Magic: The Gathering saw a nice, very welcome shake-up this week with the reveal of fresh bans - and the age of Vivi Ornitier is over as a result.
That’s meant the troublesome mage has dropped in value, but there are PlayStation synergies abound for Secret Lair and more. Here’s this week’s Crashers and Climbers.
Climbing
Dockside Extortionist is getting another mention this time around. It’s getting a reprint in the Avatar Bonus Sheet, and while it’s not unbanned as yet, that could always change. The non-Universes Beyond version is climbing to about $24 right now, having been $20 or so just a week or two ago.
Crashing
Look, it had to happen eventually. Vivi Ornitier, which has been a pain in the rear end for some, while completely homogenizing the meta for others, is crashing after the ban announcement.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
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