Pioneer card prices continue to rise! The format is getting expensive

Since Wizards of the Coast announced the Pioneer Pro Tour, prices for Pioneer cards began to rise. Cards like Chandra dressed to kill, Winota, carpenter of the forces, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghetand many other cards whose price has already increased.

Sometimes card prices go up overnight, and when they do, I report them. But there are other Pioneer cards that have gradually risen in value with overall substantial gains which I will talk about in this article.

shark typhoon

A month ago I wrote about Shark Typhoon in one of my weekly newsletters. It was $10.00 at the time, but I suspected its price would rise due to the prevalence of the card at Pioneer. Now Shark Typhoon is on its way $15.00-$17.00.

Shark Typhoon is commonly played in Azorius Control and 4-Color fires of invention bridges in Pioneer. It’s even quite good that Modern Azorius Control plays the card.

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Nykthos, sanctuary of Nyx

Last week, horseman of thorns its price increased when Mono-Green Ramp won a Pioneer Challenge. The hype for the game continued this week, as the price of Nykthos, Sanctuary of Nyx, began to rise by $30.00 for $33.00.

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Emrakul, the promised end

A month ago, Emrakul had about $42.00. Now Emrakul is between $46.00 and $53.00.

A copy of the card is sometimes played as a high-end threat in a few mid-range Pioneer decks such as the aforementioned Mono-Green Ramp deck and Selesnya Midrange.

Emrakul is also a good sideboard card in Pioneer and Modern decks against Control decks. Its ability to take an opponent’s turn is a casting trigger, which is extremely difficult for control decks to counter.

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Chandra, torch of defiance

Chandra is booming. The regular Art and Signature Spellbook versions were $7.00 a month ago. But today they are approaching $9.00.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance, sees an increase in Pioneer play. Rakdos Midrange and Big Red decks play 2-3 copies of Chandra on the motherboard. And Mono-Red Aggro and Izzet Phoenix play 1-2 copies of her in their sideboards.

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