These MTG Crimson Vow Cards Don’t Cost What They Used To!

Innistrad: Crimson Vow has been out for one month, which makes now a great time to check back in on the set in relation to the secondary market.

Some cards received a lot of initial hype but didn’t live up to it. Their prices have naturally fallen, making now a potentially good time to pick these cards up.

But some cards how proven themselves to be more popular than initial impressions set them out to be. Perhaps they’ve performed well in the competitive Magic scene, or players just have a predilection for them. Either way, their prices have been climbing the charts lately.

Crimson Vow Cards Trending Downwards in Price

Manaform Hellkite

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When people first saw Manaform Hellkite, they thought it would naturally fit into Izzet Dragon decks in Standard. But there are a lot of dragons currently in Standard contending for the few flex slots in that deck. While Manaform Hellkite will occasionally see play, it is mostly outclassed by Goldspan Dragon Goldspan Dragon Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color." and Smoldering Egg Smoldering Egg Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a number of ember counters on this creature equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. Then if this creature has seven or more ember counters on it, remove them and transform this creature. / Ashmouth Dragon Ashmouth Dragon Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a number of ember counters on this creature equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. Then if this creature has seven or more ember counters on it, remove them and transform this creature. .

That’s why, as you can see in the graph below, Manaform has been dipping in price. While it was once a $10.00 card, you can pick them up for about $7.00 now.

So why buy Manaform Hellkite now? Well, despite Manaform Hellkite’s minor showings in Standard, it is still a fantastic card for Commander. It works wonders in spell-heavy decks like Kess, Dissident Mage Kess, Dissident Mage Flying
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. , Feather, the Redeemed Feather, the Redeemed Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature you control, exile that card instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step. , and Veyran, Voice of Duality Veyran, Voice of Duality Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Veyran gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
If you casting or copying an instant or sorcery spell causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. .

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Cemetery Gatekeeper

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Upon first reading this card, Cemetery Gatekeeper may seem like it would be an all-star in Modern. But it doesn’t work with fetch lands as one might hope. And the Vampire Gatekeeper hasn’t gotten much traction in Standard either, which is why its price has sunk from the $9.00-$10.00 range down to about $5.00.

That makes now a great time to pick up Cemetery Gatekeeper for Vampire EDH decks like Edgar Markov Edgar Markov Eminence — Whenever you cast another Vampire spell, if Edgar is in the command zone or on the battlefield, create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token.
First strike, haste
Whenever Edgar attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control. and Strefan, Maurer Progenitor Strefan, Maurer Progenitor Flying
At the beginning of your end step, create a Blood token for each player who lost life this turn.
Whenever Strefan attacks, you may sacrifice two Blood tokens. If you do, you may put a Vampire card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn. . The card has also become a staple of Mono-Red Aggro strategies in Pioneer.

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Crimson Vow Cards Trending UP in Price

Toxrill, the Corrosive

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According to EDHREC.com, Toxrill, the Corrosive, is the most played Commander out of all of Crimson Vow. This alone is why Toxrill has risen from sub-$10.00 prices to almost $15.00 at the time of writing.

If you’re interested in building a Toxrill Commander deck, check out my article, Best Cards to Buy For Toxrill, the Corrosive in Commander.

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Cultivator Colossus

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Cultivator Colossus was the most anticipated card to come out of Crimson Vow due to its Commander combo with Abundance Abundance If you would draw a card, you may instead choose land or nonland and reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order. , which together, can enable you to play every single land out of your deck. This combo led to Colossus preordering for around $30.00. But as you can see in the graph below, those preorder prices did not hold.

However, since its price crash after release weekend, Cultivator Colossus has been on the rise. From its low of $15.00, the seven-mana beast has recuperated some of its value, sitting at about $19.00.

The reason Colossus is increasing in price, is that in addition to its heavy demand in Commander, the card is also seeing play in Modern. Amulet Titan decks are playing between 1-4 copies of Colossus as another card to tutor for with Summoner’s Pact Summoner’s Pact Search your library for a green creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {2}{G}{G}. If you don't, you lose the game. .

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