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Commodore Guff has become the latest Reality Fracture-linked Commander card to experience a sharp, supply-sensitive price movement. MTG Rocks reports a little over 150 near-mint sales during September, alongside a move from historical lows around $1.30 to a current traditional-foil asking level near $16.50. Those figures should not be conflated: the sales count establishes real liquidity, while $16.50 describes the available market level rather than the price of every completed transaction.
The catalyst is specific. Reality Fracture added Planeswalker support such as Way of the Pyromancer, Way of the Mind Sculptor and Ajani Unrelenting. Early EDHREC lists show a few hundred Guff decks adopting the new cards. Guff already supplies mana, cards and a loyalty-style scaling effect from the command zone, so the new payoffs strengthen an established Jeskai Superfriends shell rather than inventing demand from nothing.
Supply is unusually narrow. Commodore Guff was the face commander of Planeswalker Party and did not enter Collector Boosters or a broad supplemental sheet. Traditional foil is effectively the normal tournament-legal version. The much cheaper etched display copy, reportedly available around $0.34, uses thicker card stock and is not a sanctioned-play substitute, although casual groups may accept it.
The evidence supports genuine demand, but also a high reversal risk. About 150 monthly sales are modest beside the size of the percentage increase, and the card is mostly confined to Superfriends decks. A reprint in a Secret Lair, bonus sheet or Special Guest slot would rapidly expand supply. Demand may also cool once the initial Reality Fracture building wave passes.
The safest reading is therefore not that every Guff is worth $16.50. It is that new Superfriends support met a thin, single-product supply, producing enough completed sales to validate interest while leaving the current listing level exposed to reprint and post-release correction.
The catalyst is specific. Reality Fracture added Planeswalker support such as Way of the Pyromancer, Way of the Mind Sculptor and Ajani Unrelenting. Early EDHREC lists show a few hundred Guff decks adopting the new cards. Guff already supplies mana, cards and a loyalty-style scaling effect from the command zone, so the new payoffs strengthen an established Jeskai Superfriends shell rather than inventing demand from nothing.
Supply is unusually narrow. Commodore Guff was the face commander of Planeswalker Party and did not enter Collector Boosters or a broad supplemental sheet. Traditional foil is effectively the normal tournament-legal version. The much cheaper etched display copy, reportedly available around $0.34, uses thicker card stock and is not a sanctioned-play substitute, although casual groups may accept it.
The evidence supports genuine demand, but also a high reversal risk. About 150 monthly sales are modest beside the size of the percentage increase, and the card is mostly confined to Superfriends decks. A reprint in a Secret Lair, bonus sheet or Special Guest slot would rapidly expand supply. Demand may also cool once the initial Reality Fracture building wave passes.
The safest reading is therefore not that every Guff is worth $16.50. It is that new Superfriends support met a thin, single-product supply, producing enough completed sales to validate interest while leaving the current listing level exposed to reprint and post-release correction.
Original source: MTG Superfriends Commander Spikes 1169% in Price Thanks to New Planeswalkers ↗MTG Rocks