Archenemy: Nicol Bolas

Measured activity

Oran-Rief Hydramade the set's biggest measured move, +108% to $13.26. 9 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the measured window, quieter than most Magic: The Gathering sets (8.3 per 100 cards vs. a 26.6 median). 6 moved up, 3 moved down.

How Magic: The Gathering sets usually behave

Value concentrates hard: across 393 measured Magic: The Gathering sets, the single top card typically holds about 8% of a set's total card value.

New sets have typically eased about 23% more than the market overall within 30 weeks of release, fastest in the first few weeks.

Named moves in this set

The set's largest single-card departures from its own shared move.

1. +108%Oran-Rief Hydra$13.26 2024-09-30
2. +47%Archfiend of Depravity$7.16 2025-01-20
3. +42%Sword of the Animist$8.02 2026-04-06
4. +36%Grand Abolisher$9.61 2025-03-24
5. +22%Dualcaster Mage$3.89 2025-09-15
6. +10%Nissa, Worldwaker$3.45 2025-01-20
7. -10%Talisman of Indulgence$3.30 2024-09-16
8. -9%Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker$2.86 2024-12-09
9. -2%Talisman of Dominanceone active week$3.14 2026-06-15

“One active week” means the price changed at the daily market close in only one week of the move window. A single-week jump on an otherwise flat quote can be a stale price rather than a sustained move.