Goldspan Dragon was at one point $40.00 and the most expensive card in Standard. But the hasty, treasure-generating dragon took a recent plunge in price, and these days, it’s almost affordable.
Izzet decks have reigned over Standard for some time.
Alrund’s Epiphany
Alrund’s Epiphany
Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Alrund's Epiphany.
Foretell {4}{U}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
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Expressive Iteration
Expressive Iteration
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.
, and our friendly mythic dragon at hand are the primary culprits for pushing other Standard strategies to the wayside. (Goldspan in particular, was so dominant, in fact, that Wizards of the Coast nerfed the dragon in the newest, digital format called Alchemy. But even its downgraded form is seeing play.)
Izzet Dragons is still a good, Tier 1 deck. So why is Goldspan falling in price?
Goldspan Dragon
Wizards of the Coast 
Wizards of the Coast
When Goldspan first came out, it was about $14.00. As it proved itself in Standard time and time again, and the dragon jumped to $40.00. And as you can see in the graph below, the card sustained that high price tag for several months. But it has FINALLY fallen and is currently available for about $25.00 at the time of writing!
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Why Is Goldspan Dragon Falling in Price?
There’s been a shift in the Standard metagame. While Izzet decks are still one of the top three contenders in the format, decks like Mono-White Aggro and Mono-Green Aggro got some tremendously useful improvements in recent sets that gave them an edge against Izzet.
In addition, Izzet decks are not necessarily auto-including four copies of Goldspan anymore, and are instead vying for new cards like
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
Spells can't be countered.
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.
, and
Hullbreaker Horror
Hullbreaker Horror
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
. Overall, this means a slight decrease in play for Goldspan and a decrease in its price.
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What Does the Future Hold for Goldspan?
Goldspan Dragon isn’t used much outside of Standard. It will still have some relevance in Commander inside dragon decks like
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon
Eminence — As long as The Ur-Dragon is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Flying
Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack, draw that many cards, then you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
. But because it is almost entirely absent from older formats like Pioneer and Modern, its price should continue to trend downward as we approach the next Standard rotation.
With that said, Goldspan Dragon still has about a year left of Standard viability. If you were at all interested in playing Izzet Dragons but were held back by the price of the deck, you can now buy it for a fraction of its old price and still get plenty of playtime with it.
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