Magic: The Gathering launched Edge of Eternities last month, and here we are in September bracing for the release of Spider-Man.
Still, in the run-up to then, we’re still seeing some spaceship synergies (the set after Spidey) causing some market fluctuations, while now is a great time to pick up some Edge of Eternities cards.
Here are the big shifters for the start of September, as we prepare to swing into action.
MTG Climbers This Week
There’s an awful lot of love for Landfall this week, and much of that’s tied to the Edge of Eternities World Shaper precon.
I picked one up in recent weeks and have been very pleased with it, but now I might have to add a big ol’ bear, too. Lumra, Bellow of the Woods has seen a huge jump, rising from under $10 to almost $30 in the space of a few weeks.
This not-so-cuddly bear mills four cards when entering, then puts lands from the graveyard onto the battlefield. Not only does that power Lumra up, but it could allow Tannuk, Memorial Ensign to dish out a whole host of punishment.
It also gives the World Shaper’s Hearthull spacecraft plenty of lands to sacrifice for card draw and damage pings.
Sticking with World Shaper, Valakut Exploration could be explosive, too. You can use it to exile cards to use for a big hit of damage.
It’s up to around $5, having cost barely anything just a few weeks ago.
Next up, I've recently spotted a surprising team-up between Sonic the Hedgehog and the Tyranid Winged Hive Tyrant. The latter is up to $4 thanks to synergy with the Blue Blur, with the card giving other creatures with counters flying and haste.
That becomes a nice cycle of triggering an attack with Sonic, adding counters to other creatures, and then having them get flying and haste. Then, you can turn that into Treasure tokens, too.
If you want to try this combo, have fun – Sonic is just $3 right now, while Winged Hive Tyrant is on the climb but still under $5. There's a bunch of brillaint Sonic cards up for grabs right now as well, if you're not keen on picking up the full Secret Lair set.
MTG Crashers This Week
We’ve already mentioned him, but Tannuk, Memorial Ensign is a great card for aggressive landfall decks, and he’s down to just a 25-cent market value.
Given the synergies he has with the World Shaper deck and other cards we’ve mentioned here, that’s a steal.
It’s also not often to find an Eldrazi on the cheap, but Emrakul, the World Anew has seen a drop off in recent weeks.
This colorless 12/12 can gain control of opponents’ creatures and then sacrifice them, too. It’s a big cost mana-wise, but the dollar value has dropped to around $8.
Exalted Sunborn has dropped significantly, too. It’s still almost $20, but this flying, lifelink Angel Wizard (what a combo, by the way) is dropping a couple of dollars and could drop further.
Starfield Vocalist’s more expensive versions remain pricey, but the basic rare is down to $1.49. Given it gives you double triggers on ETB effects, it could be worth looking at.
Finally, The Seriema was one of the first cards revealed, and it’s dropped from $40 right down to $1.49 over the last month.
MTG Sealed Sets – Labor Day Deals
Finally (heh), we’ve been watching the price of the Final Fantasy Commander bundle over the last few weeks, and it’s just hit $175.
Given you’d have paid not far off that for a single deck not that long ago, you’re now essentially getting each for under MSRP at under $44 each.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.