Magic: The Gathering is in an odd spot proper now. With so many ‘Universes Past’ merchandise, plus Secret Lairs for third-party IP mounting up, it’s changing into the Tremendous Smash Bros. of card video games, and that’s resulting in some enjoyable synergies.
As noticed by Wargamer, one Tyranid card from the Warhammer 40k Commander Decks has climbed some severe worth in latest weeks due to a shock team-up with, uh, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Winged Hive Tyrant, from the 40K Commander deck Tyranid Swarm, is a 4/4 with flying and haste, in addition to textual content for ‘The Will of the Hive Thoughts’. It reads “Different creatures you management with counters on them have flying and haste.”
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In the meantime, Sonic the Hedgehog from the latest Secret Lair drop is a 2/4 with haste and ‘Gotta Go Quick’.
“At any time when Sonic the Hedgehog assaults, put a +1/+1 counter on every creature you management with flash or haste,” the textual content reads, whereas additionally making a Treasure token (tapped) when a kind of creatures is dealt injury.”
Put this unlikely (some could say unholy) duo collectively, and you’ve got Sonic doling out counters, after which the Winged Hive Tyrant giving all the pieces haste and flying.
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One of the best half? Every of those playing cards is de facto fairly reasonably priced, regardless of the restricted printing of Warhammer decks and Secret Lair drops.
On the time of writing, Winged Hive Tyrant has spiked on TCGPlayer, however solely so far as $4-$5, whereas Sonic—regardless of being a Secret Lair card—is round $3 for the non-foil.
So, when you’ve ever wished to see what occurs when a Tyranid groups up with a hedgehog, yow will discover out for lower than $10.
Lloyd Coombes is an skilled freelancer in tech, gaming and health seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and plenty of extra. He is a giant fan of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible card video games, a lot to his spouse’s dismay.
