I know this is a high ranking for just five common cards, but these commons have seen more collective play in the format than most other cards on this list
Scrooge McDuck, Richest Duck in the World This is a pretty challenging deck for newcomers, though it can feel rewarding if you play your cards right
Laezel, Vlaakiths Champion Foil Etched $2 Im one of the folks who thinks that this showcase is so unappealing, Id much rather have the etched
Naturally generic cards need to be a bit weaker than archetypal counterparts, but on the other hand you can pretty much run them on anything
Combine these two things togethera community that is rightly angry about the lack of good reprints thanks to Wizards printing some astoundingly bad Masters sets over the past couple of years and a community that wrongly expects Magic cards to be unrealistically cheap, so cheap that Wizards couldn't stay in business if it actually met the demandsand it's hard to see how Wizards can easily solve the fake card problem, at least easily and cheaply
Despite nearly endless amounts of hype that saw Umbreon soar to $950, even this iconic card was susceptible to market corrections, as it dropped back down to the $840 range
