#CMWhatTheTrend - Spikes on the Horizon

A New Card in an Established Deck

, the newest red enchantment that works with instants and sorceries has achieved relevance, going from bulk-rare status to a solid 2.5€ right now. Both Izzet Phoenix as well as the established Modern Storm deck have seen success with the three-mana replacement for .

So why is this enchantment so good for the spell-focused decks? It has to do with one of the deck's weaknesses that get exploited currently: the graveyard. Between and in one deck and in the other, not having to rely on the yard for once is a big relief. In a metagame filled with [Hogaak] and answers to it, , , , [Grafidgger's Cage] and are everywhere and being able to circumvent these is a great gameplan.

Additionally, the enchantment basically reads "cast eight instant or sorceries spells, win the game," since by then you'll have dealt 36 damage total, enough to knock out the opponent even after the ten initial gained life.

Given that the Aria is 'only' a rare and will not be a playset inclusion anytime soon, I feel like the window to profit off them has passed. Get your copies now if you want to play with them but don't get too excited over a two of in an established deck.

The Chase Mythic

was the hot topic on Cardmarket this week. Jumping from already high 20€ to 35€ within a day, prices were all over the place. As of writing this, you can obtain NM English copies for 34.90€.

Why did this card spike? Now, I don't need to tell you about how great this card is in Legacy. Lists haven't quite settled yet but it has become obvious that this card is here to stay. Getting back a good card with a plus ability on a two mana Planeswalker is absurd and everyone knows it.

While Modern is currently very fast and the shell for a lands strategy is not quite there, people know the potential of this card and were quick to buy into the hype once it started rising. The Mythic rarity also makes it easy to feel like you'll be missing out on a great card if you don't buy immediately.

Plague Engineer

Oh look, it's our preview card on Cardmarket! Players started realizing this is a legitimate sideboard card for Modern once they saw it in action. Since then its sell price has increased to a solid 2.5€, trending upwards.

You can read about applications of the card in our preview article, I'm not going to delve deeper into it here. That said, many fair decks started including the Carrier creature in their sideboard as a two-of.

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As for the future of this card, I wouldn't predict it to become an expensive staple of Modern. Being black limits the applications a lot, while it also only fights creatures on a specific angle that's only interesting to fair decks (a deck like for example doesn't care about a card like this at all even though it's black). Should a deck like elves ever become too popular, maybe becomes a true Modern staple but until that happens, we're looking at another rare in the 1-3€ category.