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MTG · English · Dec 2017
Unstable
Magic collectors want chronology, finish awareness, and context about why a card matters across formats and eras.
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Market floor—
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Set index
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Complete set basket$00 priced cards roll into the current estimate.
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Raw lane basket$0Useful for estimating where the body of the set sits today.
Coverage is live on 0% of the set right now, which is enough to show the market center even before the long tail fully fills in.
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Magic collectors want chronology, finish awareness, and context about why a card matters across formats and eras.
Set pulse
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Rarity mix
Where the card count is concentrated.
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Related sets
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Temperature index
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Completion tracking
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Collector guide
Why this set matters right now.
Reserved List icons, Commander staples, foils, borderless treatments, and modern premium printings all route through the same browse surface.
Foundations is the cleanest current on-ramp for cataloging modern staples.
Beta and Arabian Nights remain the benchmark history surfaces every serious collectible page gets measured against.
Set overview
A destination page, not just a listing grid.
# Unstable Overview Unstable, released in December 2017, represents Magic: The Gathering's third silver-bordered un-set and the first in thirteen years. The 268-card set marked a significant moment for Wizards of the Coast, signaling renewed commitment to supplemental humor-focused products after the long gap following Unhinged in 2004. The set introduced full-art basic lands and pushed mechanical complexity in joke cards further than previous iterations, with designs that required creative rules text to function within Magic's framework. Notable cards include Surgeon General Commander, which established new precedent for silver-bordered commander viability, and Unstable's various contraption-based cards that introduced an entirely new mechanical subsystem. The set's design philosophy emphasized playability alongside humor, distinguishing it from earlier un-sets. Unstable achieved strong collector interest and secondary market performance, validating the un-set format's commercial viability and influencing Wizards' subsequent supplemental product strategy.
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FAQ
What makes Unstable important for collectors?
Unstable sits inside the live magic archive. and matters because it combines set identity, chase hierarchy, and live market behavior in one place.
How many cards are tracked in Unstable?
VaultStore currently tracks 0 cards on this page, with 0 distinct variant treatments represented across the set.
How is the set index calculated on VaultStore?
The set page uses append-only price observations to estimate both a full-set basket and a chase-card basket, with coverage percentages shown whenever the underlying market is still thin.
Can I track completion for Unstable?
Yes. Completion tracking is designed to support any-copy, variant-specific, and grade-specific collector goals, with import-first flows for collectors who are not yet buying everything through VaultStore.