Magic: The Gatheringhas come a long way since its early days of rare cards being the top of the game. Introduced in the 2008 set Shards of Alara, the mythic rare level is known for its fiery orange and red appearance.
The odds of opening a mythic rare are lower than opening a regular rare, and these cards are often much stronger than other cards at other rarities. All this comes together to create some exceptionally valuable cards. We scoured the libraries of Magic’s history to find the most valuable mythic rare cards and bring them together just for you.
Keep in mind that these values will change over time and are taken from TCGplayer.com’s Market Value, so items sold over private sales are not accounted for here. We’re also not going to count serialized cards, since they are intentionally printed at a limited number and can skew the top end of the game to just a bunch of serialized cards, and that’s not fun.
10Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (Rainbow Foil) - Secret Lair Drop Series
Mythic Rare - $387.37
A fantastic Secret Lair card to start the list, this version of Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite takes the fearsome Preator and gives her a retro look. This version of Elesh Norn is the exceptionally oppressive powerhouse that gives all your creatures +2/+2, and your opponent’s creatures -2/-2.
While Elesh Norn is still standing in a pose that is reminiscent of her original card, this iteration of her has her looking directly at you instead of off into the distance, and more importantly, she is graced by a dead body draped over her massive headpiece.
9Jeweled Lotus (Textured Foil) - Commander Masters
Mythic Rare - $528.64
Any time you have a card with Lotus in the name you’re able to bet that there’s going to bea higher value associated with itand that’s never been more true with Jeweled Lotus, especially with the textured foil variant.
This card is exceptionally rare, found only in collector boosters from the Commander Masters set. You can use this Lotus to add three mana to your mana pool, which can catapult you well ahead of your opponents early in a game, making it a valuable way to show off to your opponents.
8Liliana Vess (Autographed) - Secret Lair Drop Series
Mythic Rare - $622.73
One of the more unique variants to ever grace Magic, this Secret Lair brought the original five Planeswalkers together under a fictional multiversal baseball team. The card is designed to look like a classic baseball card, and unlike the original Planeswalkers, is a double-sided card.
The front mostly just shows off Liliana ready to swing her bat, and that’s where the value of this card lies. A small number of these cards were ‘signed’ by the Planeswalker, making them feel like real baseball cards. The back of these cards have the players stats in them, which includes a little bit of silly trivia about how Liliana keeps stealing bases and refuses to return them.
7Sol Ring - Elven - Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Mythic Rare - $674.87
Sol Ringmight not strike you as a particularly valuable card, but over the years Magic has taken to printing multiple special variants of the card for different occasions.
This iteration of Sol Ring comes from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, and seems to feature the light of the long-gone Laurelin, the Gold Tree that lit the world back in Valinor before Ungoliant and Sauron destroyed them. The text on this card reflects the Quenya language of the Elves and is written in Tengwar, which is reflected in the card.
6Encore Electromancer - Snapcaster Mage - Secret Lair Drop Series
Mythic Rare - $729.93
An incredibly rare card, this special Hatsune Miku version of Snapcaster Mage was a bonus card that had a very low chance of coming in Secret Lairs which were released in collaboration with the vocaloid Hatsune Miku.
The art in this card is absolutely amazing, having been done by Raita Kazama, an artist who has worked with Magic before, as well as the Pokemon TCG and tons of video games. Miku is shown in an outfit reminiscent of the original Snapcaster Mage, with beakers and vials of unknown liquid hanging from her outfit.
5Rhystic Study - Anime Borderless Confetti Foil - Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
Mythic Rare - $749.75
Look at this positivelystunning rendition of Rhystic Study. This card, featuring artwork from the exceptionally talented Fuzichoco, depicts a colorful mermaid reading a book underwater, with tons of little details to admire.
Perhaps the best is the candelabra with three lit candles, despite being underwater, and the flames look like little fishes! This card is an absolute delight, very rare, and in the confetti foil alternate foiling process, exceptionally rare to open from Collect Boosters of Wilds of Eldraine.
4Sol Ring - Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions
Mythic Rare - $773.62
Sol Ring makes the list once again, this time with an older variant of the Commander staple. This time Magic takes us to Kaladesh for the Master Piece series, a collection of box toppers that took some of the most powerful artifacts from across Magic’s history, and gives it a remodel to make them more in line with Kaladesh’s aesthetic.
This collection is among the first true variants that Magic introduced to the game, and they have a huge collectivity to them, making them highly sought after by players and collectors. The frame was brought back shortly during March of the Machine, but not quite to the same effect.
3Mox Diamond - From The Vault: Relics
Mythic Rare - $774.98
Originally printed in Stronghold,Mox Diamond is an incredibly strong artifactthat, much like Jeweled Lotus, can be expected to be valuable simply because it has the word Mox in its name. This zero mana artifact doesn’t have a mana cost and instead requires you to discard a land from your hand when it comes into play, in exchange for it to be able to tap for any mana.
Mox Diamond is highly prized for its mana production capabilities and the fact that it only has two printings. This is the only way to open a foil version of a Mox Diamond since Stronghold was released before foils were officially out, giving its value a huge boost.
2Mana Crypt - Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions
Mythic Rare - $779.61
Speaking of strong mana rocks, Mana Crypt is like a Sol Ring with a risk of pain for one less mana. Mana Crypt adds to generic mana to your mana pool which is amazing for a zero mana artifact, with just the small downside of a 50/50 chance of taking 3 damage at the start of your turn.
This version of Mana Crypt takes us back to Kaladesh for the style, which you can see both in the beautiful showcase frame, and from all the iconic red and gold filigree.
1Mana Crypt - Borderless - Special Guests
Mythic Rare - $3,147.50
A huge increase in value over the previous Mana Crypt, the borderless Special Guests version of the card comes from Lost Caverns of Ixalan and is rare even for an already rare variant.
The Neon Ink variant of Mana Crypt is a super cool take on the card, and comes in a different color for each color of magic, though each one has a different rarity. The most rare, and most valuable one is the three-color Neon Ink variant, which has a less than 1% chance of opening a Special Guest card at all, and an even smaller chance of opening this three-colored iteration.
