Card prices and buying singles

[krichaiushii]

Good morning!

It has been several years since I played Magic regularly, and my strategy for card collecting then was to wait until sets dropped out of Standard and then buy the interesting singles for my Commander decks.

I am just checking to see if that is still a viable strategy.

Basically, are the prices of new sets still driven by that format or are more eternal formats what now drive price? 

Thank you,

[Slyvester12]

I'd say it depends on the set. That's usually a pretty valid strategy, but every once in a while, a really good edh card gets spoiled and just starts trending up. In those situations, it's often cheaper to buy early. Still, it can be hard to know if a card will spike or not sometimes. I would say if it's good in standard, probably wait. If it's good in something like modern, and unlikely to get banned, then the price will often just stay high.

[WWolfe]

I agree with Slyvester. It's still usually the strategy but occasionally you'll see cards where other formats, mostly modern and commander, set the price.