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Magic: The Gathering cards may be made from cardboard, but some are worth more than their weight in gold, and then some.  

Previously, we've covered the most expensive Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering cards and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Magic: The Gathering cards, but what about the most expensive MTG cards, period? To find out, we cast our net wide and used TCGPlayer to look up the MTG singles with the highest market price on the site, at the time of writing. Given the nature of the game (and the fact that new sets are coming out every couple of months or so), this list is subject to change at any moment.

But for now, these are the 10 most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards, for your viewing pleasure:

1. The Soul Stone (Cosmic Foil) 

Would you sell your soul for the Soul Stone (Cosmic Foil) card from Marvel's Spider-Man? No? Well, you're in luck, because the market price for it on TCGPlayer at this time of writing is $43,999.99. Sheesh, that's practically a year's tuition for private school.  

2. Traveling Chocobo (Borderless, Japanese-exclusive)

The black, borderless Traveling Chocobo card is still the most expensive Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering card, with a market price of $6,175. It's available only in Japan, heightening its rarity.  

3. Aragorn, the Uniter (Borderless poster, serialized)

The Lord of the Rings x Magic: The Gathering set broke records when it was released, and the set still has a top contender for one of the game's most expensive cards. Now, what makes this specific Aragorn, the Uniter card, so expensive is that it is different from the other borderless, poster versions of it. For this list, we're referring to the serialized version of it, which fetches a market price of $4,599.99 on TCGPlayer. In order for one to purchase this card, they truly must unite the funds in their bank account. 

4. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (Secret Lair Showdown Promo #2)

One of the rarest cards in the game is the foil version of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, which was a promo card from a Secret Lair Showdown event in 2022 that was given out to the top 32 players in the tournament. The market price for this fancy monkey is $3,699.99. 

5. Time Walk 

The next old card on this list is Time Walk, which, for the great price of two mana, allowed you to take an extra turn. As you might imagine, it isn't tournament legal, but it still is legal to simply admire artist Amy Weber's artwork. If you want to gaze upon Time Walk in person, you can do so by paying the market price of $3,200. 

6. Avatar Aang (Raised Foil)

The priciest card to come out of Magic: The Gathering's Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover from last year is the Raised Foil edition of Avatar Aang. This special foil treatment knocks the card's value up to $3,136.34. If you're training to become a master of the elements, then you must also master your bank account and finances. 

7. Mishra's Workshop 

Another expensive old card is Mishra's Workshop from 1993, a land card featuring gorgeous artwork from Kaja Foglio. With Mishra's Workshop, you can tap to add 3 colorless mana to your mana pool, and you can only use this mana to cast artifacts. Regardless of the fact that you can only cast the colorless mana to cast artifacts, Mishra's Workshop is incredibly busted. This shop of bust will set you back $3,000.32. 

8. The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale is a legendary land from 1994, and it makes all creatures require an upkeep cost of 1 in addition to any other upkeep costs that they may have. If the upkeep cost for the creature isn't paid, then the creature is destroyed. The market price for the card is $2,999.99.

9. Donatello, Mutant Mechanic (Borderless, gold-stamped signature)

And last but not least, we have the borderless, gold-stamped signature (from TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman, no less!) version of Donatello, Mutant Mechanic from the latest Magic: The Gathering set, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover. This Donnie card, featuring art by Kevin Eastman, currently has a market price of $2,999.99.

10. Mox Emerald

Not surprisingly, a lot of the cards on this list are old, and that's certainly the case for the Unlimited version of Mox Emerald from 1993. And just because the card is banned in Commander and Legacy doesn't mean that there isn't immense value in it still. Currently, its market price fetches a cool $2,199.34 on TCGPlayer. You might as well be buying an actual emerald for that money. 

Whether you are a Commander player, a regular at your local game shop's FNM event, or simply love collecting Magic: The Gathering cards, you've landed in the right place. From Universes Beyond to the furthest reaches of the Magic Multiverse, we've got you covered here at Popverse. 

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