counter cards mtg What does "no mana spent" apply to? If you do MtG Coldsnap Uncommon Counterbalance #31

Pharika's Libation

There are basically three reasons for that

Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature or creature card of the chosen type

And with half of all major Magic releases moving forward being Universes Beyond products, there are even more opportunities for art cards to become valuable pulls

Putting back a Kor Spiritdancer + Sage's Reverie or, well, basically any two cards from the deck back into play is great value for a 5cmc sorcery

The reason why cards spike isn't all that important to today's article, since our focus is on understanding how price spikes actually work and what they really mean, but typically there are two primary reasons why cards get bought out and spike in price