In just a few days, Wizards of the Coast will finally kick off the spoiler season for Lorwyn Eclipsed. Considering the set was originally meant to come out in 2025 before being delayed, this has been a long time coming. Given the early spoilers we’ve seen, it looks like this overly long wait will be worth it, too.
Between new Evoke Elementals, the return of Kindred, and the set’s pair of precons, there’s already tons to enjoy. While a question mark may be hanging over the latter of these, recent leaks did shed some light. Unsurprisingly, this has caused some new movements in the MTG markets. Curiously, this has even affected cards with less than perfect synergy.
MTG Elemental Eruption
Released as part of the Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander MTG decks, Elemental Eruption is one hell of a bomb. For six mana, and a few spells beforehand, you can flood the board with Elemental Dragons. These Dragons even have Prowess on top of Flying, so they won’t just be 4/4s for long.
While Elemental Eruption isn’t the most cost-effective wincon in MTG, there’s no denying it’s powerful. Thanks to this, it already sees fairly healthy play in Commander. Unsurprisingly, Spellslinger decks are the best home for this card, as they make getting a high storm count trivial.
As much as this MTG card is powerful, Elemental Eruption is by no means perfect. For starters, the Dragons it spits out don’t have Haste, so this win con is rather slow without support. Thankfully, cards like Anger and Mass Hysteria exist to solve this problem, so it’s hardly an insurmountable hurdle.
With support being a big deal for Elemental Eruption, there’s unsurprisingly a lot of eyes on Lorwyn Eclipsed. With the aptly named Dance of the Elements precon bound to contain plenty of Elementals, we should get more support soon. That said, looking at the deck’s leaked face Commander, the synergy isn’t perfect.
If the leaked Ashling, the Limitless is legit, then she only cares about sacrificing nontoken Elementals. This is bad news for Elemental Eruption, since it creates tokens, albeit quite a lot of them. Potentially, the rest of the Dance of the Elements deck might have more generic support, but that remains to be seen.
The Spike
Even without the synergy being confirmed, MTG players have still been taking an interest in Elemental Eruption. Recently, on the mtgfinance subreddit, the potential of this card was pointed out, though not everyone was convinced. Despite the dubious nature of the synergy, supply has continued to drain, and prices have increased.
A couple of months ago, back in November, copies of Elemental Eruption were routinely selling for around $0.80 on average. Considering this card only really sees play within one style of deck, that’s somewhat niche, this isn’t surprising. Now, however, steady sales and a huge spike in interest over the holidays have made Elemental Eruption fairly expensive.
Currently, a near-mint non-foil copy of Elemental Eruption will set you back $3.79. While this is a fair bit lower than the $4.27 market price, it’s still a 373% spike from past lows. Notably, this near-mint listing is currently the cheapest default frame option, as copies in worse condition have all been bought up.
Thankfully, if you do want to snag a bargain, the Extended Art variant of Elemental Eruption is much cheaper. At the moment, lightly played copies of this version are selling for just $1. Near-mint examples are also available at a similar price point, making it seem like the best option right now. After all, not only is it cheaper, but you also get extra art for your money.
The Future
Looking ahead, it’s rather difficult to pin down which way Elemental Eruption will end up going. Like many of the precon-based spikes we’ve seen recently, it’ll all come down to what these decks contain. Admittedly, the threat of Elemental Eruption being reprinted doesn’t feel especially high, but that doesn’t mean it’s a sure thing.
If the Dance of the Elements precon is lacking in relevant support, then Elemental Eruption might be a bad upgrade to the deck. This could completely kill any remaining demand, causing the price to crash back down. Should there be useful cards that can exploit a horde of Elemental Dragon tokens, however, then the price could explode.
From what we’ve seen of the leaked Ashling, the Limitless, personally, I wouldn’t hold my breath for fantastic synergy. That being said, even if the Dance of the Elements precon doesn’t work well with Elemental Eruption, there is still hope. If we get a new Elemental Typal card within the Lorwyn Eclipsed main set, it could easily spike demand.
Ultimately, as always, we can’t predict the future, so we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Thankfully, we don’t have to wait long this time around, as Lorwyn Eclipsed spoilers start next week. With the set’s experimental spoiler season only lasting four days, too, we’ll soon know all the important info.
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