I would not put too much value on Painful Truths. I think it's already near its top value at 3$ for its run in standard. Once KTK rotates out with its fetchlands, decks that run 3+ colors should no longer be the norm, especially since colorless is a "color" of its own with OGW. Read The Bones is better in 90% of cases in 1-2 color decks, only moderately weaker in a 3 color deck, is a common and is still with us in Innistrad.
There may be some value in the long run, due to Modern, but cheap alternatives are plentiful.
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Jan 16, 2016SpinifexV posted a message on The Magic Market Index: Set Review of Oath of the GatewatchI agree with the list on all but one count: Vile Redeemer. In a GB self sacrifice deck or a rally/aristocrat deck, it can mean getting a lot more tokens to sacrifice at instant speed. It's not an all star, but I could see it going to 1-2$ if he shows up in such a deck.Posted in: Articles
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Spring set: War of the Spark
Summer set: Core 2020
Fall set: First set of the next block.
1) They have reached a peak when BBE was unbanned, which was a couple of weeks after Mardu Pyromancer and Hollow One broke out. Since then, its price has stabilized, and the decks which run 4x Blackcleave Cliffs (Jund, Mardu and Hollow One) have lost some/a lot of popularity.
2) All of the Mirrodin fastlands have prices which warrant their reprinting. They are among the most costly non-fetchlands lands in Modern.
3) They are safe to reprint in Standard (the enemy ones are in Kaladesh).
4) If WotC want enemy/allied mana parity in their post-modern format, and if it starts at or before Kaladesh, it would mean fastlands sooner rather than later.
5) (Story) Karn wants to return to New Phyrexia, which would be the best moment to reprint them (their names are not plane-agnostic).
I believe we might be visiting New Phyrexia as early as fall 2019 (the set after Core 2020), since it was hinted at in the story. I have already sold of my playset, and replaced them with 3x Dragonskull Summit and a shockland in my Mardu deck (which sits mostly unused anyway). I would recommend selling them as well, if you don't use them: I doubt they will reach much higher than what they are right now.
I expect her to drop towards the $10 mark: she has great EDH playability, but I doubt she'll be really played in Standard or Modern (I may be wrong though). If she sees a lot of play in Standard, she'll stick to the $20 range. If she is broken in Modern, she may reach Arclight Phoenix levels.
Do not forget that this is not Ixalan or Rivals of Ixalan: this will be opened a lot and, long term, a lot of the value in the set will be tied to shocklands, especially if Post-Modern becomes a thing in paper.
I'm betting against it. If I open copies, I'm selling as fast as I possibly can, especially foils. That's what I did for Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca, which I got close to $45 CAD for a foil opened during prerelease.
Maybe it will be, but I think that he can't make too many pictures each set: his art pieces must take an eternity to make!
Yes, it speaks broken English, which is typical of Goblins, Imps and other small and dumb creatures.
If you are interested in Bankrupt in Blood, I would recommend taking a look at Costly Plunder from Ixalan instead: you sacrifice 1 creature for 2 cards, instead of 2 for 3, but you can also sacrifice artifacts, and it's an Instant.
Bankrupt in Blood seems hard to pull off... but it might find a place in an Aristocrat deck. We still need a non-legendary payoff card for that deck (come on, Blood Artist!)
Yes, it is a prison-style deck that specializes in blocking its opponent from playing spells, generally by playing Chalice of the Void on turn 1, or Blood Moon on turn 1-2 by using fast mana granted by Simian Spirit Guide and Gemstone Caverns. Since Modern is about mana efficiency, a Chalice on 1 blocks a lot of decks from functioning.
It also is a Planeswalker-heavy deck, which most decks in Modern are unsuited to deal with, except by attacking them with creatures. Thus, it runs several board wipes.
As for graveyard decks, and artifact decks, playing white allows it to play Rest in Peace and Stony Silence in its sideboard.
It has not seen much play in the past year, since it appears to be rather weak to Control decks and some combo decks, and because people don't like playing against Prison decks at casual and FNM events.