(All figures in this article are taken from the actual Auction House Sold Data provided by Hex Ent., comparing the average price between December 1st – December 31st 2014 with the average price between January 1st – January 31st 2015)

Top 10 Winners

1) Wrathwood Master Moss: $12.50 to $15.67 + $3.17 (+25%)

Wrathwood Master Moss is just a big, removal-resistant troop that has brought Wild somewhat back into competitive play. It has recently been successful in pairing up with Sapphire for mid-range or control strategies, this price increase confirming that its power level is for real.

2) Monsuun, Shogun of Winda’jin: $13.83 to $16.48 + $2.66 (+19%)

Monsuun is another Shattered Destiny Legendary that has for the most part delivered on its hype, making many competitive Top 8 appearances in not only the all-powerful Blood / Diamond Value deck but especially paired up with the Darkspire clan in both Mono-Blood and Blood / Ruby iterations. The Shogun won’t be giving up his throne and title as the most expensive card in the game anytime soon.

3) Reese the Crustcrawler: $4.73 to $6.01 + $1.28 (+27%)

The significant surge in Reese’s price can largely be explained by its appearance in the format-defining Ruby / Sapphire Gore Knight decks. It has still yet to reach its true potential in a dedicated Robot deck so I would expect it to hold value at the very least.

4) Storm Cloud: $2.82 to $3.49 + $0.67 (+24%)

Storm Cloud is now an unmistakable staple of the Gore Knight powerhouse. Make sure to complete your playset if you are ever able to catch this card in the $3.00-$3.50 range as it might not drop to those levels ever again.

5) Jags the Blademaster: $1.66 to $2.19 + $0.52 (+31%)

Although it has a potent Inspire ability, Jags has been just short of being a consistent inclusion in any top-performing deck. These brief appearances however, especially paired up with Heroic Outlaw in Ruby / X Gorefeast decks, have caused this price jump to the $2 range where I expect it will stabilize.

6) Army of the Arcane Cinder: $3.45 to $3.96 + $0.51 (+15%)

Army of the Arcane Cinder’s price is quite high considering it hasn’t been on the main deck of any competitive deck brewed so far. This rise in price is likely due to people recognizing the long-game power it gives to Ruby players even if it hasn’t been used effectively as of yet.

7) Eye of Creation: $3.68 to $4.19 + $0.51 (+14%)

Eye of Creation still being at the respectable $4 level is a testament of how fun the card actually is as it has never had any business in a top tier deck. When/if Turbo Wild becomes a thing, expect Eye of Creation to fetch much higher prices.

8) Fissuresmith: $0.82 to $1.32 + $0.50 (+61%)

Players have come to realize the mind games Fissuresmith enables in a deck with any other tunneling troop. This recognition resulted in a significant jump in price and should certainly keep its value above $1 in the foreseeable future.

9) Angel of Dawn: $10.36 to $10.84 + $0.47 (+5%)

Many had predicted the Angel of Dawn to drop and stay down with the release of shiny new Legendaries but it still stands mighty strong above $10. At this point, I doubt it will ever stabilize below double digits.

10) Extinction: $3.32 to $3.79 + $0.47 (+14%)

As expected, Extinction has bounced back from the brief hit it took with the release of Shattered Destiny. It isn’t likely to go below $3.50 level so you should grab your playset if you somehow haven’t already done so.

Honorable Mention: Eurig the Robomancer: $0.70 to $1.15 + $0.45 (+64%)

Although Robots are still not nearly Tier-1, Eurig’s price continues to increase at a significant rate as it was the biggest winner in terms of % this month. Has the Dwarf/Robot archetype finally surpassed the Shin’hare in terms of popularity amongst the casual?!

Honorable Mention: Immortality: $0.34 to $0.54 + $0.20 (+59%)

Immortality is another one of those cool casual cards that sometimes rise above the Plat floor before plunging back shortly after as they just have no real use in the competitive scene.

Top 10 Losers

1) Forge of Cadoc $7.92 to $5.85 – $2.08 (-26%)

It’s no surprise that Forge of Cadoc is this month’s biggest loser as it had been on a steady decline ever since its release. No one has been able to effectively abuse the early acceleration it provides so don’t expect it to go back up before someone figures it out (likely not before the next Set comes out).

2) Mastery of Time: $6.03 to $4.92 – $1.11 (-18%)

Mastery of Time has clearly fallen out – from competitive decks as well as from the the minds of most deckbuilders around. We might have to wait for a new Set and with it a good Sapphire-based combo deck to emerge before this card makes a comeback (Chimes you just cost too much!).

3) Scheme: $3.13 to $2.09 – $1.04 (-33%)

Ahh..Scheme had so much hype and potential but it has so far not amounted to anything. The inherent card disadvantage cost for improving your deck in the very long game proved to be too much, as reflected by this latest decrease. The only question that remains now is how low it will go as opposed to when it will come back up…

4) Ingenious Engineer: $1.97 to $0.98 – $0.99 (-50%)

Ingenious Engineer is another victim of the disappointing Dwarves who got a lot of power but no answer to Extinction with the new set. This guy should remain around the dollar level thanks to its unique ability as well as the Robots’ popularity within the casual crowd.

5) Hopeheart Unicorn: $3.26 to $2.35 – $0.91 (-28%)

Hopeheart Unicorn hasn’t nearly made the impact it was supposed to as is clearly reflected by this fall off. Mono-Diamond beats where it could shine ended up not being Top Tier material and Blood / Diamond usually doesn’t play enough troops to warrant the Unicorn’s inclusion. I expect this card to stabilize in the $1.50-$2.00 range.

6) Arborean Rootfather: $3.45 to $2.65 – $0.81 (-23%)

Although powerful and flexible, the Rootfather has yet to find a home in a competitive deck. Till that day comes, I wouldn’t expect it to stabilize above the $3 level.

7) Darkspire Tyrant: $3.51 to $2.72 – $0.79 (-22%)

I gotta admit Darkspire Tyrant’s decline does come as a surprise as, contrary to the cards above, it has actually been put to effective use in top tier decks. Unless it is somehow completely wiped-off the competitive scene, I would expect it to bounce back up in the near future.

8) Tectonic Megahulk: $3.92 to $3.17 – $0.75 (-19%)

As is the case with Ingenious Engineer, Tectonic Megahulk cannot be good until the Dwarf/Robots find a way to stick around. Till then, this card goes into the ‘overcosted fatty’ category and likely stabilizes around the $2.50-$3.00 range.

9) Lady Shimmer: $2.68 to $1.96 – $0.72 (-27%)

As cool as Lady Shimmer is lore-wise, she is just as uncool power-wise as Inspire decks just don’t need such an overcosted win-more effect. It’s in my opinion the worst Legendary of Shattered Destiny and will continue dropping until around $1.20.

10) Ogth, Greatspawn of Othuyeg: $1.49 to $0.79 – $0.70 (-47%)

This huge drop-off comes as people realize Ogth’s unreliability and ultimately its inability to take the mill archetype to Tier 1 status. With the abundance of targeted removal, it might have had a chance having Spellshield instead of Flight. We’ll never know.

Dishonorable Mention: Jovial Pippit: $1.00 to $0.37 – $0.63 (-63%)

This month’s biggest loser in terms of %, Jovial Pippit wasted little time to plunge into junk rare status. The fact that it wasn’t technically a new card (its GenCon reward AA version was in client months earlier) certainly didn’t help its case.

Dishonorable Mention: Filk Ape: $1.32 to $0.67 – $0.64 (-49%)

Filk Ape’s unique ability and AA counterpart were apparently not enough to keep it from losing half its value in a month. The combo potential is always there but current targets Izydor and Warrior of Andronicus are underwhelming to say the least. It’s best use should be in reverting troops inspired by CMK but no competitive deck has found a way to include this high resource troop thus far.