What's up with Chalice of the Void?
Economics forum
Posted on Jan. 14, 2015, 9:43 a.m. by TheAnnihilator
I was browsing through binders today, ya'know, cause I do the trading stuff, and I saw the tappedout listed price of Chalice being $25 and I was like "Oh, a bug in the system, I'd better check TCGPlayer." However, I found that Chalice of the Void is actually $25 on TCG. What the heck?! I remember this thing at $4 and less, and never paid any attention to it. What happened?
TheAnnihilator says... #3
I get that it's good vs Delver, but a $20 price jump? That's just ridiculous.
January 14, 2015 9:45 a.m.
it's become very popular in modern and legacy. Treasure Cruise lead to an increase in u/r low mana decks (delver, burn, etc) and chalice is a great sideboard card against many of the 1 or 2 mana spells those decks play.
January 14, 2015 9:46 a.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
It's pretty much the ultimate SB card in legacy and modern.
January 14, 2015 10 a.m.
Hoses ascendancy, storm, affinity, delver, burn + some more relevant matchups.
January 14, 2015 10:24 a.m.
It was also just showcased in the GP Omaha top 8. I'm sure that's why it has surged in the last couple of days.
January 14, 2015 10:57 a.m.
PreZchoICE1 says... #10
Its great against combo, delver, basically anything with blue. There was a buyout on that and Orzhov Pontiff, understandably so. It was as high as 30 on mtgstocks just the other day but it fell back a bit again today, and I expect it will stabilize around 20 and rise back a little bit over modern season and then most likely drop when MM2 hits.
January 14, 2015 11:12 a.m.
Saoirseguita says... #11
And infect to some extent (x = 1 means significantly fewer pump spells, x = 2 means less creatures).
January 14, 2015 11:18 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #12
NorthernRaven If you can't beat it, join it. Play Chalice mainboard for 0 to stop them from playing their own Chalices. (Or just play Cavern of Souls, but that's beside the point.)
January 14, 2015 12:26 p.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #13
Chalice is also a key component in Legacy MUD. I like it as a stellar sideboard card. Set at one it screws soooo many decks in Legacy.
January 14, 2015 1:37 p.m.
it does hose a lot of legacy and modern decks, but the huge spike happened after KTK released, which is why i think treasure cruise and the decks it spawned are the main reason for the spike. also a likely buyout as someone else said.
January 14, 2015 10:06 p.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #15
Foil MM is around $50.00 and Mirrodin is around $65.00. Holy crap this card jumped overnight from $8-10 to $20-25!!
So what's this about a buyout??? Being a colorless artifact, it can go in virtually any sideboard, so I can see the appeal. However, I may be missing the demand. Is this primarily due to Treasure Cruise in Delver and what not?
January 14, 2015 11:24 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #16
aeonstoremyliver Chalice can deal with so many decks at once. Storm, Delver, White Weenies.
January 15, 2015 4:34 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #17
Delver play sets are going for 5$ now. Someone's been making 100x there money's worth
January 15, 2015 10:48 a.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #18
I posted on this site about a month ago when I saw the price jump on chalice go from $5 to $15. Link. A buyout happened then, which is why I'm surprised that there appears to be another buyout so soon after it going up in price so much. I thought $10 was a big enough jump that it would stabilize there, but I was apparently wrong. However it is following a trend I've noticed of powerful SB cards spiking around the time of the ban/unban announcement. Last year Ensnaring Bridge spiked from around $10 to $20 where it's still at today (likely due to Zoo being percieved as making a comeback after the unbanning of Wild Nacatl). If Cruise gets the banhammer in either eternal format, I suspect chalice will fall back (slowly) to the $15-$18 range, but the time to pick up a playset for $20 is no more (unless we get a reprint which I believe is unlikely).
On a side note, if you happen to have a bunch of Chokes that you're not using, they've jumped from $1 to $6 recently as well. People sure want to hate on delver right now lol.
January 15, 2015 2:24 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #19
Ensnaring Bridge jumped because 8rack got popular.
smackjack says... #2
Its good against UR Delver..
January 14, 2015 9:44 a.m.