of Bogardan	CardKingdom $19.99	TCGPlayer $39.99
Oppression	CardKingdom $6.49	TCGPlayer $7.18
Tinybones, Trinket Thief	CardKingdom $3.99	TCGPlayer $67.48

 

#3 Oath of Ghouls $6.83 (+221%)

 

Oath of Ghouls showed up in a MTGO Legacy challenge this week in a spicy Maverick build. It seems to be a build made the grind the opponents out, and Oath of Ghouls is an important part of that strategy. The build assumes it will have more creatures in its graveyard than the opponent netting an extra creature card from your graveyard each turn.

When I first saw "Oath" appear my first thought went to Oath of Druids, which is of course banned in Legacy. Oath of Ghouls may not be on the same power level as Druids, but sure is an underrated card. It also being on the reserved list, makes sure there won't be any new copies added to the supply.

 

Cheap Pickups

Please note: for our 'record low' we consider the price of the card over the past 7 years. Many cards have been even cheaper (a) decade(s) ago. Also note: some cards are still going down, and might be even cheaper pickups next week.

 

True-Name Nemesis $8.97 - Record low and trending down

 

Oblivion Stone $5.25 - Record low and bottoming out

 

Vendilion Clique $14.15 - Record low and bottoming out

 

Grim Tutor $27.09 - Considering the only printing was over $200 recently

 

True-Name Nemesis	CardKingdom $8.99	TCGPlayer $8.97
Oblivion Stone	CardKingdom $6.49	TCGPlayer $5.25
Vendilion Clique	CardKingdom $11.99	TCGPlayer $14.15