Why is goblin settler so expensive

Admittedly, I did expect this card to start rebounding by now, but I think our third return to Innistrad will finally cause that spike. Death Baron is a must-play in any Zombie tribal deck, and we're definitely getting a whole bunch of new Zombies in Stay away at your own risk. Elves have been the iconic green creature type since the very start, and one of the few "go small" tribes that has survived the transition into Magic's Commander era.

Unlike Zombies, which pretty much only show up in dedicated Zombie decks, Elves can and will show up everywhere. Elves are another evergreen tribe that tend to show up in nearly every set, though they're rarely the focus of a set like Dragons can be. We've seen quite a few Elves in sets as disparate as Zendikar, Lorwyn, and Onslaught, though we've had very few dedicated Elf Tribal cards in recent years.

It's possible that Elves will experience a spike at some point, but as of now WotC has more or less been okay releasing a steady drizzle of them as needed. I'm sure Elves are here to stay, but I have no idea when or if I'd recommend speculating on a bunch of them at once. We'd probably need an exciting new Elf Commander to be previewed at the very least. Allosaurus Shepherd is a surprising addition to the list, though perhaps it shouldn't be. It's one of the best cards in Jumpstart, it's only in one of the possible sets that you can open, and finding packs of Jumpstart continues to prove difficult.

Based on this chart, Allosaurus Shepherd's price is down a bit, likely due to the end-of-year lull as well as a possible increase in Jumpstart allocation. Picking up a copy now seems solid to me, though it's always possible that WotC will release a whole bunch of packs into the world and the price will tank.

Potential Spec Buys: Elvish Promenade. It has only been released in one major set, Lorwyn, before appearing in a couple of Duel Decks eight or nine years ago now. It's not the kind of card I'm going to pick up right now, but it'll be in my shopping cart real fast if I catch wind of WotC leaning into Elf Tribal at some point soon. Goblins are just as old and venerable a tribe as Elves or Dragons, though they've had a bumpy ride for the past decade or so.

Goblins were a highly competitive tribe for most of the s and early s, with cards like Goblin Piledriver and Goblin Lackey leading the way, but things have been a lot worse for our little red friends since Goblin Guide rotated out of Standard back in Goblins is currently a top tier deck in Historic, with Autumn Burchett bashing and crashing their way to 2nd place at the Zendikar Rising Championship last weekend with their Goblins deck.

Muxus has even helped cause a surge in Commander popularity for Goblins, so the long-dormant tribe's future looks pretty bright at the moment. Here are three more cards that are mostly expensive due to scarcity. Goblin Settler is a Stone Rain effect that can be blinked or cheated into play off an early Goblin Lackey.

It also hasn't been printed since the impossibly scarce Starter , so good luck even finding one of these if you want a copy. Potential Spec Buys: Goblin Recruiter. Goblin Recruiter has actually spiked already this year. It happened back in June, when Conspicuous Snoop was previewed. Its price tag has settled down a bit since then, though, and I wouldn't be surprised if it sees another surge of demand at some point in or Why do I like Goblin Recruiter so much?

Because it's kind of hard for WotC to print this card outside of a Secret Lair, and they just did a Goblin-themed Secret Lair last winter. Recruiter has been banned in Legacy, and it hasn't been printed since Classic Sixth Edition. It's an absurdly powerful card, though, and it's a must-play in any Commander deck that wants to run Goblins. The more Commander-centric Goblins are printed, the more demand there will be for Goblin Recruiter.

In some respects, Wizards are the tribe that WotC has had the poorest luck getting the payer base to embrace. Wizard Tribal was first pushed during Onslaught block, though it was by far the least popular causal tribe in that set—at least among the people I was playing with at the time.

Wizard Tribal was pushed again in Dominaria, but they still haven't become a popular Commander tribe like Zombies or Elves. The best Wizards are still quite good on their own, of course, but I've seen fewer people interested in running a whole bunch of them in the same deck than you might think, considering how cool Wizards are. Why bring them up here, then? Because the Q2 set in is called Strixhaven: School of Mages.

I have no doubt that Wizard Tribal cards will spike at some point early next year, probably when the first Strixhaven previews hit the net, and I want to be prepared. Not much to say here, but you can see what I mean about most Wizards being good on their own more than in a tribal setting. Rasputin Dreamweaver is a Reserved List card, while the other two are Modern staples. None of these cards are worth picking up based on their creature type. Since none of these cards are that interesting to talk about here, I'd like to also highlight Patron Wizard , one of the best Wizard Tribal cards ever printed.

I'm a little worried about calling it an amazing spec buy since it is on The List, but that's its only reprint since Odyssey. If Wizard Tribal does take off, Patron Wizard could easily double in value overnight. This might be my favorite spec in the entire article. Azami, Lady of Scrolls is one of the top "Wizards Matter" cards ever printed, and it has only ever been in Champions of Kamigawa and a couple of Commander sets.

You can still buy in for less than a buck, but the price has been slowly going up for months now. We know that Azami is probably not going to be on Strixhaven for flavor reasons, which means that demand is going to surge for this card at some point in March or April. Azami is far from the only Wizard worth buying, though. If Dragons are the first iconic Magic tribe, Slivers are the first iconic tribe to originate within the confines of the game. Tolkien, and thousands of years of societal mythology.

They were popular long before Magic began, and they'll remain popular long after the game disappears from the cultural consciousness. On the other hand, Slivers started in Tempest block and became instantly popular. They've been back a few times since then, though, most famously in Onslaught Block, Time Spiral Block, and Magic Slivers have popped back up here and there over the past seven years, but they haven't gotten a spotlight of a set in quite some time.

I expect that to change in or Slivers are incredibly popular, WotC hasn't shown any signs of turning on them, and we've gotten a smattering of Slivers and Sliver Enablers here and there over the past couple of years—just enough to keep them in the public eye. If nothing else, Time Spiral Remastered will bring back quite a few Slivers and should cause some small spikes early in Best case, one of the other sets also has some Slivers, and we see a boom market for members of The Hive at some point next year.

Not too many surprises here. I could have chosen to highlight some alternate printings of Slivers that tracked a little bit higher than Synapse Sliver, but this seems like a pretty good snapshot of top-end Sliver Finance. There's Sliver Queen , a large gap, Sliver Legion , another large gap, and then every other Sliver ever printed. Sliver Queen is a Reserved List card, so it's going to remain absurdly expensive as long as Slivers stay popular. Seriously—the card has Gaea's Cradle potential.

It's so good in any five-color Sliver-based Commander deck, and they aren't making any more of them. Sliver Legion is so expensive right now that I'd be shocked if WotC left that opportunity on the table in their first tabletop "Remastered" set. The price is still pretty high right now, and I'm selling.

As soon as the next Sliver set is revealed, all the exiting Slivers are going to spike. The spikes will probably begin with the five-color lord Slivers, which means that the cheapest members of this cycle are going to be really attractive spec buys. I'd be shocked if The First Sliver is reprinted before the next big Sliver set, so it's a safe buy right now.

Sliver Overlord is also a good buy right now. The card was reprinted in a Secret Lair last year, so I doubt we'll see it again anytime soon. In one fell swoop, they reclassified a whole bunch of older creatures in order to enable them to play better in the context of the modern game.

That's why creatures like Argivian Archaeologist now have "Creature—Human Artificer" on their virtual typeline despite the original printing saying "Summon Archeologist.

One of the weird side effects of The Grand Creature Type Update was that a lot of random Archeologists and Assassins and Lords and Enchantresses ended up with "Human" on their type line. Suddenly, making a Human deck wasn't just possible, it started to seem like a fun idea.

The result? One of the strongest decks in the history of Modern, albeit one that has fallen on really hard times in the current metagame. Unlike most of these other tribes, however, Humans is still mostly an afterthought in Commander. The tribe has its fans, but this is primarily a competitive constructed tribe. It's also a tribe that hasn't seen much play in Modern in a while. My suspicion is that Humans does have a future in Commander at some point, but its full potential has yet to be unlocked.

This is an impossible list to make, because the most expensive Humans are things like Alpha Royal Assassin and two-dozen other cards that are kind of accidentally and incidentally Human.

Even the cards I named above aren't all that interesting to talk about in relation to their Humanity. The truth of the matter is that Humans still don't have much of a tribal identity, and WotC will need to change that if they want Humans to catch on in Commander. General Kudro of Drannith is WotC's latest attempt at creating a "Humans Matter" Commander, and I fully expect this card to remain a staple in any Humans decks going forward.

Since the card was printed this year, in Ikoria, the price is nice and low right now, too. I'm willing to take that gamble, since all we need are one or two other cool "Humans Matter" cards printed at some point in the next year or two. Much like Pirates, Cats are an incredibly new tribe that hasn't received a lot of love from WotC yet. The first real Cat Tribal cards showed up in Commander and Amonkhet, though neither release was exactly overflowing with cute kitties. I have no idea if Cats are going to be a spotlight tribe in a set anytime soon, but WotC is definitely going to be printing more of these, and the community seems to be lapping them up like a saucer of milk.

Cats are very much here to stay, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're one of the most popular tribes over the next few years. There simply aren't that many expensive Cats yet.

Only printed in Starter? When was the last time you saw a Goblin who was a settler? Most times they are pillaging! That's the best trade - one that doesn't cost a thing. Post by berkumps » Wed Nov 02, pm Thanks guys, I was just curious, as I thought maybe it was a distribution thing. Not sure if it was a problem similar to the Legends uncommons where you had no chance at getting certain uncommons depending on the box.

Post by Magic » Wed Nov 02, pm Wow Goblin Settler is starting to look like Imperial Recruiter with the way the price trend is heading. Post by sdematt » Wed Nov 02, pm I bought one recently still waiting for it in the mail Post by psrex » Thu Nov 03, pm pickle.