Birds of Paradise and Shivan Dragon are two of the most expensive Alpha cards, ahead of many of the dual lands, and these cards have been reprinted infinite times, to the point where Shivan Dragon now shows up in precon decks given away to new players for free
#2: The Mycosynth Gardens When it comes to seeing competitive play lands have a natural advantage, because basically every deck needs to run a bunch of them to be able to cast their spells, which greatly lowers the opportunity cost of playing non-basic lands with special abilities
With mythic surge foil cards appearing in only around 4% of Collector Boosters, theres never been many copies available
Premium metal MTG tokens, by Magic: The Gathering artist Aaron Miller and built to outlast paper
All three of Cloud's Magic versions Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER above all, but also Cloud, Midgar Mercenary and Cloud, Planet's Champion are indeed behind some of these spikes, but other MTG staples are also part of the equipment action
Most of the time, thats going to be a deal worth taking, especially if you have some Treasure or Food lying around
