Cards to Watch: Chandra, Chill of Compliance Rises 139% on MTGO

Paper prices fell 0.2% this week and MTGO prices fell 0.9%, continuing their ordinary drift lower; their 30-day losses reached 2.8% and 3.8%, respectively, on November 9, 2026. Chandra, Chill of Compliance went the other way on MTGO, climbing from 4.94 tix on November 2 to 11.81 tix on November 9, up 139%, while its paper price fell.

The Week's Biggest Moves

The upward breakouts were all on MTGO. Each price below compares November 2 with November 9, 2026, against the preceding month's range.

• Chandra, Chill of Compliance: 4.94 to 11.81 tix, up 139%, above its previous 2.25–5.10 tix range. Published decks increased from 9 to 13; Aspiringspike featured four copies in a Modern control build on November 7.
• Goblin Welder: 8.55 to 14.54 tix, up 70%, above its previous 5.61–10.17 tix range. Published Legacy decks increased from 3 to 10.
• Grim Monolith: 10.29 to 15.32 tix, up 49%, above its preceding-month high of 13.64 tix. Published decks increased from 35 to 45 across Legacy and Vintage.
• Dark Matter Manipulator: 8.65 to 12.26 tix, up 42%, above its previous 0.82–8.12 tix range. Four copies appeared in jbl2311's winning Modern Rakdos Midrange list on November 9.

The downward breakouts were on TCGplayer, also from November 2 to November 9, 2026. Four preceded Stardates printings dated November 13.

• Minamo, School at Water's Edge: $56.53 to $20.81, down 63%, below its previous $56.53–$58.92 range, ahead of its Stardates reprint.
• Shizo, Death's Storehouse: $32.31 to $11.20, down 65%, below its previous $32.74–$35.76 range, ahead of its Stardates reprint.
• Phyrexian Tower: $29.06 to $15.29, down 47%, below its previous $28.81–$29.06 range, ahead of its Stardates reprint; published decks also fell from 8 to 3.
• Bruvac the Grandiloquent: $42.90 to $16.50, down 62%, below its previous $41.00–$42.90 range, ahead of its Stardates reprint.
• Biorhythm: $34.50 to $16.62, down 52%, below its previous $34.20–$34.61 range, following its Secret Lair Countdown printing dated November 2.

Chandra, Chill of Compliance

New in Reality Fracture, released October 2, 2026, Chandra, Chill of Compliance is a three-mana planeswalker that filters draws and helps cast noncreature spells. It appeared in 13 published decks from November 3 to November 10, against 9 in the previous seven days, across Legacy, Modern and Standard.

MTGO's published November 3 list has Ketofol finishing fifth at 6-1 with two copies in Jeskai Midrange. Aspiringspike's November 7 Modern build used four alongside Enhanced Surveillance, Temporal Mastery and Terminus, giving the card a competitive showcase shortly before its sharpest price jump.

On TCGplayer it reached $6.34 on November 9, down from $7.01 on November 2 and $7.38 on October 10. The MTGO jump was concentrated late: 5.99 tix on November 8 became 11.81 tix the next day, while tournament adoption remained a small sample.

Goblin Welder

Goblin Welder reached 10 published Legacy decks and 40 copies from November 3 to November 10, against 3 decks and 12 copies the previous week. In the November 8 published results, uburdub won a Legacy Challenge at 8-1 with four copies alongside Painter's Servant, Grindstone and Sewer-veillance Cam.

Eternal Durdles' November 3 discussion also reported two Welder Cam decks in Eternal Weekend's Legacy top 8. Paper has not followed MTGO: $21.62 on TCGplayer on November 9, against $22.06 on November 2 and $21.86 on October 10, despite the move from 8.55 to 14.54 tix.

Goblin Engineer

Goblin Engineer's adoption increased from 2 decks to 10, with 40 copies replacing the previous week's 8, over the same November 3–10 window. Four copies accompanied Goblin Welder in uburdub's winning Painter list.

Its price barely responded: $8.79 on TCGplayer on November 9, versus $8.85 on November 2 and $8.83 on October 10. MTGO moved from 0.02 to 0.03 tix over the week; the increased play has produced no meaningful price breakout.

Seasoned Pyromancer

Seasoned Pyromancer appeared in 25 published Modern decks with 94 copies from November 3 to November 10, against 13 decks and 43 copies previously. Boros Energy accounted for 75 of its deck appearances over the last 28 days.

TCGplayer's November 9 price was $5.21, down from $5.29 on November 2 and $5.55 on October 10. MTGO stayed at 1.86 tix on both November 2 and November 9: another adoption increase without a corresponding market move.

Dark Matter Manipulator

New in Reality Fracture, released October 2, Dark Matter Manipulator is a one-mana creature that mills three cards when it enters. It reached 94 published decks this week, against 72 previously, and jbl2311 went 9-0 with four copies in Modern Rakdos Midrange on November 9.

Flagged here on November 9 at 11.60 tix, it subsequently reached 12.26 tix, against 8.65 on November 2. TCGplayer moved the opposite way, from $4.47 to $3.95 over those dates, though it remained above October 10's $0.84.

A Vintage Hogaak post on October 31 credited Dark Matter Manipulator with reviving the deck in eternal formats. Legacy Hogaak then won a November 4 Challenge and November 8 Super Qualifier with it, but its paper price is still falling despite those results.