Do People Still Care About Tarmogoyf?
Welcome back to another edition of Variant Vault, where I organize Magic: the Gathering card variants by price from most to least expensive to determine which variant is best for you. Today I’ll be focusing on the once tyrant of Modern,
Tarmogoyf has crept out of Modern, and its astronomical price tag, as more powerful cards have been made since its original printing in 2007. But does this keystone of competitive Magic and its variants still excite players and the market, or has this legend gone the way of the
The Lists
Tarmogoyf has 15 total variants across all of its printings. All prices used were gathered from the MTGStocks price database as of 12/12/2023. The full list of all these variants by price can be found below, in order from most to least expensive.
Tarmogoyf Variant Prices:
| Foil | Non-Foil |
| Future Sight (3494): $294.49 | Future Sight (3494): $31.42 |
| 30th Anniversary Promo (Japanese Language) (94819): $59.98 (Prices don’t show on MTGStocks so I gathered an average based on various marketplaces.) | The List (Future Sight Printing) (64137): $14.39 |
| Extended Art Box Topper (47160): $54.93 | Modern Masters (20848): $11.71 |
| Modern Masters (20848): $50.00 | Ultimate Masters (42400): $10.07 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (33484): $22.99 | Modern Masters 2017 (33484): $9.63 |
| Ultimate Masters (42400): $22.04 | Modern Masters 2015 (28139): $9.29 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (60501): $18.15 | Time Spiral Remastered (60501): $8.22 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (28139): $17.99 |
Most Collectible Variants
The most collectible variant of Tarmogoyf based solely on price is the
While Tarmogoyf has been reprinted with this future frame,
But are Future Sight foil copies of Tarmogoyf actually selling at that price? Based on market data gathered from TCGPlayer, about 1-2 copies of this printing sell each month. So while not a regular transaction, people are buying it. It appears that the old Lhurgoyf still has some legs to stand on and love from players and the market, and that’s just for this one variant. I know at my local game store there was a lot of excitement surrounding the possibility of getting a flashy promo Tarmogoyf at the
What about the floor for getting your hands on some Tarmogoyfs?
Most Affordable Variants
The cheapest variant of Tarmogoyf is the
Jund Them Out
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Further Reading:
Max Kennel started playing Magic with the release of Shadows Over Innistrad. His primary formats of play are EDH and Limited. Outside of Magic, Max can be found writing all sorts of stuff from prose, to film, to plays such as The Story of Jimmy Kaplingus. His favorite commander deck at the moment is his Mono-Black Artifact/Aristocrats deck with Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist at the helm.
