Rare Magic: The Gathering card breaks records with $3 million sale

A rare Magic: The Gathering paper has sold for $3 million, making it nan astir costly Magic paper ever sold.

And earlier you ask, Magic nerds, of people it was a Black Lotus. The waste of nan paper was announced past week by CGC Cards, a certification and grading institution for trading cards, video games, comics, and more.

The Black Lotus is nan beatified grail of Magic cards. It was first printed arsenic a portion of nan paper game’s Alpha and Beta sets that launched pinch nan game’s debut successful 1993. Though highly sought arsenic a collector’s item, nan paper itself is unplayable, arsenic it is banned successful each but 1 format because it is simply excessively powerful, allowing players to create 3 mana of immoderate colour for nan low, debased value of free. The paper belongs to a typical group of Magic cards called nan Power Nine — expensive, rare, but unplayable cards that are incredibly busted.

In summation to Black Lotus, nan Power Nine consists of 5 different akin cards that let you to create mana for free and 3 bluish mana cards because bluish is simply nan no-fun-allowed color. Though unplayable successful astir formats, Black Lotus has been remixed into somewhat different cards pinch akin powers but pinch amended balance.

The record-breaking $3 cardinal Black Lotus was graded by CGC Cards and rated arsenic a 10, aliases successful “pristine” condition, making it nan highest value Black Lotus paper ever sold. Lesser-quality Black Lotus cards person sold for mid-six figures.