Spoilers for are now really taking off and we see a lot of price fluctuations because of it. Some new combos and new interactions that will make sure people start brewing new decks. And we also have a price spike because of a leaked card from . An exciting week with lots of movement!
Like every week, just in time for FNM, I'll now tell you about the cards that will be the talk of the town tonight!
Come discuss this week's price movements with us on Reddit.
#1 $15.99 (+1311%)
This rare from just spiked since today and is all because a new "lord" was printed for Mercenaries, Assassins, and Rogues. Mari, the Killing Quill was just revealed and this immediately led to a buyout of this rather strong Elf Assassin.
Besides this there is not a lot to report at this time. Keep in mind that this is the initial spike of people scooping up the card quickly, so don't expect this price to stick. A lot of people are also talking about the synergy with , since Mari is giving you additional ways to get creatures with hit counters exiled. I do expect this card to move up as well in the short term.
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#2 $16.08 (+1311%)
Wow, that's quite the spike. Going up with over 1300% we see moving towards a quite higher price tag. This Demon used to be about $1.20 on average and has shot up. has quite some text and also quite the ability. When it deals combat damage to a player, you have to sacrifice all other permanents you control and discard your hand. Then you exile the top six cards of your library and may cast any number of nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs. So you'll end up with no permanents (other than the demon), no cards in your hand, and you are at the mercy of the top six cards of your library. Any lands from among them are useless and will remain exiled.
So what's up? As you know the spoilers of has started and the first cards from are also known. But sometimes, and nowadays more often than not, some cards are leaked before they are officially spoiled. This is sort-of what happened here, but not exactly. People quickly jump on the band wagon to buy out a card and try to make a few bucks. This card was not officially spoiled yet, but was rather found on images on the backs of the commander decks. So while it is not exactly a leak, it wasn't officially spoiled yet. So because of that I will not show the card in the article, because some people don't want to know until the official spoiling. I will however link the card, mention the name, and discuss the abilities in the next paragraph. So if you don't want to know, skip it.
SPOILER ALERT: I AM NOW GOING TO DISCUSS THE NOT OFFICIALLY SPOILED CARD. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW I SUGGEST YOU SKIP TO THE NEXT WINNER
The card that was found on the back of the commander set of is called The Beamtown Bullies and is an new Jund Legendary Creature with vigilance and haste. It comes with the following ability:
T: Target opponent whose turn it is puts target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard onto the battlefield under their control. It gains haste. Goad it. At the beginning of the next end step, exile it.
So when you tap it, you are forcing your opponent to reanimate a nonlegendary creature from your own graveyard. That creature gains haste and its goaded. Goad is a keyword that forces a creature to attack a player other than you (if it can). So you can probably see the interaction here with : you force your opponent to reanimate it, you force your opponent to attack a different player, and when it deals combat damage the player who then controls the demon has to sacrifice everything. And because of the Beamtown Bullies' ability, at the end of the turn will be exiled.
This basically works with more creatures that have a negative ability and we do see creatures like , , , , and move up as well. From these cards we can also find a few in this week's interests:
- going up with 393% to $7.00
- going up with 328% to $5.99
- going up with 235% to $9.99
- going up with 187% to $2.84
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#3 $3.99 (+191%)
The for Planeswalkers! In my opinion it was just a matter of time before this card would be noticed and be good. Being able to flash in a planeswalker for only would become good at some point. The reason for it going up is the printing of in and can win you the game on the spot with a combo. How does this combo work?
- Make sure you have on the battlefield.
- Sneak in .
- Use the +2 ability to sacrifice a creature and search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. In this case you sacrifice the Accomplice, so you search your library for .
- comes into play. Flicker , meaning you can use her ability a second time.
- Sacrifice to Vivien's +2 and find . Return and flicker Vivien again.
- Sacrifice to Vivien's +2 and find .
- Copy with Kiki, and return to the battlefield. Flicker .
- Make a bazillion s with by copying it a bazillion times with Kiki and flickering Kiki.
- Attack with your bazillion hasty s
The and combo is not new and has been done before. Also the combo with and is already well known.
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#4 $10.80 (+254%)
I don't think is new to anyone who knows a bit about combos. It already has infinite combo's with cards like , , , and for example. And these are only same two-card combo instance where goes infinite one way or another. There are plenty more three-card combos with this Elf involved.
However this week we can add another two-card combo to the list that can generate infinite mana. This combo comes with the printing of that is printed in . When you equip this weapon to you can create infinite mana since you can keep adding -1/-1 counters on the Elf indefinitely while the equipment is attached to it and thus generating infinite mana. So what do we do with infinite mana? Probably we can just win with some other card involved (basically making it a three-card win combo). Or maybe you don't need the mana and just use to ping your opponents to death.
The up side of this combo above most others is that you don't need an additional color to pull this off. A colorless equipment slots right in any deck that already plays .
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Cheap Pickups
Please note: for our 'record low' we consider the price of the card over the past 7 years. Many cards have been even cheaper (a) decade(s) ago. Also note: some cards are still going down, and might be even cheaper pickups next week.
$1.25 - Moving up!
has been identified by the MTGStocks Premium Penny Stocks feature as a card that has bottomed for a bit but is now starting an uptrend.
$5.42 - Slowly trending down
$13.99 - Slowly trending down
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