Streamer gag sees MTG card spike in price by 600%

The MTG card Reparations has seen an enormous price spike in the past week, jumping from $3.40 to $25 in just seven days. This Reserved List card, from the old 1996 set Mirage, is an Azorius enchantment that lets you draw a card whenever an opponent successfully casts a spell targeting you or your creatures. Usually at this point, we look at what new combo, MTG commander, or card interaction from the latest MTG set is behind the price shift. Could there be some new enchantment control deck running around in an old eternal format? Nope. In this case there’s no interesting interaction to highlight, as this Magic card seems to have spiked purely for the memes. This happened because last week, major Magic: The Gathering Twitch streamer PayMoneyWubby was talking about the handful of banned Magic cards, like Invoke Prejudice, which were cut for being offensive. He joked that Reparations would be the next card on the MTG banlist for similar reasons, and that fans should buy the card now before it was banned. We can see where he was coming from. From the satirical irreverent humor in its flavor text, to the races of the characters depicted, to...