The Surprisingly Costly Blue Commons In Magic: The Gathering And What Makes Them Pricey

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Commons are supposed to be pretty common in Magic: the Gathering. However, some commons really aren't very common. In this video, I take a look at the most expensive blue Commons in the game, and explain what makes them so expensive.
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[@dr.tre90]

Arcane Denial can be "cycled" too. Sometimes if they need cards, people play a storm spell and then counter one of the copies to draw all 3 cards themselves.

[@Shadowbane0]

I always forget both mystic and rhystic are commons. Surprising since I run the original printings of both in my favorite deck

[@crawdaddy2004]

When I started playing Commander, I had completely forgotten about these two cards. I had/have two Korean copies of Rhystic Study from opening Prophecy boosters and a copy of Mystic Remora in my bulk. 😂

[@Rorschachqp]

Just a suggestion but it's probably better to use "Remora", which is a rather unique word, to describe Mystic Remora. There are too many cards with the word "Mystic" in them.

[@jordanoberstein1480]

Poor timing on the list, cerulean wisps just jumped up to $10 as a shadowmoor common, giving the list a new #2 and making arcane denial an honorable mention. Gotta love it going infinite with a new face commander from the spellslinger OTC.

[@SomeGuy712x]

I wonder if I've got any Cerulean Wisps lingering in my collection somewhere...

[@Crunchatize_Me_Senpai]

The card it combos with is Stella Lee, Wildcard, for anyone interested. I’m honestly shocked it took this long for that card to find an infinite combo. Were there no other creatures that can tap to copy a spell?

[@whats_up_gamer2062]

​@@Crunchatize_Me_SenpaiThis is the first time you can copy a spell like this for free i think.

[@melenynder7136]

​@@whats_up_gamer2062 correct. There's probably a more involved combo using something like kiki jiki and dualcaster mage, but Stella is the first card that taps to copy an instant for free

[@T4N7]

​@@SomeGuy712x pretty sure I have one :3 I actually own half the cards on this list n most of the cards on the list r in the Niv-Mizzet deck I just made this past month (so I guess those missing cards will be a bit costly for commons) n no. I don't rock Parun, Firemind all the way baby. My pod isn't filled with counterspells so at leastvfor now I prefer the option to ramp into it which is harder with Parun do to it having no generic mana

[@nickalasmontano1496]

Ice Age must've been interesting to draft with Mystic Remora bring a common

[@woodysmith2681]

And Force of Will was uncommon in Alliances. Developers were still learning and this was a FAFO block, so there were some real curveballs. Problem with Mystic Remora was finding a win condition if it was eating up your mana each turn.

[@bugsySA]

It would probably be pretty bad as it wasn’t designed for limited and card.power is really low

[@mrhaftbar]

I played during the Ice Age era. Mystic Remora was not understood to be a good card back then. At least with Necropotence people understood its power after a short while.

[@BCWasbrough]

In 1v1 formats, and especially Limited, it wasn't viewed as efficient enough of card draw to be worth the upkeep. The format was so slow that it was easy to just play creatures or do nothing while your opponent's remora became unsustainable. Also Ice Age was horrible for draft and sealed deck, as the set wasn't designed for limited formats, so it was rarely drafted.

[@smob0]

I play hydroblast over blue elemental blast in Orvar so I can target my own permanents to duplicate if I want to. I can also target any non colorless permanent, and then use whim of volrath to change the word red to something else.

[@PhoenixLaw92]

Last EDH game i played i actually used Arcane Denial on my own ramp spell. I was already set on mana, I just needed the card draw.

[@SomeGuy712x]

I'm surprised Nizzahon didn't mention that you can counter your own spell with Arcane Denial to get 3 card draws that way, kinda like a poor man's Ancestral Recall. It's even better if you can target a spell of yours that can't be countered.

[@mikenahmias7102]

I remember back in the 90s when I started Flying Men being the most expensive common in the game at $5. I'm still fond of my playset of original Arabian Nights printings.

[@mightyfp]

Blue green agro was no joke back in the day

[@scottp1001]

I would have thought it was on the list for sure. I looked at TCG and the market price for Arabian version is $13.50 which would put it at #2. But you can get played versions for $3. So I guess it would have been close to #10 at its cheapest version.

[@SomeGuy712x]

(1:27) I got lucky to pull an Arcane Denial out of a 10-cent bulk box at a store recently. (4:07) Interestingly, I happen to own Merchant Scrolls from both Homelands and 8th Edition. (5:10) Actually, the 8th Edition printing is from 2003, not 2007. (9:14) I've got a bunch of Time Spiral cards, and yet I somehow don't own an Ophidian Eye, which kinda bothers me. Maybe I can get lucky to find one in a bulk box someday? (13:08) Oh, yeah. It's easily Rhystic Study that is #1, of course. I don't own any version of it myself at this time, but there is at least one from Prophecy in my dad's collection.

[@autobotjazz1972]

Rhystic study a clear case of massive demand outstripping ( modest to be generous) increase in supply via reprints to hold a high value.

[@lonerkyle02]

Would you ever consider doing a top 10 video of your favorite flavor text? It would be purely opinion related, but I’m sure you have some favorite flavor text from over the years.

[@FlawlessRythym]

8:24 I would have figured that it could also get an Instant, since PTK named all non-permanent spells Sorcery, even if the card was a counter like Mystic Denial.

[@crawdaddy2004]

7:36 It’s in FAERIELY high demand!

[@RibusPQR]

Hydroblast and Mystic Remora are both from Ice Age.

[@milesgreb3537]

Pre modern is a 60 card format. A popular one. Many of these cards see play in premodern.

[@Kasigi03]

Love your videos, but man they bring back harsh memories of selling my original collection around 09. All these cards I had handfuls of now having significant value. lol.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Wait a sec. I thought Hydro/Pyroblast were functionally exactly the same as Blue/Red Elemental Blast but only worded differently because templating was still not set at the time.

[@JasonOshinko]

Nope. BEB can only target a red spell or permanent. Hydroblast can target any spell or permanent, it just does nothing if the target isn't red.

[@sallomon2357]

Nope, it does actually matter. For a more modern example of this exact wording look no further than Fatal Push.

[@HellScream107]

at one point I had dozens of Rhystic Study cards. I still have a playset in my binder.

[@markbelanger9199]

I went through my old boxes and found 6 Rhystic Studies 3 are near mint, 3 are good-to-mint. I have nealry 10 of each common from prophecy, so im sure I have 4 more if I dig.

[@Rorschachqp]

Titania's Song or March Of The Machines or any other artifact animator/Time Vault/Freed From The Real would be a hilarious combo.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

All this time, I thought Ophidian Eye had come from Alliances or another set from around the same time. I must be thinking of something else...

[@sallomon2357]

You must be thinking of the card it references - Ophidian. That one comes from... Mirage block, I believe

[@jonothanthrace1530]

@@sallomon2357 Yes, I believe this is exactly it, thank you.

[@cax1175]

Merchant Scroll let's gooooo. Homelands represent.

[@Rorschachqp]

I really like this series! 👌

[@toastymansabe]

I was going through my old CK orders and can't believe I purchased 2 rhystic studies for 1.50 each in 2009

[@blabik]

Rhystic Study is so famous thanks to commander that many people try to make it work in Arena Brawl. I pretty often see an opponent play it against me. I have yet to lose a game against an opponent who played Rhystic Study against me in Brawl :)

[@keithbarlow9701]

All those copies of Rhystiç Study and Mystic Remora that I sold for bulk common prices years ago 😭😭😭

[@mrpinguimninja]

tbf, the vast majority of spellstutter reprints were in limited editions like jump start, secret lair or the list, so it's not like it REALLY had five reprints. It had two reprints and some bonus cards at best

[@Sauvenil]

AHAHAHA Arcane Denial is so good, and everyone used to tell me "nuh uh!" Time is telling, obviously.

[@loserofthegame2]

You could Arcane denial your own uncounterable spell and get a scuffed Ancestral Recall

[@eulefranz944]

I hate that mental note which is thought scour #2 is so expensive... we just need a single reprint because it is sooo old. Ub terror is expensive due to snuff out but the price of mental note is just stupid

[@aelinstue9431]

Grimora is better because it taxes them 4 mana to not draw, the 1 mana cost is only what makes it good for vintage just because you have to be fast but if rhystic taxed 4 mana it would be very good for pauper.

[@joshuadrark3207]

I get this is another game but, I remember a common rarity card in Yugioh was around 80 to 90 dollars at its height of competive play.

[@metallicflare1]

Give examples or not true

[@joshuadrark3207]

@@metallicflare1 The only one I think of is Vanties Emptiness. Which locks down the opponent from putting put creatures. And it had one printing and it was short printed.

[@RobotDCLXVI]

Wait did mystic remora get errata? It says target opponent, so you dont get to draw from everyone in commander.

[@assault410]

Yes, the oracle text makes it all opponents

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Ahhh expensive cards. I don't own any expensive Magic the Gathering cards, let alone in blue. But maybe one day I'll get one, just as one day I'll get "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!

[@marcusyong1876]

Isn’t Hedron crab worth anything now?

[@jml6263]

"Do you pay the one?" No I pay the 48 apparently!

[@TheLuminousCleric]

Lol. My printer goes brrrr!

[@monogreen]

I see way too many people playing Rhystic Study in Brawl, when most of the time Divination is just better. And I wouldn't really recommend playing that card either.

[@Rice0Cake]

Yeah, Though Scour is pretty much strictly better, but there are some lovely edge cases where that technically isn't true. You can't mill the opponent if they have something like Leyline of Sanctity (which makes the two essentially equal), and you can't mill yourself if you have something like True Believer in play.

[@nickfifteen]

Back in 2002, life was good so I bought two, TWO boxes of Prophecy... alas, most of the cards are trash and few have held any value over the years... except for the like ten Rhystic Studies I pulled. 🤑

[@sallomon2357]

How many Rhystic Caves did you open? It's the best land in the game, after all!

[@benjaminberkey2920]

Why ophidian eye? Curiosity is better.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Flash

[@seanhardner5842]

Mental Note more like $5.

[@warwulf1889]

With Arcane Denial, why bother countering your opponent's card when you can just throw away a cheap and useless card to draw four on your next turn.

[@NizzahonMagic]

That's some creative math

[@RestoSexual]

I only run arcane denial in my nekusuar deck lol

[@nickalasmontano1496]

Ice Age must've been interesting to draft with Mystic Remora bring a common