The newest Magic: The Gathering product is none other than Time Spiral Remastered, an expert-level draft set designed to cater to experienced, highly skilled players. It’s not a Standard-legal set, though; Time Spiral Remastered is packed with reprinted cards that are highly relevant for formats such as Modern, Legacy and even Commander.
This means that some cards in Time Spiral Remastered are more valuable than others. Players who keep an eye on prices and care about their booster boxes’ financial value can quickly take note of which Time Spiral Remastered cards are big money (according to MTG Goldfish) and which will go straight to the bulk collection box once the game is over.
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The White Cards Of Time Spiral Remastered
A few white cards among Time Spiral Remastered‘s cards stand out as valuable, but they’re overall not terribly impressive value-wise. Several of the timeshifted white cards were real head-turners, such as Path to Exile and Restoration Angel, while the regular white cards feature the likes of Angel’s Grace, Pulmonic Sliver and Return to Dust. Angel’s Grace is a key card in the Modern Ad Nauseam deck which MTG Goldfish values at just under $11.
Meanwhile, Pulmonic Sliver slots right into this set’s Naya Slivers draft archetype, a 3/3 that can grant flying to all Slivers and give them a second lease on life from the top of the player’s library. MTG Goldfish has Pulmonic Sliver at $5.52 or so. Return to Dust is a powerful removal spell that can generate card advantage by hitting two enemy artifacts or enchantments, exiling them for good with one stroke. Return to Dust is sitting at $1.53. Last up is Crovax, Ascendant Hero, an alternate take on the classic black creature Crovax the Cursed. This mythic rare creature is worth just under $2.00.
The Blue Cards Of Time Spiral Remastered
Value-wise, blue mana looks stronger than white in Time Spiral Remastered, both among the set’s regular cards and among the timeshifted cards. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir leads the blue card in value, coming in at around $8.88, according to MTG Goldfish. Venser, Shaper Savant is another time-based blue legend, a 2/2 with flash that can return a spell or permanent to its owner’s hand. This even allows Venser to “counter” spells that normally can’t be countered, such as Abrupt Decay or Supreme Verdict.
Then there’s Walk the Aeons, a tricky blue sorcery that serves as a fixed Time Walk. MTG Goldfish has this card at $5.83. The last big-money blue card is the fancy counterspell Delay, which delays the opponent’s spell by three turns via suspend. Or, it can be used in the Time Spiral Remastered blue/red suspend archetype and counter its own spells if they’re in danger of being countered or fizzling.
The Black Cards Of Time Spiral Remastered
Among all the non-timeshifted Time Spiral Remastered cards, black mana has one of the most valuable cards of all: the sweeper known as Damnation. It’s a color-shifted Wrath of God, being a vital sweeper for Modern, Legacy and Commander decks that run black but not white mana, and for a long time, the original Planar Chaos printing was all alone. Damnation was worth $60 for years until it came back in Modern Masters 2017 and again in Time Spiral Remastered. This mythic rare sweeper commands a price of $37.69, according to MTG Goldfish.
Nether Traitor is a small but persistent black creature with shadow for evasion, haste for aggression and a triggered ability fueled by death. Dedicated decks can get a lot of use from this small, evasive Spirit, and it’s worth a solid $10 at MTG Goldfish. There’s also Extirpate, a classic black spell that’s newest printing is worth $2.88 as of now. Finally there’s Sudden Spoiling, another split second card that can reduce the opponent’s creatures to 0/2’s, rendering them harmless. Sudden Spoiling is worth $3.12.
The Red Cards Of Time Spiral Remastered
The value among the red cards drops off a bit more gradually than it does among the white, blue or black cards of Time Spiral Remastered. The most valuable red card is definitely Magus of the Moon, a 2/2 Human Wizard that embodies the notorious enchantment Blood Moon. This card sees decent use in the Modern format, especially in dedicated blue/red decks, and this printing is worth about $12 right now. Sedge Sliver is also a part of that Naya Sliver deck, but clearly, it has a role in Sliver decks in other formats, too, since it has an impressive $6.19 price tag.
Reiterate exemplifies red mana’s fondness for causing chaos and copying spells recklessly, and buyback allows the caster to get it back so they can cast it again if they can pay {4}RR all at once. Copying any player’s spell and controlling the copy is great fun, and Reiterate thus goes for just under $8. Last up is Akroma, Angel of Fury, a color-shifted version of Akroma, Angel of Wrath. This 6/6 flying beater has “firebreathing” and even has morph, one of the many tricky abilities found in Time Spiral Remastered. This card goes for $3.78 on MTG Goldfish.
The Green Cards Of Time Spiral Remastered
While Damnation is the most valuable card in this set, Tarmogoyf is coming close at a value of $32.93. After all, this Lhurgoyf has long since been a Constructed staple since its first printing in Future Sight, since it can rapidly grow bigger and bigger without an additional investment of mana (and it only costs two mana to play). It’s a must-have for Modern Jund decks, but any deck containing green can and probably will include Tarmogoyf for the sheer beatdown value.
Heartwood Storyteller is a notable Treefolk that can draw cards anytime the opponent casts non-creature spells, which can be rather amusing in multiplayer games of Commander and is priced at $8 on MTG Goldfish. Utopia Mycon, meanwhile, is a solid creature in this set’s black/green Fungus aristocrats deck, and its ability to sacrifice Saprolings to add mana of any color is significant. Utopia Mycon is worth $3.58. Last up is Keen Sense, a green version of Curiosity that can cheaply enchant a creature and allow its controller to draw cards when it deals damage to a player. Keen Sense gives much-needed card draw to green and so is worth $3.94.
The Rest: Colorless, Multicolor And Lands Of Time Spiral Remastered
The colorless and suspend-only cards of Time Spiral Remastered boast some impressive value, starting with Gauntlet of Power. This five-drop artifact can pump all creatures of the chosen color with +1/+1, and basic lands that make that color will add more mana. The Time Spiral Remastered version is worth $13.12, while Akroma’s Memorial, another artifact, is worth even more at $19.64 since it can grant so many Akroma-style abilities to all friendly creatures. Cloud Key is another notable reprint among artifacts valued at $10.72, making spells of the chosen type a bit cheaper. Lotus Bloom, another vital card for the Ad Nauseam deck, is worth just over $7.
The Pacts are here too, such as the powerhouse Pact of Negation, which is valued at $24.29, while its green cousin Summoner’s Pact is valued at $8.69. Slaughter Pact, the cycle’s black card, is sitting at $3.78.
Sliver Legion rounds out the draft Slivers deck nicely and is currently worth $57.63, even more than Damnation and Tarmogoyf. Kaervek the Merciless is another notable multicolor card, a 5/4 that can rapidly deal serious damage to the opponent, giving it a value of $8.69. A few lands in this deck round out the collection of valuable cards, starting with the legendary Gemstone Caverns. It can fix mana in any deck but often sees play in Ad Nauseam, and it is currently worth $36.76. Vesuva is another mythic rare land, but instead of making mana, it copies any other land on the battlefield. This tricky land is worth $24.63. Finally, other notable and decently value lands include Dryad Arbor ($7.09), Flagstones of Trokair ($9.89), Swarmyarad ($10.19), and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth ($24.39).
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