She's great in an undying deck with Retribution of the Ancestors. Another sacrifice outlet is good and the fact she's a planeswalker is really sweet. The only thing I don't like about her in that deck is that planeswalker abilities can't be activated on opponents turns. As far as already established decks, I'm not sure what deck wants her.
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I think $13 USD is about right. She's no teferi or jtms, but she's fine. Curving discard, into removal/discard, into lotv, into golgari queen is great for keeping the board clear while you just draw into more threats/gas.
The bar a 4 mana card needs to clear to be good in Modern is very high. A minus for board presence is nice, but a plus that doesn't do anything is not. GB has a lot of other things it could be doing that is stronger, especially now that there's no shortage of broad removal between Decay and Trophy.
I'm also not sold on the 13$ price tag. She has a + that will do nothing because I don't want to lose board presence on turn 4. Or she is a 4 mana sorcery speed abrupt decay that can be repeated after another turn of giving +. Well, she could be a distraction for the opponent attack her instead of me? I could be wrong in this evaluation.. but just can't see any reason why I would want her in my deck. The most I would pay is 5 dollars.
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Someone at my LGS did point out that the plus on Vraska is a 'may'. You can sac a useless token if you have one, or you can tick her up without actually doing anything. It's not ideal, but it's a repeating Decay if you can protect her, and a neat win condition if you want. I don't think it will be Modern playable, but a Sultai/Abzan control/midrange with a token subtheme and her at the top end wouldn't shock me. I definitely don't see $13 though
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Someone at my LGS did point out that the plus on Vraska is a 'may'. You can sac a useless token if you have one, or you can tick her up without actually doing anything. It's not ideal, but it's a repeating Decay if you can protect her, and a neat win condition if you want. I don't think it will be Modern playable, but a Sultai/Abzan control/midrange with a token subtheme and her at the top end wouldn't shock me. I definitely don't see $13 though
I was thinking about Death Cloud? Its not an amazing fit, but I've put worse walkers into that deck before.
jund has access to so many value 4 drops, all of which have their own benefits; vraska (if playable at all) doesnt have anything that puts her above the rest.
if you look at unique effects, the only thing vraska has going for her is being a sac outlet; and there arent many decks that can make good use of that. let alone make good use at 4 cmc.
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You may have no words, but those of us that did pre-order before the spike just got Christmas early.
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Almost 20$ right now. Is Seachrome Coast price being raised by the Humans and some Spirits decks using it?
46 humans decks using it and 33 bant spirits decks using it currently on MTG Goldfish. Those numbers suggest that it was going to have it's supply taxed given it's a Scars land. I wish I had the kind of funds I got now back when scars was around because that was one of my favorite sets. Actually, that was one heck of a grim dark standard as it went strait from New Phyrexia into Innistrad.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
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3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
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Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
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I cant really tell you where the price will end up. The boxes are being used by scalpers and Hasbro has tight control of the point of sale. I'm imagining they will be really high.
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They'll do the normal SDCC thing of small crash upon release, then slowly level off. High demand ones (like Teferi and Lili) will probably trend upwards, but the others will stay around the $40 range, based on SDCC history.
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Here is the thing I think Teferi looks boss and Lili looks kinda lame honestly the background is cheap. So I wonder how that impacts pricing. Granted that is just my impressions maybe but they should be valuable.
Vraska could be strong in standard. The +1 can blow up your own lands right? It should ensure you never mana flood. And you can float the mana before you sac the land too.
Eh your only as strong as curve topper as the weakest links...so it depends to me on how good the actual Golgari Deck is. Is it better then Red Rush which is nerfed from its previous high but still good, selesyna tokens that looked good recently, or whichever Teferi deck wins out in Azorious, Jeskai and Esper.
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1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
I'm also not sold on the 13$ price tag. She has a + that will do nothing because I don't want to lose board presence on turn 4. Or she is a 4 mana sorcery speed abrupt decay that can be repeated after another turn of giving +. Well, she could be a distraction for the opponent attack her instead of me? I could be wrong in this evaluation.. but just can't see any reason why I would want her in my deck. The most I would pay is 5 dollars.
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I have no words.
Spirits
Hype is a word.
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Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)I was thinking about Death Cloud? Its not an amazing fit, but I've put worse walkers into that deck before.
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That thing started at 1$...
Maybe people saw something really good in it in testings.
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if you look at unique effects, the only thing vraska has going for her is being a sac outlet; and there arent many decks that can make good use of that. let alone make good use at 4 cmc.
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BURGrixis Death's Shadow
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WCDeath and Taxes(sold)You may have no words, but those of us that did pre-order before the spike just got Christmas early.
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3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
You're so lucky. Did you get them at 1$?
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Eh, I'll keep my Teferi's that I got at $13. I simply dont see this card as having legs.
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Unfortunately, I didn't get them at a buck. I got them when they were around 2.50 a piece. They are better than they look.
46 humans decks using it and 33 bant spirits decks using it currently on MTG Goldfish. Those numbers suggest that it was going to have it's supply taxed given it's a Scars land. I wish I had the kind of funds I got now back when scars was around because that was one of my favorite sets. Actually, that was one heck of a grim dark standard as it went strait from New Phyrexia into Innistrad.
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
yeah, single print, both spirits decks, and I assume humans for sideboard cards.
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I'm looking at Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Liliana the Last Hope
possibly Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
Do you think they'll go up or down?
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Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
They'll do the normal SDCC thing of small crash upon release, then slowly level off. High demand ones (like Teferi and Lili) will probably trend upwards, but the others will stay around the $40 range, based on SDCC history.
Edit: Attached photo of why I might be curious about tracking their price trends...!
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
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