Dark Matter Manipulator up 500% to about $7.50; Knacksaw Clique tops $12
Reportedly, Dark Matter Manipulator is becoming a Modern Rakdos Delirium staple, while cEDH Kinnan decks pushed Knacksaw Clique. Jace, Multiverse Architect lifts two older cards.
Dark Matter Manipulator, the regular printing from Reality Fracture, reportedly rose about 500% in a week, from around $1.50 the previous Friday to about $7.50. Knacksaw Clique roughly tripled over the week, from around $4 to over $12.
Dark Matter Manipulator: Modern and Legacy demand
Rakdos Delirium is reportedly turning Dark Matter Manipulator into a staple: the lists that have done well lately all play four copies, and this week that included multiple MTGO Challenge finishes.
Over the past couple of weeks, roughly 10% of the Modern metagame has consisted of aggressive Rakdos decks.
A full playset is also beginning to appear in Legacy Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis decks.
Knacksaw Clique: a cEDH story
The jump in Knacksaw Clique's price is credited to cEDH, in particular Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks that have recently put up strong results. Some Reddit players consider it an auto-include in those decks. Near-mint listings are priced higher.
Only one printing exists: Shadowmoor (2008). It has never come back in a reprint, whether in bonus sheets or The List. Its rise is not related to Reality Fracture.
Jace, Multiverse Architect lifts older cards
Over the last month, no commander has been more popular on EDHREC than Jace, Multiverse Architect, which gained around 11,600 new decks, nearly double the total of the runner-up. It is already in EDHREC's Top 200 commanders overall.
Divergent Transformations (Commander Masters printing) climbed above $4 after sitting near bulk-bin price until last week, and other versions saw similar spikes. Polymorph is also rising because it is played alongside Jace.
With its -3 ability, Jace exiles another creature or planeswalker you control, then reveals cards from your library until it finds a creature or planeswalker, which enters the battlefield. Archon of Cruelty and Serra's Emissary are cited as targets for such effects.
Context
TCGKing has followed several of these threads. Knacksaw Clique's climb from $2.80 to over $18 was reported earlier, and the cause there is also a cEDH combo that already existed. On the Manipulator side, see a Legacy Golgari Hogaak list running four copies and a Modern Dark Matter Rakdos deck.
Reality Fracture is described as Magic's latest set, and its cards keep driving the market.
What it means for players
- In MTGO Challenge results, keep an eye on Modern Rakdos Delirium lists that run a full playset of Dark Matter Manipulator.
- Knacksaw Clique has only one printing, Shadowmoor (2008), and has not been reprinted.
- Jace, Multiverse Architect decks are the demand source for Divergent Transformations and Polymorph.
What is still unknown
The sources do not say whether the price increases will last or whether Knacksaw Clique will be reprinted. These are reported market figures, not official prices.
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