Weekly Update (Aug 13): Preordain Unbanned in Modern
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Banned and Restricted Update, August 7, 2023: Preordain, Mind's Desire Unbannings |
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Preordain and Mind's Desire unbanned in Modern and Legacy!Read more
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Budget Magic: 15 Rare Primeval Titan Gates (Historic) |
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Gates is one of my all-time favorite budget decks for basically every format, and the archetype is better than ever on Magic Arena thanks to the recent addition of Primeval Titan!Read more
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive |
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This week in the world of Magic finance the biggest news comes from Monday's ban list update. While perhaps surprisingly nothing was banned, two cards were unbanned, and both saw huge price increases this week. In Modern Preordain was unbanned for the first time in about a decade. Thankfully the cantrip is a common with many reprints so even though prices jumped around 400% (depending on the version) you can still snag copies for as low as $1.35. On the other end of the scale is the Secret Lair printing of Preordain which was $8 before the B&R and now sits at just under $30. Meanwhile in Legacy Mind's Desire - one of the fastest bannings in the history of the game - suddenly became legal for the first time since 2003. Before the unbanning you could grab the original Scourge version for around $1, but now it's nearly $15. You can still snag some deals on other printings, with the Commander 2021 version being the cheapest at under $1.
Speaking of Legacy, the Commander 2021 sorcery Creative Technique also saw a massive price spike this week, shooting up from $1 to $8. It's the latest Commander-focused card to break into the Legacy format. The card is central to a strange new cascade deck that looks to demonstrate Creative Technique, hit some cascade creatures, and more or less put its entire deck on the battlefield on turn two or three. While the deck is super unique, it's also only legal in Legacy, which means it should be hard for Creative Technique to get too much more expensive. There just isn't that much paper Legacy play happening these days. If you have copies laying around from picking up the Commander precon, I'd trade them now while prices are high. It seems like this is most likely the peak for Creative Technique.
Last but not least, cards that managed to avoid the ban hammer are increasing in price. In Modern there was a lot of talk about The One Ring (bundle) or even Orcish Bowmasters being banned, but with Wizards giving both their stamp of approval (at least for the short term) The One Ring (bundle) ticked up 19% to $63 and Orcish Bowmasters 6% to $48. This is especially interesting considering that both were among the biggest losers last week. If you look at their price charts you'll see a steady downward trend through last Sunday only for an immediate rise Monday once the "no bannings" announcement dropped which continued through the rest of the week. It's hard to imagine either card being anything but an ultra-staple and one of the best cards in the Modern format at least until Modern Horizons 3 releases in a year. Unless of course, Wizards changes their minds and bans one of the cards in a future announcement. For now though, if you are planning to play Modern, you might as well snag your copies.
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Podcast 445: Yee Haw, We're Cowboys Now |
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The crew breaks down today's surprising ban list update, a huge list of upcoming sets and more!Read more
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Commander Clash Podcast 107: The Best New Cards From Sliver Swarm & Planeswalker Party |
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The crew rank all the new cards from the Commander Masters precons "Sliver Swarm" and "Planeswalker Party"!Read more
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Single Scoop: Pia Nalaar Gives Us So Much Value From Exile! |
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We're taking Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival for a spin through Explorer! So be prepared to get value for casting spells from exile!Read more
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This Week in Legacy: Into the Mind's Desire |
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Joe Dyer dives into the ramifications of the unbanning of Mind's Desire in Legacy!Read more
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Against the Odds: Vesuvan Drifter (Modern) |
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What are the odds of winning by turning a harmless 2/4 like Vesuvan Drifter into one of the biggest, scariest monsters in Modern by surprise? Let's find out!Read more
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Vintage 101: Tales of a Bygone Era, Part 7 |
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Joe Dyer concludes his look at historical Vintage, bringing us up to date to today!Read more
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Single Scoop: Tom Bombadil Loves Sagas |
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Sing a song for Tom Bombadil and for his love for sagas! Joining his band is Satsuki, the Living Lore as we go hard into the Saga archetype Read more
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I Played Every Land-Destruction Spell on Magic Arena. Here's What Happened. |
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I played every single land-destruction spell on Magic Arena. Here's what happened.Read more
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The Power of Pauper: New Pauper! |
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Joe Dyer dives into the first week of new Pauper with Commander Masters downshifts!Read more
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Single Scoop: Frost Titan Doesn't Get Enough Respect |
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Giants Typal just got a lot better with the titans! Specifically, the forgotten Titan in Frost Titan.Read more
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Tournament Center |
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- Michael Mitchell took down MXP Tacoma Aug 11 Re-CQ (modern) with Mono-Green Tron.
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#Trending Cards |
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The five most viewed cards on MTGGoldfish this past week were: