Editorial

MTG Modern Horizons 3 Eldrazi Incursion Price Drop UK: Buy the £64.99 Restock or Pick a £40 Commander Deck?

Boostermage Editorial10 min read

The Modern Horizons 3 Commander decision has changed since the earlier UK market picture. Eldrazi Incursion is no longer sitting at the old £80-plus level in the live snapshot: the cheapest tracked in-stock listing is now £64.99. That is a meaningful drop for the deck buyers most often watch, but it does not make the choice automatic. Creative Energy and Graveyard Overdrive both remain buyable at £40.00, so Eldrazi still asks for an extra £24.99 before delivery is considered[3].

Google Trends data keeps the frame narrow. In the latest Great Britain run, "mtg commander deck" produced the strongest cumulative signal among the tracked sealed-product queries, ahead of "mtg booster box", "mtg collector booster", and "mtg sealed" over the three-month window[2]. That does not prove a specific rush for Eldrazi Incursion. It does say that Commander deck searches remain a live buying context, which is enough reason to treat a visible Eldrazi repricing as a current purchase question rather than an old set footnote.

Eldrazi restock

£64.99

1 in-stock listing from 15 tracked rows

Cheapest singles

£40.00

Creative Energy and Graveyard Overdrive share the floor

Price gap

£24.99

62.5% above the £40 deck row

MH3 Commander scope

5 products, 60 listings, 23 retailers; 14 in stock, 0 pre-order, 46 out of stock

Wizards still presents Modern Horizons 3 as an available product line and separates ordinary Commander Decks from Collector's Edition Commander Decks[1]. For UK buyers, that distinction matters. The comparison here is among standard ready-to-play Commander decks, not ripple-foil collector editions and not booster products. Each standard deck sits in the same product lane: a complete 100-card Commander deck with 15 new cards introduced in that deck[1]. Scryfall's Modern Horizons 3 index is useful background for card-level checking, but it does not alter the sealed-product price decision by itself[5].

The current Wizards announcements page is not carrying a new Modern Horizons 3 release notice that would explain a fresh structural change in supply[4]. The relevant news is therefore local and numerical: a tracked UK retailer has an Eldrazi Incursion row at £64.99, while most historical Eldrazi rows remain out of stock[3]. That is enough to reopen the buying question. It is not enough to call the price a broad market reset.

Restock Price Check

Listings: 12

Best Price: £40.00-24.4%

Listings: 18

Best Price: £40.00-26.2%

Listings: 15

Best Price: £64.99-29.6%

Listings: 11

Best Price: £68.99+13.4%

Listings: 4

Best Price: £279.99+16.0%

The £64.99 Row Is Better, But Thin

Eldrazi Incursion now has 15 tracked UK listing rows, but only 1 of them is currently in stock. The other 14 are out of stock, and there are 0 pre-order rows in this filtered Commander scope[3]. The cheapest live price is therefore a real offer, but it is a narrow offer.

That matters because listing depth affects how much confidence a buyer should place in a headline price. Five in-stock rows at similar prices would suggest a more settled level. One in-stock row mostly tells the buyer that a purchase route exists today. It may disappear quickly, it may be followed by other retailers, or it may sit alone. The snapshot does not contain retailer stock quantities or planned replenishment, so the prudent reading is limited to what is visible: Eldrazi Incursion can be bought at £64.99 now, but the available market behind that price is shallow[3].

The drop still changes the arithmetic. At the older £80-plus level, Eldrazi Incursion was an expensive outlier beside the £40 decks. At £64.99, it remains the deck for buyers who specifically want Eldrazi, but the premium has narrowed to £24.99. That is still more than half the cost of another £40 Commander deck. A buyer who mainly wants a Modern Horizons 3 precon rather than Eldrazi specifically should notice that gap.

Modern Horizons 3 Eldrazi Incursion Commander Deck

In stock

Modern Horizons 3 Eldrazi Incursion Commander Deck

Best price
£64.99

Listings
15

In stock
1

Status
In Stock

Modern Horizons 3 Creative Energy Commander Deck

In stock

Modern Horizons 3 Creative Energy Commander Deck

Best price
£40.00

Listings
12

In stock
5

Status
In Stock

Modern Horizons 3 Graveyard Overdrive Commander Deck

In stock

Modern Horizons 3 Graveyard Overdrive Commander Deck

Best price
£40.00

Listings
18

In stock
5

Status
In Stock

Modern Horizons 3 Tricky Terrain Commander Deck

In stock

Modern Horizons 3 Tricky Terrain Commander Deck

Best price
£68.99

Listings
11

In stock
2

Status
In Stock

Modern Horizons 3 Commander Decks Set of 4

In stock

Modern Horizons 3 Commander Decks Set of 4

Best price
£279.99

Listings
4

In stock
1

Status
In Stock

The £40 Decks Are The Substitution Test

Creative Energy and Graveyard Overdrive create the discipline in this comparison. Each begins at £40.00, and each has 5 and 5 in-stock rows respectively[3]. Those are not merely old sold-out prices preserved in the index. They are currently buyable rows with enough retailer depth to compare delivered totals through the internal product pages.

For a player who wants energy counters, graveyard play, or simply a ready Commander deck from the set, the £40 alternatives are the economically cleaner purchases. They provide the same broad sealed-product format as Eldrazi Incursion: a 100-card deck, the usual Commander accessories, and a deck identity that can be played without buying booster packs first[1]. They do not provide the Eldrazi deck. That distinction is the whole buying decision.

The most defensible rule is to treat £24.99 as the price of preference. If Eldrazi Incursion is the deck the buyer intends to sleeve, the premium may be acceptable because the cheaper decks are not substitutes at the table. If the buyer only wants a Modern Horizons 3 Commander product, the premium is difficult to justify. The market is offering two cheaper routes with more visible live stock.

Tricky Terrain And The Set Of Four Change The Edges

Tricky Terrain complicates the picture because it is not cheap, but it is not the Eldrazi story either. Its current best price is £68.99, about £28.99 above the £40 floor, with 2 in-stock listings from 11 tracked rows[3]. For a buyer choosing between the two pricier decks, Eldrazi Incursion is now slightly cheaper than Tricky Terrain on headline price. For a buyer choosing against the £40 decks, both remain clear premiums.

The Commander Decks Set of 4 is a different kind of product. Its tracked best price is £279.99, or about £70.00 per deck before delivery[3]. Against the four cheapest single-deck rows in the current snapshot, the set-of-four is £66.01 higher. That makes it hard to treat as a value shortcut today unless a buyer specifically wants one boxed four-deck purchase from the available retailer.

The set-of-four also has the same depth problem as Eldrazi Incursion: one in-stock row and three out-of-stock rows in the live snapshot[3]. A shared order among four players might still use it for convenience, but a price-led buyer can build the same four-deck basket more cheaply from the current single-deck lows if each individual listing remains available.

How To Act On The Restock

Buy Eldrazi Incursion at £64.99 when the deck itself is the point of the purchase. The price is materially better than the old £80-plus picture, and it is currently below Tricky Terrain. The caution is not that the row is false; the caution is that one in-stock listing gives limited protection against a quick sell-out or a retailer-specific price.

Buy Creative Energy or Graveyard Overdrive at £40.00 when the aim is a lower-cost Modern Horizons 3 Commander deck. Those two rows have the best combination of price and available depth in the filtered snapshot. Buyers should still compare final basket totals, but the headline structure is plain: the £40 decks are the value options, and the Eldrazi restock is a specific-deck opportunity.

Wait on Eldrazi Incursion if the purchase is discretionary. A single live listing can be worth taking, but it should not be mistaken for a stable new floor. The next useful signal would be another retailer matching or undercutting the £64.99 row. Until that happens, the UK buyer's choice is between paying a still-visible Eldrazi premium today or taking one of the £40 Commander decks with broader live availability.

References

  1. [1] Wizards of the Coast, Modern Horizons 3 official product page. https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/modern-horizons-3
  2. [2] Google Trends, Great Britain MTG sealed-product query monitoring, generated September 10, 2026.
  3. [3] Boostermage live UK price snapshot, generated 10 Sept 2026, 08:03
  4. [4] Wizards of the Coast, Announcements. https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements
  5. [5] Scryfall, Modern Horizons 3 card search. https://scryfall.com/search?q=Modern%20Horizons%203