Magic Reserved List Cards
The most valuable Magic: The Gathering Reserved List cards, ranked by market value. Leading is Black Lotus (Unlimited Edition) at $8,000. These are the grails Wizards has promised never to reprint.
Cards tracked
212
Median value
$478
Since 2021
-12%
How Reserved List cards have performed
The median value of a Reserved List card, May 2021 to Jul 2026 — -12% over that span. The standout riser is Gaea's Cradle (World Championship Decks 1999), +160% in the last year. Hover to read the value at any month. Based on ungraded prices; not investment advice.
Black Lotus
Unlimited Edition #233
$8,000.00
Ancestral Recall
Unlimited Edition #48
$4,999.95
Mox Emerald
Limited Edition Alpha #261
$4,453.00
Tundra
Limited Edition Beta #285
$4,100.00
Mox Jet
Limited Edition Beta #263
$4,000.00
Gaea's Cradle
Judge Gift Cards 1998 #3
$3,999.00
Mox Emerald
Unlimited Edition #262
$3,600.00
Grim Monolith
Urza's Legacy #126
$3,498.00
Mox Ruby
Unlimited Edition #265
$3,400.25
Black Lotus
30th Anniversary Edition #228
$3,299.99
Time Walk
Unlimited Edition #84
$3,200.00
Mox Jet
Unlimited Edition #263
$3,150.00
Tropical Island
Limited Edition Beta #284
$3,125.00
Tundra
Limited Edition Alpha #284
$3,000.00
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
Legends #307
$2,899.99
Mishra's Workshop
Antiquities #81
$2,891.72
Time Walk
Limited Edition Beta #84
$2,790.00
Black Lotus
Collectors' Edition #233
$2,699.72
Mox Pearl
Limited Edition Beta #264
$2,600.00
Badlands
Limited Edition Beta #278
$2,499.99
Metalworker
Urza's Destiny #135
$2,499.00
Plateau
Limited Edition Alpha #279
$2,479.99
Bayou
Limited Edition Beta #279
$2,450.00
Candelabra of Tawnos
Antiquities #43
$2,200.00
Taiga
Limited Edition Beta #283
$2,200.00
Wheel of Fortune
Judge Gift Cards 2010 #7
$2,179.37
Bazaar of Baghdad
Arabian Nights #70
$2,132.00
Scrubland
Limited Edition Beta #282
$2,100.00
Copy Artifact
Limited Edition Alpha #53
$2,000.00
Survival of the Fittest
Judge Gift Cards 2009 #4
$1,705.89
Gaea's Cradle
Urza's Saga #321
$1,622.57
Mox Sapphire
30th Anniversary Edition #559
$1,600.00
Mox Sapphire
Unlimited Edition #266
$1,505.95
Savannah
Limited Edition Beta #281
$1,500.00
Copy Artifact
Limited Edition Beta #54
$1,499.99
Timetwister
30th Anniversary Edition #381
$1,479.98
Volcanic Island
Unlimited Edition #287
$1,399.99
Mox Pearl
Unlimited Edition #264
$1,338.58
Karakas
Tales of Middle-earth Commander #397
$1,250.00
Underground Sea
Unlimited Edition #286
$1,207.15
Chains of Mephistopheles
Legends #91
$1,183.06
Mind Twist
Limited Edition Alpha #115
$1,100.00
Time Vault
Unlimited Edition #275
$1,096.00
Mind Twist
Limited Edition Beta #116
$1,071.72
Tropical Island
Unlimited Edition #284
$1,049.99
Forcefield
Limited Edition Beta #244
$1,000.99
Badlands
Unlimited Edition #278
$1,000.00
Underground Sea
Revised Edition #290
$987.20
Moat
Legends #28
$872.56
Volcanic Island
Revised Edition #291
$861.87
Lion's Eye Diamond
Mirage #307
$816.91
Timetwister
Collectors' Edition #85
$811.36
Mox Jet
Collectors' Edition #263
$800.00
Plateau
Unlimited Edition #280
$800.00
Timetwister
30th Anniversary Edition #84
$798.33
Berserk
Limited Edition Alpha #185
$789.99
Mox Sapphire
Collectors' Edition #266
$782.75
Mox Jet
30th Anniversary Edition #259
$778.28
Taiga
Unlimited Edition #283
$770.00
Mox Ruby
Collectors' Edition #265
$755.47
Mox Sapphire
Intl. Collectors' Edition #266
$750.00
Timetwister
Intl. Collectors' Edition #85
$747.99
Underground Sea
30th Anniversary Edition #578
$725.95
Bayou
Unlimited Edition #279
$703.00
Scrubland
Unlimited Edition #282
$702.73
Mox Jet
Intl. Collectors' Edition #263
$699.99
Mox Pearl
Intl. Collectors' Edition #264
$699.99
Mox Emerald
Collectors' Edition #262
$699.50
Diamond Valley
Arabian Nights #73
$693.33
Savannah
Unlimited Edition #281
$690.00
The Abyss
Legends #120
$686.35
Time Walk
Collectors' Edition #84
$675.00
Nether Void
Legends #113
$666.66
Ancestral Recall
Collectors' Edition #48
$660.00
Tundra
Revised Edition #289
$650.00
Ancestral Recall
Intl. Collectors' Edition #48
$649.46
Guardian Beast
Arabian Nights #26
$615.00
Ancestral Recall
30th Anniversary Edition #47
$613.22
Mox Emerald
Intl. Collectors' Edition #262
$601.99
Mox Ruby
Intl. Collectors' Edition #265
$600.00
Forcefield
Unlimited Edition #244
$600.00
Time Walk
Intl. Collectors' Edition #84
$599.99
Tropical Island
Revised Edition #288
$579.93
Mox Pearl
Collectors' Edition #264
$575.00
Volcanic Island
30th Anniversary Edition #579
$554.50
Wheel of Fortune
Unlimited Edition #184
$550.00
Mox Sapphire
30th Anniversary Edition #262
$544.49
Tundra
30th Anniversary Edition #577
$542.37
City of Traitors
Exodus #143
$538.42
Mox Pearl
30th Anniversary Edition #260
$535.99
Badlands
Revised Edition #282
$533.06
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Judge Gift Cards 2010 #3
$519.19
Erhnam Djinn
Arabian Nights #48
$510.00
Volcanic Island
Collectors' Edition #287
$500.00
Tundra
Unlimited Edition #285
$500.00
Mox Pearl
Limited Edition Alpha #263
$500.00
Serra's Sanctum
Urza's Saga #325
$499.04
Time Walk
30th Anniversary Edition #83
$498.49
Underground Sea
Collectors' Edition #286
$480.00
Eureka
Legends #185
$475.49
Bayou
Revised Edition #283
$460.17
Underground Sea
Intl. Collectors' Edition #286
$450.00
Mox Ruby
30th Anniversary Edition #261
$445.26
Scrubland
Revised Edition #286
$435.57
Taiga
Revised Edition #287
$424.19
Badlands
30th Anniversary Edition #570
$414.33
Savannah
Revised Edition #285
$405.33
Survival of the Fittest
Exodus #129
$396.95
Underground Sea
30th Anniversary Edition #281
$393.31
Bayou
30th Anniversary Edition #571
$386.89
Wheel of Fortune
Revised Edition #185
$379.50
Plateau
Revised Edition #284
$375.14
Wheel of Fortune
30th Anniversary Edition #179
$365.00
Memory Jar
Urza's Legacy #129
$342.34
Volcanic Island
Intl. Collectors' Edition #287
$329.25
Savannah
30th Anniversary Edition #573
$315.07
Scrubland
30th Anniversary Edition #277
$314.60
Tropical Island
Collectors' Edition #284
$314.19
Tundra
Collectors' Edition #285
$312.42
Gaea's Cradle
World Championship Decks 1999 #ml321
$310.45
Copy Artifact
30th Anniversary Edition #350
$307.99
Volcanic Island
30th Anniversary Edition #282
$305.76
Taiga
30th Anniversary Edition #278
$300.00
Badlands
Intl. Collectors' Edition #278
$300.00
Sliver Queen
Stronghold #129
$294.11
Plateau
30th Anniversary Edition #572
$285.99
Elephant Graveyard
Arabian Nights #74
$284.33
Tundra
30th Anniversary Edition #280
$278.32
Phyrexian Dreadnought
Mirage #315
$277.53
Argothian Enchantress
Judge Gift Cards 2003 #2
$276.73
Badlands
Collectors' Edition #278
$276.17
Tropical Island
30th Anniversary Edition #279
$275.00
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Urza's Destiny #75
$270.00
Copy Artifact
Unlimited Edition #54
$261.16
Tropical Island
Intl. Collectors' Edition #284
$251.06
Scrubland
30th Anniversary Edition #574
$250.00
Time Vault
30th Anniversary Edition #270
$249.99
Bayou
Collectors' Edition #279
$249.00
Wheel of Fortune
Collectors' Edition #184
$244.45
Badlands
30th Anniversary Edition #273
$235.61
Bayou
30th Anniversary Edition #274
$232.81
Tundra
Intl. Collectors' Edition #285
$227.75
Taiga
30th Anniversary Edition #575
$225.76
Savannah
Collectors' Edition #281
$222.67
Tropical Island
30th Anniversary Edition #576
$219.99
Taiga
Collectors' Edition #283
$219.84
Plateau
Collectors' Edition #280
$215.54
Scrubland
Collectors' Edition #282
$215.00
Berserk
Limited Edition Beta #186
$213.99
Plateau
30th Anniversary Edition #275
$200.00
Taiga
Intl. Collectors' Edition #283
$200.00
Time Vault
Collectors' Edition #275
$200.00
Wheel of Fortune
Intl. Collectors' Edition #184
$199.99
Savannah
Intl. Collectors' Edition #281
$199.99
Savannah
30th Anniversary Edition #276
$195.82
Time Vault
Intl. Collectors' Edition #275
$194.75
In the Eye of Chaos
Legends #61
$193.45
Scrubland
Intl. Collectors' Edition #282
$190.00
Plateau
Intl. Collectors' Edition #280
$169.99
Imperial Recruiter
Portal Three Kingdoms #113
$169.97
Sliver Queen
Commander's Arsenal Oversized #9
$152.91
Bayou
Intl. Collectors' Edition #279
$152.38
Mind Twist
30th Anniversary Edition #409
$149.99
Copy Artifact
Collectors' Edition #54
$149.99
Berserk
Unlimited Edition #186
$142.37
Mind Twist
Unlimited Edition #116
$125.00
Null Rod
Weatherlight #154
$113.70
Argothian Enchantress
Eternal Masters #158
$99.98
Forcefield
Collectors' Edition #244
$92.00
Forcefield
Intl. Collectors' Edition #244
$87.49
Copy Artifact
Intl. Collectors' Edition #54
$82.69
Forcefield
30th Anniversary Edition #239
$81.90
Mind Twist
Summer Magic / Edgar #117
$77.00
Survival of the Fittest
World Championship Decks 1998 #bs129
$76.88
Berserk
Collectors' Edition #186
$75.99
Berserk
Intl. Collectors' Edition #186
$74.99
Imperial Recruiter
Judge Gift Cards 2013 #3
$73.64
Copy Artifact
30th Anniversary Edition #53
$67.97
Argothian Enchantress
Urza's Saga #234
$67.42
Copy Artifact
Revised Edition #53
$65.02
Karakas
Legends #303
$49.65
City of Traitors
World Championship Decks 1999 #kb143a
$48.77
Memory Jar
From the Vault: Relics #8
$48.75
Mind Twist
Amonkhet Invocations #24
$40.92
Grim Monolith
World Championship Decks 2000 #jf126
$39.37
Mind Twist
Intl. Collectors' Edition #116
$35.14
Copy Artifact
Summer Magic / Edgar #53
$35.00
Imperial Recruiter
Modern Horizons 2 #314
$31.83
Mind Twist
Collectors' Edition #116
$30.49
Grim Monolith
World Championship Decks 1999 #kb126
$30.19
Karakas
Judge Gift Cards 2012 #6
$30.11
Metalworker
World Championship Decks 2000 #jf135
$29.29
Karakas
Ultimate Box Topper #U36
$26.23
Berserk
Conspiracy: Take the Crown #175
$25.83
Imperial Recruiter
Modern Horizons 2 #281
$20.30
Timetwister
Unlimited Edition #85
$19.99
Mind Twist
30th Anniversary Edition #112
$19.87
Berserk
30th Anniversary Edition #181
$19.52
Karakas
Eternal Masters #240
$19.51
Berserk
From the Vault: Exiled #2
$18.56
What the Reserved List is
The Reserved List is Wizards of the Coast's promise never to reprint certain cards from Magic's first years (1993–1999) in a way that would add supply. That includes the dual lands and the Power Nine. Because the supply is frozen forever, these cards behave like fixed-supply collectibles.
Why collectors watch it
With no reprints coming and steady Legacy, Vintage and Commander demand, Reserved List staples have been among the best-performing cards in the game over the long run. Condition and early printings (Alpha, Beta) command the biggest premiums.
Magic Reserved List Cards — FAQ
What is the Reserved List in Magic?
The Reserved List is an official list of cards that Wizards of the Coast has promised never to reprint in a way that would increase supply — no functional reprints, and for the oldest cards no reprints at all. It exists to protect the value of vintage collections and covers cards from 1993–1999.
Why are Reserved List cards so valuable?
Supply is permanently frozen while demand from Legacy, Vintage, Commander and collectors keeps growing. With no reprints ever coming, prices for the staples — Power Nine, dual lands, Gaea's Cradle, Mishra's Workshop — trend upward over the long term.
What are the most valuable Reserved List cards?
Black Lotus and the Moxen lead, followed by the blue dual lands (Underground Sea, Volcanic Island), Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, and utility grails like Gaea's Cradle and The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale.
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