Welcome back to my Daily Financial Value of Eldritch Moon series! From now until the full set is spoiled, I’ll be posting up regular daily updates with my thoughts about the officially-spoiled cards from Eldritch Moon!
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.
All right, I’m going to level with you. Yesterday didn’t really have a whole lot going on in the spoiler department. Despite a lackluster day, we did get a sweet uncommon! Let’s jump right into it!
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $.50
Current Price: $.50
Future Price – Low: $.50
Future Price – High: $.50
Thoughts: Here we have the Intro Pack rares, and as I previously stated, nothing really to see here, folks. They all seem reasonable for Limited, but for the most part they’re just bulk rare fillers. On the bright side, this will be the last time we have to worry about Intro Packs being printed!
Rarity: Rare
Starting Price: $1
Current Price: $1
Future Price – Low: $.50
Future Price – High: $1.50
Thoughts: Identity Thief is a fine card. I’m sure there are a lot of neat interactions that will pop up with Identity Thief, but I’m not expecting it to be a format staple. In the interest of fairness, I felt it was necessary to separate it from the other bulk rares listed above.
Rarity: Uncommon
Starting Price: $1
Current Price: $1
Future Price – Low: $1
Future Price – High: $2
Thoughts: This is by far the most exciting uncommon they’ve printed in a while. Now, one of the first things people always do (myself included) when a new card is spoiled is start to look for cards that are similar. The first two that pop into my head are Venser, Shaper Savant and Remand. Unsubstantiate only bounces creatures, unlike Venser; it also doesn’t draw a card like its uncomfortably more successful cousin that its mother always compares it to, Remand.
So what does this tell us about the price?
I can’t see a situation where Unsubstantiate ever replaces Venser. I could, however, see a world where people trim a Remand or two for an Unsubstantiate so they’re more live later in the game. Remand started selling at $1 and stayed around the $1-$2 mark for its entire Standard life. I expect something very similar to happen with Unsubstantiate. Outside of Standard, Unsubstantiate has room to see play, but I don’t expect it to be played enough to bump it much over $1-$2.
That’s all we have for spoilers today. Check back tomorrow as I continue to discuss the financial values of Eldritch Moon!