The Spike MTG Valakut Exploration started spiking in price after a massive surge of demand that occurred at the beginning of July
On the other hand, because of the $0.03-per-card fee, sending in that big box of commons and uncommons you've been meaning to get out of your closet is most likely going to cost you shipping but not actually get you any money back at all (although sending them to Card Conduit and choosing the exclude-bulk option is a good way to donate cards to charity you don't want and that don't have much value)
The deck also has a powerful alternative commander in the form of Magus Lucea Kane
The future of the card game business will be tested in a real sense from now.
Thirty years later, the nerdy hobby has become a pop-culture phenomenon
If you don't already own fetchlands, Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, you either have to invest in $500 worth of cards, many of which will rotate in less than six months, or not play a tier one deck