Weekly Winners (32)

07 Aug
by Peter

This week I'm back with the weekly winners. Please enjoy!


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#1 Goblin Rabblemaster +308% ($3.51) 

Goblin Rabblemaster

Goblin Rabblemaster has spiked this week due to three factors:

1. The card sees play in the standard deck 'Red Deck Wins'

2. There is speculation the card could be used in Modern as well

3. Speculators jumped the bandwagon

 

In 'Red deck Wins' Goblin Rabblemaster fills a 3 mana slot; it's agressive, it's pumped by other attacking goblins and you get a free token every upkeep. The downside is that you can't keep them home to block an incoming threat, so this card works best if you already have the upper hand. If you do, dropping this guy can swing the game completely to your advantage.

As new cards are printed, they are surely tested in any format that might support them. We have no modern decks on file (paper or MTGO) that run Goblin Rabblemaster. But there is some discussion about the card. It probably won't cut it, because of the better 3-drop goblins that are available in Modern.

Speculators saw Goblin Rabblemaster gaining in value and decided to buy it out. Not completely, there is enough stock as of yet. But enough copies were taken of the market to inflate the price on this card.

 

 

 

#2 Legion Loyalist +85% ($5.50)  

Legion Loyalist

 

Legion Loyalist spiked because of the same exact reason as Goblin Rabblemaster. They form a good pair in the deck. Rabblemaster pops out a token every turn which helps to trigger Legion Loyalist's battalion ability.

 

#3 Sliver Overlord +62.4%  (since july 30th) ($18.44)  

Sliver Overlord

 

Sliver Overlord is the surprise of the week! The price increase on this one was not forseen by the finance community and raised quite some eybrows as it did start rising.

In EDH Sliver Overlord is a commander. Check out this nice primer to learn more about it.

I don't know for sure why this card gained value. It might have something to do with the printing of new slivers in M15. But M14 featured slivers as well, but that time it didn't affect the price. If someone has an insight, please share!

 

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