Disney Lorcana has settled into a clear product structure: booster boxes, Illumineer's Troves, starter decks, and special cooperative or gift sets. If you're new to the game or planning your next sealed purchase, here's how the main products compare and what to expect from the market.

Core product types

Each Lorcana set typically offers several SKUs. Booster boxes remain the primary cracking product; Troves add storage and dice; starter decks are for learning and casual play. Prices below are approximate U.S. street as of early February 2026. Check your LGS or major retailers for current listings.

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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Booster box (24 packs)</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$95–120</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Drafting and cracking. One box supports an 8-player draft. Chase Enchanted cards drive value.</td>
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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Illumineer's Trove</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$45–55</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Storage box, dice, lore counter, 8 booster packs. Good for new players or as a gift.</td>
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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Starter deck</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$17–22</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Pre-built 60-card deck. Entry point for learning; not for chase cards.</td>
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What drives Lorcana prices

Lorcana's chase comes from Enchanted cards — alternate-art, full-art versions at roughly one per two boxes on average. Character popularity (Elsa, Mickey, Maleficent, Stitch) and meta relevance both matter. Ravensburger has improved print runs since the infamous 2023 shortage, so early-set sealed can still command a premium, while newer sets are more available. Draft is popular; booster boxes move for both limited and collecting. Check singles prices before cracking — if you need specific cards for a deck, buying singles is usually more efficient than chasing them in packs.

Bottom line

Booster boxes for draft or chase; Troves for storage and a smaller pack count; starter decks for learning. We're not telling you to buy or sell — we're giving you the lay of the land. Happy questing.

Lorcana sealed product — booster boxes, troves, and what collectors need to know

Lorwyn Eclipsed hit shelves in late January 2026. If you're buying sealed, you're choosing between Play Booster boxes, Draft Booster boxes (where still available), and Collector Booster boxes. Each has a different price point and a different mix of cards and foils. Here's a clear comparison so you can see where the market is and what you're paying for.

Why sealed prices matter

Sealed product is how most players and collectors get into a set. The price per box determines how much you're paying per draft, per pack cracked for fun, or per shot at chase cards and serialized prints. Lorwyn Eclipsed has strong reprints (Bloom Tender, shock lands), a 20-card Special Guests sheet, and serialized Bitterbloom Bearer in Collector Boosters — so the choice of product type directly affects what you can open and at what cost. We're not telling you to buy or not buy. We're laying out the numbers so you can compare.

Lorwyn Eclipsed — product types and approximate street prices

Prices below are approximate U.S. street prices as of early February 2026. They vary by retailer (TCGPlayer, Amazon, your LGS). Use them as a baseline; check current listings before you buy.

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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Play Booster box</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">36 Play Boosters (14 cards each). Replaces Set/Draft as the main “do everything” product.</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$125–145</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Draft, Standard, and general cracking. One box = one draft pod.</td>
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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Draft Booster box</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">36 Draft Boosters (15 cards each). Traditional draft-focused product; availability may be limited as Play Boosters take over.</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$100–118</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Draft-only. Lower price per pack; fewer rares per pack than Play.</td>
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 <td style="padding: 12px;">Collector Booster box</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">12 Collector Boosters. Foils, Special Guests, extended art, serialized Bitterbloom Bearer chance.</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px; text-align: right;">~$210–250</td>
 <td style="padding: 12px;">Collectors and players chasing premium versions. High variance; not for drafting.</td>
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Play vs Draft — what you're really paying for

Play Booster boxes are the default for most stores and players. You get 36 packs of 14 cards, with a guaranteed rare or better in every pack and a chance at The List and other inserts. Drafting with Play Boosters is the norm for Lorwyn Eclipsed at FNM and Arena Direct events. Price per pack runs about $3.50–4.00 when you buy a box.

Draft Booster boxes, where still available, are usually $10–25 cheaper per box. You get 15-card packs tuned for draft; fewer rares per pack than Play, but a lower entry if you only care about drafting. Supply of Draft boxes has been shrinking as Wizards pushes Play Boosters, so if you want Draft-only product, check availability and price before they disappear.

Collector Booster boxes are the premium tier. You're paying for foils, alternate frames, Special Guests in every pack, and a lottery ticket at serialized Bitterbloom Bearer. Not for draft; purely for cracking or collecting. Price per pack is roughly $17–21. The chart below shows where Bloom Tender — the set's headline reprint — has been trading in Lorwyn Eclipsed; that's one of the cards that can make or break the value of a box crack.

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Bottom line

If you draft, Play Booster boxes are the standard; Draft boxes are the budget option where you can find them. If you're chasing foils and Special Guests, Collector boxes are the only game in town — but at a steep price per pack. Check TCGPlayer, your LGS, or major retailers for current Lorwyn Eclipsed sealed prices; they move with supply and demand. Below you'll find a price chart for Bloom Tender (Lorwyn Eclipsed) so you can see how one of the set's key cards has been moving. Happy cracking.

Lorwyn Eclipsed sealed product prices — Play Booster, Draft Box, and Collector Box compared

Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring debuted in Maximum Crisis in 2017 and has never really left. Discard Ash, negate an effect that adds from Deck, special summons from Deck, or sends from Deck to GY. One use per turn. Simple. Brutal. Every combo deck has to play through it; every going-second player wants three. It's Limited in the OCG; Unlimited in the TCG. For now. We're not calling a top or a bottom — we're reporting on the card that defines "hand trap" for a generation.

Why Ash Blossom still matters

Yu-Gi-Oh! is a game of extending. If your opponent resolves a search, a special summon from Deck, or a mill, they're building a board. Ash Blossom stops one of those. It doesn't end the turn; it trades one card for one key effect. In a format where one search can lead to five special summons, that trade is worth it. Ash has been reprinted in Duel Devastator, Duel Power, Maximum Gold, Structure Decks, and the Rarity Collection. Supply is high; demand is higher. Budget players can find cheap copies; bling seekers chase Quarter Century or Collectors Rare.

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Reprints and prices

Ash Blossom has been printed into the ground. Common copies from Structure Decks are cheap; older Secret Rares and new Quarter Century versions cost more. The card is a staple. It will be played as long as combo decks exist. We're not telling you to buy or sell. We're telling you that if you play Yu-Gi-Oh!, you know this card. May your negates resolve and your combos survive.

Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring — the hand trap that refuses to quit

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February 10, 2026 — <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-february-9-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MTG Arena</a> has a packed February. Arena Powered Cube returns February 10–March 2 with a new iteration of the supercharged draft format. Lorwyn Eclipsed Sealed Arena Direct runs February 13–15 — Best-of-One Sealed with prizes up to Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster boxes. And Arena Championship 11 is February 21–22: $250,000 prize pool, streamed on twitch.tv/magic. All of that sits on top of the February 9 Banned and Restricted update, which hit Historic, Timeless, and Alchemy. Here's the rundown.

Arena Powered Cube

The prodigal polygon is back. From February 10 through March 2 you can draft a new iteration of Arena Powered Cube — the format that throws high-powered cards from across Magic's history into one draft environment. Wizards published a <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/arena-powered-cube-draft" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">design article</a> the same morning as the announcements; if you want to know what's in the cube and why, that's the place to look. If you just want to slam drafts, fire up the client.

Lorwyn Eclipsed Arena Direct (Feb 13–15) and Championship 11 (Feb 21–22)

This weekend's Arena Direct is Lorwyn Eclipsed Sealed. Rack up wins in Best-of-One Sealed; prizes range from packs and gems up to Lorwyn Eclipsed Play Booster boxes while supplies last. Two weeks later, Arena Championship 11 brings elite players to the client for a $250,000 prize pool. Decklists, competitor lineup, and viewer guide will be shared ahead of the event. March Qualifier format is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sealed — so the Universes Beyond set is already in the competitive pipeline.

Alchemy rebalances and B&R

The same announcement that brought Historic bans and Timeless Necropotence restricted also rebalanced 13 Alchemy cards. Kona, Rescue Beastie and Val, Marooned Surveyor were nerfed to address Best-of-One and Historic combo dominance; a batch of other digital cards got buffs (Lizards, Storm support, Bats, Mice, Polterheist, Ethrimik, Network Marauder, Prototype X-8, Sliver Weftwinder). Full rebalance details are in the <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">B&R article</a> and the <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-february-9-2026#AlchemyRebalances" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Arena announcements</a>.

Quick Draft and Flashback

Quick Draft: Through the Omenpaths February 9–22, then Lorwyn Eclipsed February 23–March 11. Flashback Draft: FINAL FANTASY February 10–16, Tarkir: Dragonstorm February 17–23, Avatar: The Last Airbender February 24–March 2. Midweek Magic includes Lorwyn Eclipsed Brawl Builder Challenge (Feb 10–12), Phantom Golden Pack Sealed (Feb 17–19), and Lorwyn Eclipsed Phantom Sealed (Feb 24–26). February season rewards deliver at the start of March — Spell Snare and Figure of Fable card styles for Mythic, Diamond, and Platinum.

Bottom line

Powered Cube, Lorwyn Direct, Championship 11, and a fresh B&R and rebalance pass. February on Arena is busy. We're not telling you to buy or sell. We're telling you what's on the calendar. Until next time — may your cube drafts be broken and your Sealed pools be deep.

Arena February 2026 — Powered Cube returns, Lorwyn Direct, Championship 11, and rebalances

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February 10, 2026 — The <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/companion-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magic Companion app</a> is getting a meaningful upgrade. <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/companion-app-update-magic-player-profiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Player Profiles</a> roll out the week of February 16: you'll be able to see your event history, bookmark your favorite stores, and get a dedicated inbox for important updates. By design, your profile is private — only you see it. No more digging through emails to find when the next Prerelease is; Companion will keep you on top of it.

What's in the profile

Event history — Your participation in organized play will show up in one place: event name, date, store, and when available, match results. It won't include the punt you made in the last round to miss Top 8. Just the record.

Favorite stores — You can mark stores you like and collect them in a Favorite Stores section. Handy for travel or when you're new in town. Wizards suggests picking the ones with the best food next door. We're not arguing.

Personalized inbox — Notifications for Prereleases, Store Championships, Friday Night Magic, and other notable events will land in an in-app inbox so you can check them on your own time. At launch this is app-only, not on the web portal. And they promise no spam — "we swear we won't spam you with images of Mulldrifter. Yet."

Bottom line

Companion is already the go-to for joining and running events. Player Profiles make it more useful for keeping track of where you've played and where you're playing next. If you use the app, the update is worth a look the week of February 16. Until next time — may your events be logged and your favorite stores be bookmarked.

Companion app gets Player Profiles — event history, favorite stores, and a personal inbox

Agumon from BT-01: Booster New Evolution was one of the first Rookie Digimon in the Digimon Card Game. Reveal the top five, add a Tamer, put the rest back. Simple, effective, and the start of a line that's been supported in almost every set since. Greymon, MetalGreymon, WarGreymon, Omnimon — the evolution chain is the spine of Red. If you play Digimon, you've probably seen this line. If you collect, you've seen the alternate arts and secret rares.

Why the Greymon line still defines Red

Agumon BT1-010 sets up Tamers. Tamers enable effects, reduce costs, and push the board forward. From there, the line evolves: Greymon for power, MetalGreymon for removal or pressure, WarGreymon or Omnimon to close. Newer sets have added Agumons in other colors — Yellow, Green, Black — and alternate evolutions like ShineGreymon. The core stays: Agumon finds what you need, and the line punishes opponents who can't keep up.

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Collecting and play

BT-01 cards are old. Supply is finite; some printings have risen. Alternate arts for Agumon, Greymon, and Omnimon command premiums. For play, the line remains relevant — Red and Red hybrid decks still use the evolution chain. Time Stranger and Dawn of Liberator may add new support; the archetype isn't going anywhere. We're not telling you to buy or sell. We're laying out the card and the context. Agumon and the Greymon line: the archetype that built the game.

Agumon and the Greymon line — the archetype that built Digimon Card Game

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February 10, 2026 — <a href="https://www.mtgo.com/news/mtgo021026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magic Online</a> is partnering with Nerd Rage Gaming to run the NRG Series Magic Online Showdown this Sunday, February 15. Start time is 10 a.m. PT / 12 noon Central. Format: Lorwyn Eclipsed Sealed Deck with Top 8 Draft. $5,000 in cash goes to the Top 32; the winner takes $1,200 and qualifies for the season-ending NRG Championship in Buffalo Grove, Illinois in December — 24 players, $35,000 prize pool. So it's not just another queue; it's a path to a real-world championship and a chunk of change.

How to enter

Registration is $35 and is processed only through <a href="https://www.nrgevents.gg/conventions/nrg-series-magic-x-mtgo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NRG's site</a>. The event is region-locked: only accounts with Magic Online billing addresses in the US, Canada, or Europe (Russia and Ukraine excluded) may participate. Cap is 384 players, with up to nine rounds of Swiss. Players are directed to NRG's event Discord for judge calls and technical support; for access issues before the event, hit help.mtgo.com.

What's at stake

This is the first of four planned NRG x MTGO tournaments in 2026 that count toward NRG's digital leaderboard. In total, six players will earn seats at the NRG Championship: four event winners plus two from the leaderboard. So if you're on MTGO and in an eligible region, Sunday is a real shot at cash and a tabletop championship invite. We're not telling you to play or not play. We're reporting the event. Until next time — may your Sealed pools be strong and your Top 8 draft be sharp.

MTGO NRG Showdown February 15 — Lorwyn Eclipsed Sealed, $5,000 cash, Championship invite

February 2, 2026 — Konami dropped the latest <a href="https://www.yugioh-card.com/en/limited/list_2026-02-02/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forbidden & Limited List</a> for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Paper formats use the Advanced list; Master Duel has its own. If you play paper, your deck might need a second look.

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What changed

The headliner: Barrier Statue of the Torrent moves to Forbidden. The Wind, Earth, and other Barrier Statues were already gone; Torrent — which locked players out of summoning non-WATER monsters — was the last one standing. Floo and other strategies that leaned on it will need to adapt. The rest of the list carries over from the October 2025 update: Maxx "C", Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess, Crystron Halqifibrax, Tearlaments Kitkallos, and the usual suspects remain Forbidden. Limited and Semi-Limited slots are unchanged for most cards.

Why Barrier Statue mattered

Barrier Statues were a long-running design problem. Lock your opponent out of their summoning type, sit on a floodgate, win slowly. Konami has been pruning them set by set; Torrent was the last Barrier Statue legal in the TCG. Its exit reduces floodgate pile strategies and should open up more diverse gameplay. We're not calling a top or a bottom on any card's price — staples that got hit have already been priced in by the community; those that dodged may see a bump. Check your list before your next locals.

Master Duel separate

Reminder: Master Duel uses a different ban list. Paper and digital are not aligned. If you play both, keep both lists in mind. Until next time — may your combos be legal and your floodgates be few.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden & Limited List — February 2, 2026 update

February 9, 2026 — Wizards dropped the first <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-february-9-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Banned and Restricted announcement</a> of the year. Paper formats got a pass: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper all see no changes. The action is on Arena. Historic gets four bans and seven unbans. Timeless restricts Necropotence. Alchemy gets 13 card rebalances. If you play digital, your deck might need a second look.

Historic — four out, seven back in

Banned: Eldrazi Temple, Ajani, Nacatl Pariah, Crop Rotation, Scholar of the Lost Trove. Play Design cited Eldrazi as the dominant high-rank strategy, powered by Temple and Ugin's Labyrinth; they banned Temple to keep Eldrazi playable without pushing out slower decks. Boros Energy lost Ajani. Crop Rotation enabled too much consistency for combo. And the Persist-into-Scholar line — reanimating Scholar of the Lost Trove as early as turn two and ending the game — was the most popular deck to reach Mythic in Best-of-One Historic. So Scholar is gone.

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Unbanned: Magus of the Moon, Harbinger of the Seas, Force of Vigor, Force of Negation, Endurance, Wilderness Reclamation, Agent of Treachery. Historic has shifted toward higher power and more interaction; the format's early "no free spells, no land lock" philosophy is being relaxed so that answers can keep up. Expect more diversity and more games that don't end on turn two.

Timeless — Necropotence restricted

One change: Necropotence is now restricted. The classic black enchantment that lets you pay life to stock your hand was too dominant in Timeless. One copy still allows the archetype; multiples were warping the format. So you get one. We're not calling a top or a bottom on the card's price — it's a Commander staple regardless. Below you'll find a chart for the Iconic Masters printing.

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Alchemy — 13 rebalances

Thirteen digital cards were rebalanced. The headliners: Kona, Rescue Beastie and Val, Marooned Surveyor got nerfed. Kona plus Omniscience was setting a turn-four (sometimes turn-three) deadline in Best-of-One Alchemy; Kona's mana cost went up. Val plus Trelasarra, Moon Dancer was the top creature combo in Historic; Val's cost went from two to four and the damage trigger was bumped to 2 per opponent (from 1) so she stays relevant in Brawl while dropping out of optimized Historic. The rest of the changes are a mix of buffs and tweaks: Dazzling Flameweaver, Marshland Hordemaster, Charged Conjuration, Tempest Trapper, Sanguine Soothsayer, Polterheist, Valiant Emberkin, Ethrimik Imagined Friend, Network Marauder, Prototype X-8, Sliver Weftwinder. Full details are in the <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-february-9-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MTG Arena announcements</a>.

Standard, Pioneer, Modern — no changes

Standard is in a good place. Pro Tour Lorwyn Eclipsed had a Top 8 with seven different decks; Badgermole Cub is big but posted below 50% non-mirror win rate on Day One. Pioneer and Modern also see no changes. Legacy's Dimir Tempo is the top dog but within bounds. Vintage and Pauper are unchanged. So: paper stays as is; Arena gets the shakeup. Scroll down for the Scholar and Necropotence charts. Until next time — may your formats be healthy and your reanimator targets be legal.

Banned and Restricted February 9, 2026 — Historic hits, Timeless Necropotence, Alchemy rebalances

Lorwyn Eclipsed landed in late January 2026 — a full return to the plane of Lorwyn and Shadowmoor, with Kithkin, Merfolk, Giants, Faeries, and the sun-and-moon flip between the two worlds. The set is 408 cards, legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, and Commander. Wizards packed in reversible shock lands (Lorwyn on one side, Shadowmoor on the other), a 20-card Special Guests bonus sheet with woodcut-style reprints, and a pile of reprints and new designs that had players and the secondary market paying attention from day one.

We’re not here to review every card. We’re here to give you a long look at the set through four cards that actually move the needle: the reprint everyone was waiting for, the Worlds championship card, the tribal engine that’s become a chase mythic, and the flexible elemental that’s finding homes in multiple formats. For each one we’ll show the card and then, below the article, you’ll find a price chart so you can see how the market has been treating it. Toggle regular vs foil on each chart and draw your own conclusions.

What makes Lorwyn Eclipsed matter

Lorwyn and Shadowmoor were beloved for their tribes and their flavor. ECL brings that back with a twist: the plane’s duality is baked into the product. Draft and Standard get a shot of tribal and multicolor, and reprint hunters got some of the cards they’d been asking for for years. <a href="https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/collecting-lorwyn-eclipsed" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wizards’ own collecting guide</a> highlights the reversible shock lands, the Special Guests sheet (Bitterblossom, Goblin Sharpshooter, and others in woodcut art), and serialized Bitterbloom Bearer in Collector Boosters. So there’s something for drafters, Commander players, and collectors. Our job is to zoom in on a few cards that are both important to the set and interesting on the price chart.

1. Bloom Tender — the reprint that had to happen

If you’ve been reading the Gazette, you already know we covered Bloom Tender when ECL dropped. It’s worth repeating here: this was the “reprint when?” card. A 1/1 Elf for {1}{G} that taps for mana of each color among your permanents. Commander players have wanted it forever. The original from Eventide (2008) and the Special Guests printing had kept the price high. Lorwyn Eclipsed finally put a standard booster version into the world — Nils Hamm art, no gimmicks, mythic in the set. Supply went up; the market reacted. The ECL copy is the one most people are opening and buying to play. Below you’ll see a chart for the Lorwyn Eclipsed printing. Compare it to the other printings on our dedicated Bloom Tender piece if you want the full picture. For this set review, the takeaway is simple: Bloom Tender is the headline reprint, and the chart tells you where the new supply landed.

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2. Formidable Speaker — the Worlds card

Formidable Speaker is the championship card for Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, World Champion XXIX. It’s a 2/4 Elf Druid for {2}{G} that does two things: when it enters you may discard a card to tutor a creature into your hand, and for {1} and a tap it untaps another target permanent. So it’s a body, a potential <a href="https://edhrec.com/cards/formidable-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Commander</a> value piece, and a combo enabler (untap a mana dork or a land). The flavor text says it all: “Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, World Champion XXIX.” That kind of pedigree plus real utility means the card was a chase rare from the start. It’s not a reprint — it’s new to ECL — and the price has been strong. If you’re into competitive play or just want a copy of the Worlds card, the chart below shows you where the market has settled. Toggle foil if you’re after the shiny version.

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3. Chronicle of Victory — tribal payoff

Chronicle of Victory is a six-mana legendary artifact. As it enters you choose a creature type. From then on, creatures you control of that type get +2/+2, first strike, and trample — and whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, you draw a card. So it’s a tribal lord and a card-advantage engine in one. In Commander it’s the kind of card that goes into any deck that’s heavily committed to a tribe: Elves, Merfolk, Giants, whatever ECL and your collection support. It’s been compared to Vanquisher’s Banner with extra upside. As a mythic in a set that’s all about tribes, it was bound to be one of the chase cards. The chart below is for the ECL printing. If you’re building tribal in Standard or Commander, this is one to watch — and the curve will show you whether the market is still discovering it or has already priced it in.

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4. Wistfulness — the flexible elemental

Wistfulness is a 6/5 Elemental Incarnation for {3}{G/U}{G/U}. It has two enters-the-battlefield effects: if you paid {G}{G}, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls; if you paid {U}{U}, draw two cards then discard one. It also has evoke {G/U}{G/U}, so you can cast it for the evoke cost, get one of the two effects, and sacrifice it. That makes it a flexible tool in Simic decks — a body when you need one, or a one-shot answer or card draw when you don’t. In Standard and Pioneer it’s been finding homes in midrange and ramp shells. In Commander it’s a solid value creature with a relevant body. As one of the elemental incarnation cycle in ECL, it’s been one of the set’s pricier mythics. The chart below is for the ECL version. Toggle regular vs foil and see where it’s trading.

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What else is in the set

We didn’t cover everything. The reversible shock lands are a big deal for Standard and beyond — two sides on one card, Lorwyn and Shadowmoor art. The Special Guests sheet has 20 reprints (Bitterblossom, Goblin Sharpshooter, and others) in that woodcut style. There are new planeswalkers, transform legends like Eirdu // Isilu, and a heap of tribal support. If you’re drafting, you’re getting a real Lorwyn-Shadowmoor experience. If you’re cracking packs for value, Bloom Tender, Formidable Speaker, Chronicle of Victory, and Wistfulness are four of the cards that have been moving. We’ve shown you each one; below you’ll find four price charts in the same order: Bloom Tender (ECL), Formidable Speaker, Chronicle of Victory, Wistfulness. Toggle regular vs foil on each, compare the curves, and decide for yourself where the set’s key cards are headed.

Conclusion

Lorwyn Eclipsed is a set that had to deliver on nostalgia and reprint hope. It did. Bloom Tender finally got a normal printing. Formidable Speaker gave the Worlds champ a card. Chronicle of Victory and Wistfulness are two of the new mythics that are actually seeing play and holding value. We’re not calling tops or bottoms — we’re giving you the cards and the data. Scroll down for the charts. The Gazette will keep an eye on ECL as the set settles. Until then, may your tribes be strong and your curves be kind.

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