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Key takeaways

Energy Chamber has seen a significant price increase, now nearly $12, due to its effectiveness in generating counters.
Legion Extruder has skyrocketed in value, hitting $10 thanks to its unique ability to damage opponents and create Golem tokens.
Astrid Peth makes a comeback, creating Food tokens and enhancing gameplay through sacrifice mechanics from the Doctor Who set.

The Magic: The Gathering release calendar puts us squarely in Edge of Eternities territory now (until Spider-Man next month…), and our new Lobster Overlord, Ragost, is still seeing a lot of love.

While last week was all centered around the custacean king, another card has usurped him with a rocketing market value. Here’s what we have this week, courtesy of data from TCGPlayer.

Loads of Energy

Magic: The Gathering Energy Chamber

If you saw this coming, you might want to buy a lottery ticket, because Energy Chamber has seen a significant price jump despite being a card that debuted 21 years ago.

It was available for a few cents, but foil versions have climbed up to almost $12. It remains to be seen if that’ll hold, but the increased value is due to its ability to generate counters in the upkeep step. That’s an ideal inclusion for the new Counter Intelligence precon, or the Final Fantasy Counter Blitz precon.

Magic: The Gathering Ragost, Deft Gastronaut

Next up, Ragost, Deft Gastronaut is sticking around, now at around $15. Its market value, however, is low. Expect to see it drop as more printings arrive.

Magic: The Gathering Legion Extruder

He’s causing a bit of a stir in Commander now, too, with Legion Extruder seeing a steep increase in value up to around $10. For context, that’s a 600% increase in market value for a two-cost card that deals damage when entering and can sacrifice other artifacts to create Golem tokens.

Magic: The Gathering Simulacrum Synthesizer

Also on the rise is Simulacrum Synthesizer, which is up to over $40 after a drop in recent weeks. A three-cost Artifact that turns other artifacts into artifact creature tokens, it’s a powerful card that’s also seen a buff from ol’ Ragost.

Magic: The Gathering Astrid Peth

Finally, Astrid Peth has seen a comeback since debuting in the Universes Beyond: Doctor Who set.

She creates Food tokens, while also exploring when you sacrifice them, potentially keeping the land flowing or powering up Astrid.

Planetfall

A few Edge of Eternities cards are starting to drop off, with Adagia, Windswept Bastion losing 77% of its value according to TCGPlayer.

Magic: The Gathering Adagia, Windswept Bastion

Famished Worldsire is still up for almost $20, but its market value has dropped to around $8 for the extended art version.

Magic: The Gathering Famished Worldsire

Thrumming Hivepool is trending downward significantly, too, now with market value of around $6, while the Showcase version of The Dominion Bracelet is now $7 and change down from close to $45 in recent weeks.

Magic: The Gathering Thrumming Hivepool

Magic: The Gathering Sothera, the Supervoid

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.

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