Courser and Brimaz both have applications in Modern, but these cards have already fallen from highs of $20 and $35, thinking that they won’t take a further hit once rotation comes is not something I can do. Just take a look at Voice of Resurgence for a good price comparison to Brimaz … with one exception: Voice was played in one of the most powerful decks in Modern, Brimaz is not.

As for Courser, the recent “Clash Pack” reprint puts downward pressure on this card as well as the simple truth that almost everything takes a hit when it rotates. EVERYTHING. In Magic liquidity ( high demand) is important for card prices, Courser is playable in Modern but doesn’t really have a place yet and favors a style of play that isn’t really what people do in Modern – durdling around.

Cards like Keranos that get their price bump solely from Modern often get held onto by people while they are in Standard. “If it’s good enough for modern, then I’ll probably need it for standard” being the mindset that people hold onto it for. As people realize the decks they would play Keranos in Modern are nothing like the decks they would pilot in Standard, they get rid of it.

Also, everything is going to take SOME hit, judging whether or not that convenience fee is worth it is going to be up to you. I’m not huge on Keranos (outside of FOIL printings).

My thought is that it’s an EDH favorite and has now been heavily printed thanks to the Core Set, Wizards has made it clear that it is reprintable and I feel like it’s going to go the way of Life from the Loam … reprinted into oblivion

Agreed

Journey temples in foil should hold value. Journey was all but unopened. Foil Mana Confluence is in the same boat.

Thoughts?

Thanks Becvar,
Obviously we would love a world where we are instantly able to evaluate our needs for the next year and solve the metagame right at rotation, but most of us are unable to do that.

Locking into a single deck for twelve months is pretty hard to do in an unsettled metagame, the idea of the article is more of a “last chance” than a “best opportunity.”

This is why I mentioned that trading is always going to preferable to buylisting and rebuying … there are very few cards that I ever recommend buylisting.

I also mentioned exactly this same scenario in the article, short selling is often not going to be worth the hassle on cards that you’re looking to keep long term.

I really don’t know where to put foils post rotation, there was a ton of Theros opened so there will be ample supply. They will obviously take a hit at rotation, but there isn’t much precedent for rare standard dual lands that are all but unplayable in Modern.

The other thing to factor in is price memory, these cards may just hold their value because nobody is willing to accept that they are worth less …

So honestly: I have no idea

In more general terms, Keranos is a mythic from an under-drafted spring set that sees play in a tier 1 modern deck. He’s no Voice of Resurgence, but it’s hard to see his price tanking come rotation. He’s not at his floor, and it might be worth trading him away for a few months, but I’m not going to bother trying to short sell; the idea of shipping him off to a buylist for $8 and then hoping you have a chance to rebuy for $8 post-rotation doesn’t seem like it has a whole lot of upside.

Thanks again!