Initial rises in value seemed to be linked to market manipulation and the idea that this card could claim the title of the best SIR in the Scarlet & Violet era, but prices have only continued to rise since then
Leaks suggest Mega Rayquaza ex in Emerald Surge (Japan January 23, 2026), with Delta Stream SIR and MA rarity
The only problem with Dragon types is that there is only one single Dragon technique in the game, Dragon Rage (deals 40 damage)
Three-mana planeswalkers are not quite as hard to balance as two-mana ones, but the line is thin between the sweet spot of powerful and balanced and the issue of TOO powerful and unbalanced
At the time, I believed in a concept I called a "marquee card." A marquee card was a card that could go into any deck (usually an artifact, but it could in theory be a landcolorless spells didn't exist yet) that did something Magic had never done before
Whether you do it with Ruby Medallion in Legacy or with Goblin Electromancer and Baral, Chief of Compliance in Modern, youre going to make this cost 1 mana