Meanwhile, Helpful Hunter doesn't look like much, but if you look at the greatest tribal decks of all time, they pretty much all have a two-drop that cantrips when it enters the battlefield, like Silvergill Adept in Merfolk or Elvish Visionary in Elves
The shock lands will hold value for years to come, as long as people are playing competitive Magic, and the serialized cards are always valuable, especially if you get one of those cool numbers like 069/500 or 420/500 (if you pull one of these, please let me know)
But as corporate crossovers dominate the 2026 market, the real opportunity has shifted to the Creator Economy
About 85% of those packs will have these as the final three cards: nonfoil rare EA, nonfoil rare showcase/borderless, foil EA/showcase/borderless rare
Untap that permanent
As we saw for ourselves at PAX West 2025 this past weekend, as people were lined up at the MTG booth for hours just to get a Welcome Deck for the set, and that's saying something considering the booth was sandwiched between two massive Nintendo demo areas
