For better or worse, the Marvel Super Heroes spoiler season is an incredibly fast one. Despite the set’s huge scope, all the cards from the main set and bonus sheet will be revealed by Friday, June 5th. Due to this, it’s no wonder that Wizards kicked off the spoiler season with one hell of a bang.
As always, the set’s debut treated us to spoilers, mechanics, Commander cards, and a fair few enticing bonus sheet reprints. Following that, however, Wizards just didn’t stop. Revealing card after card, a total of 35 Marvel Super Heroes source material bonus sheet cards were unveiled yesterday.
Thankfully, for value enthusiasts, these reveals weren’t just the duds of the sheet, too. With over $367 worth of cards being revealed, this bonus sheet looks like one for the ages. That being said, hopefully the mountain of cards revealed yesterday won’t be expensive for long.
Stellar Secret Lair Reprints
Of all the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet cards revealed yesterday, there’s no question that the six mechanically unique Secret Lair cards were the best. Not only are reprints of these cards sorely needed due to their low supply, but they’re seriously expensive, too. Wolverine, Best There Is, for instance, sells for around $42 right now, thanks to seeing healthy Commander play.
Curiously, Captain America, First Avenger sees even more play than Wolverine, according to EDHREC, yet it’s slightly cheaper. Selling for just $38, this card is certainly no slouch and will make an insane pull from a Marvel Super Heroes booster. The same is true for Storm, Force of Nature, too, who sells for around $29 right now.
While they are the least expensive of the bunch, Iron Man, Titan of Innovation and Black Panther, Wakandan King are still very welcome reprints. Selling for $23 and $19, respectively, the incredible art might make these even more expensive. As expensive as they are, however, all of these cards are nothing compared to the single Jurassic World reprint.
Thanks to being tacked onto The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, cards like Ravenous Tyrannosaurus are surprisingly difficult to get ahold of. As a result, this popular Dinosaur Typal card typically sells for around $49 on average. While this does make Ravenous Tyrannosaurus one hell of a pull, notably, its current price hopefully shouldn’t last.
Even though source material cards only appear in one out of 24 play boosters, these reprints will still seriously boost supply. In theory, this will cause prices for all these cards to crash, since supply has been the limiting factor. Thankfully, while these prices may fall, there are plenty of other staples being reprinted in the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet.
Solid Staples
Out of all the Commander staples being reprinted in the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet, Teferi’s Protection is the clear frontrunner. Selling for at least $44, this card is a true staple within any white-aligned deck. Appearing in over 673,000 lists, according to EDHREC, it’s unlikely that this reprint will actually affect the card’s price much.
While prices drop off sharply after Teferi’s Protection, there are still plenty of heavy hitters in this bonus sheet. No Mercy sells for around $19, while Fiery Emancipation goes for a touch about $16. Technically, Steely Resolve sits between these as its non-Secret Lair printing sells for $19, while its other variant is just $14.
With Sieze the Day similarly going for $14 at its cheapest, and Primal Vigor not too far behind at $11, it’s clear this bonus sheet is absolutely stacked. We’re still not done, either, as both Bedlam and Steelshaper’s Gift are worth around $8.50. Adding on Concerted Effort and Warleader’s Call at $8 each, even the mid hits will easily pay for your pack.
While it remains to be seen how much these reprints will affect the prices, they all feel fairly stable. Outside of Steely Resolve, each of these cards has had a recent printing, so supply isn’t a major issue. While this is great news for value hunters, the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet sadly has its misses.
Inevitable Duds
Sadly, thanks to the $6.99 MSRP for Marvel Super Heroes Play Boosters, plenty of reprints do fall short. For some, like Final Showdown and Privileged Position, it’s not by much, as both these cards sell for around $5. After this, however, prices really start to fall off, as Unnatural Growth is $3, and Counterspell is $2.
Notably, while this reprint of Counterspell might signal the real dropoff in prices, it’s not all bad news. Since these source material bonus sheet cards are rather rare, there’s a good chance many cards will sell for more than normal. We’ve already seen this happen with Counterspell, in fact, as the Spider Man source material printing currently sells for $8.
With this in mind, the rest of the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet reprints might not actually be so bad. Sure, Mechanized Production and Reconnaissance Mission might be the final $2 cards, but there are still a fair few staples. Escape to the Wilds has some real potential, for instance, as does Beast Within, since its past Spider Man printing is $6.
That being said, while it’s potentially not all bad news, some reprints here are quite difficult to get excited about. Light of Promise, Return to the Ranks, and Sundering Growth, for instance, are all worth less than $0.50. The same is true for Anthem of Champions, Monstrous Rage, Final Act, and Deadly Dispute.
Not Quite Finished
Despite having 35 cards from the Marvel Super Heroes bonus sheet revealed in one day, it’s not complete yet. According to Wizards, the final few cards on this source material sheet will be unveiled on Friday, June 5th. Even before then, it’s clear that this is one hell of a bonus sheet, even if it’s not wall-to-wall hits.
Ultimately, thanks to the odds of pulling a card from this bonus sheet, we’ll just have to wait and see what it does to prices overall. Hopefully, it’ll be enough to bring down the prices of the annoyingly exclusive cards, but even that remains to be seen. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see, while looking forward to Marvel Super Heroes’ June 26th release date.
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