Welcome back to my Daily Financial Value of Eldritch Moon series!
I will be reviewing cards using the following system:
Starting Price: The first price we assign to this card as a preorder.
Current Price: The current price of the card at the time this article was written (usually by 5:00 pm the day before publication).
Future Price – Low: The lowest price I believe this card will hit while it is Standard Legal, post-release.
Future Price – High: The highest price I believe this card will hit while it is Standard legal, post-release.
Hello everyone and welcome to my final article for Eldritch Moon. We’ve finally seen the last few rares and mythics that Wizards had to offer and they most certainly did not disappoint! Let’s get started!
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $2
Current Price: $2
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $4
Thoughts: Unfortunately Collective Effort is a sorcery. It feels like every creature in the set has flash, but they made all of these escalate spells sorceries. Even still, Collective Effort is by far the best escalate Rare in my opinion and I believe that once people start to test with it, it will likely catch on. It does so much for only three mana! Let’s imagine it didn’t have escalate and it was a “Choose One” mono-colored Charm – it would probably still see play. The fact that it is a sorcery only means that people are going to be playing one to two copies in their 75 rather than a playset. I don’t think you can go wrong picking up Collective Effort for $2. It’s a very low-risk investment that has the potential to double up over the next year.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $2
Current Price: $2
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $4
Thoughts: While Heron’s Grace Champion might be a little top heavy for a G/W Humans deck, it has such a powerful ability that it could really swing games in your favor. I by no means expect this card to skyrocket in price, but I certainly think it will stay above bulk during its time in Standard.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $1
Current Price: $.50
Future Price – Low: $.50
Future Price – High: $.50
Thoughts: Impetuous Devils is likely to be a bulk rare for its Standard life. There is a chance that an extremely aggressive mono-red deck could take advantage of its huge power, but that seems unlikely.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $2
Current Price: $2
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $3
Thoughts: I’m going to be totally honest with you. Even with Emrakul Imprisoned in the Moon, Innistrad still doesn’t sound like a very pleasant place to visit.
The views on Imprisoned in the Moon seem to be very polarized. It definitely seems good enough to see Standard play and will certainly see a lot of Casual play, but I don’t think the demand will be high enough to drive up the price much past $2-$3. Some people are speculating on this card and I don’t think that’s a very good idea. The chances of a deck coming out that just has to have four Imprisoned in the Moon seems pretty slim, and that’s what it would take for Imprisoned in the Moon to jump up in price.
If you have any liking to this card, you’re probably safe to pick them up at $2. If you don’t like Imprisoned in the Moon, you’re probably also safe to wait it out and pick them up later if you change your mind. I don’t think the price will fluctuate greatly over the next few months.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $3
Current Price: $3
Future Price – Low: $2
Future Price – High: $5
Thoughts: Mausoleum Wanderer is great! I absolutely love this card. Cursecatcher and I go way back and I would like nothing more than for there to be a viable Spirits deck. My favorite thing about Mausoleum Wanderer and cards like it is that they only get better over time. The more Spirits they print, the better Mausoleum Wanderer gets. I’m a huge fan of speculations like this. If it ends up not doing anything great in Standard you can just get them as throw ins while trading and stash them in a box for the next few years.
I will point something out. You’ll notice a lot of times in my articles I talk about long-term speculations. In my opinion it’s easier to spend $1 here and there over the course of a few years and one day you’ll wake up and have $1,000 sitting in a box under your bed. It’s like the save-as-you-go plan for Magic. Some people are a huge fan of the rares you can buy for $2 and if they find a good Standard deck they become $5. That’s fine; it’s just significantly more expensive to invest in, and if you lose on that speculation, you feel the hit a lot harder.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $2
Current Price: $2
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $2
Thoughts: While we’re on the subject of good long-term speculation targets… I recently said on Twitter that I think in three to four years Sigarda’s Aid will be one of the most expensive rares in the set and I stand by that. I don’t expect Sigarda’s Aid to ever do anything spectacular in Standard unless Kaladesh brings us some pretty awesome pieces of Equipment, but it will certainly have Casual appeal for years to come. I wouldn’t start speculating now, but if this card drops below a dollar, I would certainly pick them up and sit on them.
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $2
Current Price: $5
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $4
Thoughts: Splendid Reclamation reads really well and seems very “breakable.” That being said, I’m not confident that will happen anytime soon. I would avoid Splendid Reclamation at $5. If Splendid Reclamation does end up seeing play, I doubt it will be in Standard. However, I could see someone abusing it in Modern or Legacy. I could definitely see a deck that mills yourself and then cast Splendid Reclamation with a Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle and a bunch of Mountains in your graveyard. There are a ton of possibilities with Splendid Reclamation, but I would wait until it drops in price a bit before I considered buying into this one.
Pack Value
The equation I use to determine pack value is: 2R + 1M (each rare is printed twice against each mythic) / (2x total number of rares + number of mythics) = Pack Value.
Mythics of Note ($4+)
|
Card Name |
Price |
|
$6 |
|
|
$5 |
|
|
$25 |
|
|
$6 |
|
|
Gisela, the Broken Blade | Brisela, Voice of Nightmares (Top) |
$35 |
|
$15 |
|
|
$4 |
|
|
$30 |
|
|
$5 |
|
|
$5 |
|
|
$35 |
|
|
$5 |
|
|
$8 |
|
|
$184 |
Rares of Note ($2+)
|
Card Name |
Price |
|
$6 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
Bruna, the Fading Light | Brisela, Voice of Nightmares (Bottom) |
$2 |
|
$2 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$4 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$4 |
|
|
$13 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
Hanweir Garrison | Hanweir, the Writhing Township (Bottom) |
$4 |
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
$8 |
|
|
$5 |
|
|
$3 |
|
|
$9 |
|
|
$2 |
|
|
$101 |
(2*$101+$184)/(2*47+14)=$3.58
I do want to point out one thing about the Pack Value section in these articles. This number is only relevant for the first couple of weeks after a set is released. Please don’t read this in a few months and think that total is anywhere near the same. For example, in my final Shadows over Innistrad article, the pack value was $3.98. As I’m writing this article, the pack value for Shadows over Innistrad is $1.99.
I hope you all enjoyed the series! I’ve having a blast writing it and I’m certainly learning a lot. I’m always open to suggestions so if there is a topic regarding set releases that you’d like me to cover, please comment below or contact me.
That’s it for Eldritch Moon, and thanks again for reading! I’ll see you all in a few months as I cover the financial values of Kaladesh!