Weekly Update (Jul 14): Bloomburrow Previews
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Bloomburrow Previews |
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Bloomburrow previews are here! Be sure to check out the latest previews at www.mtgpreviews.com:
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Finance Update w/ Saffron Olive |
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This week in the world of Magic finance the biggest news is that Soul Spike is now up to $100. It was just last year that the card was the foundation of our $100 Modern Black Burn deck with copies being around $4 and now a single Soul Spike costs more than the entire deck. Gameplay-wise the reason for the spike is that the card works incredibly well with Necrodominance. You can use the enchantment to draw a bunch of cards and then immediately pitch some of them to Soul Spike to drain your opponent and regain the life that you paid before you have to discard to hand size. The biggest reason the rare is now $100 is that it's from Coldsnap (a notoriously under-opened set) and has never been reprinted. There simply aren't that many copies of Soul Spike to go around. If you happen to have some, I'd look to sell them as soon as possible. At its current price it's a juicy reprint target and once it does get reprinted, its price is going to crash hard.
Last week we discussed how the surveil lands were increasing in price. This week it's the fetchlands' turn, specifically the enemy fetchlands that were last reprinted in Modern Horizons 2. After dipping down near $15, cards like Arid Mesa, Misty Rainforest and Scalding Tarn are back up over $25 and climbing. This makes a lot of sense. It's been more than two years since Modern Horizons 2 released and the set isn't really being opened anymore, so supply has stagnated. Thanks to the immense amount of demand for fetches from Modern, Legacy, and Commander prices will likely continue to slowly creep up until they are reprinted again. If you've been holding off on picking up the copies you need, you might as well snag them now. The same is true of the Modern Horizons 3 fetches, which are likely at their floor, although it will probably be a year or two before they start to climb thanks to all of the new Modern Horizons 3 supply.
Finally in stranger news, Tree of Perdition in on the rise, gaining 42% this week up to $22. This is in part thanks to its synergy with the new Assassin's Creed legend Ezio Auditore da Firenze where the Tree is the perfect way to set an opponent's life total down to ten for the Ezio kill. But oddly the Tree is also showing up in Pioneer Rakdos Aggro which looks discard Tree of Perdition and use Agatha's Soul Cauldron to give a much smaller creature like a [[Voldaren Epicure] its ability, letting it tap to set the opponent down to just one life! If you've got some sitting around in your bulk box it's a great time to sell them into the hype.
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Monetizing Modern: The Profitability of Power Creep |
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Modern Horizons 3 just released and brought with it a new Modern format. Why does this seem to happen every time a direct to Modern set drops? SaffronOlive has a theory.Read more
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Podcast 492: Should The One Ring Be Restricted? |
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The crew talks about the state of Modern, the lack of a Grief banning in Legacy, Bloomburrow and Duskmourn spoilers and more!Read more
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Commander Clash Podcast 155: The Most Broken Commanders |
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Let's take a look at some of the most broken Commanders and see why they're so good.Read more
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Single Scoop: Boomer Jund is One of the Decks of All Time |
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Does having access to eight Goyfs make Boomer Jund viable? What if we threw in Huntmaster of the Fells? Join us as we revisit old archetypes!Read more
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This Week in Legacy: The Future of Legacy Data |
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Joe Dyer discusses some changes coming to MTGO Decklist data and what it means for Legacy.Read more
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Against the Odds: I Made Infinite Lands! (Timeless) |
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How can you make infinite lands in Timeless? Let's find out!Read more
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Vintage 101: The Future of Vintage Data |
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Joe Dyer dives into some upcoming changes to MTGO decklists and what this means for Vintage.Read more
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Single Scoop: Elder Giant Kindred |
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Hopefully Kroxa, Uro, and Phlage can help everyone respect their Elders! With the additional help of Torpor Orb and more, maybe we can channel our Big Deck Energy!Read more
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Commander, but First to Lose Wins! | Commander Clash S16 E26 |
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What happens if the goal of a game of Commander is to lose as quickly as possible (and keep your opponent's from losing)? Let's find out!Read more
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Much Abrew: Prison Breach (Modern) |
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Are Trinisphere and Chalice of the Void back in Modern thanks to Ugin's Labyrinth, backed by the ability to cheat Ulamog or Emrakul into play with Through the Breach? Let's find out!Read more
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Single Scoop: Zoomers Will Fear Baneslayer Angel(Maybe) |
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Baneslayer Angel and Archangel Avacyn were once all-stars in standard so it's time to dust them off in Timeless!Read more