The Biggest Magic: The Gathering Crashers and Climbers This Week - January 29

We’ll get to the Blight Curse platform successful a moment, but this Spider-Man Land is seeing immoderate play since it works with the Dance of the Elements precon.

As Multiversal Passage enters, it tin go immoderate basal onshore you request it to be, entering tapped oregon being acceptable to spell astatine the outgo of 2 life. It’s wobbling astatine astir $10 close now, but was fractional that conscionable weeks ago.

OK, it’s Auntie Ool’s clip to shine. The Commander down Blight Curse platform is each astir putting -1/-1 counters connected cards, and that makes Nest of Scarabs a large prime since it turns those counters into 1/1 insect carnal tokens, too.

It’s reached astir $10 seemingly overnight, and is simply a nice, evident inclusion for the precon upgrade package.

Generous Patron is thing but obvious, though. It puts +1/+1 counters connected creatures, which astatine archetypal glimpse feels similar the other of what Auntie Ool’s platform volition person you doing. Still, the substance beneath reads “Whenever you enactment 1 oregon much counters connected a carnal you don't control, gully a card.”

Since that portion doesn’t specify which counters trigger paper draw, bask drafting much cards! It’s reached $12, again astir overnight.

Finally, Pandemonium has spiked to astir $14. It’s from the Exodus set, and lets a carnal woody harm arsenic it enters play. Almost tempted to enactment it successful my Lord of Pain deck...

Crashers

Gah, truthful close. I’ve been waiting for Icetill Explorer from Edge of Eternities to driblet a small further, and portion it’s cheaper than it was a fortnight ago, it’s inactive astir $20.

A cleanable inclusion for Landfall decks, it lets you play an further onshore each crook and play lands from your graveyard, too.

Lorwyn Eclipsed lone has 1 vampire card, but it got maine thinking: How overmuch is Edgar Markov going for these days?

The reply is astir $25, but fixed his powerfulness for Vampire decks, helium inactive feels similar a must-buy for anyone looking to play a fanged deck.

Remember erstwhile everyone went chaotic for Ragost, Deft Gastronaut? This Lobster makes your Artifacts into Foods, and contempt seeing a spike successful caller weeks, it is inactive nether $1.

I’ve been tooling up an Eldrazi platform recently, and picked up Sire of Seven Deaths. Its worth jumps astir a just bit, but for $19 you tin get a 7/7 with (deep breath) First Strike, Vigilance, Menace, Trample, Reach, Lifelink, and Ward - 7 Life. Savage.

Finally, talking of keyword soup, I picked up Atraxa, Grand Unifier. No thought wherever I’ll play it, admittedly, but it’s sitting astir $11 close now, which is overmuch little than successful caller months.

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