Top 10 Magic: The Gathering Grails
The ten Magic: The Gathering cards collectors chase hardest, led by Alpha Black Lotus and the Power Nine.
Magic's grails come almost entirely from its first year. Alpha, printed in 1993 with roughly 1,100 copies of each rare, holds the Power Nine and the most valuable card in the game. Many of these cards are on the Reserved List, Wizards of the Coast's promise never to reprint them, which keeps supply fixed. The newest entry is a one-of-one from 2023 that made headlines far beyond the hobby.
The most famous card in Magic and the crown of the Power Nine. Alpha copies are the rarest printing.
A single serialized copy hidden in 2023 packs. Its finder sold it to Post Malone for a reported $2 million.
Draw three cards for one blue mana: the card that defined how broken early Magic could be.
An extra turn for two mana. A Power Nine staple that has never been reprinted in a regular paper set.
The most valuable of the five Moxen, free mana artifacts that make up most of the Power Nine.
The last member of the Power Nine: shuffle hands and graveyards away and draw seven.
The second printing, with squarer corners than Alpha and a larger print run. Still one of the most valuable cards in the hobby.
The most valuable of the original dual lands, on the Reserved List and still played in Legacy and Vintage.
The face of Old School Magic, from the first expansion. On the Reserved List and loved for its art.
The priciest Reserved List card most players will ever own, a Commander favorite whose supply can never grow.
Frequently asked
What is the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card?
Black Lotus from Alpha (1993). It is the most famous of the Power Nine, and high-grade Alpha copies sell for six and seven figures.
What are the Power Nine?
Nine cards from the original 1993 sets considered the most powerful ever printed: Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Timetwister, and the five Moxen (Sapphire, Jet, Ruby, Pearl and Emerald).
What is the Reserved List?
A list of older cards Wizards of the Coast has promised never to reprint. Reserved List cards like Underground Sea, Juzám Djinn and Gaea's Cradle hold value because supply can never grow.
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