Quote from Squirtle_Squad »Do you think the print sizes are affecting the price? The BFZ and SOI blocks are/were being printed into oblivion. I dont know about KTK block however.
KTK had a fairly large print run because it was drafted as 3x for 3 months and then as 2x for another 3 months. Additionally, tons of people cracked it for the Fetchlands.
Dragons of Tarkir only had 3 months as a 2x set and was never drafted as a 3x set. It's also the only large set ever printed where this is the case - Avacyn Restored, Gatecrash, and Rise of the Eldrazi (the other non-Fall Large sets) were all drafted by themselves as 3x for at least three months. It has only a few staple Eternal cards, so its draw from the Eternal crowd was much smaller as well.
On top of this, Collected Company has been the cornerstone of one of the most dominant strategies in Standard, and has made a splash in Modern. So it's one of the most expensive non-Land, non-Mythic Rare cards in recent memory.
All that said, the set is one of the few standalone sets in standard, so there's lower intra-block synergy than with BFZ and SOI cards, and it has only three months left in Standard, which is why everything is starting to creep downwards.
Frostling R
Creature- Spirit
Sac ~: Deal 1 to target creature or player
1/1
Akki Raider 1R
Creature- Goblin Warrior
Whenever a land goes into a player's graveyard ~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
2/1
Genju of the Spires R
Enchant Mountain
2: Enchanted Mountain becomes a 6/1 spirit until end of turn.
When enchanted mountain is put into a graveyard, return ~ to your hand.
So Sligh could be big when BOK comes out. Here's a temporary decklist:
4 Akki Avalanchers
4 Lava Spike
4 Genju of the Spires
4 Frostling
4 Hearth Kami
4 Akki Raider
4 Glacial Ray
4 Zo-Zu the Punisher
4 Yamabushi's Flame (or other 3 cost burn spell)
4 (Some 4 cost burn/efficient creature)
19 Moutain
1 Shinko, the Bloodsoaked Keep