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boxes settled to roughly $250-300 market range by late 2025 as supply normalized Product shortages at launch frustrated LGS customers many stores received limited allocation while big-box retailers had shelves empty within hours, a pattern now familiar in SV-era releases The set's 11 Special Illustration Rares span both villain (Rocket) and hero (Cynthia, Ethan, Arven) characters, giving the chase tier unusual variety compared to single-theme sets Community pull rate data from 8,000+ packs shows SIR odds around 1 in 94 for any SIR tight odds on a set with a $484-537 top card

One depicts Kefka Palazzo, the flamboyant final boss of FF6, poisoning Doma's water supply

Notably, this was a powerful mechanic in Magic at the time, but it's even scarier in Commander where you start with 40 life instead of 20

Uro, Titan of Natures Wrath I remember the dark days of Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath dominating Standard