My first couple orders from Cardmarket have started to arrive. I finally got set up to buy, which was just in time for the first Magic Spotlight Series event of 2026: the Magic Spotlight: The Avatar event that ran from January 9–11 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Lyon, France.

Attendees who participated in any of these events received a non-foil Day of Black Sun promo card. The Top 128 players at both events also received a traditional foil copy of Day of Black Sun. I ordered both. The much pricier foil version is the first to land, having been sent by priority mail.

I actually think the foil treatment of this card is being slept on. With only 256 copies distributed worldwide, this is a low population grail for completionist collectors. Not sure why its value doesn't reflect that. Maybe it's because the non-foil version exists and is a lot more readily available. This card's uniform traditional foil effect isn't exactly as flashy as the Raised Foil Avatar Aang.

Nevertheless, I feel a bit odd owning this. Feels like stolen valour. Hopefully my purchase will have helped fuel many more event wins for whatever player earned it in Lyon.

Another Cardmarket single arrived earlier in the week, namely the WPN Premium foil version of the Unlucky Cabbage Merchant promo I mentioned back in December. Foil WPN Gran-Gran and a few other items are also on the way; I'll provide further updates.