The best we have are estimates that a truly unopened, authentic Alpha booster box could fetch a six-figure price tagpossibly $700,000 or more if one ever surfaced
Scions & Spellcraft is a decent deck out of the box, but between the four Commander decks, it's the one that will need the most upgrades to match the power of other Commander decks
Channeling goes on the stack as an ability, not a spell, so regular countermagic can't handle it
The more interesting value will be using Archfiend of the Dross to do a lot of damage and then sacrificing it before the last oil counter is removed
Think Isochron Scepter combos, Voltaic Key combos, Sword of the Meek + Thopter Foundry
And to give you an idea of how critical he was to the team, when we were getting new desks and I was asked about any requirements for where my new desk would be, one of my requirements was "I need to sit next to Hindy." Hindy, along with Andrew Brown and Jadine Klomparens, did a fantastic job figuring out what this set would mean for Standard and worked with the whole Play Design team to put it through its paces
