Dominaria prices are finally going down, and you know what that means! It's time to begin thinking about investing in Dominaria, and I'm here to help you do just that.

Dominaria is the most valuable set since the redemption tax increase from $5 to $25 back in 2013. With only a month to go before the release of Core 2019, a singleton digital set of Dominaria is going for $95, about $20 more than what we have come to expect from sets without masterpieces. I expect prices to continue to dip, perhaps down to $85, so exercise patience. For reference, Shadows Over Innistrad settled around $75, and Ixalan settled around $60. The ideal window to invest in Dominaria will extend through July, so you have plenty of time.

I'm excited to introduce a new format for this article series. I'll be ranking every Dominaria mythic rare in this article, providing a score for risk and reward, and ultimately a final grade. We'll start from the bottom and work our way up...where do your favorite cards land? Find out below!

15. Muldrotha, the Gravetide

Grade: F
Risk: Moderate
Potential: Limited

A six-drop that requires you to untap to net value from it? And that requires three colors? And from a large set? Heck no. This card is more likely to fall to 0.25 tix than reach 1.00 tix ever again.

14. Darigaaz Reincarnated

Grade: D
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Limited

Darigaaz is currently priced at 0.18 tix, which I feel is exactly where it should be. It's possible that it will see fringe play in a future deck and spike to about 0.50 tix, but that sell window will be small and I don't think it's worth your time.

13. Weatherlight

Grade: D
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Limited

The card just isn't good. Yes, it's colorless, but it's a four-drop that doesn't affect the battlefield without help. It has to hit players to have a chance to net card advantage, and it lacks confidence in itself (it doesn't even call itself "The Weatherlight"...come on now!). At 0.42 tix, it's a hard pass from me. Don't invest in this thing unless it dips below 0.20 tix.

12. Demonlord Belzenlok

Grade: D
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Limited

I think Belzenlok sits just beneath the threshold for what is Standard-playable. It replaces itself, but we need more than that from a six-drop. It is just outclassed by Vraska, Relic Seeker and Carnage Tyrant. This card right now is valued at 0.60 tix, and it feels like a 0.50 tix card. I don't expect this card's price to do much of anything for the foreseeable future.

11. Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar

Grade: D+
Risk: High
Potential: Limited-Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 0.50 tix

In the first draft of this article, Multani was #7. His fall is a result of his recent spike from .50 tix to 1.35 tix. I think Multani will make for a good spec (he was my first Dominaria spec actually, a singleton copy for 0.50 tix from an MTGO Library chain), but wait for its price to return to around .50 tix. Yes, it competes with Carnage Tyrant, but the combination of reach and trample on a massive recursive body is a unique tool that some strategies will be happy to take advantage of.

10. Karn, Scion of Urza

Grade: C-
Risk: High
Potential: Moderate

I would treat Karn like a rotating card – I suspect its value is going to plummet at rotation. Without Heart of Kiran and Walking Ballista as enablers for its minus ability, I can't see Karn being the dominant force it has been since its release. I suspect the appropriate time to invest in Karn will be in the Fall. It might spike up to 35 tix a few times in the interim, so feel free to try to capitalize on that, but I'll be avoiding it for the time being. I think there's a good chance he'll dip below 15 tix post-rotation, and I'll consider investing in him at that time.

9. Mox Amber

Grade: D+
Risk: Moderate-High
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 1.25-1.75 tix

Mox Amber is a definitive wildcard, and also the first card on this list that I'm interested in speculating on. Probably most similar to Relentless Dead, a cheaper spring-set mythic with unmistakable power but which needs the right cards printed to enable it. I'm not willing to invest at the present 3.50 tix, but this is one that I think will continue declining in value over the coming month or two. I could see this card being valued between 0.50 tix to 8.00 tix in the next year or two, so there will be a lot of risk involved if you spec on it.

8. Phyrexian Scriptures

Grade: C-
Risk: Moderate
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 0.50-0.75 tix

It's definitely clunky, and if it can't see play in the same format as Srapheap Scrounger, Karn, Scion of Urza, Verdurous Gearhulk, and Walking Ballista, what sorts of cards need to be printed for this to see more play? I can see this card surprising us and climbing above 3.00 tix, but I remain skeptical. Like Mox Amber, its price needs to go down significantly before I'm excited to invest in it.

7. Jaya Ballard

Grade: C
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 0.50-0.75 tix

Jaya is underrated right now. Like Teferi, Hero of Dominaria and Chandra, Torch of Defiance, she really costs two mana if your deck is constructed with her in mind. Like Karn, Scion of Urza, she has a high starting loyalty which guarantees that she'll be on the battlefield for more than one turn.

The question will be whether the Standard card-pool will provide us with a good shell for her. Like Mox Amber and Relentless Dead, it's a definite uncertainty. I'd give it a 25-percent chance. That may seem low, but her value is so low now that you won't be risking much to invest in her. If Dovin Baan can maintain a value between 0.50 and 1.00 tix while seeing no play, then so can she.

6. Naru Meha, Master Wizard

Grade: C+
Risk: Minimal-Moderate
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 0.35-0.50 tix

I was surprised that several of the creature-type mythics from Ixalan block maintained their value and even increased their value despite seeing no play (cards like Gishath, Tishana and Vona), and that bodes well for Naru Meha. I like, too, that a good Wizards shell already exists, this piloted in a fun video by Saffron Olive. This is the first card in the rankings I'm more likely than not going to invest in.

5. Verix Bladewing

Grade: C+
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 0.50 tix

Verix is the card on this list that will benefit the most from rotation. While there is always a risk that Wizards will randomly throw in a Rekindling Phoenix into any given set, I think there's a good chance that Verix will double or triple in price after Hazoret, Glorybringer, and Chandra exeunt in laevum.

4. History of Benalia

Grade: B+
Risk: Minimal-Moderate
Potential: Moderate-High
Recommended Buy Price: 6.00-8.00 tix

The reason History of Benalia gets the nod over Naru Meha is that History of Benalia will definitely see tier-one play going forward. The question is: how low can we get it, and how high will we be able to sell it?

I think the ceiling on this card is quite high – I could see it rise above 20.00 tix if used in aggressive, midrange, and control strategies. I could also see it peak around 15.00 tix. I think buying under 8.25 tix is completely safe, and anything under 10 tix is reasonable.

3. Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Grade: B+
Risk: Minimal
Potential: High
Recommended Buy Price: 0.50-0.75 tix

The nice thing about Dominaria is that it offers several excellent specs suited for different people with different budgets and different risk tolerances. Cards ranked #1 through #6 on this list are all excellent specs, but certain ones will be better for some people than for others. Jhoira offers a prime opportunity for someone with a low budget to take a free spin of the roulette wheel. Jhoira will not dip below 0.50 tix during the next nine to twelve months, and she has the potential to be a 4.00 to 5.00 tix card (she wears Mox Amber better than anyone else). Multani, in contrast, which can be bought for roughly the same as Jhoira, has a ceiling closer to 3.00 tix. Both will be good specs.

2. Lyra Dawnbringer

Grade: A-
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Moderate
Recommended Buy Price: 5.00-7.00 tix

She's the Carnage Tyrant of this set. She'll rise and fall with the metagame, and the task of the speculator is simple: buy low, sell high. That'll be a piece of cake with Lyra. I expect 100-percent returns with Lyra.

1. Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Grade: A
Risk: Minimal
Potential: Moderate-High
Recommended Buy Price: 20.00-22.50 tix

Buttressed by Legacy and Modern play, Teferi is an iconic planeswalker that will be worth above 40.00 tix at least once over the next twelve months. Honestly, this is one I could see rise to 50.00 tix. I'm just having trouble discerning what the appropriate buy price is, and when it will manifest itself. I could see this go as low as 15.00 tix after rotation, but my gut tells me that it won't dip below 20.00. The past year of Standard has taught us to invest in cards like this, to not get squeamish about the buy price, and this time I will likely heed that instruction and invest in Teferi.

While the returns as a percentage will not be as high as a few other cards on this list, the benefit of investing in expensive cards like this is that they take less work and time to make the same amount of money. The larger your portfolio, the more important it is to invest in cards like Teferi.