Based on the latest market prices tracked on TCG Stacked, Melmetal V is worth about $0.64 USD
Guide Price by Card Ladder $12 Sales History on Fanatics Collect Aug 11, 2025 $10.80 Feb 27, 2023 $9.60 View sales history on Card Ladder
Every noncreature spell creates a 1/1 flying Spirit token, which can then be sacrificed for Red mana
This can be savage in a Smokestack deck for example
Saying that, for a meh Reserved List card, Squandered Resources is apparently pretty popular in Commander
Hailing all the way back to Magic s first set, Alpha , this creature type has been showcased heavily over the years, with almost no set being complete without featuring the archekindred mascot creature type for green mages