Weekly Winners (43)
Today the second installment in your weekly MTG finance update! Just in time for tonight's FNM. Find out now which cards will be the talk of the town tonight.
By Peter
@MTGPeter
#1 Pack Rat (+367.2% | $3)
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It seems like the magic community is literally on this card like a pack of rats. Or wolves for that matter.
For those of you who missed GP Louisville, the winner of the tournament was Brian Braun-Duin with a mono-black deck. And you'll never guess, his deck featured
Brain-Duin thanked his top placement to
"One of the biggest cards to aid Braun-Duin on his path to the title was Pack Rat. Renowned for its power in Return to Ravnica Limited, Braun-Duin showed that Pack Rat is still a thing using it to overrun opponents in both the quarterfinals and finals. Underworld Connections provided the engine behind the deck, allowing Braun-Duin to maintain a constant stream of cards to feed his ever-growing army of Rats."
Interesting to note is that the card skyrocketed in percentage, but not as much in it's total price. This is due to the fact that his deck runs (only) two Pack Rats, which essentially doubles the amount of available cards. Of course this is only partly the truth, because some players will buy a whole playset at once. But still, it's a visible and typical effect.
I expect this card to go up in price even more in the coming weeks. People will start experimenting with the amount of Pack Rat in their decks. When the first decks start appearing which run 3 or 4 of the card, people will start netdecking that. In my opinion still a good pickup even after this price jump.
#2 Underworld Connections (+115,5% | $2,71)
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Essentially the same story as
Underworld Connections works as an card advantage engine for the deck and counts toward devotion.
#3 Hero's Downfall (+59,5% | $15)
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This week is a mono-black feast. The third hottest card this week is
The reason this card keeps gaining value is because it's one of the best spot-removal cards in Standard. It's played in a huge number of competitive standard decks. Check out this list of decks, the number behind it shows the number of recent top listed decks running the card:
- Esper Control (67)
- Junk (29)
- BWR Midrange (22)
- Rakdos Midrange (17)
- Orzhov Midrange (10)
- Mono Black (8)
- Rogue (7)
- The Rock (6)
The price of this card reached a platform a few days ago. The whopping $15 can be attributed to the fact that the card is rare AND played in almost any deck that can afford a double B mana cost. Unlike cards like
Some people think that the card won't be able to sustain this price. Theros is the first and biggest set of the block, meaning that its booster packs will be cracked for the coming months, creating an influx of cards. Simple market economics insists that the price will drop. But who knows? It's already baffling that the card is $15 at this time.
More from Peter:
Just like last week, the Commander: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt spoilers are the main factor of influence on the markets this week. There are enough cards spoiled for the brewing to commence and we expect a lot more movement in the coming weeks!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
This week we saw a lot of interesting movement. Most of it caused by Strixhaven spoilers, but the old frame fetchlands spiked as well.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
For the first time since the COVID pandemic hit, our interest page looks like normal for a change! Many (huge) spikes from different sets and eras. I choose to see this as an omen of better times ahead!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Somewhat of an odd week. Not really any spikes that has one really obvious or notable reason and of course still a lot of older cards moving up.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
The most interesting week in a long, long time! Maybe I'm a but biased due to my love for Legacy, but this week that format is the biggest driving factor behind the three weekly winners.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
An interesting week, again driven by old card speculation and EDH. But we also have a special edition of Cheap Pickups, with a new way to look at cards that are (still) cheap pickups, but might go up later.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
A strange and eventful week in the world of finance. Where you'd expect tons of cards to spike due to new brews, we mainly see a new hausse of reserved list cards being bought out. And also non-reserved list cards that happen to be MTG classics.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Kaldheim is ready for release! The coming weeks will be filled with new brews, gameplay and strategy. This week marks the end of this spoiler season, with some interesting movers to report on.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
Kaldheim spoilers are full speed upon us! There has been no shortage of products or spoilers over the past months, but some good old Magic distraction is very welcome!
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
After the Kaldheim leaks, the official spoilers have now begun! And one spoiler in particular makes its mark on the Weekly Winners.
Like every week, just in time for (digital) FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the (digital) town tonight!
