10 Cards To Pick Up At Low Prices Thanks To Enchanting Tales Reprints

The Enchanting Tales sub-set came with the main Wilds of Eldraine set and featured reprinted versions of 63 iconic enchantments from throughout the game's history, with brand-new art. Some of which were being reprinted for the very first time. There are some exciting cards in the set, and many dropped as much as 90%, thanks to the reprint here. So, today, I want to showcase some of the cards that dropped the most in price, as now is a great time to buy them. So, without further ado, let's get started.

Cards At All-Time Lows Thanks To Enchanting Tales

Sanguine Bond

Sanguine Bond is a classic combo piece with things like Exsanguinate that can turn life gain into a combo win condition in many Commander decks. There has long been a steady demand for the card, and once upon a time, it wasn't cheap. However, steady reprints in recent years have dropped the price. After a Commander 21 and Tales of Middle Earth reprint, it was hovering around $2.50. Thanks to Enchanting Tales, you can get a copy for $0.50.

Fraying Sanity

Once Fraying Sanity hits the board and curses a player, all your subsequent mill spells hit twice as hard. While it doesn't see as much play as it once did, as a Mill player, the appeal for this card is high. And it's a very popular inclusion in Mill decks in Commander, with good reason.

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Before the WOE reprint, this had only ever been printed once, in its original set, Hour of Devastation. As a result, this time last year, a copy of Fraying Sanity was around $6. Now, you can scoop one up for only $0.28. They stack too, so if you're not in EDH, go ahead and get the playset!

Phyrexian Unlife

Who doesn't love Phyrexian Unlife? Oh, anyone who played against OG Ad Naesuam didn't like it? Well, I'm not surprised. But Ad Naus combo happens to be one of my favorite decks of all time. So, I'm a big fan. Once Unlife was in play, you didn't have to worry about dying to your Ad Nauseam. And it did a LOT to keep you alive in the meantime against aggro, too.

While the deck as we know it was nerfed by the banning of Simian Spirit Guide, Unlife still sees play. It comes from 2011's New Phyrexia and hasn't been reprinted outside of a single Secret Lair version, which, at $5, is more than the regular version. The original version comes in at around $2. The new version from Enchanting Tales, however, is only $0.25.

Leyline of the Void

When it comes to sideboards, graveyard hate is a must - You've got Living End decks that reanimate their entire yard of cycling creatures in one go, Murktide Regent at the top of the meta, reanimator, and much more. What's great about Leyline is that it stops the cards from ever going to the graveyard in the first place, negating death triggers. And it leaves your graveyard intact and can be thrown out free on turn zero, which is a big upside, too.

The card has seen some reprints in core sets of the not-so-distant past, but the high playability has kept the price consistently between $5 and $10 over the last year or so. However, this newest version comes in at under $2, and he has some phenomenal art. Now is a great time if you've needed a playset and haven't gotten it.

Rest In Peace

Rest in Peace, like Leyline of the Void, is good because it nerfs the graveyard. It also can sit on the battlefield and stop subsequent cards from hitting the yard and negating death triggers. The only possible downside is that it exiles your graveyard as well. Sometimes, that's good because players will also steal creatures from opposing graveyards. It all depends on if you want to make use of your graveyard or not.

RIP has been reprinted a few times over the last 10 years but has maintained a constant price of around $6, give or take. The Enchanting Tales version has put it at an all-time low of $0.66. I remember when this card was the go-to answer for graveyard hate, and it's a little crazy to see it under a buck.

Utopia Sprawl

Sprawl works so well as a ramp spell in green decks and even fixes colors for you. It's excellent alongside Arbor Elf, which can untap your enchanted land and really churn out some mana. Being an enchantment makes it much more likely to remain on the field than a traditional mana dork and has synergies in enchantress builds. It's a very popular card, and I still feel it's underrated.

Good cards tend to be expansive in MTG, and most copies of Utopia Sprawl were around $5 over the last few years. First, it was reprinted in the Wilds of Eldraine Commander precon, which brought the price to $0.66, and then also in the Enchanting Tales set, which halved even that and put it at $0.30 or so cents.

Oppression

Oppression punishes opponents for playing spells by forcing them to discard cards when they do. It can be a potent card, particularly in Commander, with generals like Tinybones, Trinket Thief and Tergrid, God of Fright. Once it makes it past the stack, it's hard to deal with unscathed because even casting cards to remove it forces you to discard.

While there certainly is some demand for the card. Most of the value came from a lack of supply. Before now, Oppression was last printed in 7th edition in 01. As a result, it was a $15 card. The WOE E.T. reprint, on the other hand, is super cheap, at $0.63. Let me do the math for you: a 95.8% decrease.

Intruder Alarm

Intruder Alarm can "go infinite with a ham sandwich," as they say, and easily lead to game-winning infinite with creatures that tap for benefits. For example, Lulmage Mentor and Intruder Alarm come together to counter all spells your opponents cast. Chulane, Tell of Tales and Alarm give you nearly infinite mana, card draw, landfall, storm triggers, and more. You can find a list and explanation of these combos (and many more) here.  Suffice it to say it's a linchpin in various combo decks.

Couple the playability with the lack of supply that comes with last being printed (aside from a secret lair drop) in 8th edition, and you've got a recipe for value. For the last year or so, copies on TCG player have been as much as $20 and as little as $10, more recently. Wilds of Eldraine has brought them to a much lower $0.86. So, Johnny Combo players rejoice - This is your time to wild out on a budget.

Waste Not

Waste Not turns opponent's discards into resources for you. You not only strip them of resources but put yourself up. If that sounds like it's pretty good, it is. You can pair it with things like Burning Inquiry & Dark Deal and do some degenerate stuff. It sees play in multiple formats (really anywhere it's legal) and has moderate success in all of them. In my experience, it's also a pet card of many discard aficionados, and there isn't another card like it.

Last printed in one of the Commander 2016 precon decks, the price has been a steady $11 or so until now. Thanks to the Enchanting Tales reprint, it's $1.42, with some copies being as low as $1. As a budget Tergrid player, I'm pretty stoked about this one.

Polluted Bonds

Polluted Bonds punishes opponents for playing lands, gradually draining their life while providing you with incremental life gain. It's a valuable tool in land-hate, group slug, burn, and some life-gain strategies in Commander. If this sits on the battlefield and can't be removed, it can be irritating, especially in pods where players play green-based ramp like Three Visits and such.

This is the card's first reprint since its initial printing in Shadowmoor in May 2008. Today, the Enchanting Tales version you see above is $1.26, a $93 decrease from the $24 for the original version. If you have a long-standing grudge with a Lord Windgrace player, now is the time to get revenge and not break the bank.

Conclusion

Enduring Enchantments did a great job of giving players some much-needed reprints for powerful enchantments. You can find it here if you haven't checked out the entire set. There are a ton of other sound cards (Blood Moon, Smothering Tithe, Doubling Season), all with new art and for a somewhat reduced price. Which one of these cards are you most excited to see reduced in price? Waste Not for me. Comment and let me know.