New Standard Staple MTG Land Spikes 270% Multiple Times
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen no end of price spikes thanks to Standard. While this trend may be coming to an end thanks to new bans, it’s still true for now. Given the renewed interest that Standard has received from Wizards, it’s little wonder these price spikes have happened. Looking ahead to 2025, […]
Uncommon MTG Multi-Format Staple Spikes 360%
Over the past few weeks, a multitude of common and uncommon Standard staples have spiked in price. From Torch the Tower to Anoint with Affliction, well-positioned cards of low rarity have been poised for price increases. Today, we’re going to talk about a potent one-drop that sees extensive play in Standard and Pioneer. Thanks in […]
MTG Arena Championship Reveals Worryingly Dominant Strategy
Standard is currently a great format – or so it seems. Lots of different decks with different strategies are perfectly viable in the format. No objectively broken deck has caused the format to become stale (looking at you, Modern), and the format encourages deep, interactive games that can be won by a small margin. Even […]
Broken EDH MTG Free Spells Are Under $2
Magic: The Gathering is an incredibly expensive trading card game. If you want to play Modern, one of the game’s biggest formats, you need to be prepared to throw down around $1000 on the table just to play. Legacy is much worse, requiring double to triple that upfront investment. If you want to play with […]
MTG Jumpstart Rabbit Approaches $40
Preston, the Vanisher started showing up on MTG finance fans’ radars last week, but the card hasn’t stopped climbing in price. This disappearing rabbit has some absurd synergies with Hare Apparent. Of all the cards in MTG Foundations, Hare Apparent is affecting the Commander secondary market the most. Thrumming Stone is a massive example of […]
The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Mistakes of 2024
Despite Magic: The Gathering being the most popular trading card game in North America, it certainly makes a lot of mistakes. Mistakes need to be made to learn from to improve anything, but the sheer size of the mistakes made by a billion-dollar brand sometimes has us shaking our heads. While 2024 seems to have […]
Seemingly Unplayable MTG Draft Chaff Sees 259% Price Spike
Gruul War Plow is seeing a price spike, and we were stumped as to why for a long time. It’s evident that Commander is the cause of a card like this going up in price, but even then, what Commanders want this? Well, there are two likely candidates that caused Gruul War Plow to see […]
MTG Extra Turn Gift Card Shocks Players with Dubious 229% Price Spike
Perch Protection is a wild MTG card. Gifting an opponent an extra turn is a really scary concept, but it works when that turn can’t turn against you. Sure, your opponent could set up an infinite in a worst-case scenario situation, but that’s what MTG Commander politics are for! When used right, Perch Protection can […]
MTG Multiformat Instant Speed Draw Engine Sees 360% Price Increase
In quite an interesting change, the source of MTG price spikes recently seems to be the Standard format, first and foremost. For a long time, Commander was the format primarily driving secondary market changes. While that format still has a massive weight on the financial market, it seems to have taken a back seat. That […]
Common MTG Bargain Removal Spell Spikes 627%
Over the past few weeks, a multitude of common and uncommon Standard removal spells have risen in price by a pretty significant margin. This includes Elspeth’s Smite, Sheltered by Ghosts, and Anoint with Affliction. Having the ability to exile opposing threats really comes in handy in this Standard format. Interestingly, yet another exile-based removal spell […]