Mystery Booster 2 spoilers continue to make their way out of the woodworks, and there’s a lot to look forward to. Tons of reprints are receiving new white-bordered treatment or Future Sight frames. Unsurprisingly, this has a lot of players excited.
So far, many of the spoilers that have been revealed have been expensive format staples, such as Wasteland and Urza’s Saga. Today, we’re going to focus on two cards in particular that have been in desperate need of a reprint. To kick things off we have an elite combo piece that, despite being an uncommon, still holds a decently high price tag.
Grinding Station
- Mana Value: 2
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Text: Tap, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards. Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield, you may untap Grinding Station.
Grinding Station is a two-drop artifact that lends itself to a multitude of different combos. The most common and powerful piece to pair with Grinding Station is almost certainly Underworld Breach. Underworld Breach is a powerful Enchantment that lets you play cards from your graveyard by exiling three other graveyard cards in addition to paying the spell’s mana cost. Conveniently, three just happens to be the number of cards Grinding Station mills when you sacrifice an artifact.
As such, if you have access to a zero-mana rock, such as Mox Amber, you can keep sacrificing and replaying it over and over, netting tons of mana and milling your library in the process. This loop works because each time you bring back Mox Opal, Grinding Station untaps. From there, it’s easy to cast a copy of Thassa’s Oracle that you milled over once you’re out of cards.
As an elite combo piece, it makes sense that Grinding Station would be worth a decent chunk of change for an uncommon. However, this is exacerbated by the fact that it hasn’t been reprinted. It debuted all the way back in Fifth Dawn 20 years ago.
Over the last year, Grinding Station has been steadily climbing in price for the most part. Now, with the release of Mystery Booster 2, the card is finally getting the reprint it deserves (with a Future Sight frame, to boot). It currently sits at just under $14 according to TCGPlayer market price.
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Serra the Benevolent
- Mana Value: 2WW
- Rarity: Mythic Rare
- Stats: 4 Loyalty
- Text: +2: Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn. -3: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. -6: You get an emblem with “If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.”
Our second appealing reprint that’s worth mentioning is Serra the Benevolent. Serra the Benevolent is a bit of a weird case. The card isn’t super powerful. It sees virtually no Constructed play. While it does show up in Commander from time to time, it’s a pretty narrow option. Unless you’re utilizing lots of Flying and Angel synergies, you probably don’t want to put this card in your deck.
And yet, the card still sits at almost $9. This isn’t outrageous for a mythic rare, but it’s still a bit pricy for a card that isn’t in super high in demand. Well, once again, the card’s lack of reprints may be a contributing factor.
The only draftable set Serra the Benevolent appeared in was Modern Horizons 1. There is a Secret Lair version available, but that’s it in paper. This makes Serra the Benevolent a perfect choice for Mystery Booster 2. Plus, now players can obtain a white-bordered variant, which is cool to see on a Planeswalker.
Mystery Booster 2 looks like a blast thus far. There are still tons of spoilers yet to be revealed, so make sure to check back in to see what other exciting reprints join the party.
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