One of the biggest selling points of Final Fantasy MTG is the wide range of iconic characters that appear as legends from across the entire franchise. This set is absolutely perfect for Commander players, and some of the more powerful legends have Constructed appeal as well.
Today, we’re going to focus on one particular legend that has risen significantly in price over the last couple weeks. This build-around option has garnered a lot of interest in Commander and Standard alike, so let’s see what all the buzz is about.
Yuna, Hope of Spira
The legendary creature that’s spiked in price is none other than Yuna, Hope of Spira. Yuna provides a wide range of abilities, but they’re all tied to you having a lot of enchantments in your deck.
Thanks to Ward 2, there’s a good chance that the first turn you play her, you’ll be able to create an advantage by either enabling a big attack with some enchantment creatures or resurrecting a beefy enchantment and generating some value. Even if your opponent can untap and use a removal spell, you’re still ahead on the exchange.
Currently, the most common cards to see paired alongside this legend are the Overlords from Duskmourn. In Standard, Yuna often makes an appearance in small numbers in multicolor control decks featuring Zur, Eternal Schemer. She’s proven to be a solid piece of top end that can reanimate any of your Overlords, or copies of Leyline Binding that the opponent previously answered.
Similarly, some Pioneer Enigmatic Incarnation are playing one copy of Yuna as a tutor target. You’ll even sometimes find the card in Legacy Domain decklists. Using Overlord of the Floodpits to discard another Overlord and cheat it into play with Yuna is a powerful line of play at your disposal.
Some players have even tried brewing around the Summons in Final Fantasy MTG, such as Summon: Knights of Round, using Yuna as the ultimate reanimator engine. Alongside discard outlets like Fear of Missing Out, setting up an explosive turn isn’t super difficult.
Beyond Constructed, many Commander players are thrilled to have access to Yuna. Whether you choose to play her as your Commander of choice or utilize her as an upgrade to your Narci, Fable Singer or Tom Bombadil decks, she’s bound to pull her weight.
The Spike
With regards to the price spike, the change may not seem too drastic at first. However, the increase in price from the beginning of the month to today is rather significant.
During spoiler season, presale prices for Final Fantasy MTG were outrageously inflated. As such, even though the graph above shows the price of Yuna, Hope of Spira near $50 a month ago, this isn’t a fair representation. This number would plummet all the way down to $2.75 on June 1st.
Where things start to get interesting is around June 6th. Over 60 separate sales were made of traditional copies of Yuna on the day. The price of Yuna would continue its upward trend until June 12th, peaking at $27.38. The card has since settled to $18.34, which still represents a 567% price spike.
Notably, the borderless version of the card followed a similar pattern, peaking at $36.57 on June 12th before dropping slightly to $31.93 at the time of writing this article. Yuna’s extended art variant is the only one to continue ascending in price almost steadily for the last week, and it has risen from $12.77 to $20.60.
Moving Forward
With regards to the price dip between June 12th and June 13th, this is a nearly identical pattern to what occurred with the Summon: Knights of Round spike we wrote about yesterday.
On June 13th, over 300 sales went through, many of which were purchased for under $15. This may have been caused in part by Final Fantasy MTG’s official release taking place during that span, resulting in a huge influx of singles flooding the secondary market. This would help explain the drop in price despite the uptick in demand, since supply would also increase in a considerable manner.
Furthermore, since the June 13th price dip, both Yuna and Summon: Knights of Round in traditional and borderless form have risen in price a bit. Given the hype surrounding Yuna, it wouldn’t be surprising if the card’s price spike continues.
What awaits to be seen is how Yuna’s demand changes moving forward. If the card falls out of favor in Constructed and its EDH hype dies down, demand could falter, resulting in a price drop. It seems highly unlikely that we’ll see another 300-sale day, so perhaps the spike will settle down soon. That said, should Yuna break out on the competitive scene, the card should remain popular for some time to come.
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