Filter lands: keep or sell?
Economics forum
Posted on Aug. 3, 2015, 12:50 p.m. by actiontech
These are what I'm asking about: Graven Cairns, Mystic Gate, Twilight Mire, Cascade Bluffs, Fire-Lit Thicket, Wooded Bastion
I have a handful of these from Shadowmoor/Eventide but I never end up playing with them. I'm thinking of shipping them out for Puca Points but thought I'd check and see if anyone here had an opinion about them. I expect they will be the next set of reprint lands, but I've been wrong before (see: MM2015 not including Grove of the Burnwillows or Horizon Canopy. ouch that burnt me.)
actiontech says... #3
Never more than 1 or 2 copies in a deck though it appears. I play elves or affinity in modern, at least for now (don't feel the need to invest in goyfs at this price), so I'll probably part ways with the lands. Thanks for the input.
August 3, 2015 1:05 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #4
Correct. The most is normally 3 Flooded Grove in Eternal Command, but beyond that most of these cards are 1- or 2-ofs.
August 3, 2015 1:08 p.m.
insertcleverid says... #5
These are good in EDH too, so they will probably float up in price slowly until the inevitable reprint. They're a decent long term spec but if you need the cash ship em' now.
August 3, 2015 1:12 p.m.
Why is Twilight Mire twice as expensive as Cascade Bluffs?
August 3, 2015 1:31 p.m.
The-Xellos says... #7
If you have a Sunken Ruins that you want to sell, I might be interested.
August 3, 2015 1:40 p.m.
actiontech says... #8
Twilight Mire is in Jund and Junk (abzan) decks (often as a 2 of) so it has more demand, and hence the higher price.
August 3, 2015 2 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #9
Twilight Mire is great at balancing out the Treetop Village offset and 
stuff tends to always cost more...
GlistenerAgent says... #2
This depends on what you want to play. Pretty much all of these are exclusively used in Modern to my knowledge.
Mystic Gate is played in UW Control, Fetid Heath is in BW Tokens, Rugged Prairie is in nothing, Wooded Bastion sees some play in Bogles, Sunken Ruins sometimes sees play in Faeries, Cascade Bluffs is in Storm and sometimes Twin or Scapeshift, Flooded Grove is in Eternal Command and Scapeshift, Graven Cairns is in Assault Loam and sometimes Jund, Twilight Mire is sometimes in Jund and Abzan, Fire-Lit Thicket is in Kiki-Jiki decks and sometimes Jund.
If you think you might play any of those, hold on to the relevant filter land.
August 3, 2015 1 p.m.