Cards to Watch from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
What I see as the biggest issue is that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are somewhat more obscured from pop culture, but still have a rather extensive history, which is portrayed through many different art styles. In regard to whether this is a faithful representation of the heroes in a half shell, I can’t tell you with all honesty. However, for judging whether these are decent Magic cards that may or may not see play or a rise in value, I’m your guy.
Resleeving All Rats
Starting off with the bonus cards, there are definitely some choices given here that I didn’t anticipate seeing. In this case, this is definitely a good thing as the chase cards are better than some random, obscure playable that got printed 20 years ago.
The big one is a
All comments on visuals aside, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm was well on its way to go from $80 to $100, perhaps due to the anticipation of this set. But now with a functional reprint, I see the price going back toward the $70 range between the two copies, and hopefully, we can see some more effective reprintings further down the line.
A common joke I hear is the Universes Beyond Masters set coming down the line at some point. I think Jumpstart Masters, combining some of the high points from these products, would be much easier to arrange.
Two additional cards from the bonus sheet to keep an eye on are
For the Doubling Season, pick up your cheaper copies where you can, as there will be a marginal decrease in price following two weeks of release. All Will Be One, if opened, should be sold sooner rather than later. The card is primed for more reprintings or treatments further down the line. Otherwise, it's still a little bit too expensive to be a promising long-term speculation.
Fighting on Favored Terrain
The Commander product has surprised me a bit, given the effort that someone at Wizards went through making sure there was a functional five-color mana base. The lands included in the Turtle Power! deck is nothing short of a money printing machine going BRRRrrrr.
Pardon the joke here, but the lands are just that good. With both battle and bond lands being included in the deck, as well as
Other notables from this deck include
No matter how I slice it, this reads like an above-rate protection spell that carries 35-40% of power in comparison to Teferi’s Protection. Price-wise, it will likely start low, with many of these decks being opened for the context. After 1-2 months, I can see Continue? bouncing back into the $5-10 range with a slightly higher ceiling in two years.
Mutations and Munitions
There is a bit of traction caused by the mythics in the main set so far which is pretty standard as far as prerelease prices are concerned. Most of the hype cards will fall in price completely sooner rather than later. For an example, I want to take a look at the current financial point of interest,
By itself, Super Shredder is a build-around card requiring permanents to be churning through the battlefield. Could it grow quickly and efficiently by itself, provide an immediate impact to the board, prevent some kind of interaction, or require immediate removal? No. Super Shredder is a rather flat legend which needs more work than it’s worth. Currently, the Standard Meta is occupied by Izzet Lessons, Mono-Green Landfall, and Dimir Midrange/ Combo. None of these decks really grind through permanents that quickly, so Standard is out of the question.
Modern has its own slew of decks, which again are a little bit too quick and more resilient to single threats. With that, Super Shredder may be more of a Commander card, but there are still better options for that type of Aristocrat deck, like
A brief mention of
Many MTG Players Ask
Personally, I’m still of the opinion that if you don’t like something that Wizards ships out, you aren’t missing out. There are so many products being introduced almost every month that it's nearly impossible to keep up. Select whatever you actually want, have a bit of fun speculating, or just wait a month till we are back on Strixhaven. The choice is always yours and doesn’t always need to be the same.
Join me again next time as we are due for another Secret Lair Commander release.
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Matt Grzechnik
Matt Grzechnik started playing Magic with the release of Dragon's Maze. Since then he has tried and experimented with all of the formats before discovering his love for EDH and Pauper. Piloting the same Jund deck for the last 10 years, he now tries to both understand and break Sealed as a format.