Price of Deathrite Shaman
Economics forum
Posted on Dec. 4, 2013, 10:49 a.m. by scottemery
Deathrite Shaman is undebateably a staple in modern and just an overall amazing card to have on the board. How does this reflect its $13 price tag? I personally think its price will surge. Will now be the correct time to invest?
Yes, go for it now rather than later. He's probably around the cheapest he will be but it WILL take a long time for him to go up. When RtR cycles out (which won't be for a long time) the price will definitely go up.
December 4, 2013 11 a.m.
Short answer, you'll get about 7$ profit after he rotates, I only expect to see him hit 20$. He's a great card, best 1 drop in mtg history, but honestly, a lot of the times you want to remove him from the deck for other cards in modern decks. In legacy, I wouldn't trade him for anything else. But, yeah, now and the next couple of months as he waivers between 10-15$, I don't expect him to see much standard play, not enough fetching or ld to make that mana ability viable, the 1/2 for 1 is strong, but not important. you're seeing 2/2, 2/1 coming at you turn 2. he chumps, his other abilities are better on Scavenging Ooze .
December 4, 2013 11 a.m.
@ChiefBell when they stop printing rtr thats when he will jump, just like liliana did
December 4, 2013 11:02 a.m.
Azure124 they have stopped printing him. Remember also he is a Rare, not Mythic Rare, don't put him on the lili level for pricing, way more DRS's running around than lili.
December 4, 2013 11:04 a.m.
beakedbard says... #7
I'd personally save him until about a year or two after rotation because i think his price will gradually rise throughout that time when it becomes harder to get a hold of him i personally think he'll settle at 30 when he becomes harder to get a hold of i might be wrong but he's a staple in a hell of a lot of modern decks and one of the best 1 cmc's ever printed hence why i see the 30 pricetag coming around in time.
December 4, 2013 11:11 a.m.
he will see about a 66-80% price increase just as lili did, he just will end up as less money,
December 4, 2013 11:12 a.m.
Not really, maybe 50%, but not that high, part of the jump with lili is that she was mythic and had very few of her around. I haven't tried to get him and have 11 of them. (I only need 7). I only have 4 lili's and had to hunt for those. The availability of drs vs lili is not on the same level, at time of printing and being in standard.
December 4, 2013 11:18 a.m.
please note, I'm assuming you mean, as soon as it can, not slowly rise over the years. if/when he hits 30+ it'll be a long time after he's out of standard, 3+years.
December 4, 2013 11:20 a.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #12
Holy crap Azure124, is your friend's collection nothing but Deathrite Shaman s? Lol
December 4, 2013 11:30 a.m.
Nigeltastic says... #13
Is Abrupt Decay considered a staple of Eternal formats too? Is it on par with our friend the shaman? How much do you guys think it will rise if at all once it goes out of print?
December 4, 2013 12:25 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #14
Abrupt Decay is nowhere near Deathrite Shaman 's level. It sees some play, but most decks prefer to run something else (e.g. Lightning Bolt , Path to Exile , Maelstrom Pulse , Terminate ).
Deathrite Shaman may hit $20 in a few years after rotation. I don't expect it to beat that price for a while, and the card simply won't surge right after rotation.
Also, as others have said, you can't compare rares to mythics. They operate differently. It's a poor comparison to make if you're hoping to offer credible financial advice.
Azure124 says... #2
My friend truly believes it will go up (judging that he has 58 of them and counting) he refuses to trade them away for under $20 each
December 4, 2013 11 a.m.