The Rise of Duskmourn: MTG Card’s Price Soars by 200%

Overview of the Duskmourn Price Spike

Anyone keeping up with the Duskmourn MTG card list price will have noticed a significant recent spike, with one card increasing value by more than 200%! Ironically, that card is Fear of Missing Out, and I’m sure plenty of players and collectors will indeed have FOMO that they didn’t buy the card earlier!

Back in December, Fear of Missing Out, a rare, was around £3.50 – now it’s up to more than £10. So what’s behind the surge? Let’s take a look.

Gameplay and Meta Impact of Duskmourn

First let’s investigate the card itself. From Duskmourn: House of Horror, Fear of Missing Out is 2/3 red creature for just two mana (one red, one colourless), making it great for aggressive red decks and easily splashable in 2+ colour decks as well.

When it enters, you can discard a card to draw a card, providing valuable card selection whilst also providing synergy with other cards that care about either discarding cards or the graveyard. It also provides synergy with the second part of the card, which is the delirium ability. Delirium is activated when you have four or more card types in your graveyard, and in this case, you get to untap a creature if you have delirium when Fear of Missing Out attacks AND you get an extra combat step. This is incredibly powerful for decks that are able to fill the graveyard able to get delirium quickly.

It’s also interesting to note that Fear of Missing Out is both a creature AND an enchantment, meaning if one hits the graveyard then it counts for both and therefore two of the four cards required for delirium.

All of these abilities are perfect for two decks in particular, which is driving the recent price increase. Firstly, the most popular deck in Pioneer, Rakdos Midrange, is playing it, providing a strong combo with Unstoppable Slasher (which is also legal in Standard) and Reflection of Kikki-Jikki (as well as Fable of the Mirror-Breaker helping to fill the graveyard).

The second though is most significant, the rise of Rakdos Delirium in Modern. Rakdos Delirium is all about getting cards in the graveyard, even using Tarfire to bump up the card types available. Hollow One, Dragon’s Rage Channeler and Nethergoyf are all here to provide the beatdown, but the reason the deck has really taken off is the recent unbanning of Faithless Lotting. The powerful ‘loot’ effect both provides card selection but also fills the graveyard fast – plus can be used again via its flashback ability.

Some think Faithless Looting had unfairly been placed on the banned list due to the dominance of Hogaak, Risen Necropolis a few years ago, however it’s clear to see the powerful sorcery is pretty close to the line in terms of what’s too good to be legal. It’s enabling all kinds of new and old strategies to return, however, so for now may be a good thing for the format.

Tips for Navigating the Price Spike

With MTG markets always shifting, you can never be sure exactly what’s going to happen with card value, including the Duskmourn MTG card list price. Fear of Missing Out is likely to be a cross-format star for years to come, however, and it may be that despite the recent price rise, it could only go up from here as Duskmourn gets older and less frequently opened. If you really want them, it may be worth investing now.  

Fortunately, however, there are plenty of alternative cards players can use if they want to test the water before jumping in. In larger formats like Pioneer and especially Modern, there are lots of other options – simply another aggressive red one or two mana creature could fit the bill if you just want to attack, and red also isn’t shy of draw/discard options if that’s what you’re looking for. In Standard, just another well-statted red creature will do, including from the upcoming Aetherdrift set.

Where to Buy Duskmourn and Build Competitive Decks

Whatever your level of FOMO – either ready to snap up some Fear of Missing Outs before the price goes even higher, or planning on waiting for the inflated price or come back down, or even in the market for something to play instead, Magic Madhouse has everything you need. As well as singles, sealed Duskmourn: House of Horror product is also in stock, so if you’re feeling lucky, you might be able to open one!