I definitely feel like that card will be seeing an 8-10 dollar mark.

I mean, how is that different from Verdict into anything else that Esper already has, like Jace? I don’t think the Planeswalker is complete jank or Ral Zarek here, but I do think it’s coming down in price when I look back at this set three months from now. Unless Maze’s End is just insane or whatever.

I’ll say this, if you do think Bant is the way to go, I believe something like Zegana could be poised to benefit.

It’s really up to you, because I think they’re going to be about the same price in three months. If you are someone who does well having these sort of things in your binder, I think you’re safe picking them up. If you don’t want lands, you’re safe trading them away. It’s really up to you, and I doubt there will be much movement on any of them (besides *maybe* up for the UW one).

Yeah, that’s true, but is that actually powerful enough to really do anything in Standard right now? If so, I’m looking at Zegana as a beneficiary, but I have a hard time believing that’s good enough to make it right now.

Yup, my thoughts as well. It’s just not an all-star in Commander, and the price is going to reflect that. Compare to lantern, which is already moving up from where you’d “expect” it to be.

(1) It scales. While 6 is a lot for something that taps for 2, it’s still not unreasonable in EDH. I see it having a home in artifact decks that run a lot of mana rocks that tap for multiple colorless.

(2) CMC = 0. This is the only mana rock that taps for any color and doesn’t have “Mox” in it’s name. This makes it a relevant Trinket Mage/Artificer’s Intuition target.

(3) It uses charge counters. This means it interacts with Gilder Bairn, proliferate, Vorel, and other counter-manipulation cards.

I agree, in a bant shell, Verdict then this forces means the opponent needs to drop multiple threats (and possibly overextend in another Verdict or D Sphere) or draw into a removal spell or they’ll eventually end up dead to Kraken tokens.

Also, disagree on Herald seeing play in mono-B. The extra point of power and the ability to kill opposing Specters is not better than the extra point of devotion and potential card advantage that Specter provides and at 5 mana, I would rather just cast Gary instead of bestowing this. You likely won’t be able to run both, as spots in the deck are tight enough as is.