For those not familiar with Magic the Gathering, it’s basically a trading card game created by Richard Garfield and first published in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic was the first trading card game produced and it continues to thrive. YouTube user “openboosters” managed to purchase some starter decks and booster packs from the game’s very first release, called “Alpha”, back when they first came out. Today, a single starter deck will set you back a cool $5,999 USD. He captured his latest opening on video, and managed to pull out one of the most valuable Magic cards yet.
Why is Black Lotus such a powerful card in Magic The Gathering? Black Lotus is an artifact card you can play for 0 mana, and when sacrificed, it gives three mana of any one color to your mana pool. This allows players to cast strong spells much earlier than usual, hence why it’s part of the “Power Nine.”
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A total of 2.6 million cards were printed total for the Alpha set, with Black Lotus being one of the most sought after rares. There were only around 1,100 Alpha examples made, with many now lost, damaged, or held in private collections, increasing its scarcity.
