This week, there was a surge in play and price for a new Neon Dynasty card by Modern players. Plus, Kamigawa-related Commander decks continue to impact the market.
Welcome to The MTG Marketplace, a weekly article on MTG Rocks where we cover each week’s biggest price spikes and overall market trends.
Weekly Winners
Hidestugu Consumes All
Upon its release, most players pinned Hidetsugu Consumes All as a sideboard card, and nothing more. Consequently, it was about $4.00 up until this week when it spiked to $11.00. The showcase version is now about $19.00.
Recently, Modern and Legacy players have turned to Hidetsugu Consumes all in response to the growing power levels and efficiency of both formats. The red-black Saga is a great answer to
Urza’s Saga
Urza’s Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
in that it “consumes” Construct tokens and the artifacts that the notorious land produces.
But Hidetsugu Consumes All answers many more cards like
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
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Aether Vial
Aether Vial
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
{T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.
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Dragon’s Rage Channeler
Dragon’s Rage Channeler
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.
, and many more cards.
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Daybreak Coronet
Because it is a staple in Modern
Slippery Bogle
Slippery Bogle
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
decks, Daybreak Coronet has floated around $4.00-$5.00 for a long time. But this week, all copies rose to about $9.00. The new attention for the card is due to the new Aura Commander,
Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
Whenever an Aura you control enters, if you cast it, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value less than or equal to that Aura and with a different name than each Aura you control, put that card onto the battlefield attached to Light-Paws, then shuffle.
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Intruder Alarm
Intruder Alarm’s price spiked to about $20.00 earlier this week. But since then, the card continued to rise in price. Now, Intruder Alarm is nearly $30.00!
The reason Intruder Alarm’s recent demand is because of the Commander,
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
{1}, {T}: Draw two cards, then discard a card. Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater."
Crew 8 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 8 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
. Together, these cards can create an infinite combo that can draw your entire library and produce infinite mana. If you’re interested, you can read about the combo here.
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Temporal Tresspass
The moment ninjutsu was confirmed to come back in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, the prices for many Ninja cards started going up. While Temporal Trespass is not a Ninja card itself, it is a staple of
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)
Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.
Commander decks.
Three months ago, Temporal Trespass was about $10.00. These days, the card is pushing $20.00.
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Weekly Losers
Considering how much they used to cost, it’s almost unbelievable how cheap all of the enemy-colored fetch lands are right now. Verdant Catacombs costs around $18.00 at the time of writing. Misty Rainforest is running for $24.00. And Scalding Tarn is about $26.00.
If you have not already picked up the fetches you need, I recommend doing so before Modern Horizons 2 goes out of print and cards start to go up in price again.
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