A Penny Saved, An Exchange Earned

14 Aug
by Ryan Cole

Hi everybody! Penny pincher here again with a fresh haul from the Premium back rooms here at MTGStocks. I even have a new one for you, which doesn’t happen often! 

I don’t have much time before someone notices they’re gone, so I’ll get right into it!

An Angel and a Vampire Walk Into a Bar…

Man, Drana and Linvala from March of the Machine sure seemed like it actually could be a joke card for an Un-set, but boy does this card not mess around. Locking your opponents out of their own activated abilities while stealing them for yourself, this card packs a good punch for only four mana.

But it’s very low in price! For only about $2 you can snag up a copy and wait out this newer card’s growth as the players figure out where it belongs. Yeah, it could still go even further down, but if it does, the $2 dip in your wallet shouldn’t be minded much.

More Like Cultural Appropriation…

From all the way back in Odyssey block we have Cultural Exchange. This one is for more of a gimmicky player than I, but I can definitely say I see its value! Six mana and two target players exchange permanents as chosen by the caster. The ensuing chaos reminds me of a game I played with Naked Singularity involved, and that is a memory that makes my brain fold over and crawl away.

For just under $5 any of you who would like to have this sort of quirky interaction in your games of Commander can do so! Just watch out for the guy who flips tables, he probably won’t be happy. As well, for those who just wish to grow their penny stock portfolio, this one may go the distance.

Alright everybody, I really and truly hope that you’ve enjoyed this and all the other articles here on MTGStocks, and if you haven’t had the chance to sign up for the premium version then I hope you head back to that part of the site and do that as well! Before we had people lining up to use the site I had to do this search and recover stuff in the dark, and I don’t wanna go back to that! Oops, I hear someone coming! Later everyone, see you soon for another one!!

Drana and Linvala
Cultural Exchange

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Ryan Cole

Ryan Cole

Ryan Cole lives in Canton, Ohio with his new wife Julia. He began playing magic in 1995 with cards he bought with money he found odd jobs for, just to play the game. At 35 he is happy at home and living as full a life as is possible. He is starting a career in freelance writing and works as a cook while he pursues that dream.


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