Rise of the Eldrazi Top Cards

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Happy Tuesday folks,

You will have to excuse the title of today's post, 'Rise of the Eldrazi Top Cards' as it may be somewhat misleading - we will not attempt to provide a rating of the best cards in this new set for your game - well, just yet. We want to provide a bit of information the gaming community has generated in terms of buys and trades to see what cards have risen to the top. This should provide some insight as what one may expect in terms of your local meta-game or this set's anticipated impact on the standard environment.

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First off - Singles Prices

The Top 10 Rise of the Eldrazi cards in terms of singles pricing. Actually, we're lying - actually the top 13. These prices are a snap-shot only of the last 24 hours and are based on average pricing from select on-line retailers and expected to change by the time of this post.

1. Gideon Jura $ 31.30
2. Vengevine $ 21.50
3. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth $ 13.60
4. Sarkhan the Mad $ 12.00
5. All Is Dust $ 11.90
6. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn $ 10.20
7. Linvala, Keeper of Silence $ 8.75
8. Kargan Dragonlord $ 7.80
9. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre $ 7.50
10. Transcendent Master $ 6.75
11. Student of Warfare $ 6.00
12. Eldrazi Temple $ 5.90
13. Realms Uncharted $ 5.00

Next up - Purchase Volume

This is a list of the Top 10 Rise of the Eldrazi cards by volume purchased according to MTG Mint Card, which we will take as a reliable indicator as to which cards are currently popular for players looking to buy.

1. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
2. Awakening Zone
3. Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
5. Sarkhan the Mad
6. All is Dust
7. Momentous Fall
8. Linvala, Keeper of Silence
9. Sphinx of Magosi
10. Eldrazi Conscription

And finally, Trade Volume

This is a list of the top Rise of the Eldrazi cards by volume traded on Magic the Gathering On-line. You open up a pack, start trading, and we get this list of popular cards to exchange hands.

1. Student of Warfare
2. Eldrazi Temple
3. Realms Uncharted
4. Deathless Angel
5. Guul Draz Assassin
6. Momentous Fall
7. Awakening Zone
8. Consume the Meek
9. Consuming Vapors
10. Bear Umbra

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You may read into these lists whatever you may but the standard game environment has still yet to absorb Rise of the Eldrazi. Having said that, we do have results from Star City Games for TWO Nationals Qualifiers held on 2010-04-25 in Koln, Germany and Angarsk, Russia.

It is interesting to note that Jund still favours quite strongly but have now been displaced in 1st place for 'Mythic' builds, one of which include the new Rise of the Eldrazi card, Eldrazi Conscription - - We're just glad to have gotten ours before crazy knee-jerk price adjustments take place.

Nationals Qualifier, 2010-04-25, Koln, Germany
Nationals Qualifier, 2010-04-25, Angarsk, Russia

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