Weekly Winners 2025 - 22
Can you guess which upcoming set is impacting prices again this week? These cards are getting a Phoenix Down revival straight to the moon!
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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Check out our other great content from this week.
Speculating on Upcoming Universes Beyond Sets by Jason Cominetto
Equipment Cards to Pick Up Before Final Fantasy by Steve Heisler
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Onto the Weekly Winners!
#1 Arwen, Mortal Queen $5.04 (+93%)
Tidus can move counters around each combat, and while that may not sound overwhelming with regular +1/+1 counters, it becomes a lot better with keyword counters. Arwen enters with an indestructible counter that can be exchanged for a lifelink counter and a +1/+1 counter. Suddenly, Tidus has multiple counters to play with, giving you a lot of versitility.
But that isn't the full story. Tidus also has proliferate, which can double any counter on a creature, including the indestructible counter. This would open up scenarios like: Arwen enters, getting her indestructible counter, you profilerate to copy it, and then exchange one of them for a +1/+1 and lifelink counter. Rinse and repeat, and you've got yourself an engine to create counters, and having Arwen's indestructible shield ability up.
And while we're on the subject of Universes Beyond creatures that work well with Tidus, let's also give a shout out to
| Arwen, Mortal Queen | ||
| Arwen, Mortal Queen (Extended Art) | ||
| Danny Pink | ||
| Danny Pink (Extended Art) |
#2 Keeper of the Nine Gales $5.93 (+184%)
I must be honest in that I don't think I've ever (actively) seen this card. This rare from
Being able to bounce any permanent is a pretty strong, and pretty rare, ability on a Magic card, so it's no wonder the card works well in the Bird typal decks. And once again, the Final Fantasy sets are the reason for the spike. For the fans out there, the Final Fantasy lore includes the fictional bird species chocobo. Cards like
When we glance over the Interests of last week we see more Birds appearing on there, like
| Keeper of the Nine Gales | ||
| Traveling Chocobo | ||
| Kastral, the Windcrested | ||
| Choco, Seeker of Paradise | ||
| Hermes, Overseer of Elpis |
#3 Tom Bombadil $5.01 (+92%)
More Universes Beyond spikes, and more Lord of the Rings. While the regular print of
As of writing we're counting 29 new Sagas to be released in both the Final Fantasy and its Commander set. Some cards are straight up Sagas, and we have several of them that start out as a different permanent but can be transformed (flipped) into a Saga. Sagas like
That said, it does feel like the rise in price of
| Tom Bombadil | ||
| Tom Bombadil (Showcase Scrolls) | ||
| Tom Bombadil (Showcase) |
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.
Temporal Mastery $4.09 - Moving up!
Dark Depths $2.05 - Stabilizing
Metamorphosis Fanatic $5.99 - Moving down
| Temporal Mastery | ||
| Dark Depths | ||
| Metamorphosis Fanatic |
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.