Community Awareness: Eternal Masters Spoiler Week WRITTEN BY Michael Paul Skipper

Hello everyone. Welcome to Community Awareness where we reach out to our members to make sure they have the best information for trading on PucaTrade. Eternal Masters, announced February 15, 2016, will be officially revealed starting Monday, May 23, 2016. This article is intended to help PucaTrade members amidst the announcements of what cards will, and won't, be included in EMA.

Eternal Masters is a set comprised entirely of reprints with a booster pack MSRP of $9.99. It will be released in English, Japanese, and Chinese Simplified on June 10, 2016. There are 249 cards in this set. Force of Will is revealed to be included at mythic rare, and Wasteland is revealed to be included at rare.



Supply of these eternal staples is about to increase, but will it match an increase in demand?

When these cards were revealed, the prices for each of them started to fall immediately. Force of Will (ALL) was valued at 9,782 points on February 15, it fell by 500 points within a week, and currently sits at 7,834 points. Wasteland (TMP) was valued at 6,754 points on February 15, it fell by 650 points within a week, and currently sits at 5,533 points. These values reflect the known increase in supply that is about to transpire. How will a potential increase in demand for these cards match that supply? We don't know yet, but we can look to the original Modern Masters to get an idea. By comparison, Tarmogoyf (FUT) was valued around 11,450 points near it's original reprinting in Modern Masters and moved up in value to 13,735 points only a month after that set was released. The demand for this mythic rare far exceeded the increase in supply. Do you want to own Force of Will or Wasteland? My advice is to get them as soon as the set is released. These cards are the definition of staples. In the long run, supply will not be able to match demand as more and more players become interested in Magic. Conversely, many cards in Eternal Masters will not be universally sought after, and those cards will decrease in value until the majority of EMA packs become opened throughout 2016.

Eternal Masters will be in the spotlight for a few short weeks until it's followed by the Eldritch Moon pre-release on July 16, 2016. Keep this in mind as you make your trading decisions.

Another announcement made in February was the exclusion of Reserved List cards from Eternal Masters. The value of dual lands like Underground Sea immediately increased because of this announcement. Supply of these cards will not change, but demand will likely continue to increase. To everyone on the search for duals, good luck!

What will happen during spoiler week? It depends on which cards are revealed and at what rarity. If you're looking for speculation on the included cards, Saffron Olive published an excellent article related to the mythics in the set back in February. Instead of speculating, I'll choose to talk specifically about one potential reprint, Rishadan Port. There are 5 possibilities for this card:

EMA Mythic (old art)

EMA Mythic (new art)

EMA Rare (old art)

EMA Rare (new art)

not included in EMA

So far, Rishadan Port has been printed in Mercadian Masques and as a Judge Promo. Out of the 5 possible eventualities for this card, the range of value changes possible from these outcomes is wide. If the card is at rare with old art, the value may go down quite a bit. If the card is at mythic with new art, the value may increase similar to Tarmogoyf in the original MMA. The overall print size of EMA is another important factor. How many copies of any given card will make their way into players' hands, and how many players will be entering Legacy for the first time? Time will tell.

It's also important that this set is only 249 cards, and certain desired cards will not be included. During the spoiler season for Modern Masters 2015, many players were expecting Serum Visions (5DN) to see a reprint. When players realized the card would not be included, the value of Serum Visions increased by 400 points during MM2's release month. Expect notable exclusions from EMA to follow a similar pattern.



"I alone determine my destiny."

PucaTrade is a community of Magic players. We live all over the world and share a common interest in this fantastic game. Please treat each other like you would treat a member of your community, a friend, or a neighbor. Card values are going to go up and card values are going to go down. If you commit to send a card and the value changes drastically, please communicate with your trading partner and try to work out an amicable solution for the both of you. If they say they no longer want a card, consider sending it instead to someone who does. If the value of a card that you committed to send goes up, please honor your commitment to send the card at the value you initiated your trade. If you have eternal cards on your want list, please make sure that you're willing to accept a card at the market rate value, keeping in mind that it might change drastically overnight! We offer a price limiting feature for our rare subscribers, so please use this feature if you're already a subscriber. If not, please do consider upgrading your account and subscribing to PucaTrade. Thank you to everyone who has already made that decision! The admin team is here to help all of you, and I encourage everyone to familiarize themselves with PucaTrade's rules. That said, while we will enforce our rules, our ultimate goal is for everyone to have a good experience and for each member to help each other get the cards they want to play with.

Eternal Masters is an exciting set, and the time to start growing your eternal collection is almost here. Thanks for reading and thanks for treating each other with empathy, kindness, and respect.

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