The Best & Worst Mythics Of MTG Crimson Vow – A Financial Set Review

Let’s break down the financial future of EVERY SINGLE MYTHIC from Innistrad: Crimson Vow. The set is still relatively new, so some of its cards are overpriced and will sink in value. But some cards are undervalued with the potential to rise in price.

Best Value Mythics From Crimson Vow

Cultivator Colossus

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Cultivator Colossus is one of the chase mythics of the set, currently selling for about $15.00. The reason it’s so high is because it is a part of an awesome two-card 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. , that together, allow you to put all the lands in your deck into play.

Because this powerful combo can technically be played in any green Commander deck, I don’t foresee Cultivator Colossus dropping in price any time soon. While the Abundance Combo can be played in lots of decks, here are some of the best decks to play this combo in.

Chandra Dressed to Kill

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Our favorite fiery Planeswalker returns in Innistrad in fashion. Three-mana Planeswalkers are always worth analyzing because they have a record of being some of the most powerful Planeswalkers in Magic.

Chandra, Dressed to Kill is no exception to this rule of thumb. In fact, Chandra’s so powerful, many Modern players are brewing with Dressed to Kill in various Mono-Red Obosh, the Preypiercer Obosh, the Preypiercer Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with odd mana values and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.)
If a source you control with an odd mana value would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead. decks. It also seems like we’re one puzzle piece off from a Big Red style deck in Standard. Because of its multiformat playability, Chandra, Dressed to Kill seems well priced at its current $7.00-$8.00 mark.

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Sorin the Mirthless

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Sorin the Mirthless has all the necessary tools to be a good Planeswalker in Standard. It can draw cards, make creatures to protect itself, and has a devastating ultimate ability.

But the way Standard has panned out post-Crimson Vow, there isn’t much room left for Sorin. There are some interesting vampire decks floating around, but they are a Tier 2 deck, and even they aren’t including Sorin in the mainboard.

In addition to its lack of play, Sorin has four different art versions you can collect. The extra supply should bring its price down a little further. Sorin is currently $8.00 (traditional art) but it may dip as low as $5.00 if it continues not seeing play.

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Necroduality

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Necroduality is currently about $17.00, but that price could easily go up or down. This will be a staple in zombie Commander decks and that should keep Necroduality from dropping beyond a certain price threshold.

But Necroduality is also seeing some play in Standard. And the future of Necroduality’s price will depend on how those Standard zombie decks perform against the metagame.

If zombies become a big competitor in Standard, Necroduality could jump to $20.00. However, if the deck doesn’t perform well, it could drop to $10.00-$12.00.

Keep an Eye On

Manaform Hellkite

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A lot of players were excited by Manaform Hellkite when it was first spoiled. It looked like it would make the perfect addition to the popular Izzet Dragons decks in Standard.

But so far, Manaform Hellkite has been seeing very little action in Standard and has not been popular in Commander. Because of this, it could come down from its current $10.00 price mark.

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The Cemetery Cycle

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I reviewed the entire Cemetery Cycle in a separate article. In short, some of the Cemetery creatures are good, and some are almost unplayable. If you want to know which is which, you should check out my Cemetery Cycle Financial Review.

Avabruck Caretaker

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Avabruck Caretaker is currently around $12.00 on TCGPlayer. This seems expensive for a card that isn’t currently seeing Standard play. And the only Commander decks that are actively running Caretaker are Tovolar, Dire Overlord Tovolar, Dire Overlord Whenever a Wolf or Werewolf you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more Wolves and/or Werewolves, it becomes night. Then transform any number of Human Werewolves you control.
Daybound / Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge Whenever a Wolf or Werewolf you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more Wolves and/or Werewolves, it becomes night. Then transform any number of Human Werewolves you control.
Daybound , and some Kyler, Sigardian Emissary Kyler, Sigardian Emissary Whenever another Human you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Kyler.
Other Humans you control get +1/+1 for each counter on Kyler. decks.

Hallowed Haunting

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Hallowed Haunting is like a Sigil of the Empty Throne Sigil of the Empty Throne Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. in that it makes creatures anytime you cast an enchantment. It trades off the upfront value of Sigil which makes immediate 4/4 flying angels, for the ability to make bigger creatures long-term and five your entire team flying and vigilance.

This will make a great inclusion in enchantment-heavy Commander decks like Estrid, the Masked Estrid, the Masked +2: Untap each enchanted permanent you control.
−1: Create a white Aura enchantment token named Mask attached to another target permanent. The token has enchant permanent and umbra armor.
−7: Mill seven cards. Return all non-Aura enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, then do the same for Aura cards.
Estrid, the Masked can be your commander. . But because it is unlikely to see Standard play, Hallowed Haunting could drop a little from its current $4.00.

Toxrill, the Corrosive

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Toxrill, the Corrosive makes a really neat Commander and is part of an epic land-destruction combo. But it isn’t seeing much play outside of its own Commander deck. For that reason, this card should come down from its current $10.00 (traditional art).

Kaya, Geist Hunter

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Many three-mana Planeswalkers are good, as we discussed with Chandra, Dressed to Kill. But in the case of Kaya, Geist Hunter, she’s a little too niche to warrant high prices.

Kaya has an insanely powerful -2 ability, but it is only good in white-black tokens decks, of which there are currently none in Standard. She could be good in some Commander decks like Elenda, the Dusk Rose Elenda, the Dusk Rose Lifelink
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda.
When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power. . But because Geist Hunter is so niche, she may drop further from her current $4.00 price tag.

Olivia, Crimson Bride

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She’s a central character to the Crimson Vow storyline. And there’s been a lot of hype surrounding vampires and Crimson Vow. But Olivia, Crimson Bride may drop in price from her current $7.00 price tag (traditional art).

Olivia, Crimson Bride is seeing next to zero play in Standard at the moment. She does see play in Commander decks like 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. and 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. because she fits their vampire themes. But if you’re just looking for a reanimation effect, Olivia is way over-costed at six mana.

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Worst/Bulk Mythics From Crimson Vow

Volatile Arsonist

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Volatile Arsonist will see play in Tovolar, Dire Overlord Tovolar, Dire Overlord Whenever a Wolf or Werewolf you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more Wolves and/or Werewolves, it becomes night. Then transform any number of Human Werewolves you control.
Daybound / Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge Whenever a Wolf or Werewolf you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more Wolves and/or Werewolves, it becomes night. Then transform any number of Human Werewolves you control.
Daybound Commander decks. But that’s about it. It’s $3.00+ at the time of writing, but it has room to drop a little lower.

Henrika, Domnathi

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The cheapest copy of Henrika you can get at the time of writing is about $3.00. But there’s room for this price to drop further.

Henrika seems like a worse Rankle, Master of Pranks Rankle, Master of Pranks Flying, haste
Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number —
• Each player discards a card.
• Each player loses 1 life and draws a card.
• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. . Because of this, Henrika likely won’t see much play in Standard. She will, however, be a great budget upgrade for Vampiric Bloodline Commander decks.

Jacob Hauken, Inspector

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Jacob Hauken is not the next Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. / Jace, Telepath Unbound Jace, Telepath Unbound {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. . It is an interesting looter effect on a two-mana creature. And if flips into an insanely powerful enchantment. But because it costs six mana to transform Jacob, it’s simply not going to see much play in competitive formats and will stick to its current $1.00-$2.00 price range.

Savior of Ollenbock

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Mono-White Aggro is currently one of the best decks in Standard. That would be the perfect home for Savior of Ollenbock, but unfortunately, there’s too much competition in the 3-drop slot for Savior to see play. For that reason, Savior of Ollenbock is and will stay at bulk prices.

Faithbound Judge

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Faithbound Judge is not that strong of a creature. And the main appeal of this card, Sinner’s Judgement, which can make an opponent lose the game, is too mana-expensive and slow to be viable in any format. This card’s currently about $3.00, but it deserves to go lower.

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