With the recent release of Innistrad: Crimson Vow, we thought it’d be cool to look back at some of the past Innistrad sets to see what’s hot and what’s not price wise. Let’s take trip down memory lane and see what’s the 10 most expensive cards from Avacyn Restored.
10. Descendants’ Path
Number 10 is Descendants’ Path
Descendants’ PathAt the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast it, put it on the bottom of your library.. My guess is that this came up in price a bit to over take some more notable cards like Dead-Eye Navigator
Dead-Eye NavigatorSoulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{1}{U}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control." because it’s great for Tribal decks, like Werewolves.
9. Reforge the Soul
Number 9 is Reforge the Soul
Reforge the SoulEach player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Miracle {1}{R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.). This card saw a price spike back in June, but has been holding steady due to it’s inclusion in the Modern Goblin Charbelcher
Goblin Charbelcher{3}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. This artifact deals damage equal to the number of nonland cards revealed this way to any target. If the revealed land card was a Mountain, this artifact deals double that damage instead. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order. deck that has been making the rounds.
8. Griselbrand
Next up at Number 8 is Griselbrand
GriselbrandFlying, lifelink
Pay 7 life: Draw seven cards.. This crazy boss monster is a key reanimation target for Legacy, and Through the Breach
Through the BreachYou may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Splice onto Arcane {2}{R}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.) / Goryo’s Vengeance
Goryo’s VengeanceReturn target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Splice onto Arcane {2}{B} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.) decks in Modern. It’s a must kill threat that is a near guaranteed source of card advantage.
7. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Number 7 is Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Gisela, Blade of GoldnightFlying, first strike
If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.
If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.. This is another great commander card that goes in Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the VastFlying
Whenever Kaalia attacks an opponent, you may put an Angel, Demon, or Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent. as a way to kill an opponent potentially out of nowhere. She’s also is a popular Boros commander on her own.
6. Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Number 6 on our list is Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage+1: Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
−2: Draw a card for each tapped creature target player controls.
−8: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you may return it to your hand.". Once a powerful control planeswalker, Tamiyo is now show up in various super friends and control commander decks. The biggest one that we see this in is Atraxa, Praetor’s Voice
Atraxa, Praetor’s VoiceFlying, vigilance, deathtouch, lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.), where you can get her loyalty counters up past the ultimate point and can utilize it to the max.
5. Sigarda, Host of Herons
Number 5 on the list is Sigarda, Host of Herons
Sigarda, Host of HeronsFlying, hexproof
Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to sacrifice permanents.. She’s primarily seeing play as a green white Voltron commander since she has Hexproof and Flying. It also has some upside against various black commander decks or eldrazi with annihilator.
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4. Exquisite Blood
Exquisite Blood
Exquisite BloodWhenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life. comes in at number 4. This card is part of one of an older infinite combo along side Sanguine Bond
Sanguine BondWhenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life. or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk RoseWhenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. and any amount of life change. This creates an infinite loop that drains one player out of the game.
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3. Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Kicking off our top 3 is Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn, Angel of HopeFlying, vigilance, indestructible
Other permanents you control have indestructible.. The namesake card of the set is one of the most powerful Angels ever printed. This is a power house in various angel based decks, Kaalia of the Vast decks, or any white deck that can cast her.
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2. Craterhoof Behemoth
Number 2 on the list is Craterhoof Behemoth
Craterhoof BehemothHaste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.. This insane creature is the finisher in go wide strategy decks like Legacy Elves, and is a commander all star finisher. There’s plenty of ways to cheat this creature into play and when it hits the board, everyone feels it.
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1. Cavern of Souls
The top and most expensive card in the set is Cavern of Souls
Cavern of SoulsAs this land enters, choose a creature type.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.. This powerful lands helped blow the gates wide open on Tribal decks in many formats, such as Modern, Legacy, and Commander. Providing a multicolor land that also gives uncounterability to spells is incredibly powerful and if you’re a fan of tribal decks, this is a must have.
