Over the last few weeks, there’s been a surge of demand by players excited for new Commanders from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. This caused many related cards to go up in value.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
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Go-Shintai, of Life’s Origin
Go-Shintai, of Life’s Origin
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, {T}: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever Go-Shintai of Life's Origin or another nontoken Shrine you control enters, create a 1/1 colorless Shrine enchantment creature token.
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Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor’s Voice
Whenever an Aura you control enters, if you cast it, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value less than or equal to that Aura and with a different name than each Aura you control, put that card onto the battlefield attached to Light-Paws, then shuffle.
are all examples of Commanders that caused some recent market movement.
This week, two cards spiked in price, because of yet another Kamigawa Commander. This set is truly making an impact across Magic: the Gathering formats and the secondary market.
Mindleech Mass
As you can see in the graph below, Mindleech Mass took a steep incline in price, jumping from $2.00 to $10.00. Wizards of the Coast has only printed this card once in Ravnica: City of Guilds in 2005. As you might imagine, the supply of Mindleech Mass is quite low. At the time of writing, there are only 35 listings remaining on TCGPlayer.
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Blightsteel Colossus
Blightsteel Colossus spiked in price at the beginning of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty‘s spoiler season. But it is on the move again.
These days, Blightsteel Colossus is up to almost $65.00-$70.00! If you’re lucky, you can find a few listings around the $60.00 mark.
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Why Are These Cards Going UP in Value?
Both Mindleech Mass and Blightsteel Colossus are going up for one reason: Satoru Umezawa.
Satoru Umezawa is currently the second most popular Commander from Neon Dynasty, according to EDHREC. It’s no wonder Satoru is hiking card prices up.
The exciting part about Satoru Umezawa compared to the other go-to Ninja Commander,
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Yuriko, the Tiger’s Shadow
Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)
Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.
, is that it can give any creature in your hand ninjutsu. That means it can cheat massive creatures like Mindleech Mass and Blightsteel Colossus into play for relatively little mana.
In the case of Mindleech Mass, you can sneak it into play with ninjutsu, take the best card in your opponent’s hand, and play it for free. As for Blightsteel Colossus, you can outright kill an opponent with infect damage.
If you’re interested in Satoru Umezaw as a Commander, check out this deck guide for more card suggestions.
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