Unfortunately for Blaziken, this card continues a downward spiral that began in June 2024, after the spring saw several cards from the Sword and Shield era explode in value
Llanowar Elves has a sweet Secret Lair version that might be the right nonfoil choice
Nymris's Graveyard | Commander | Jason Alt Commander (1) 1 Nymris, Oona's Trickster Creatures (21) 1 Agent of Treachery 1 Archaeomancer 1 Brazen Borrower 1 Crafty Cutpurse 1 Cunning Nightbonder 1 Diluvian Primordial 1 Hullbreacher 1 Master Thief 1 Naiad of Hidden Coves 1 Nimble Obstructionist 1 Notion Thief 1 Portal Mage 1 Sepulchral Primordial 1 Slitherwisp 1 Snapcaster Mage 1 Stunt Double 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir 1 Thieving Skydiver 1 Torrential Gearhulk 1 Venser, Shaper Savant 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp Instants (25) 1 Aetherize 1 Arcane Denial 1 Brainstorm 1 Commandeer 1 Counterspell 1 Countersquall 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Deadly Rollick 1 Desertion 1 Dig Through Time 1 Drown in the Loch 1 Fact or Fiction 1 Fierce Guardianship 1 Frantic Search 1 Gather Specimens 1 Memory Plunder 1 Narset's Reversal 1 Opt 1 Pongify 1 Rapid Hybridization 1 Rewind 1 Spelljack 1 Sudden Substitution 1 Swan Song 1 Unwind Sorceries (3) 1 Expropriate 1 Rise of the Dark Realms 1 Spelltwine Enchatments (8) 1 Dire Undercurrents 1 Equilibrium 1 Faerie Tauntings 1 Leyline of Anticipation 1 Necromancy 1 Omen of the Dead 1 Omen of the Sea 1 Rhystic Study Artifacts (9) 1 Arcane Signet 1 Charcoal Diamond 1 Cloudstone Curio 1 Dimir Signet 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Sky Diamond 1 Sol Ring 1 Thought Vessel 1 Vedalken Orrery I think we can cut down on the number of creatures we run a wee bit if we run Cloudstone Curio and Equilibrium and possibly some other bounce cards, letting us get more mileage out of creatures we run and letting us get value out of cards that don't have flash but that I want to still run like Thieving Skydiver and Sepulchral Primordial
Welcome to the dark side
Where this leaves a holder We publish measurements, not instructions, so the closing observations are exactly that: Over this five-year window, the rarity printed on a raw single told you little about how it held value, and what signal existed pointed away from the pack-opening instinct: the premium modern chase tier returned the least, while older, plainer cards held up at least as well
OP02-068 R Rain of rubbish
