There are tons of special cards to be found in theMagic: The Gatheringpacks of Tarkir: Dragonstorm, between high-powered mythic rare bombs and exclusive showcase versions of some of the set’s best cards.
With some of the coolest-looking showcase cards to come out of recent sets, the ethereal printing of these cards combined with the returning halo foiling process makes for an amazing look that brings the more mystical and draconic elements of the set to life. If you’re cracking packs and think you might have opened some dragon’s gold, you’ll find the most valuable cards from Dragonstorm here.
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10Dracogenesis
Showcase - $71.44
Getting free cards is always a great game plan, and with a card like Dracogenesis, you get one of thestrongest supporting cards for a massive kindred type, the Dragons. Though it costs eight mana, it becomes a slightly cheaper and more specific Omniscience.
The draconic showcase frames’ sharp borders and curling ribbons accent the soaring dragon in the artwork by illustrator Kai Carpenter. The draconic frame cards are almost always going to be highly sought after by players, so opening one of these is almost guaranteed to be a valuable card.
9Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant - Halo Foil
Showcase - $89.52
Dragon fanboy and continual problem maker Sarkhan returns with the Dragon Ascendant card, a cheap and powerful iteration of the former planeswalker that grows the more Dragons you play. Having a Dragon enter under your control gives Sarkhan a +1/+1 counter and lets you make Sarkhan a Dragon on his own while giving him flying.
It might be a bit too early to say if there’s a place for Sarkhan in Standard, but certainly, Commander players looking for a card to support their Dragon decks will want to pick up this card.
8Elspeth, Storm Slayer
Showcase - $97.24
One of the strongest planeswalkers to ever come to Magic, Elspeth, Storm Slayer is all but guaranteed to be a valuable card throughout Tarkir: Dragonstorm’s release and will continue to climb in value until it gets a reprint, likely not until years in the future.
The main feature of this Elspeth is that it has a passive ability to double your tokens anytime you make any type of token. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Clue token or a ton of creatures. Since her +1 ability makes a 1/1 Soldier token, she’s already getting value both out of the pack and on the battlefield.
7Death Begets Life - Halo Foil
Showcase - $97.99
Board wipes play a huge role in balancing a Magic game, with more aggressive decks kept in check by having to build from scratch after overcommitting to the board.Death Begets Life is aunique board wipein that it costs a huge amount of mana, eight in total, split across the Sultai colors.
Having such a high-value board wipe makes for a stylish way to ruin your opponent’s game. Whether or not this card will find a place in Standard is up to time, but in Commander, this is bound to be a popular card thanks to its ability to hit enchantment as well.
6Clarion Conqueror - Halo Foil
Showcase - $123.26
Disruption plays a huge role in Magic: The Gathering’s balancing act between powerful abilities and control and Clarion Conqueror swings that are in favor of control players. This three-mana Dragon prevents activated abilities of artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers from being activated.
The downside is that this hits your cards as well as your opponents, but if you don’t mind, then this card can play a huge role in making sure that your opponent is stuck without their main strategy.
5Ugin, Eye Of The Storms
Showcase - $139.57
Remember how powerful Elspeth is and how game-breaking that planeswalker felt? Well, let’s welcome Ugin, Eye of the Storms, to the battlefield because this planeswalker is an incredible threat to everything in play.
For seven-mana, you get not only a planeswalker but a removal spell as well, exiling a permanent one or more colors. And then it sticks around, removing more permanentsas you cast more colorless spells. That isn’t even an emblem you have to work up to; it’s just a passive ability tacked on to Ugin.
4Craterhoof Behemoth - Halo Foil
Showcase - $199.59
Though not originally from Tarkir, the Crafterhoof Behemoth comes to the plane with a whole new design and fantastic use of the showcase framing from the Tarkir: Dragonstorm set. Craterhoof Behemoth is shown with ghostfire tusks and horns, helping to give a mystical element to the massive Beast.
Since Craterhoof Behemoth has long been a valuable asset to Commander players, you can bet that it will maintain a high value, likely one of the most valuable printings of the card, for quite some time, as it is unlikely to ever receive a reprint quite like this after Tarkir.
3Dracogenesis - Halo Foil
Showcase - $242.64
The halo foiling is a special treatment that returns in Tarkir: Dragonstorm and works to accent the fancy ghostfire that permeates the plane. Ghostfire is an invisible colorless fire mostly used by Ugin, although it can be used by others.
Halo foil cards are exceptionally rare, so pulling a Dracogenesis card is guaranteed to be a high-valued card. you may only find these cards in Collector Booster packs, so they’re hard to get your hands on. Halo foil ghostfire cards will only appear one percent of the time, making the pull rates incredibly low.
2Elspeth, Storm Slayer - Halo Foil
Showcase - $359.33
If you manage to pull the halo foil iteration of Elspeth, Storm Slayer, you’ll have yourself an incredibly valuable card, one you might not want to play with, thanks to its high price. Coming in at above $300, this Elspeth features not only a beautiful illustration from Ekaterina Burmak but also the ghostfire swirls unique to the set and the ethereal halo foiling.
Elspeth can come down in the mid-game since she costs five mana, either establishing a board presence with her first two abilities or destroying a problematic creature of your opponent’s, making her a control player’s dream planeswalker.
1Ugin, Eye Of The Storms - Halo Foil
Showcase - $405.45
Coming in at the top slot is the utterly imposing halo foil version of Ugin, Eye of the Storm. It isn’t hard to reach seven mana in Magic, particularly in a control and ramp shell, so getting it out ahead of curve is going to be a common occurrence.
Playing this flashy planeswalker with illustration from Joshua Raphael is going to be a huge flex since the ghostfire framing combined with the halo foiling, as well as the low pull rate from packs, guarantees that you’ll have one of the few copies of this card at your local gaming store.
