As the most popular MTG set ever printed, it’s no wonder that Final Fantasy has caused a fair few price spikes. Not only does this set have four stellar precons, but it also features plenty of great Commanders in the main set. Despite this wide range of options and iconic familiar faces, it seems MTG players are fixated on a few standout options.
Choco, Seeker of Paradise, in particular, has quickly become a fan favorite, despite their somewhat niche mechanics. Supporting Bird Typal decks and new Chocobo cards, Choco has inspired a Bird-based resurgence. Over recent weeks, we’ve seen plenty of Bird Typal support cards spiking in price, and these haven’t stopped yet.
Murmuration
First printed in the Bloomburrow Commander decks, Murmuration is one of the set’s many Bird Typal support cards. Hailing from the Family Matters deck, this card is fairly simple, but it can churn out a ton of value. There’s even some compelling hand-filling synergy with Choco to make it look like an obvious auto-include for any Bird-based deck.
At worst, Murmuration provides a useful, albeit expensive, lord effect for all Birds that you control. The +1/+1 is no Door of Destinies, but the Vigilance does great work, especially alongside Choco. Without the fear of leaving yourself vulnerable, you can keep attacking and digging with Choco.
Beyond just allowing you to dig deeper, Choco also helps to pay for Murmuration’s rather pricey cost. As if that wasn’t enough, Murmuration can reliably get you more Birds to play with. At the very least, you should almost always be getting one Storm Crow token per turn from this card. This is thanks to Choco, who can reliably dig for at least one good answer per turn.
Admittedly, while there is some strong synergy between Murmuration and Choco, Seeker of Paradise, this card isn’t perfect. To make the most of the Storm Crow token generation, you really want to be casting a ton of spells each turn. Sadly, Bird-Typal decks will struggle with this most of the time.
Still, even if you’re not able to reliably Storm out with Storm Crow, Murmuration can still provide a fair bit of value. Even one token each turn, alongside the non-insignificant buff, should make the card’s cost worthwhile. This is true for both the card’s mana cost and current financial price.
The Spike
For better or worse, Murmuration is not a very expensive MTG card at the moment. Even after the price spike that this card has seen, plenty of copies are available for less than one dollar. Thankfully for budget enthusiasts, there’s still a lot of supply at this price point, too, although prices have been creeping up.
Winding the clocks back one month, copies of Murmuration used to sell for just $0.23. The current price might not be a great deal more in the grand scheme of MTG, but the percentage above shows real money-making potential. If you managed to invest at the right time, then Murmuration could have offered some serious windfall.
Notably, while this card has only been printed in Bloomburrow, it does have an Extended Art variant. Found in Collector Boosters, this variant has increased supply on TCGplayer and, arguably, nicer art too. Currently, this variant is selling for slightly more on average, with a $1.39 market price.
The Future
Since Murmuration is still rather cheap, all things considered, there’s the potential for money to be made here. If prices continue to rise, then investing at the current price wouldn’t be a bad idea at all. Before you rush out to do that, however, it’s worth noting that ‘’if’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
For starters, there are still a lot of copies of Murmuration left available for purchase at the moment. While prices will typically trend up as this supply decreases, major spikes rarely happen until a buyout occurs. Since this hasn’t happened yet, now that Choco is out in the wild, it seems unlikely it’d happen anytime soon.
Further casting doubt on this card’s future is the general playability of it in Commander. Storming out with Storm Crow is a fantastic meme, of course, but Murmuration is really just a Bird Typal card. Sadly, this archetype is hardly incredibly popular in Commander, even if it’s getting extra attention now.
Once future sets like Edge of Eternities and Marvel’s Spider-Man roll around, tastes will likely shift away from Birds somewhat. If, or rather when, this happens, we’ll likely see many of the recently spiked cards fall back to past prices. While money can be made before this happens, Bird Typal definitely seems like a temporary fascination at best.
Ultimately, we wouldn’t be surprised if Murmuration ends up resting somewhere between $0.50 and $1 in the long run. Whether or not this prediction will be accurate, however, remains to be seen. As always, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
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