The Most Valuable Magic Alpha Cards
Ranked by real closed-sale prices across 255 tracked Magic Alpha items — not guesses, not asking prices. Updated August 2026; the order shifts as the market does. Right now the crown belongs to Black Lotus at $27,806.
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Top 10 by sold value used new / sealed
- 1
Black Lotus$27,806· $88,960 new/sealed - 2
Timetwister$8,988· $27,714 new/sealed - 3
Mox Sapphire$8,263 - 4
Ancestral Recall$6,091 - 5
Mox Emerald$5,878 - 6
Chaos Orb$5,853 - 7
Underground Sea$5,600 - 8
Time Walk$5,302 - 9
Mox Jet$5,044· $31,579 new/sealed - 10
Mox Pearl$4,937 - 11
Tropical Island$4,665 - 12
Mox Ruby$4,617 - 13
Shivan Dragon$4,550 - 14
Wheel of Fortune$3,657 - 15
Tundra$3,627 - 16
Savannah$3,299 - 17
Bayou$2,420 - 18
Badlands$2,346 - 19
Scrubland$2,202 - 20
Birds of Paradise$2,150 - 21
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Time Vault$2,051 - 23
Plateau$2,000 - 24
Copy Artifact$1,646 - 25
Balance$1,408· $3,545 new/sealed - 26
Raging River$1,285· $3,303 new/sealed - 27
Savannah Lions$1,234· $5,601 new/sealed - 28
Crusade$1,180 - 29
Vesuvan Doppelganger$1,175 - 30
Braingeyser$1,132 - 31
Stasis$1,074 - 32
Sedge Troll$1,063 - 33
Nevinyrral's Disk$1,011 - 34
Nightmare$988.69 - 35
Fastbond$966.49· $4,796 new/sealed - 36
Jayemdae Tome$950 - 37
Royal Assassin$938.43 - 38
Wrath of God$935.5 - 39
Winter Orb$899.99 - 40
Armageddon$881.62 - 41
Goblin King$837.72 - 42
Gauntlet of Might$836.12 - 43
Howling Mine$790.66 - 44
Elvish Archers$773.33· $4,776 new/sealed - 45
Lord of the Pit$771.09· $5,101 new/sealed - 46
Swords to Plowshares$752.39 - 47
Forcefield$739.5 - 48
Icy Manipulator$737.54 - 49
Mind Twist$718.88 - 50
Serra Angel$715
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