Articles

  • Buying
  • Selling
  • MTGO
  • Formats
    • Standard
    • Modern
    • Legacy
    • Vintage
    • Cube
    • Commander
  • ION Scanner

Forums

Trader Tools

Account

menu
search close

  • News
  • Card Prices
  • Log In
  • Sign Up
  • search close
  • Standard
  • Modern
  • Commander
  • Finance
  • ION Scanner

Daily Stock Watch – Titania, Protector of Argoth

September 6, 2018 by Jamie Robertson San Juan 8 Comments

Hello, everyone and welcome to the freaky Friday edition of the Daily Stock Watch! It’s that time of the week again when we talk about a card that has spiked out of nowhere even though it’s not part of any competitive deck list and for this week, I’m going to feature one of the beloved commanders in EDH that has always been considered as a fringe player at best. Its current price spike suggests otherwise and as finance junkies, we ought to know why so we could act appropriately!

Titania, Protector of Argoth

Commander Anthology

$11.00

cardkingdom

36%

Spread

$15.00

tcgplayer_market

Does anyone have specific knowledge of why this has spiked? I’d love to know in the comments section below. I’ve checked StarCityGames, Card Kingdom, and TCGPlayer and I could still see lots of copies out there in the market so a buyout wasn’t the reason for this. To make you scratch your head more, it doesn’t appear on just a single expansion like other Commander staples as it was printed in Commander 2014 and Commander Anthology which was released last year. Sure, it is part of some vintage Fish lists as a one-of but there hasn’t been much noise in that format to warrant the price increase. I don’t even see it as that appealing in that list to be honest. See it for yourself.

Vintage Fish

Lands (17)
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Library of Alexandria
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 2 Polluted Delta
  • 2 Underground Sea
  • 3 Wasteland
  • 4 Tropical Island
Creatures (13)
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 2 Deathrite Shaman
  • 2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Other Spells (30)
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 2 Mana Drain
  • 4 Mental Misstep
  • 4 Force of Will
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Time Walk
  • 3 Green Sun’s Zenith
  • 1 Fastbond
  • 1 Mox Jet
  • 1 Mox Emerald
  • 1 Black Lotus
  • 1 Mox Sapphire
  • 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sideboard (15)
  • 1 Yixlid Jailer
  • 4 Tormod’s Crypt
  • 1 Ravenous Trap
  • 2 Nature’s Claim
  • 2 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 4 Energy Flux

I’m a firm believer of the fact that when you have all the moxes in Vintage, you can make any bad card look good. There are always quicker and better ways to win games when you have all those good things but it doesn’t certainly hurt to be creative when you have those tools at your disposal. This list is a glorified version of Fish as we know it, and I’m not really sure if there’s no better choice than Titania, Protector of Argoth as a win condition. As of posting time, the average price of Titania currently sits at $21.82, and there should be more movement in the coming days. This could either go north or south financially in an instant, so don’t let the numbers game fool you.

Commander Anthology Mythic Generals

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Freyalise, Llanowar’s Fury
Kaalia of the Vast
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

As you can see on the gallery above, there are foil commanders in the Commander Anthology set that could demand better prices for what they’re worth but Titania is actually more expensive than any of them right now. Lands really do matter and we could somehow compare this spike to that of Omnath, Locus of Rage, Sylvan Safekeeper, Realms Uncharted, and probably even The Gitrog Monster. Titania also appears in about 5,000+ registered decks in EDHREC so it’s fair to say that a card that appears only once in both C14 and Commander Anthology decks is deserving of such a high price tag. After all, good Commander cards that have long term potential are fairly easy to love and catch if you have a keen eye for detail. As much as I’d hate to admit it, this is probably one of those cards that will be staying put where it currently is financially for a while.

At the moment, you could still get copies of Titania, Protect of Argoth from StarCityGames, TCGPlayer, and Card Kingdom for $18.99 up to $23. We could expect a foil version of this card somewhere down the line (probably in the next Commander Anthology?) but the normal copies out there should be safe pickups at its current price tag. I’m expecting it to reach $30 quite soon as more players try to build decks off the “Lands Matter” theme.

And that’s it for this week’s edition of the Daily Stock Watch! See you again next time, as we check out a new card that should be on the go, or good enough for speculating. As always, feel free to share your opinion in the comments section below. And if you want to keep up with all the market movement, be sure to check in with the QS Discord Channel for real time market information, and stay ahead of the hottest specs!



Are you a Quiet Speculation member yet?

If not, Ravnica Allegiance Pro Tour season is a great time to join up! Our powerful tools, breaking news analysis, and awesome Discord chat room will make sure you stay up-to-date and ahead of the curve.
Learn More
Sign Up

Jamie Robertson San Juan

Rob has been playing Magic since 2004 and is a control player by nature. He was able to crack the top eight of the 2011 Nationals in the Philippines, and he has multiple Grand Prix top-64 finishes. He's a finance junkie nowadays, but he still dreams of winning a Pro Tour someday.

More Posts

Is Power 9 a Good Investment? Not long ago I ran a somewhat controversial poll on Twitter, inspired by internal discussions within the Quiet Speculation Discord. https://twitter...
MTG Metagame Finance #31 – The Future of Mag... In case you haven't heard, some big things are coming up for Magic later this month, particularly for Modern. We don't know just yet what the news is,...
Tales From the Buylist #1 – The Stoneforge C... I’m a buylist processor for ABU Games in Boise, Idaho. I stare at expensive cardboard all day, and I love every second of it. I’ve been playing Magic ...
This Week in Magic Finance Counterfeiters Getting Aggressive The topic of counterfeit cards is one that seems to work its way into the Magic news cycle time and time again for ...
MTG Metagame Finance #30 I took a break from MTG Metagame Finance last week to start the new What’s Next series. If you haven’t seen that yet, you can check it out here. Now t...
Enjoy what you just read? Share it with the world!
Share on RedditTweet about this on TwitterShare on Facebook

Filed Under: Buying, Finance, Free, Predictions, Stock Watch

« Daily Stock Watch – Yavimaya Coast (FOIL)
Hold ‘Em & Fold ‘Em #9 »

Comments

  1. Justin says

    September 6, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    Possibility of it showing a good bit of play in the new windgrace Edh deck.

    Reply
    • Jamie Robertson San Juan says

      September 10, 2018 at 11:25 am

      Got any link to this deck? 😀

      Reply
      • Zeb H. says

        September 11, 2018 at 12:44 pm

        I don’t know about anyone else, but here’s the 100 I’m currently playing.

        https://www.mtgvault.com/vhfforever/decks/lord-wi…

        Reply
  2. future progressive tense games says

    September 8, 2018 at 3:17 am

    Ezine articles are on the website forever, and will not go from exploding.

    (2) Are not getting disheartened, believing that you is definately able encourage your web business.

    Some may require this prior to started. http://Newsletter.rokiestew.com/afft/jsp/Imageinb…

    Reply
  3. Wood Young says

    September 8, 2018 at 9:51 am

    This started spiking along with other land matters cards. I assume it is the new C19 deck.

    Reply
    • Wood Young says

      September 8, 2018 at 9:51 am

      Er..C18

      Reply
    • Jamie Robertson San Juan says

      September 10, 2018 at 11:25 am

      Yep. It’s the Land Matters concept that made it jump.

      Reply
  4. David Scott says

    September 13, 2018 at 5:45 am

    Ahh yes, the foil commanders. The best part is they curl so much you can use them as a toothpick.

    Reply

Leave a Comment Cancel reply

Search QS


ION Suite

Learn more about ION Scanner and ION Retail.

Copyright © 2018 · Quiet Speculation, LLC · All Rights Reserved.

Contact Us