Sorry to be off topic a bit, but would make it easier for me to understand the increase.
Why is having 4 copies of Glittering Wish better than having 4 copies of the card you are searching for? Since the other wishes aren't modern legal I can't see the reasoning.
Because it's equivalent to running seven copies of Jeskai Ascendancy in your deck. It greatly increases your chances of finding one.
In your sideboard, you run:
1x Jeskai Ascendancy (as a Glittering Wish target)
Hadn't thought about it that way. The more you know.
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The deck doesn't need it. It's already pretty consistent. It attempts to win almost immediately after Jeskai Ascendancy hits the board. Modern primer is located here.
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The advantage of the wish is you can have a toolbox sideboard. Also, since green is needed for the mana creatures, glittering wish costs 2 instead of 3.
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I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
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I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
I feel like you could have chosen a better common, like Serum Visions. :-P Remand is also very low right now, having hit about $18 at its peak during Modern season. Now actually isn't a bad time to get Remands if you need them, I think.
I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
You find it hard to believe a playable common card that's nearly NINE years old has reached $1.50? Think how many new players have picked up the game since then. BTW, here's 15 sellers offering it for less than a buck.
Yes, actually, I do. Clearly the game has gotten much more expensive in the last few years than I remember, but I'm still not paying that much for a card that should be .50 at most. This isn't a card along the lines of Duress or Counterspell which belong in almost every deck that uses those colors. It doesn't matter anyway, I'll finding someone locally selling them for a quarter each eventually.
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"To make peace with the forest, make peace with me." -Multani, to Urza
Yes, actually, I do. Clearly the game has gotten much more expensive in the last few years than I remember, but I'm still not paying that much for a card that should be .50 at most. This isn't a card along the lines of Duress or Counterspell which belong in almost every deck that uses those colors. It doesn't matter anyway, I'll finding someone locally selling them for a quarter each eventually.
But again, you're discounting the fact the card is NINE years old. It had ONE printing, and a promo foil. And you're comparing it to Duress, which had about 10 printings and appeared in a core set as recently as one year ago. And Counterspell, which has about FIFTEEN printings? Scarcity has something to do with price, again 9 years old, and an exploded player base. No, it's not as iconic as Duress or Counterspell, but it's much more difficult to come across. Scarcity/availability drives price too, not just card rarity and playability.
Complain about coiling oracle? How about serum visions. $7 for a cantrip that isn't all that great honestly. You spend $5 on a playset of a card. That's honestly a bargain at this point where playsets of tarmogoyf cost $800ish in comparison. It's a common holds no weight at all. See: sinkhole. Scarcity drives prices in conjunction with demand.
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Glittering Wish is huge right now at the $20 price point and Magic's smart money bought them when they were $2 apiece. These investors are ecstatic about their huge gains and will be naming their second yacht "Glittering Wish" to commemorate the spike. The Jeskai Ascendancy deck is real and it can win a major event, although I'm not convinced it's ban-worthy. Given that the card is from Future Sight, expect a price tag not dissimilar to that of something like Horizon Canopy. My price target for Glittering Wish is $30 six months from now and I wouldn't lose sleep if I made a bet that it'll hit $35 in that time.
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These days, some wizards are finding they have a little too much deck left at the end of their $$$.
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Glittering Wish is huge right now at the $20 price point and Magic's smart money bought them when they were $2 apiece. These investors are ecstatic about their huge gains and will be naming their second yacht "Glittering Wish" to commemorate the spike. The Jeskai Ascendancy deck is real and it can win a major event, although I'm not convinced it's ban-worthy. Given that the card is from Future Sight, expect a price tag not dissimilar to that of something like Horizon Canopy. My price target for Glittering Wish is $30 six months from now and I wouldn't lose sleep if I made a bet that it'll hit $35 in that time.
Either you are very excited about a new combo deck or you have a lot of copies of Glittering Wish.
Your prediction seems a bit eccentric. Glittering Wish will probably be a $10 card until a new multicolored card makes it even more viable.
Yes it is ban-worthy. So is Jeskai Ascendency. Combo pieces are often the target for a ban.
Ascendancy combo is not a good deck. Glittering Wish is not a $20 card. The deck is so all-in on a single easily disruptable plan that is also commonly dealt with with cards that are main-decked already. Sure it's getting surprise wins right now, but the deck loses badly versus counter spells, bolts, blockers, etc and has very little actual interaction.
I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
Try $3.50 for a common card. You clearly haven't tried to buy Smash to Smithereens lately...
I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
Try $3.50 for a common card. You clearly haven't tried to buy Smash to Smithereens lately...
I can't get over the prices people are charging for cards like Remand and Coiling Oracle - $10 and $1.50, respectively. Really, $1.50 for a common card?
Try $3.50 for a common card. You clearly haven't tried to buy Smash to Smithereens lately...
The foolishness continues...
Well - the supply of a Shadowmoor common is probably about the same as a Theros rare.
Hadn't thought about it that way. The more you know.
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BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
I would assume the deck would run Idyllic Tutor
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BGeth, Lord of the VaultB
The deck doesn't need it. It's already pretty consistent. It attempts to win almost immediately after Jeskai Ascendancy hits the board. Modern primer is located here.
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The advantage of the wish is you can have a toolbox sideboard. Also, since green is needed for the mana creatures, glittering wish costs 2 instead of 3.
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I feel like you could have chosen a better common, like Serum Visions. :-P Remand is also very low right now, having hit about $18 at its peak during Modern season. Now actually isn't a bad time to get Remands if you need them, I think.
You find it hard to believe a playable common card that's nearly NINE years old has reached $1.50? Think how many new players have picked up the game since then. BTW, here's 15 sellers offering it for less than a buck.
http://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dissension/coiling-oracle
But again, you're discounting the fact the card is NINE years old. It had ONE printing, and a promo foil. And you're comparing it to Duress, which had about 10 printings and appeared in a core set as recently as one year ago. And Counterspell, which has about FIFTEEN printings? Scarcity has something to do with price, again 9 years old, and an exploded player base. No, it's not as iconic as Duress or Counterspell, but it's much more difficult to come across. Scarcity/availability drives price too, not just card rarity and playability.
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Either you are very excited about a new combo deck or you have a lot of copies of Glittering Wish.
Your prediction seems a bit eccentric. Glittering Wish will probably be a $10 card until a new multicolored card makes it even more viable.
Yes it is ban-worthy. So is Jeskai Ascendency. Combo pieces are often the target for a ban.
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The cards aren't anywhere close to ban worthy.
Try $3.50 for a common card. You clearly haven't tried to buy Smash to Smithereens lately...
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Well - the supply of a Shadowmoor common is probably about the same as a Theros rare.
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