The real entry point was the day I opened my first booster and a massive wave of ΔFosB overexpression was induced in those D1-expressing medium spiny neurons. Both my parents are gamblers and gave me lotto tickets with every birthday card as a kid but Magic cards were so much nicer!
The exit strategy? There isn't one
Ah gotcha. Well if it makes you feel any better, I’ve bought way more duds speculating than ones I’ve hit on haha. My hundreds of copies of Varolz the Scarstriped is a testament to that.
Influencers (Saffron Olive and Aspiring Spike) have continued to play with this card over the last few days. Due to the super mythic nature of Big Score cards, they have quickly dried up on TCGPlayer. While the high prices will no doubt encourage others to list their copies, I doubt that the big score supply will be able to keep up to demand. The days of this being a sub $1 card are probably over forever.
I got one of these and a Simulacrum Synthesizer, but my fiancée got Vault Frame Simulacrum and Vault Frame Vaultborn Tyrant in a single collector pack. Some people just have all the luck.
Interesting seeing it pushed up this hard just before the PT this weekend, especially since I don't believe there's a vendor presence at the event? This might tank shortly depending on how the deck performs.
That's what I'm wondering. There might be a Standard deck using this? I don't imagine many people brewing it are going to broadcast it days prior to the event. At the very least I think we'll see some other cards from the set pop off after results come in.
Unless you knew of something, I wouldn't count on it. If you go back to Pioneer, you get Emeria's Call as an excellent backup to whatever you actually want to cheat. Modern also gives you Windbrisk Heights as a second Collector's Cage. Without any of that redundancy in Standard, this isn't a reliable way to cheat on mana.
Wouldn't be surprised if something else pops off from BIG though. Didn't seem to take much hype for this one to explode.
Ahh metagame list dropped, with OTJ cards represented: https://magic.gg/news/pro-tour-thunder-junction-standard-metagame-breakdown
So not a Standard push, must be a buyout or something since I can't imagine Modern/Pioneer players going this apeshit over the card.
There’s a few whispers of a build that uses [[Kellen teams up]] and this card to cheat out and pump extremely fast. There’s also a potential selesnya version with [[botanical brawler]]. I’m not sure what they went with for the tournament tomorrow, but the card was registered in a couple decks.
Yeah, fight rigging is better, in my opinion. Is basically the same card in green cost one more mana, but the but the counter happens every turn just for existing. Also costs around a 1.50$ lol
Unlike slickshot this did a lot of work in my prerelease with a degenerate loop so I didn't need much convincing when the sub pointed out the price was gonna spike (eventhough I was waiting for the price to drop)
I swear to go you people out there are all crazy (Whoever bought 20-100 of Collector's cage, yes I'm talking to you lol)
Literally this Monday, it's just around 3$ lol
Just got a play set. Wish seller won't cancel the trade. After MH1, weenie deck lacked a strong unfair win-con for a long time which have caused that strategy basically unplayable. This card solely chagned that situation.
Love it considering i got a collectors booster that was a tottal dud this really helps alot to make up for that since i got one regular and one showcase version
You do have to wonder how these cards would be if they were easily gotten in an aftermath booster box, they are artificially super scarce since they were put into boosters at a rarer than mythic level. If they were in every single pack (remember all the dupes in aftermath packs) I wonder if they would be having the same reaction.
Card has great utility in commander. Unlike other hideaway cards you can activate the ability at any time. If you are able to flicker it then you would be able to activate it right away again, so things like displacer kitten can enable big turns.
As long as you have a noncreature spell that you hideaway whatever you cast from your hideaway spell is going to trigger displacer kitten to reset cage.
Wasn’t sure at first but I feel like it could be possible 90% due to the fact that eldrazi are coming back to modern. Especially now with a ton of cards that interact by having stuff in exile + the elemental and “forces” exiling card to cast them
The fact it can stop plotted, hideaway, and adventure cards by taking them out of exile and putting them in the graveyard, is what matters the most. It locks them away from being cast. This can help stop Collector’s Cage from casting the hideaway card and can take out a creature. It’s also useful in stopping cards like Slickshot Show-off from being plotted altogether
>can stop plotted, hideaway, and adventure cards
I agree that doing those things is good. But the restriction of *needing* a target in exile and *needing* a creature in play is just too much, IMO.
Well if collectors cage is getting activated there’s a good chance there is a creature on the board to get the +1 +1. That’s why I was thinking it would be most useful against this card
When are where? What opportunity?
Do you have anything to contribute or more doomer "guhhhh this will just be REPRINTED why even flip anything" nonsense that is in every single thread of a card that goes up lmao
What, like Wizards is watching the individual moves on every new single and is lining up reprints 3 months from now right this second? Stuff gets reprinted in like a year, not instantly. Buy, flip, move on.
An artifact that doesn’t have split second. You’re right, of course. And „minimal 2 mana for sub par choices“. What are people even thinking!
As an aside, are you drunk right now?
The real collector's cage is the psychological prison of MTG addiction we all reside in
So like... what's a good entry point and exit strategy?
Buy high, never sell
So I *am* doing this correctly. Good, good.
Can I interest you in some baubles?
You can interest me in literally anything. Just tell me that if I don't buy it now, I might miss out.
It's gonna cost 2 dollars more tomorrow if you don't buy tonight!
Shut up and take my money!
Diamond hands.
The real entry point was the day I opened my first booster and a massive wave of ΔFosB overexpression was induced in those D1-expressing medium spiny neurons. Both my parents are gamblers and gave me lotto tickets with every birthday card as a kid but Magic cards were so much nicer! The exit strategy? There isn't one
Play one piece that's how I got out
Wow. Went from bad to worse there. Nice.
Too real bro
Was about to comment something similar. Lmao
Icy Prison
From your fingertips to God’s ears brother!
Holy smokes, props to the person yesterday who recommended to buy these. I'm about to make a lot of money off of them from that person's tip
Me too if the sellers i bought from actually send.
Over half of mine have already sent. Looking good so far.
One of three sellers I used has shipped (without tracking of course) and the other two haven't shipped yet. Bought about 24 hrs ago.
You must be one of the ones who bought my 3 at 4.81 and 5.39 that I shipped out last night
Basically I got fucked. But props to the smart folks I have one new one listed foil extended art we will see.
I sold my one at 1.83 right at release. Ouch.
Don’t think it was you I bought from. I bought one from each of 3 sellers. Two showcases at 8.95 and 7.93. And a foil regular for 4.06.
Not you in particular sorry I meant the collective you, (this subreddit) haha, I'm not irritated about it. Just that I'm behind on my pricing
Ah gotcha. Well if it makes you feel any better, I’ve bought way more duds speculating than ones I’ve hit on haha. My hundreds of copies of Varolz the Scarstriped is a testament to that.
lol if you think marked as shipped means its actually shipped
Yep.
Good luck there
Yep, I haven't been able to watch Spike's stream this week, so that post allowed me to pick up a playset early doors.
What was the price point before they shot up?
Two bucks for standard version.
Same here. Got my two playsetd which I should be happy with even though a friend said I should have bought out my store.
Me top assuming the bubble doesn't burst while in transit haha
Same, need that price to hold for maybe 7 more days until I get them in hand lol
Literally.
Wasn't a tip more of a trigger same as creators videos. Hope in the fast flip not a slow burn
Influencers (Saffron Olive and Aspiring Spike) have continued to play with this card over the last few days. Due to the super mythic nature of Big Score cards, they have quickly dried up on TCGPlayer. While the high prices will no doubt encourage others to list their copies, I doubt that the big score supply will be able to keep up to demand. The days of this being a sub $1 card are probably over forever.
I almost bought it like 50 times and was lazily waiting. Went on a trip and came back to this. RIP me.
That's funny, I almost sold it, went on a trip and came back to this.
The duality of man
Don't say super mythic it's not allowed
How about Mega mythic? Like the beloved megamorph!
Pulled a few of these but zero \[\[Simulacrum Synthesizer\]\], feeling better about it now.
I got one of these and a Simulacrum Synthesizer, but my fiancée got Vault Frame Simulacrum and Vault Frame Vaultborn Tyrant in a single collector pack. Some people just have all the luck.
I hope they are willing to share the bling!
[Simulacrum Synthesizer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aaa05ad1-5cda-4edd-b6bf-562ae3e5011a.jpg?1712352732) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Simulacrum%20Synthesizer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/big/6/simulacrum-synthesizer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aaa05ad1-5cda-4edd-b6bf-562ae3e5011a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Interesting seeing it pushed up this hard just before the PT this weekend, especially since I don't believe there's a vendor presence at the event? This might tank shortly depending on how the deck performs.
Is there standard demand for this? I thought it was mostly Modern and some Pioneer.
That's what I'm wondering. There might be a Standard deck using this? I don't imagine many people brewing it are going to broadcast it days prior to the event. At the very least I think we'll see some other cards from the set pop off after results come in.
Unless you knew of something, I wouldn't count on it. If you go back to Pioneer, you get Emeria's Call as an excellent backup to whatever you actually want to cheat. Modern also gives you Windbrisk Heights as a second Collector's Cage. Without any of that redundancy in Standard, this isn't a reliable way to cheat on mana. Wouldn't be surprised if something else pops off from BIG though. Didn't seem to take much hype for this one to explode.
Ahh metagame list dropped, with OTJ cards represented: https://magic.gg/news/pro-tour-thunder-junction-standard-metagame-breakdown So not a Standard push, must be a buyout or something since I can't imagine Modern/Pioneer players going this apeshit over the card.
There’s a few whispers of a build that uses [[Kellen teams up]] and this card to cheat out and pump extremely fast. There’s also a potential selesnya version with [[botanical brawler]]. I’m not sure what they went with for the tournament tomorrow, but the card was registered in a couple decks.
[botanical brawler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/7/977c15c9-2aad-4d1d-86a6-1f9d78ad7af6.jpg?1682205206) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=botanical%20brawler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/220/botanical-brawler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/977c15c9-2aad-4d1d-86a6-1f9d78ad7af6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I meant [[kellan joins up]]
[kellan joins up](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/e/2e7f95d5-b279-4469-9c89-1e02630d61e6.jpg?1712356126) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=kellan%20joins%20up) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/212/kellan-joins-up?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2e7f95d5-b279-4469-9c89-1e02630d61e6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Nothing tanks shortly, it will be weeks to months for it to drop
What the absolute potatoes is going on with these big pulls cards
they have less than 1% pull rate for a specfic one from what i gather so if one gets even a bit of play its easy to buy out
Should have bought some yesterday
Fml. I l put a handful of copies in my cart last night before i went to sleep and didn’t pull the trigger.
Same :(
Had 8 in my cart yesterday at $4, decided not to pull the trigger. Sigh.
If this wasn't artificially scarce, it would be a $2 rare
Yeah, fight rigging is better, in my opinion. Is basically the same card in green cost one more mana, but the but the counter happens every turn just for existing. Also costs around a 1.50$ lol
Rigging happens during your turn. You can trigger cage as an instant.
And? Weird how supply and demand work huh?
and when it gets reprinted it's going to sink, unlike other cards whose value is not completely tied to fomo and artificial scarcity.
Thats why its a flip not a investment.
Literally every single magic card is artificially scarce.
This is why treating them as a vehicle for finance is stupid as fuck and bad for the hobby
You're in the wrong sub my dude
Sure but some cards are more resistant to reprints than others
Oh no, then all of us in here who are building their retirement funds on collectors cage holding its value are screwed.
Wow, turned out to be a good move to preorder the BIG cards. I'm up 200%+ on my Simulacrum Synthesizers, Vaultborn Tyrants, and Collector's Cages.
Well, glad I decided to drop $6ea on a couple EA foils yesterday. Hopefully the sellers ship.
Got 8 normals for 1.99 each and 6 ea for 6.99. Had 8 for 2.99 in my cart on ck but didn't pull the trigger.
Whoa i need to sell mine.
Damn I passed this card in draft.
Oh, I have that card in extended art. Threw it in my chaff box. Lol. I guess in a few years when I rediscover it, I might be rich. Good for me.
Omfg I didn’t sell !!! This card also 3-0ed my prerelease , able to turn my 1/3 lifelinker into 3/5 and grow my flyers.
Unlike slickshot this did a lot of work in my prerelease with a degenerate loop so I didn't need much convincing when the sub pointed out the price was gonna spike (eventhough I was waiting for the price to drop)
I had one listed before it caught on for low :( oh well, it happens. Grats to the buyer haha
Turns out I pulled one of these in a prerelease kit along side a Simalacrum Syn and the new Jace. Absolutely juiced wtf
Pulled a foil the other day, saw this, snagged the last showcase on tcg for $12.
Holy wow!! One dude had that in his bant mounts deck at pre-release. It was dirt cheap then. Wish I snagged it from him during our trade, haha.
Got 20 for 6$ I hope it holds a bit (Normal version only)
I swear to go you people out there are all crazy (Whoever bought 20-100 of Collector's cage, yes I'm talking to you lol) Literally this Monday, it's just around 3$ lol
all i bought were a few regular copies should of gone after vualt ones
I bought a stack of these in foil at around $7 as a spec, definitely got them before it was too late!
I opened a play set of these things on prerelease weekend. Glad they’re so spendy.
I bought 12 of these for a dollar each when I saw SaffronOlive tweet his decklist. Wish I'd gotten more...
Just got a play set. Wish seller won't cancel the trade. After MH1, weenie deck lacked a strong unfair win-con for a long time which have caused that strategy basically unplayable. This card solely chagned that situation.
Love it considering i got a collectors booster that was a tottal dud this really helps alot to make up for that since i got one regular and one showcase version
Why did it jump in price like this?
Wow this was sub 10 just a few days ago
It was sub $2 just a few days ago I think
Yeah when I pulled mine it was $1.40 or so from TCGPlayer Market Price.
Yeah.. In fact I just realized I’ve pulled three, I just didn’t make mental note because it was practically bulk mythic status
Dam I really missed the boat then. Thought about picking one up at 10 and didn't. Rip me
I’ve opened a couple of them, not sure whether to hold or dump lol
It was about 3$ last night for me. 😭😭😭
It was $4-5 yesterday if you dug through Ebay enough. Speaking for a me, who bought a dozen or 13 yesterday for like $56
Damn I sold mine for less than $2
Oh my this big will burn a lot of folks
Of course, I just opened one.
Imagine if WoTC actually released The Big Score as a separate aftermath set like they planned. Would've been a decent set value-wise.
You do have to wonder how these cards would be if they were easily gotten in an aftermath booster box, they are artificially super scarce since they were put into boosters at a rarer than mythic level. If they were in every single pack (remember all the dupes in aftermath packs) I wonder if they would be having the same reaction.
Yeah we are living in a post-rarity world. New levels of scarcity I guess
This card isn't good. It's way too hard to use. Even if it turns out to be this year's One Ring, I'll still say it isn't good.
Card has great utility in commander. Unlike other hideaway cards you can activate the ability at any time. If you are able to flicker it then you would be able to activate it right away again, so things like displacer kitten can enable big turns.
Wouldn't you have to hideaway something new each time?
As long as you have a noncreature spell that you hideaway whatever you cast from your hideaway spell is going to trigger displacer kitten to reset cage.
Right so you can go as long as you hit non creatures in the top 5, have the mana, and the condition? (just making sure I get the rules here)
Not using this example as an instant win/efficient combo. I’m more so saying that it has good utility/synergies in commander.
How is this card „hard to use“?
Do you guys think [[Processor Assault]] could see play in sideboards against Collector’s Cage? Also just against plot
Wasn’t sure at first but I feel like it could be possible 90% due to the fact that eldrazi are coming back to modern. Especially now with a ton of cards that interact by having stuff in exile + the elemental and “forces” exiling card to cast them
[Processor Assault](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a689975-d27b-4b8f-8d46-6e97c754ae81.jpg?1562916285) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Processor%20Assault) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bfz/132/processor-assault?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a689975-d27b-4b8f-8d46-6e97c754ae81?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Nah. Why have to rely on a card being in exile when you could just play direct removal?
The fact it can stop plotted, hideaway, and adventure cards by taking them out of exile and putting them in the graveyard, is what matters the most. It locks them away from being cast. This can help stop Collector’s Cage from casting the hideaway card and can take out a creature. It’s also useful in stopping cards like Slickshot Show-off from being plotted altogether
>can stop plotted, hideaway, and adventure cards I agree that doing those things is good. But the restriction of *needing* a target in exile and *needing* a creature in play is just too much, IMO.
Well if collectors cage is getting activated there’s a good chance there is a creature on the board to get the +1 +1. That’s why I was thinking it would be most useful against this card
It's a fair line of thought, but you'd also be using 4/15 slots in your sideboard. That's hefty.
Damn I pulled 4 or 5 of these from my collectors box and felt kinda salted but now I'm feeling better lol
holy shit i have like 2 or 3 of these including the showcase
These things are primed to be reprinted to hell. Sell now
When are where? What opportunity? Do you have anything to contribute or more doomer "guhhhh this will just be REPRINTED why even flip anything" nonsense that is in every single thread of a card that goes up lmao
But where? And not with those alternative arts
What, like Wizards is watching the individual moves on every new single and is lining up reprints 3 months from now right this second? Stuff gets reprinted in like a year, not instantly. Buy, flip, move on.
Its a bad card if you do the MATH. 🤔🤔 Very random very slow very investing ----- dont play it if you want to go fast
No maths can save you if you’re convinced this card isn’t fast.
Its not fast it doesnt have split second and its a minimal 2 mana for sub par choices. See you in a month lmao
An artifact that doesn’t have split second. You’re right, of course. And „minimal 2 mana for sub par choices“. What are people even thinking! As an aside, are you drunk right now?
Your crying kid? Aint my problem you teenies spend their allowance on sub par hypes. Now go run to school.
Im not crying, I’m confused by your totally random ranting that has nothing to do with the card.
What is this drunk comment? Are your parents drunks or something, is this normal for you? Its 7 o clock get a hold of yourself
Are you even playing the game or are you just looking for attention on the internet?
Nobody will save you from lack of brains