Prerelease weekend for MTG TMNT is right around the corner, and there’s a lot for fans to be excited about. In addition to all the flavorful designs that the main set has to offer, there’s also a Source Material bonus sheet with plenty of strong cards you can pull.
This time around, the bonus sheet features a total of 20 different reprints. Many of them are quite valuable, too, further enhancing the pack-cracking experience. With this in mind, it’s important to know which bonus sheet card to be on the lookout for. Here are the top five most expensive MTG TMNT bonus sheet cards.
Presale Pricing
Notably, while the TMNT MTG set is releasing very soon, pre-sale prices are always somewhat suspect. As a result, we’ll be looking at the cards’ raw reprint values here, rather than what the new TMNT variants are supposedly selling for. In the future, these new variants will likely end up cheaper than past printings, but this isn’t guaranteed, as they are surprisingly rare.
#5 | Doubling Season: $31
Debuting back in Ravnica: City of Guilds, Doubling Season remains an incredibly powerful and versatile tool in Commander. Capable of doubling the number of tokens and counters you create, getting value out of this card is trivial. Alongside Commanders that merge these themes together, like Ghave, Guru of Spores, the value potential is absolutely obscene.
If that weren’t enough, this enchantment also lets your Planeswalkers enter with double the number of Loyalty counters. If you’ve ever wanted to ultimate Teferi, Hero of Dominaria or Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God right away, Doubling Season can make this a reality.
With all of these different uses, it makes sense why this card shows up in a whopping 364,000 Commander decks according to EDHREC. The reality is, the only thing really holding the card back from being an automatic inclusion in a bunch of decks is its hefty price tag.
#4 | All Will Be One: $32
While a bit narrower than Doubling Season in its applications, All Will Be One still has a ton of appeal in Counters and Superfriends shells as well. Rather than providing extra value, this enchantment threatens to repeatedly damage your opponents or their creatures.
While All Will Be One can already provide a steady stream of value, using it alongside Proliferate effects and -1/-1 counters can be especially devastating. Thanks to this, copies of All Will Be One tend to sell for around $32 at the moment. Since this card has only previously been reprinted via Secret Lair, there’s a good chance that prices could soon drop dramatically.
#3 | Trouble in Pairs: $32
Appearing in 172,000 decks, Trouble in Pairs is a true Commander staple. Thanks to the multitude of conditions this card cares about, drawing multiple cards per turn cycle is trivial. Considering that white Commander decks have long struggled with card draw, it’s no wonder this card is so popular and expensive.
Currently, copies of Trouble in Pairs tend to sell for around $32. Since this is the first time it’s getting a reprint, it’s bound to get a little bit cheaper in the coming weeks and months. That being said, more supply could easily lead to more people playing it, so there’s no telling exactly what will happen.
#2 | Shadowspear: $41
Out of all the most expensive MTG TMNT bonus sheet cards, Shadowspear is easily the most widely played. Appearing in over 274,000 Commander decks, this card is a true staple thanks to its effective buff and devastating ability. At worst, giving a creature Trample and Lifelink can create a serious threat, especially when combined with an Urza’s Saga.
Where Shadowspear really comes alive, however, is when you exploit its activated ability. Since so many decks lean heavily on their Commanders, protection is absolutely everywhere in the format. By turning that off, Shadowspear can make even the toughest Commanders incredibly vulnerable to removal. As if this weren’t enough potential, Shadowspear is also commonly used in Modern and Legacy thanks to the synergy with Urza’s Saga.
Due to the card’s consistent demand, Shadowspear has long maintained a high price tag. Despite being reprinted on The List, in Tales of Middle-earth Commander, and in a Secret Lair, it still sells for around $41 on average right now.
#1: Aschcoat of the Shadow Swarm: $76
As cool as all the other TMNT MTG bonus sheet cards are for this set, from a reprint value perspective, none hold a candle to Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm. For Rat Typal decks, Ashcoat is an elite inclusion, helping both buff your squad and provide card advantage turn after turn. If you’re building a deck in this archetype, Ashcoat is easily the go-to choice, but it’s surprisingly not that widely played.
Since Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm doesn’t see much play outside of Rat Typal decks, he only appears in around 20,000 lists. Despite being one of the lesser-played TMNT MTG bonus sheet cards, this card is incredibly rare, since it has only been printed in Jumpstart 2022. Now that we’re finally getting a reprint, there’s a good chance its price may fall in the coming weeks and months. For now, however, Ashcoat of the Shadow Swarm sells for around $76.
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