The most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards — top 50 by value
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These are the Magic: The Gathering cards worth the most today, at European market value. Every row shows the collector number, the set and the rarity, so you can match the exact card in your binder — two cards sharing a name are rarely worth the same once the set differs.
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Black Lotus from Alpha Edition is the most expensive Magic card right now: €33,768 in the Cardmarket price guide of 30 September 2026. The ranking compares exact printings (number, set, rarity) and updates daily.
These are raw, ungraded cards at European market value. Graded auction records (PSA 10 and the like) are a different market and are not listed here.
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Full ranking of the 50 most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards
| # | Card | Set | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 |  Timetwister84·R | €19,126 | |
| 05 |  Ancestral Recall47·R | €17,278 | |
| 06 |  Time Walk83·R | €16,491 | |
| 07 |  Underground Sea285·R | €12,803 | |
| 08 |  Dragon Whelp143·U | €12,600 | |
| 09 |  Volcanic Island287·R | €10,577 | |
| 10 |  Mox Emerald261·R | €10,450 | |
| 11 | €9,564 | ||
| 12 |  Mox Ruby264·R | €8,112 | |
| 13 |  Mox Pearl263·R | €8,028 | |
| 14 | €8,000 | ||
| 15 | €7,500 | ||
| 16 | €7,157 | ||
| 17 |  Tropical Island283·R | €6,660 | |
| 18 | €6,526 | ||
| 19 |  Shivan Dragon174·R | €6,375 | |
| 20 | €5,999 | ||
| 21 | €5,717 | ||
| 22 | €5,438 | ||
| 23 |  Hurricane202·U | €5,225 | |
| 24 |  Chaos Orb235·R | €5,071 | |
| 25 | €5,007 | ||
| 26 |  Taiga287·R | €5,000 | |
| 27 |  Savannah285·R | €4,900 | |
| 28 | €4,864 | ||
| 29 | €4,864 | ||
| 30 | €4,822 | ||
| 31 |  Tundra284·R | €4,678 | |
| 32 |  Serra Angel40·U | €4,500 | |
| 33 | €4,318 | ||
| 34 |  Wheel of Fortune183·R | €4,274 | |
| 35 | €4,118 | ||
| 36 |  Black Lotus (CE)233·R | €3,979 | |
| 37 | €3,777 | ||
| 38 | €3,726 | ||
| 39 |  Bayou278·R | €3,585 | |
| 40 |  Birds of Paradise186·R | €3,504 | |
| 41 | €3,501 | ||
| 42 |  Plateau279·R | €3,389 | |
| 43 | €3,287 | ||
| 44 |  Scrubland281·R | €3,126 | |
| 45 |  Time Vault274·R | €3,116 | |
| 46 | €3,112 | ||
| 47 | €3,055 | ||
| 48 | €3,000 | ||
| 49 | €2,972 | ||
| 50 |  Badlands278·R | €2,838 |
Magic cards with no recent sales
These cards have no recent sales on Cardmarket, so no market price: they cannot enter the ranking. They are often the rarest. The amount shown is the cheapest copy for sale — an asking price, not a sale price.
Where these values come from
- Source: the public Cardmarket price guide, Europe's reference marketplace. Amounts are in euros, never converted from dollars.
- We use the trend value — a smoothed average of recent sales — rather than the day's lowest listing, which a single underpriced offer would distort.
- Recorded once a day. The date at the top of this page is Cardmarket's publication date, not the date of your visit.
- Only catalogued single cards are ranked. Sealed products such as booster boxes are excluded, even when they are worth more.
- A Cardmarket value covers a card as a whole: it separates neither language nor condition. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not an appraisal.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I find out what a card is worth?
- Find its collector number and set, then match it against the ranking above or look it up in the Luma app. Photo scanning can also help find a card from any of the seven supported games.
- Why do your values differ from TCGplayer?
- TCGplayer prices the North American market in dollars; Cardmarket prices the European market in euros. The same card can be worth noticeably more on one side of the Atlantic than the other, depending on how scarce it is in each region. We publish the European value, because that is where you actually buy and sell.
- Is a French card worth as much as the English one?
- Rarely. French print runs were smaller on older sets, which lifts certain cards, while English dominates the modern market. The Cardmarket guide gives one value per card across all languages: use it as a baseline, then check listings in your own language before trading.
- What makes a card valuable?
- Condition first, then rarity, then the set and the language. A PSA 10 copy can be worth several times an ungraded one. The amounts in this ranking refer to ungraded copies in good condition.
These values are indicative, based on public market data. They are neither an offer to buy or sell nor investment advice. What a card is worth depends on its actual condition and fluctuates.
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