Every time a new set comes out, I have my usual routine of buying boosters packs in the hopes of pulling out specific card components needed for the card pool and also the money cards to be sold at its highest price trend in the market. I have observed that in the current Throne of Eldraine set, the prices of the Rares and Mythics are on the downward trend. This in particular to those who’s use in Standard is not that relevant. I made a few mistakes in the price predictions in the previous sets when I placed pre-orders but this time, it was a good thing that I didn’t. I avoided losing money to cards which prices drastically plummeted.

Anywho, back to the opening scenario. The Throne of Eldraine Prerelease was the last time I opened the boosters and so I was longing to open the new ones. Stocks arrived on time but given that Rei prioritized first those who preordered their booster boxes. It was then afterwards during a local tournament that I was able to buy. Here below is the picture of the cards opened by the batch:

Standard metagame-wise, Lovestruck Beast and maybe Giant Killer could become a sideboard card here. I saw some Doom Foretold based deck builds but not that of a top tier. The average card value of the six would be at the least two US dollars so this is basically a failed purchase.

I might try again the next time I got extra cash. I have heard of some specific cards getting more expensive but it is a long shot and more of luck if going for just six booster packs. We shall see.