Flesh and Blood Usurp the Shadow Throne prices five weeks in: the Majestics climb, the chase slides

Usurp the Shadow Throne came out on September 25, 2026, and five weeks later its singles have had time to settle. The headline number is quiet: its 30 most expensive singles were worth $2,810 a week after release and $2,643 on October 30, down 6 %. Underneath, the set split in two. The cheapest rarity in the top 30 is the only group that went up, while most of the release-week chase gave ground.

All prices below are the ones shown on TCGIndex's card pages on October 30, 2026 (TCGplayer market price, US dollars, Near Mint). The starting point is each card's own daily record on October 2, one week after release, once the release-week listings had settled (the closest earlier point for the seven cards with no October 2 record). Every one of the 30 cards passed our check: the price on its page and its latest recorded point agree within 3 %, and each has 26 to 40 daily points since the preorders.

The two cards over $400 held

The Viserai Marvel opened around $475 in preorders, dipped to $402 on October 1, and has climbed back almost to where it started. Arknight Shard has not moved since October 23. Together they are 35 % of the top 30's value today.

Most of the release-week chase lost ground

Two shapes hide in that table. Restless Quartermaster and Danse Macabre went down a little almost every week: the Quartermaster lost value on most days of October. The title-card Marvel did the same, apart from a two-day bounce to $340 on October 8. Soul of Existence did all its falling in its first twelve days, from $321 on release day to $160 on October 7, and has sat between $160 and $163 since. Reach of the Abyss fell just as hard at first ($148 to $68 by October 7) but kept sliding, to $53 today.

Across the 11 Marvels in the top 30, the total went from $1,370 to $1,275 (-7 %), and -15 % without the Viserai. The five Legendaries lost 16 %, the six Extended Art Majestics 14 %.

The Majestics are the only group that rose

Violent Gusto is the card of the month. It sat between $27 and $32 from preorders to October 9, then rose from October 10 and kept going: $40 on October 11, $51 on October 16, $60 on October 20, $65.73 today, a new high on its record. The six regular Majestics in the top 30 went from $119 to $162 together (+36 %), even with Restless Templar's own Majestic down 37 %. Fallen Herald and Tome of Necrosis did their climbing in the first half of October and have held since; Violent Gusto is the only Majestic still going up this week.

The Restless Templar Marvel is the exception among Marvels: $89 on October 2, then a near-straight climb to $119.76, while every other Restless Marvel in the set fell.

What it means if you collect Flesh and Blood

Twelve of the 30 cards are above their price of October 2, eighteen are below. The money left the release-week chase and went into a handful of specific cards, which is why the set total barely moved. Buying the whole top 30 a week after release would have cost you 6 %; buying the five biggest climbers above would have gained you 48 %. Nobody could have named those five on October 2, and that is the honest lesson: in a new Flesh and Blood set, watch the daily record of the cards you want for a few weeks before paying release prices.

Every card above has its full daily price history on its TCGIndex page, and the Usurp the Shadow Throne set page lists the whole set by price.