The new Mystical Archive is coming, and with it, a whole lot of expectations. The first set, way back in 2021, bottomed out under the pressure of lots of cards being opened, but the new set should be free of a lot of those issues, for two main reasons. First, we’re avoiding the whole ‘etched foil that has the same collector number’ issue from the first MA, and second, there are nonfoil Japanese alternate art and Silver Scroll foils, no traditional foils. Very swingy!

However, with the 65 cards of the Archive, I want to go through and figure out what my targets are. None of them are going to be cheap in Scroll foil, but I do want to build my list and see where I’m going. 

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Cliff (@WordOfCommander at Twitter and BlueSky) has been writing for MTGPrice since 2013, and is an eager Commander player, Draft enthusiast, and Cube fanatic. A high school science teacher by day, he’s also the co-host of the MTG Fast Finance podcast. If you’re ever at an event and you see a giant flashing ‘CUBE DRAFT’ sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.