Hot or Not? A Price Prediction Contest – Round Two

Posted on April 16, 2010 by General

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Round Two of our price prediction contest that will award a foil Umezawas Jitte to the lucky winner! If you haven’t checked out the first round of the contest you should! Votes are still valid and you can win a sweet price AND test your market knowledge. Just click here. We are closing the voting on May 7th!

For all others here are the rules for Round Two – I will present another set of three cards and this time I simply want to know:”Which card will be the most expensive 2 weeks after online release and which will be the cheapest 2 weeks after online release?” Please make sure to comment clearly on your top and flop.

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Here we go:

*Online release is for our purpose defined as the day when “Rise of the Eldrazi” boosters are officially available for purchase at the Wizards online store.

 

  1. Ok well here is my guess

    Coralhelm Commander – Most expensive
    Kor Spiritdancer – Second
    Consuming Vapors – Least

  2. I actually misread spirit dancer for some reason I thought it was an enchantment not aura. In that case I would have to say

    Coralhelm Commander – Most expensive
    Consuming Vapors – Second
    Kor Spiritdancer – least

    3 mana for a 3/3 flying merfolk seems good with the ability to use extra mana to pump up your other merfolk. Consuming vapors isnt bad its a double edict with lifegain which is pretty nice. Kor spiritdancer is ok not amazing Uril, the Miststalker seems better, but costs more.

  3. 1. Consuming Vapors – will be one of the most expensive rares (not mythics) in the set when all is said and done. No chance this card is not number 1.
    2. Kor Spirit Dancer – Combos well with Umbras & other powerful auras – Spreading Seas, Guard Duty, Mind Control, etc. Won’t be expensive at first, but may be a sleeper. Keep an eye on it. If it is in the number 3 spot when the contest ends, I will probably buy all of them :P
    3. Coralhelm Commander – Merfolk isn’t a deck in any relevant format but Legacy, and I seriously doubt that format wants this guy.

  4. Top – Consuming Vapors – this edict effect combined with wrath effects puts your opponent in the ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ position. And a control deck is usually fine with not hitting a creature the second time around (if the opponent declined to play a creature) – that just makes it feel like a Time Warp that came off the edict instead!
    Also, we’ve begun to see how powerful edict effects are when they represent card advantage – just look at Gatekeeper of Malakir in extended.

    2. Coralhelm Commander – Lots of consideration for Legacy (and I suppose Extended) Merfolk. Not sure this is valid, but should keep the price up for a while until proven either way.

    Flop – Kor Spiritdancer – While this isn’t just an enchantress effect, what with the P/T bonus, the auras must be on her to get that. Additionally, Aura-centric stuff like this have not proven valuable. Uril, the Miststalker is valuable for his Shroud, not his Aura-pump. There are too many hoops to jump through for this to be good.

  5. Agree with RT’s evaluaion, but think spiritdancer will stay out of #3spot based solely on casual appeal.

    1)Consuming Vapours
    2)Kor Spiritdancer
    3)Coralhelm Commander

  7. 1) Consuming Vapors – Most expensive. It’s a double edict that gains you life. what more could a control player desire?

    2) Kor Spiritdancer – Second place. Reasonable casual amusement and it has the potential to see play in constructed. probably less potential than its comrade stoneforge mystic who is solid in multiple formats, yet mysteriously not worth a whole lot…

    3) Coralhelm Commander – Third – 4 mana for a 3/3 flier? Hello there Voyager drake. Though 6 mana makes him into a sweet air elemental with a pump ability, I’m pretty sure this guy is just straight-up worse than the lords available in extended and classic. Also, my hopes for merfolk in standard are not very high. 6 mana is more than I want to pay for a lord. Just ask Sunrise Sovereign.

  8. 1)Consuming Vapours – most
    2)Kor Spiritdancer – middle
    3)Coralhelm Commander – least

  12. Top – Consuming Vapors, this card has a lot of combo potential with mark of mutiny and act of treason, also with Sanguine Bond, and I definetly think it will see some play.

    Middle – Kor Spiritdancers, again this has a lot of potention because of its creature type it can not only be pumped by the aura’s on it but also with Armament Master.

    Flop – Corahelm Commander, lets face it not many people playing merfolk decks especially competitively, this card may see some casual action but demand will be very low and price will follow the demand.

  13. High: Consuming Vapors, I’m not nearly as high on this card as most people seem to be. But this will be a 4 tix card, which makes it easily the “top” out of this group.

    The next two are harder to call because I don’t see either being standard applicable.

    Middle: Kor Spirit Dancer, this one will at least be in demand for casual fans, and those who like to explore lower tier options in block/standard. Who doesn’t love an enchantress deck?

    Low: Coralhelm Commander, easily the worst Merfolk Lord ever, 4UU for what isn’t even a strict upgrade to the existing Lords?

  14. Consuming Vapors: High. Good card.

    Kor Spirit Dancer: Low. Because its better than the Merfolk

    Coralhelm Commander: Low. 3CC for 3/3 Flyer is quite good but not sure if its higher than the Dancer.

  15. Kor Spiritdancer -> Most expensive
    Consuming Vapors
    Coralhelm Commander -> Cheapest
    I dont like the vapors, but it may see more play (in kind of esper control) than the commander. So that is my bet.

  16. Consuming vapors will be the most expensive

    Coralhelm will be the cheapest for sure

  20. Coralhelm Commander – Second
    Consuming Vapors – Most expensive
    Kor Spiritdancer – least

  21. top – Consuming Vapors
    middle- Kor Spiritdancer
    flop – Coralhelm Commander

  25. Top: Consuming Vapors and it’s not close.

    Middle: The Aura chick has potential, but will probably not be good enough for tournament play. I could see this being good in the future but we don’t have enough good auras -yet-.

    Bottom: Coralhelm Commander will be good but it’s not going to “get there” until someone decides its Legacy playable. I still think its fantastic but i don’t think that most people will.

  26. Coralhelm Commander – Decent, not great, but better than Kor Spirit dancer. Middle.
    Kor Spiritdancer – Least expensive, by far.
    Consuming Vapors- Most expensive, by far.

  27. top: vapors its simply the most versatile
    middle: spiritdancer…its strictly better than mesa enchantress at least
    flop:merfolk gu…he sucks

  31. Do I need to put the answers when logged in or will the above count as it has my name and im now a member?

  32. @magic_gazz: As long as the name you are using is the one of your user account it works fine.

  33. Most Expensive: Consuming Vapors
    Least Expensive: Kor Spiritdancer

    Consuming Vapors seems like a pretty decent card. I think the casual appeal of the level-up lord will outweigh the Aura card, but who knows.

  38. (Top) Consuming Vapors: It’s the only one I can see being standard playable.

    Coralhelm commander: It’s not even that bad without merfolk and in extended has some casual appeal. If only we didn’t have so much efficent removal out there…

    (Flop) Kor Spiritdancer: Only ok in casual and auras make it horribly narrow.

  39. Consuming Vapors – Most expensive Only truely playable card

    Coralhelm commander – Second levelers are going to have casual appeal if nothing else

    Kor Spiritdancer– least i might be wrong due to enchantress.dek in legacy however i think this cards too niche

  41. Most Expensive – Consuming Vapors, great card. No explanation required.
    Cheapest – Coralhelm Commander – a 4/4 flyer for 6…meh, 3/3 flyer for 4 is ok.
    Kor Spirit Dancer – Has a bit of synergy with spreading seas, and people are going to be experimenting with the umbras for a while yet

  43. In order from most expensive to least expensive:
    1) Consuming Vapors
    2) Coralhelm Commander
    3) Kor Spirit Dancer

  44. Consuming Vapors = Most Expensive
    Coralhelm Commander = Least Expensive

  45. Consuming Vapors–Most expensive
    Coralhelm Commander–Least Expensive

  46. 1)Consuming Vapours – Top
    2)Kor Spiritdancer – Middle
    3)Coralhelm Commander – Bottom

  47. most- Consuming vapors
    mid- Kor spiritdancer
    low- Coralhelm Commander