Marvel’s Spider-Man set for Magic: The Gathering has finally swung into stores (after its recent prerelease), and the unique combination of comic book icons and fun new play designs is making it pretty popular so far.
So popular, in fact, that one rare card has already sold for $10,000, while others are also making a strong case for collectors themselves, tallying in the hundreds for market value. That’s at least for now, as these values could still change wildly in the coming weeks.
Yet, suppose you were hoping to snag these rare cards without dropping a fortune, tough luck, as standalone prices on these bad boys likely won’t change that much.
Collector Boosters were the only real shot to pick them up, and they’ve already vanished from shelves. The only ones left are with online resellers, who are asking over $1,000 for a box of just 12 packs.
So if you’re opening packs this week (particularly if you were lucky and snagged some Collector Boosters before the rush), these are some of the priciest cards to look out for, courtesy of data from our friends at TCGPlayer.
10 – Gwenom, Remorseless (Extended Art)
Kicking off the list with a banger, Gwenom, Remorseless is a Venomized version of Gwen. It’s 4/4 with Deathtouch and lifelink, which lets you spend life to play extra cards from the top of your library.
It’s a neat idea, and one I’m curious to see players build around. The card is around $37 right now.
9 – Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider (Borderless)
Sticking with Gwen, but a much less spooky version, this borderless card shows our heroine relaxing before flipping into action against Electro.
Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider (Borderless) is around $40 for the nonfoil and double that for the foil.
8 – Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man (Borderless)
Another transforming Spidey card, this version of Miles Morales powers up other cards and then transforms into a camouflaging web-slinger with first strike and haste.
He’s sitting at around $40, but you can expect to pay $70 for the foil.
7 – The Soul Stone
We’ll see this card again very soon, but The Soul Stone is not only a piece of Marvel history – its card is exciting in its own right.
To play it, you’ll exile a card in order to trigger its ‘Harness’ ability, which essentially brings a creature card back from your Graveyard every turn. It’s going for around $85.
6 – Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man (Borderless)
This version of Miles Morales is the same as the prior one on this list in terms of play functionality, but it has an awesome reverse that looks like a comic book cover.
It’s pricier, too, currently fetching close to $150.
5 – Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man (Borderless)
He had to show up eventually, right? This card looks like the iconic moment Peter Parker gets bit by a spider on one side, and his first appearance alongside Marvel’s Fantastic Four on the other.
It’s currently sitting at around $200, and could climb.
4 – Eddie Brock/Venom, Lethal Protector (Borderless)
This Eddie Brock/Venom, Lethal Protector card is another one with a comic-book cover on the flipside, and the iconic antihero is fetching a mean price at $200.
As for gameplay, Venom lets you sacrifice cards to draw and play other spells, potentially shifting your board state pretty quickly.
3 – The Soul Stone (Borderless)
Yes, there’s a less flashy version of The Soul Stone, but this Thanos artwork looks amazing. The Borderless version of the card is currently going for around $4,000 on TCGPlayer, but the site lists its market value as closer to $1,000.
2 – Spectacular Spider-Man (Various)
The Spectacular Spider-Man cards from this set were bound to be popular, both because the card is great and its artwork is awesome, but if you have a textured foil one, you might be in for a windfall.
There are five to get, starting at around $850 for the Future Foundation Suit and the Spider Armor MK 1 Suit, while The Black Suit variant can fetch around $950.
The Six-Armed Spider-Man suit is worth just over $1000, while the awesome Bombastic Bag-Man Suit card is already up to $1,250.
1 – The Soul Stone (Cosmic Foil)
This powerful card is up for big money in its borderless format as we’ve covered already, but the Soul Stone’s Cosmic Foil variant is even harder to find. As I mentioned, one has reportedly already sold for $10,000, which just about buys a box of Collector Boosters these days.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.
