Black Friday has arrived, and as you’d probably expect, there are plenty of deals on Magic: The Gathering products. Our beloved, TCGplayer, however, is doing things a little differently.
The retailer is offering 10% store credit back on everything - cards, packs, decks, and just about anything else (and 13% or more back for subscribers). It’s not restricted to Magic, either, with the Pokémon TCG, Riftbound, Lorcana, and just about anything included.
With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of cards that I’d recommend picking up. These aren’t super pricey cards necessarily, but are wishlist items that it probably makes sense to pick up if you’re getting something back for them.
Look, it’s hardly a rare card (you get a Sol Ring in 90% of preconstructed decks), but is it a Pip Boy Sol Ring? I think not.
Spice up your ramp with some radioactivity with this Universes Beyond card for around $30.
Dragon decks are hardly anything new, but the Ur-Dragon is a 10/10 beast with a huge mana cost that turns dragon attacks into card draw. It’s actually sliding in price, meaning it’s a decent time to snag it for around $30.
Play it as your Commander, and you can use all five colors for your deck, too.
“Oh, you want to attack me? Better sacrifice something legendary”. A great deterrent, Sauron, the Dark Lord, is a 7/6 in its own right, and amasses Orcs when opponents cast spells.
You can get it for around $10 right now, too.
Sure, Post Malone may have the “One of One Ring”, but this legendary artifact can be found for around $80.
The One Ring is indestructible, can be used for card draw, and can grant protection for an entire turn.
I’ve opted for this great-looking Special Guests version of Stoneforge Mystic for its awesome artwork, which is around $30.
When Stoneforge Mystic enters, you can find Equipment and put it into your hand. You can also tap and pay two mana to put it onto the battlefield, making it ideal for Equipment-based decks (we see you, Cloud Strife).
Playing in Blue? Omnscience is essentially a cheat code. Get ten mana together to play it, and you won’t need to pay any further mana once it’s on the field.
This anime-style version is $25 and comes from Wilds of Eldraine. In fact, it’s still Standard Legal.
The newest card on this list, hailing from the Avatar: The Last Airbender set, this 1/1 bird can be flashed in at higher power and used for card advantage, then grows even stronger if foes search their library.
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian is sitting at around $60, so you’d get $6 back to use on more cards.
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation is a 6/6 with vigilance that doesn’t double your creature tokens - it triples them. Better yet, when it dies, it becomes a land that taps for mana.
It’s down to around $22 right now.
One of the stars of Edge of Eternities, Quantum Riddler, is still around $40. It’s a 4/6 with flying that gets you extra card advantage, and has a warp cost.
What’s not to love, especially with $4 back in store credit?
Ugin, Eye of the Storms is a Planeswalker from this year’s Tarkir: Dragonstorm, and this amazing Showcase variant is down to around $70.
He can add three colorless mana, gain you life, and lets you play nonland cards without paying their mana costs.
If you're planning on snapping up quite a few Pokémon cards in the sale, this is a great time to become a TCGPlayer subscriber. It costs $8.99 a month and gives users free delivers and 1% cashback regardless of the time of year.
Whilst this climbs to 3% after a year's membership, subscribers will get a boosted 13% cashback over Cyber Weekend on top of their usual cashback. For longtime members, this could equate to 16% cashback, which is frankly insane.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
