Polukranos, World Eater, Courser of Kruphix, Sylvan Caryatid
Economics forum
Posted on Oct. 6, 2014, 1:10 p.m. by asasinater13
all of these are staples in the same standard deck but don't see significant amounts of play outside of standard. are any of them likely to keep value at rotation (I know their rotation is a long ways away, and we have time before we have anything definite)
Courser of Kruphix , Sylvan Caryatid , Polukranos, World Eater
I'm using all three in commander, and none of them are overly necessary, so I'm considering just trading them off for commander staples and waiting to get them back after they've dropped, if they're likely to.
PreZchoICE1 says... #3
I cant see them staying where they are now. Sylvan will probably have the greatest chance of decreasing the least.
October 6, 2014 1:24 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #4
Caryatid gets used in 4 Color Gifts over Birds of Paradise simply because its difficult to get rid of. Other than that, I can't see any situation where I'd prefer a Caryatid over BoP. I know Polukranos isn't used at all (He's only good in standard because of standard's relatively low power level). Can't say for Courser. We know its good enough to be played in modern, so I can see it retaining its price
October 6, 2014 1:55 p.m.
PreZchoICE1 says... #5
Caryatid is also pretty much a staple in anything running green ramp in EDH. Courser is good enough for modern but I think we'd need to see what the next few sets will hold. Polukranos I doubt will see anything more than fringe play in EDH.
October 6, 2014 2:04 p.m.
asasinater13 says... #7
is polukranos at the max value he's likely to get to, or is there a chance he'll go up during this standard season while temur monsters and mono green are seeing play?
October 6, 2014 2:42 p.m.
I've seen some Scapeshift lists running a couple of polukranos.
October 6, 2014 2:51 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #9
Polukranos, World Eater has slowly been rising in price.
I think you're better to just keep everything u have. None of them are bad in any deck that can run them...
October 6, 2014 2:56 p.m.
look at pretty much any decent hydra in the entirety of MTG, a good few are around $10 or above, I think Polukranos will stay pretty much level now, as with the rest of the hydras that are that price, casual and EDH have a strong effect on prices and hydras are pretty popular like dragons, angels and demons IMO
October 6, 2014 3:14 p.m.
The three are still on the rise, and I am still holding my playsets of all of them as I do not think they have peaked yet. If you really need to dump one of the three for any reason, Polukranos, World Eater would your best option to dump. He is I would say the closest to peak value.
Honestly, the way Sylvan Caryatid has been going, I have no idea where her ceiling is! and I am happy about that, got my playset at $3 each when I knew she would be a staple and worth a small mint come mid standard for Theros.
October 7, 2014 1:44 p.m.
asasinater13 says... #13
I /wish/ I had gotten more caryatids. Unfortunately I only have one. thankfully I only need one to play commander.
any thoughts on whether or not caryatid's popularity in commander and casual are enough to keep the price up after it leaves standard, too early to tell at this point, or will it drop?
October 7, 2014 5:06 p.m.
drop for sure. Sylvan Caryatid is awesome in standard. not so much in commander. still an impressive mana dork but a mana dork non the less. Older formats just offer to many ways of making a 0/3 hexproof body irrelevant.
October 7, 2014 5:11 p.m.
The above is loaded with truth, Dump your Caryatids as Theros rotation looms. By the spring we should start to see her price dip. That would be I am guessing prime time to dump her.
October 7, 2014 6:47 p.m.
Except for the "older formats" part. Should have said eternal formats.
GoldGhost012 says... #2
The only one that will most likely be worth much when they rotate is Courser, and since I believe its popularity in Modern has dropped, it'll be due to Commander demand. It almost certainly won't be worth what it is now though.
October 6, 2014 1:18 p.m.