Weekly Winners 2025 - 17
The Commander unbannings have had a huge effect on prices. So huge that we're doing our first winner a little differently!
Like every week, just in time for FNM, I'll tell you about the Magic: the Gathering cards that'll be the talk of the town tonight! Come discuss this week's price movements with us on Discord.
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Onto the Weekly Winners!
#1 Unbanned Commander Cards
This week's list is going to be a little different than you're used to. The reason is because you probably don't need me to tell you what the biggest winners were the past week. If you've been paying a little attention to the unbanning of cards in the Commander format, you can see why these cards went up. So in this first "winner" we'll simply show you the price chart of the two weeks of these unbanned cards.
But as a little recap, the following cards have been unbanned in the format:
When it comes to these cards coming off the banned list there are probably people for and against it. I don't play Commander to have a truly informed opinion on these unbannings, but I feel that for Braids it was time she got off the list.
The largest spike comes from
| Panoptic Mirror | ||
| Coalition Victory | ||
| Gifts Ungiven | ||
| Sway of the Stars | ||
| Braids, Cabal Minion |
#2 Herd Heirloom $6.41 (+193%)
Have you herd about this latest spike? This mana rock from
Interestingly the card was preselling for between $10 and $12, but fell to under $2 during the official release date. Two-mana rocks exist in all shapes and forms. One of the more common ones is
| Herd Heirloom | ||
| Herd Heirloom (Borderless) |
#3 Lost Monarch of Ifnir $9.28 (+124%)
This Zombie Noble from
Do you still remember
But there's another reason for this card to move up. And that's to upgrade the Sultai Arisen precon from
| Lost Monarch of Ifnir | ||
| Lost Monarch of Ifnir (Extended Art) | ||
| Teval, the Balanced Scale |
Cheap Pickups
Please note: for our 'record low' we consider the price of the card over the past seven years. Many cards were even cheaper (a) decade(s) ago. Also note: some cards are still going down, and might be even cheaper pickups next week.
Sundown Pass $4.89 - Moving up!
Master of Cruelties (Retro Frame) $3.28 - Moving up long term
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove $6.56 - Moving down
| Master of Cruelties (Retro Frame) | ||
| Sundown Pass | ||
| Dryad of the Ilysian Grove |
Arjen
Arjen has been playing Magic since the Ice Age set released. He primarily plays Legacy format and founded MTGStocks over a decade ago when he and his friends wanted to track card prices to purchase singles at optimal times.