Magic: The Gathering Card Statistics 2026
Computed from our own dataset of 131,010 Magic: The Gathering cards across 330 sets, the same data behind our Magic: The Gathering card price pages. Free to cite with a link.
- Median card price
- $0.58
- vs $28.58 average
- Median PSA 10 premium
- 5.3x
- over the same card raw
- PSA 10s graded
- 27,437
- across 1,293 cards
- Cards tracked
- 131,010
- across 330 sets
Key takeaways
- The median Magic: The Gathering card sells for $0.58 raw. The average is $28.58, about 49x higher, because a few chase cards pull it up.
- 81% of priced cards sell for under $5. Only 1.4% reach $100, and 0.17% reach $1,000.
- A PSA 10 sells for a median 5.3x the same card raw.
- PSA has graded 27,437 Magic: The Gathering cards a 10. The most-graded single card, Tifa Lockhart [Borderless Surge Foil] #536, has 836.
How Magic: The Gathering card prices are spread
Share of the 128,794 priced Magic: The Gathering cards in each raw (ungraded) price band.
$0.58median card
- Under $157.4% 73,945
- $1 to $524.0% 30,860
- $5 to $2012.2% 15,700
- $20 to $1005.0% 6,422
- $100 to $1,0001.3% 1,646
- $1,000 or more0.17% 221
The band that holds the median card.
Raw prices from recent sales. Cards without a price and sealed product are left out.
The average Magic: The Gathering card price is misleading
The mean price of a Magic: The Gathering card in our dataset is $28.58. The median is $0.58, about 49x lower. Both numbers are correct, and only one of them describes the card you just pulled.
That gap is the whole shape of the hobby. Reserved List staples and a handful of serialised chase cards carry enough value to lift the average by orders of magnitude, while the bulk of every print run trades for cents. Any headline claiming the “average” card is worth $28.58 is quoting the mean of a distribution that has no meaningful middle.
PSA population: the most-graded Magic: The Gathering cards
The cards with the most PSA 10 copies, and what a PSA 10 sells for.
27,437PSA 10s graded in total
| # | Card | PSA 10s | PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tifa Lockhart [Borderless Surge Foil] #536Magic Final Fantasy | 836 | $268 |
| 2 | Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER [Borderless Surge Foil] #527Magic Final Fantasy | 784 | $1,273 |
| 3 | Aerith Gainsborough [Borderless Surge Foil] #519Magic Final Fantasy | 753 | $213 |
| 4 | Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER [Borderless Surge Foil] #210Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 672 | $811 |
| 5 | Cloud, Midgar Mercenary [Borderless Surge Foil] #520Magic Final Fantasy | 606 | $639 |
| 6 | Y'shtola, Night's Blessed [Borderless Surge Foil] #215Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 589 | $1,970 |
| 7 | Tifa, Martial Artist [Borderless Surge Foil] #214Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 554 | $530 |
| 8 | Yuna, Grand Summoner [Borderless Surge Foil] #216Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 518 | $459 |
| 9 | Yuna, Hope of Spira [Borderless Surge Foil] #549Magic Final Fantasy | 423 | $250 |
| 10 | Terra, Herald of Hope [Borderless Surge Foil] #212Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 387 | $500 |
PSA 10 counts as reported for the 1,293 Magic: The Gathering cards where we hold population data. Totals change as PSA grades more.
Magic: The Gathering sets with the most PSA 10s
PSA 10 copies summed across every card in the set we hold population data for.
| # | Set | PSA 10s | Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magic Final Fantasy | 10,460 | 53 |
| 2 | Magic Final Fantasy Commander | 4,219 | 32 |
| 3 | Magic Marvel Spider-Man | 1,492 | 36 |
| 4 | Magic Final Fantasy Through the Ages | 1,066 | 40 |
| 5 | Magic Legends | 1,007 | 81 |
| 6 | Magic Revised | 715 | 16 |
| 7 | Magic Avatar: The Last Airbender | 681 | 38 |
| 8 | Magic Foundations | 639 | 60 |
| 9 | Magic Assassin's Creed | 605 | 32 |
| 10 | Magic Arabian Nights | 595 | 64 |
PSA 10 counts as reported for the 1,293 Magic: The Gathering cards where we hold population data. Totals change as PSA grades more.
The most valuable Magic: The Gathering PSA 10s, and how many exist
The highest PSA 10 prices among cards with a population count. A low count is why most of them cost what they do.
| # | Card | PSA 10 price | PSA 10s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Soul Stone #242Magic Marvel Spider-Man | $37,734 | 8 |
| 2 | Black Lotus #525Magic 30th Anniversary | $20,000 | 8 |
| 3 | Mox RubyMagic Unlimited | $19,985 | 15 |
| 4 | Mox SapphireMagic Unlimited | $18,000 | 19 |
| 5 | Tom Bombadil [Serialized] #745Magic Lord of the Rings | $14,000 | 13 |
| 6 | Gandalf The White [Serialized] #732Magic Lord of the Rings | $12,400 | 9 |
| 7 | Mount Doom [Serialized] #750Magic Lord of the Rings | $10,978 | 14 |
| 8 | Mishra's WorkshopMagic Antiquities | $10,943 | 32 |
| 9 | Ancestral RecallMagic Unlimited | $10,000 | 22 |
| 10 | The Tabernacle at Pendrell ValeMagic Legends | $9,999 | 23 |
PSA 10 counts as reported for the 1,293 Magic: The Gathering cards where we hold population data. Totals change as PSA grades more.
What a PSA 10 is actually worth
Across the 2,227 cards where we hold both a raw price and a PSA 10 price.
5.3xmedian PSA 10 premium
The median PSA 10 sells for 5.3x the ungraded card, at a median of $120.00.
The multiple is the number worth internalising, because grading costs are flat while the premium is proportional. A 5.3x multiple on a $0.58 card is still under a dollar of upside. The premium only pays on cards that already carry value, which is the opposite of how most submission decisions get made.
The 10 most valuable Magic: The Gathering cards
Ranked by raw (ungraded) price across the whole dataset.
| # | Card | Raw price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The One RingMagic Lord of the Rings | $2,000,000 |
| 2 | Black LotusMagic Alpha | $43,332 |
| 3 | Smaug the Magnificent [Borderless] #249Magic The Hobbit | $22,000 |
| 4 | Smaug the Magnificent [Borderless Foil] #249Magic The Hobbit | $20,100 |
| 5 | Black LotusMagic Beta | $19,628 |
| 6 | Mount Doom [Serialized] #750Magic Lord of the Rings | $14,100 |
| 7 | Shadow Of The Enemy [Serialized] #735Magic Lord of the Rings | $12,750 |
| 8 | Black LotusMagic Unlimited | $12,312 |
| 9 | Mox SapphireMagic Alpha | $8,198 |
| 10 | Sauron, The Dark Lord #301Magic Lord of the Rings | $7,900 |
Raw prices from recent sales.
Methodology
- Computed over 131,010 card records in 330 Magic: The Gathering sets, the same dataset behind our Magic: The Gathering card price pages.
- Price statistics use the 128,794 cards carrying a raw price above zero. Cards with no price are excluded rather than counted as zero, which would drag every average down.
- Sealed product is excluded. 759 rows for booster boxes, elite trainer boxes, blisters and tins are dropped before anything is counted, because a booster box is not a card and leaving them in inflates the average by roughly a third.
- Grading premiums use only cards with a raw price of $1 or more. Below that, rounding in the raw price alone can manufacture a 100x multiple.
- Population figures are PSA 10 counts as reported for the 1,293 cards where we hold population data.
Citing these numbers
Journalists and creators are welcome to use any statistic on this page with attribution and a link to banktcg.com/magic-card-statistics. If you need a figure we haven't published, whether a specific set, era or grade, get in touch and we'll run it.