Journey is as expected. The set was a mediocre (or more accurate, a polarizing) draft format, and VMA and M15 were both more popular formats. Anything that saw play in a set like that was going to spike, and I'm surprised Banishing Light isn't higher. AVR had several very high $$$ cards for the same reason when it was in print (Bonfire, Cavern, Craterhoof, Entreat, Resto Angel, and IIRC Temporal Mastery was high $$$ too until people realised it was bad).
Furthermore JiN isn't a one-card set like DGM was (Voice of Resurgence). The set's value is as such spread out a bit more.
Journey's big uncommon, however, Banishing Light, is NOT following Stoke into the pricing stratosphere (although it is very high for an uncommon, 2.21 bot buy, 2.49 bot sell).
It's a fine format, a lot better than M14, although events aren't firing now because Khans is a lot more fun. I've tried to join 2 M15 daily events and they haven't fired.
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I wasn't quite fond of the boardstalls and blue/green dominance over the format, but at least one could draft some niche decks instead of being forced into one viable deck. Also, you were actually drawing cards, removing stuff, doing combat math and bluffig tricks to try and break a board stall. In M15 you just go "lol Triplicate Spirits" I win!
That card single handedly ruins the format for me.
Yeah I agree the format sucked. It was too much like THS where it was too tempo based. Not really a big fan of formats where bounce spells are dominant and the removal is too costly to where its too difficult to stop swarms/big haymakers.
If I felt like gambling I'd buy in Stoke right now and hope it hits 5 or 6 again. Well, maybe like a week ago would have been better. Boss sligh is such a cheap deck and it is a real deck too so you can expect plenty of people who will pick up standard exclusively to play KTK Standard Champs Q events to buy in this week.
Bots buying at 5 right now seems like a bit much since the physical card sells at $5.
The MTGO Meta has 2x as much burn as the physical one.
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Bots are *buying* for 5.
The card is indeed extremely strong, but supply is more than double the supply of Rabblemaster, and more than four times the supply of Nissa.
Where do people see Stoke ending up?
Furthermore JiN isn't a one-card set like DGM was (Voice of Resurgence). The set's value is as such spread out a bit more.
Journey's big uncommon, however, Banishing Light, is NOT following Stoke into the pricing stratosphere (although it is very high for an uncommon, 2.21 bot buy, 2.49 bot sell).
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Magic 2015 Core Set/Goblin Rabblemaster#online
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Magic 2013/Thragtusk#online
M15 was so under-drafted due to v4 and VMA
It's a fine format, a lot better than M14, although events aren't firing now because Khans is a lot more fun. I've tried to join 2 M15 daily events and they haven't fired.
Yeah I agree the format sucked. It was too much like THS where it was too tempo based. Not really a big fan of formats where bounce spells are dominant and the removal is too costly to where its too difficult to stop swarms/big haymakers.
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The MTGO Meta has 2x as much burn as the physical one.