Not unsurpsingly Lorwyn Eclipsed is making the market move. And just like last week it mainly seems to come from the precons which seems to be very popular.
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!
This Elemental Beast from Commander 2014 has gone to the moon because of the Lorwyn Eclipsed previews. Back in December, near-mint copies were selling for under thirty cents with minimal demand. But it's been moving over the holidays as players recognized its value as an upgrade to the Dance of the Elements precon which we also discussed last week.
Grave Sifter lets each player choose a creature type and return any number of cards of that type from their graveyard to their hand when it enters. In a typal deck, you get back every creature in your graveyard. And while your opponents get to do the same thing, it mainly benefits them if they also play a full typal build, otherwise they typically only recover one or two cards.
The card has been showing up before in Commander, like in Slinza, the Spiked Stampede decks, but other than that doesn't see a whole lot of play. The high mana cost and symmetrical effect likely kept players away, but focused typal decks have no trouble breaking the symmetry in their favor. Elementals in particular benefit since the deck naturally fills the graveyard with relevant creatures.
Supply is low across both printings now. Whether this spike sustains itself depends on how popular Dance of the Elements becomes and whether players start playing Grave Sifter in other typal strategies beyond Elementals. Frankly, I don't see this card carying a price this high. It seems like it's a matter of time for people to dig it out of their bulk boxes and the price comes down again.
| Grave Sifter | | |
| Grave Sifter | | |
| Slinza, the Spiked Stampede | | |
Rolling into relevance this week is Rumbleweed from Commander: Outlaws of Thunder Junction. This massive Plant Elemental has been going up as players discover its synergies with the new Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander precons. What makes this card particularly interesting is its cost reduction ability. You can potentially cast a 12-mana creature for next to nothing if you've been filling your graveyard with lands. Add vigilance, reach, and trample to an 8/8 body, and you've got a solid creature even before the enters trigger.
The spike comes down to two new commanders from Dance of the Elements. Ashling, the Limitless turns Rumbleweed into a powerhouse by letting you evoke it for four mana (or less with the cost reduction), then copying it when it dies. That's a +6/+6 buff for your board for potentially zero mana. Mass of Mysteries might be even more overpowered. With myriad you're putting multiple Rumbleweed into play, stacking those +3/+3 buffs resulting in a pretty powerful board.
Where it used to sit around twenty-five cents, it's now tumbled its way to about six dollars. With only a single precon printing, the supply isn't large enough to keep up with the surge in demand. The extended art version is still a little cheaper, but both printings are showing the same movement.
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| Rumbleweed (Extended Art) | | |
This three-mana Spider from Hour of Devastation has been climbing lately, and while there's plenty of -1/-1 counter synergy in Lorwyn Eclipsed, the spike mainly seems to come from the Blight Curse precon. The card already saw some play in Spider typal lists with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, but it never really took off. The combination of reach, -1/-1 counters, and life drain on a 1/4 makes it a good fit for the precon's strategy.
What makes Obelisk Spider shine in Blight Curse is how easy it is to trigger. The precon is full of blight and wither effects, and since the Spider doesn't care whether counters go on your creatures or your opponents', you're draining life all the time. Beyond the straightforward value, there's some real combo potential here too. Pair it with Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and you've got a powerful engine that offsets Yawgmoth's life loss.
Copies were selling for below fifty cents last week, but they've now shot up significantly as players rush to upgrade their new precons. With only the original Hour of Devastation printing and a more expensive The List version available, supply has been drying up fast.
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| Obelisk Spider | | |
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.
Apex Altisaur has been identified by the MTGStocks Premium Penny Stocks feature as a card that has reached its bottom and is starting a consistent uptrend.
Tarmogoyf $6.66 - Moving down
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| Godless Shrine | | |
| Tarmogoyf | | |
