Mystery Booster 2 is one of the latest MTG sets to hit the marketplace. It’s also one of the weirdest, but coolest MTG sets we’ve seen in quite some time. The set contains purely reprints with a few cards that are not sanctioned for tournament play. This is already a realm of strange, but the most bizarre thing about this set is how wacky some of the reprints are!
Two special returning treatments were used for some high-rarity reprints in Mystery Booster 2. Future Sight Frames and White Bordered cards are MTG card treatments that have been lost to time, but this set returns to them. Each treatment appears once per Mystery Booster 2 pack, and a ton of high-impact cards in constructed formats have been reprinted with these unique treatments. As a result, there is a surprising amount of demand for them.
We’ve already taken a look at the Future Sight Frames that have risen in price in an article last week. This week, we’ll look at some white-bordered cards that have seen similar price increases from Mystery Booster 2.
Gitaxian Probe
Gitaxian Probe is banned in a lot of MTG formats, and for good reason. The card is essentially a free spell that allows you to take a look at your opponent’s hand. Even better, Gitaxian probe replaces itself, making the action as free as possible, The only thing you lose is two life.
This is far too powerful in many MTG formats, thanks to granting boatloads of information for no cost. As a result, the card has been banned in Modern, Legacy, Pauper, and is restricted in the Vintage format. The only legal places to play Gitaxian Probe are Commander, Oathbreaker, and Vintage (at one copy).
Despite Gitaxian Probe seeing play in very few places, this white-bordered variant of the card from Mystery Booster 2 is spiking heavily. Once worth around $1.20 in mid-September, this copy of Gitaxian Probe has spiked to about $4. According to recent sales, the card could spike as high as $6.50, but sales are somewhat inconsistent for the card right now.
Faerie Macabre
Faerie Macabre is commonly found as sideboard tech in the Legacy format. The card also occasionally appears in Modern. The role that Macabre plays of essentially being free graveyard hate with no strings attached makes it quite powerful. Endurance and Leyline of the Void can play similar roles, but both of these cards need requirements fulfilled for them to work, which can make them more inconsistent.
The downside is that Faerie Macabre is relatively weak as a creature, and its graveyard hate effect doesn’t permanently solve the graveyard problem, but is a one-time band-aid. This works well in Legacy, where speed is prioritized over multiple attempts, but Faerie Macabre can occasionally fail to completely address the problem in slower formats.
This white-bordered copy of Faerie Macabre was worth about a dollar in early October, but it has spiked to about $2.50 now. At the time of writing, copies of the card are selling for around $3.
Cabal Coffers
Cabal Coffers is a strange MTG card as far as lands go. This card cannot create mana alone, but armed with a bunch of Swamps, this land can easily tap for a ton of mana. Commonly partnered with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Cabal Coffers was a mainstay in various formats for a time. Lately, the card sees little to no play outside of Commander.
Despite this, the white-bordered version of Mystery Booster 2 is seeing a price increase. Worth about $15 near the end of September, Cabal Coffers in its white-bordered treatment is now up to about $21. This makes Cabal Coffers one of the most expensive white-bordered cards in Mystery Booster 2. Urza’s Saga currently wins that title.
Spikes for white-bordered cards are currently a bit more unstable than Future Sight Frame ones. It appears the bubble for these exclusive Mystery Booster 2 cards are starting to pass, and cards are beginning to find their actual price point.
