So what the hell is happening with Wrenn and Six? It was like 40€ in the morning here in Europe and right now it's at 60€ minimum..
i mean its gotta be jund right? a beloved archetype gets a shot in the arm from a mythic walker with 3-4 copies showing up in lists. people eat that stuff up
I believe it was only a 1 off in the Jund winning list so that's why I'm a bit surprised by that.
So what the hell is happening with Wrenn and Six? It was like 40€ in the morning here in Europe and right now it's at 60€ minimum..
Lifts Jund up out of the garbage fire it spent much of the last few years in. Combined with Seasoned Pyromancer and the new Canopy land, Jund got a lot of good upgrades from Horizon. Wrenn specifically is a mythic and a 2 drop from a limited set that wasn't opened much. So if it sees any play, its price will skyrocket.
After sitting on piles of Flooded Strand and Polluted Delta that have done nothing for 5 years, I have long since changed my "spec" criteria. I basically never buy into anything unless I expect to play it and want to avoid having to pay the "hype tax" later on.
Remember that WOTC may see us as players, Hasbro sees us as customers. And at the end of the day Hasbro wins.
Some hype around Esper Mentor with Unearth, and as a Sideboard plan in UW Control. It was always a card waiting for a shell, and if it actually takes off in Modern, its going to jump even harder.
I picked up a playset as soon as Force of Negation was spoiled. Glad I did, even if it has only been mediocre for me personally. Only time it shined was out of sideboard of Jeskai Phoenix. I could see it in UW though.
Yeah, the lack of free counters is always what held it back. I've had a playset for ages just waiting.
Some hype around Esper Mentor with Unearth, and as a Sideboard plan in UW Control. It was always a card waiting for a shell, and if it actually takes off in Modern, its going to jump even harder.
I picked up a playset as soon as Force of Negation was spoiled. Glad I did, even if it has only been mediocre for me personally. Only time it shined was out of sideboard of Jeskai Phoenix. I could see it in UW though.
Considering moving a large chunk of modern staples (lotv, snaps, fetches, shocks etc.) what do you think would be the best way to offload?
I'm looking for cash, no store credit or trades. I'm just at a point with my collection that stuff like MH1 is making it too expensive to keep up. I also can't really justify having this much money in cardboard I don't even play at my LGS because I always default to the same few decks.
Most everything is playsets. I also have quite a few older things hat have spiked in the last couple years (not reserved list) that I want to move.
I was planning on talking to LGS and players I know first, but I'm at a loss after that. I think the volume of cards is going to cause a big retailer like star city games to fight me in a lot of the grading.
If you don't plan on selling individually, your best bet is to buylist them. And yes, they may fight you on condition, but if they do, say "please send those back to me" and sell them individually then. There is really no easy way to sell lots of cards without either losing lots of value or losing lots of time.
I've been watching Fiery Islet every day, it went down to 17.99, but the market is still hoping it kicks off, I dont see it and am holding on to buy any.
I can tell you that my pre ordered box is still in the mail. I assume others may still be waiting for theirs as well. Market will see more of them soon enough.
My only concern BlueTronFTW, is that the set isnt opened enough because of Core 2020 getting fully spoiled NEXT WEEK.
I just worry its going to pull away from this set getting cracked as much as it would, keep the prices higher than anticipated.
If we hit $15 on Fiery Islet, I probably pull the trigger on a few at least.
Yeah I don't know if it's worth it for any more than that. With so many cantrips already, and taking a damage every time with no pain-free colorless option (like Shivan Reef), I can't really see me ever running more than 1 in any deck I play (if any).
This was my search from 5-1-19 to 6-14-19. Surely this can't be the only reason, outside of a buyout, that Teferi's Puzzle Box spiked? Odd to me. I guess it's more speculation of what it does with Narset, Parter of Veils more than someone actually going out and getting results that show up on mtgtop8?
It was also recently shown on an SCG head to head, which was shown between matches on the SCG Con, I think. It looked real good against Phoenix in a UW shell. But again, it needs something else to stay alive and something else to win the game. So it's a combo that takes a bunch of slots that doesn't keep you alive and doesn't win the game on its own.
Do you have a deck list for a list with Teferi's Puzzle Box? I saw the card spike a bunch and I was curious as to what it is being played in specifically. (In addition to a buyout of course.)
The other option is I can probably type Teferi's Puzzle Box in mtgtop8 and see what deck lists pop up.
I'm currently shoving her into a Blue Moon list. Mostly because I haven't bought the other cards needed to build UW on MTGO. But I imagine she would do fine in a UW list with board wipes, Colonnades, Jace/Big Teferi, or some other slow grindy wincon that doesn't require keeping cards in hand. It's been OK. Some great games against jank and fair/interactive decks. Not good enough for me to play in paper in a real "top tables modern meta" though.
Edit: I should add that I have boxes in paper as well (the same 7th ed ones, because I love classic artifact frames), but testing online has told me there's no reason to fight uphill battles for a meme lock when I can just kill people with Birds and Things.
Wow. I grabbed two Teferi's Puzzle Box like 3 days ago for like $6 a piece, and now they're something like $25-35! Now, I don't actually as good as people think. It doesn't answer the board and it's not a win condition in of itself. It's incredibly powerful, but having jammed Narset/Box in a couple shells, it's only 1/3 of the battle. You also need to be sure their board/GY doesn't kill you, and you still need something to actually win the game.
Do you see the prices going up even with the new wave of War of the Spark boxes coming out soon? A friend at my LGS says that there will more supply at that time, thus the prices of individual cards should come down.
It may take a dip, but it's likely going to stay $15-20 min for its life in Standard, and likely drift to $25+ once WAR is out of print. I have 3 copies I got for about $10 each and look to be jamming them in some degenerate nonsense.
I think T3feri is going to go up in price for the foreseeable future. It's not a control card really; it's an anti-control card. It shuts off counterspells, combat tricks, and any instant speed answers. It's being used in any deck (especially combos) that can cast him, as a shield of protection for their shenanigans. He creates awful, but effectively disruptive gameplay and is not going anywhere any time soon. Expect him to stay expensive and get worse.
Yeah, who thought Narset would be the star of the set. No one blinked an eye when she was spoiled. Definitely missed that boat. She's being played in all major formats.
There was lots of talk about her almost immediately at my LGS. But we have a lot of various blue cantrip decks, and many who also play cantrip-heavy Legacy decks, so she seemed like a hit from the getgo. We all saw that it would hose our decks and be great in the mirrors.
I'm just happy she's an uncommon, so she is dirt cheap and widely available.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
Lifts Jund up out of the garbage fire it spent much of the last few years in. Combined with Seasoned Pyromancer and the new Canopy land, Jund got a lot of good upgrades from Horizon. Wrenn specifically is a mythic and a 2 drop from a limited set that wasn't opened much. So if it sees any play, its price will skyrocket.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
Remember that WOTC may see us as players, Hasbro sees us as customers. And at the end of the day Hasbro wins.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I picked up a playset as soon as Force of Negation was spoiled. Glad I did, even if it has only been mediocre for me personally. Only time it shined was out of sideboard of Jeskai Phoenix. I could see it in UW though.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
If you don't plan on selling individually, your best bet is to buylist them. And yes, they may fight you on condition, but if they do, say "please send those back to me" and sell them individually then. There is really no easy way to sell lots of cards without either losing lots of value or losing lots of time.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
I can tell you that my pre ordered box is still in the mail. I assume others may still be waiting for theirs as well. Market will see more of them soon enough.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
Yeah I don't know if it's worth it for any more than that. With so many cantrips already, and taking a damage every time with no pain-free colorless option (like Shivan Reef), I can't really see me ever running more than 1 in any deck I play (if any).
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
Edit: I should add that I have boxes in paper as well (the same 7th ed ones, because I love classic artifact frames), but testing online has told me there's no reason to fight uphill battles for a meme lock when I can just kill people with Birds and Things.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
It may take a dip, but it's likely going to stay $15-20 min for its life in Standard, and likely drift to $25+ once WAR is out of print. I have 3 copies I got for about $10 each and look to be jamming them in some degenerate nonsense.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate
There was lots of talk about her almost immediately at my LGS. But we have a lot of various blue cantrip decks, and many who also play cantrip-heavy Legacy decks, so she seemed like a hit from the getgo. We all saw that it would hose our decks and be great in the mirrors.
I'm just happy she's an uncommon, so she is dirt cheap and widely available.
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
Spells / Blink & Combo / Token Grind / Dino Tribal / Draw Cards / Zombies / Reanimate