Weekly Winners (35)

28 Aug
by Peter

Another slow week, but a new deck popped up, driving up the prices of several Modern cards. Soonce again, I present you the cards that will be the talk of the town tonight.

  

 #1 Cloudstone Curio +172.5% ($15.75) 

Cloudstone Curio

When a top player pilots a brand new deck, this usually leads to high price spikes. And the rise of Cloudstone Curio is due to exact this. Chris van Meter (CVM) played the SCG Charlotte Modern tournament with a new Elf Combo deck. A deck that can drop an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn on turn 2. And pretty reliably too. 

If you want to know how the deck works? Check out this Dech Tech video from SCG (with CVM)

Cloudstone Curio is not just up because of an increase in demand. It was a prime speculation target too. The current price of the card is inflated, so if you have the luxury of time, wait a few days or maybe weeks before picking up your playset.

 

#2 Evolutionary Leap +41.2% ($2.95)

Evolutionary Leap

Yes, Evolutionary Leap is up because of CVM's deck as well. Its price is much lower because of the big supply of the card (it is getting pulled out of booster as you read this). And also because it was not speculated upon like Cloudstone Curio

If the Elves Combo deck really proves itself, Evolutionary Leap could go up some more in value. 

 

#3 Darkness +10% ($5.72) 

Darkness

Darkness is a weird card. It is a black Fog. And it sees play in Modern Ad Nauseam Combo decks. As you might expect, it is a sideboard card. The card is a Time Walk under the right circumstances. Preventing combat damage might grant you that extra turn you need to combo. 

The card is so expensive because it is a (kind of) colorshifted card that did not see a huge print run. For black, it is a unique card. And when it is a card that sees play in sideboards (sometimes as a 3-off) that means real demand. So prices go up.

 

Cheap Pickups

 

Dromoka's Command

Dromoka's Command

 

Siege Rhino

Siege Rhino

 

Stoke the Flames

Stoke the Flames

 

 Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

 

Languish

Languish

 

Remand

Remand

 

Dig Through Time

Dig Through Time

 

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