This week, Streets of New Capenna was officially released and the excitement for the set caused a few old cards to rise in price. Plus, Pioneer continues 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
Cavalier of Thorns
The biggest price spike of the week goes to Cavalier of Thorns which shot up from $2.00 to $11.00. This is because Mono-Green Ramp took first place in a recent Pioneer Challenge featuring a full four copies of Cavalier.
Mono-Green Ramp aims to accelerate its mana with cards like Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.) and Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
Kiora, Behemoth BeckonerWhenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
−1: Untap target permanent. to quickly play a Storm the Festival
Storm the FestivalLook at the top five cards of your library. You may put up to two permanent cards with mana value 5 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flashback {7}{G}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) and put powerful 5-drops into play like Cavalier and Nissa, Who Shakes the World
Nissa, Who Shakes the WorldWhenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}.
+1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land.
−8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle..
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Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
I wrote an article earlier this week about all the new toys Korvold gained from New Capenna. Korvold really did get a big power boost from the set, both in Commander and Pioneer, which is why it rose from $9.00 to $15.00 this week.
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Mystical Dispute
It is a little strange, but Mystical Dispute is currently the most played card in Pioneer. According to MTG Goldfish, 39% of decks play the card. Taking this into consideration, it isn’t surprising that Mystical Dispute rose from $1.00 to $3.00+ this week.
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New Capenna Preorder Prices
It can be tempting to indulge in a new Magic set’s hype. But until that set is officially released, preorder prices are typically inflated beyond reason.
For example, Lord Xander, the Collector
Lord Xander, the CollectorWhen Lord Xander enters, target opponent discards half the cards in their hand, rounded down.
Whenever Lord Xander attacks, defending player mills half their library, rounded down.
When Lord Xander dies, target opponent sacrifices half the nonland permanents they control of their choice, rounded down. saw preorder prices around $35.00. Today is the first day New Capenna is officially out and Xander plummeted to $5.00.
If you are excited about any New Capenna singles, this opening weekend can be a good time to find bargain prices.
Maze’s End
Maze’s End spiked last week when a Magic player leaked several new Gate-related cards from the upcoming set, Battle for Baulder’s Gate. Because of this, Maze’s End went from about $1.00 to $11.00 overnight.
But since then, the hype for Baulder’s Gate died down a bit. Consequently, the prerelease version of Maze’s End fell all the way back down to about $3.00-$4.00, and the regular art version is currently about $7.00. This may change once the official spoiler season for Baulder’s Gate begins.
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