TCGPlayer’s Bonus Bucks sale is back! This is the best opportunity to snag those Baldur’s Gate preorders you’ve been looking at, or get the most mileage out of a spec that you’ve had your eyes on. Not sure what to buy? Here are a few ideas to consider when trying to make the most of this sale!
Baldur’s Gate Preorders
Now’s the time to save some money on Baldur’s Gate cards that you want for your Commander deck! Don’t let the price spikes get away from you.
Ledger Shredder
Ledger Shredder
Flying
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
was only a dollar on release weekend. Imagine how much you could’ve saved.
Blade of Selves
This was outlined in our recent article talking about some amazing Baldur’s Gate reprints. Copies of this card will generally run you about $25… until now. TCGPlayer has preorders for
Blade of Selves
Blade of Selves
Equipped creature has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Equip {4}
at $10!
Equipping this to a creature that has ETB effects can cause utter mayhem in a game of Commander. My personal favorite to use it with is
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
When Muxus enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put all Goblin creature cards with mana value 5 or less from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever Muxus attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other Goblin you control.
in a Mono Red Goblin deck. This effectively allows you to look at the top 12 cards of your library and dump a massive amount of goblins every time Muxus attacks. The copies don’t get to hit your opponent because of the legendary rule, but who cares? You get a bunch of Goblins every turn. Don’t wait too long to pick up your copy of this. Once Baldur’s Gate’s print run slows down, there’s a strong chance that this will shoot back up in price.
Nautiloid Ship
Don’t get me wrong, there are more exciting cards then this that are coming out in Baldur’s Gate. Those other cards are priced to cash in on the hype. As of the writing of this article,
Nautiloid Ship
Nautiloid Ship
Flying
When this Vehicle enters, exile target player's graveyard.
Whenever this Vehicle deals combat damage to a player, you may put a creature card exiled with this Vehicle onto the battlefield under your control.
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is only going for about $5.75.
Nautiloid Ship
Nautiloid Ship
Flying
When this Vehicle enters, exile target player's graveyard.
Whenever this Vehicle deals combat damage to a player, you may put a creature card exiled with this Vehicle onto the battlefield under your control.
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does a ton of work. It can exile an opponent’s graveyard and start cheating in their creatures every time it hits someone. The amount of value this will generate as turns go by will demand an answer from the table. Even then, you still exiled some poor sap’s graveyard AND got a removal spell out of their hand. If they don’t respect the ship, they’ll have to deal with a horde of their own creatures. I think this card is very good for its current price point.
Ancient Copper Dragon
Ancient Copper Dragon
Ancient Copper Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.
is a card that we haven’t covered yet. It looks like this is part of a cycle of dragons that all want to roll D20’s for some pretty serious payoffs. This Dragon will make 10 treasure tokens on average if it manages to hit an opponent. That’s enough to win the game with
Revel in Riches
Revel in Riches
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more Treasures, you win the game.
on its own. Even without it, 10 mana on average per attack is a fantastic payoff.
This card is a bit on the pricier side of things at $28, but I think that this is actually a decent price for it. Just look at
Old Gnawbone
Old Gnawbone
Flying
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.
.
Old Gnawbone
Old Gnawbone
Flying
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.
scales harder into an advantaged state, but
Ancient Copper Dragon
Ancient Copper Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.
can pull weight on its own a lot better.
Old Gnawbone
Old Gnawbone
Flying
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.
currently retails for about $40. Get your Coppery boi before it gets there.
Owlbear Cub
Ramp is a popular mechanic in Commander and this is a great card to use to keep it in check. Attack an opponent with eight or more lands and use
Owlbear Cub
Owlbear Cub
Mama's Coming — Whenever this creature attacks a player who controls eight or more lands, look at the top eight cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that player. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
to cheat out something ridiculous like
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
. Better yet, just find a
Master of Cruelties
Master of Cruelties
First strike, deathtouch
This creature can only attack alone.
Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.
and kill them.
Owlbear Cub
Owlbear Cub
Mama's Coming — Whenever this creature attacks a player who controls eight or more lands, look at the top eight cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that player. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
‘s ability gets a whole lot better when you consider that these little guys are going for about $4 right now.
Lightning Bolt
Why is one of MTG’s oldest staples making a reappearance in this article? Well, you can currently preorder them for around $1.50. These should go a long way in retaining their value, so if you need some, now’s the time. It’s going to be pretty difficult to find them cheaper then they are now.
Archivist of Oghma
This card is already getting expensive. We outlined it in an article earlier this week. This is the card in the set that has Ob Nixilis or Oko levels of potential price-wise. Whether it will go up over time or not is a big question mark.
I think there’s a pretty solid chance it will at least retain its value, if not go up. The reason is one that you might not expect.
I expect that there will be a lot of Legacy interest for this card. Because of how prevalent Fetch lands are in every format that they’re legal in, there is going to be a lot of deck searching. Imagine gaining a life and drawing a card for every other land they play.
As outlined in our previous article, this card combos really well with
Path to Exile
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
. Turning your path into a one mana cantrip that exiles a creature in exchange for a basic land and gains a life is absolutely insane. You can even do the whole sequence at instant speed.
To make things better, this card has an amazing home in Legacy Death and Taxes. Between this and Commander demand for the Archivist, there’s a good chance that this will go up in the future.
$hoot For Savings
There’s even more sales on supplies and sealed products! The Baldur’s Gate Booster Boxes are out of stock right now, but if you’re lucky enough to find they’ve restocked, now’s a good time to buy. Prices for these boxes have been trending down over the past few months, allowing you to snag them for a steal. You can find a link to their set boxes here.
These are some of the highlights that I would consider picking up from Baldur’s gate, but if there’s a different preorder card that you’re looking for, you can peruse TCGPlayer’s preorder prices as you like here.
Other Recommendations
Kindred Discovery
At the time of writing this article, TCGPlayer has not updated their preorders to reflect the
Kindred Discovery
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
reprint coming in Baldur’s Gate. Even though they haven’t updated this yet, prices on the other variations of
Kindred Discovery
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
are already going down. You can order this card right now for $8 below its market price.
Unlicensed Hearse
If I were to speculate on any card in MTG right now, this is the one.
Unlicensed Hearse
Unlicensed Hearse
{T}: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.
Unlicensed Hearse's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards exiled with it.
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has the potential to see play in every format its legal in (maybe except Vintage). It is resilient graveyard hate that also functions as a threat. It comes down early and is annoying to remove in the early stages of the game because its not a creature. To top it all off,
Unlicensed Hearse
Unlicensed Hearse
{T}: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard.
Unlicensed Hearse's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards exiled with it.
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proved that it executes its job properly over the weekend. The card had a fantastic performance in the SNC championships. This card is seeing a massive spike on the secondary market, and this likely won’t be the end of it.
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