Staples
This card has appeared in every single commander precon ever printed by MTG since 2011
What is Sol Ring?
This one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card—the only single printing in the game’s history—set a record as the most expensive card ever sold when it was purchased by Post Malone.
What is the one ring?
This key mechanic, introduced in Fifth Dawn, allows a player to look at the top card (or cards) of their library and decide whether to leave them or put them at the bottom of their library
What is Scry?
These three titans, who once devoured the entire plane of Zendikar, warp reality, flesh, and mind alike
Who are Emrakul, Ulamog, and Kozilek?
This plane is known for its perpetual day and a mirror world of endless night.
What is Lorwyn?
Swords to plowshares was the only removal of its kind till this uncommon was printed back in 2009
What is path to exile? (Conflux)
This iconic card from the Alpha set, with pristine graded copies selling for millions, is considered the holy grail of Magic collectors.
What is Black Lotus?
This mechanic, introduced in Alara Reborn, lets you cast a spell and then exile cards until you reveal one with a lower mana cost, casting it for free
What is Cascade?
This creature type, known for its five-colored commanders, mutates and grows stronger the more of its kind you have on the battlefield
What are Slivers?
This plane, featured in a more recent set, lies at the boundary of time and space where reality constantly shifts
What is Edge of Eternity?
This counterspell printed in 2007 is known for use in high power CEDH commander decks for its very low mana value and downside that overcome in quick games.
What is pact of negation? (Future site)
This serialized golden Magic card, one of 77 printed in 2025, has fetched prices up to $250,000 and has led to the sets collector booster prices fetching thousands of dollars.
What is the Golden Chocobo?
Debuting in Lorwyn, this mechanic lets you pay an alternate cost for a creature to gain an immediate effect—but that creature doesn’t stick around
What is Evoke?
This praetor, leader of the Machine Orthodoxy, seeks to spread Phyrexian perfection through ruthless order and completion
Who is Elesh Norn?
This plane, shrouded in eternal night, is home to humans and nightmarish horrors kept in fragile balance by an angelic protector.
What is Innistrad?
Changing the target of spells is a rare effect, one that this card printed in Commander 2020 made available to do for free if a condition is met.
What is deflecting swat?
This banned Commander card, which lets you power out expensive commanders early at the cost of sacrificing it, became even more coveted with a serialized edition in Commander Masters, selling for tens of thousands
What is Jeweled Lotus?
First appearing in Guildpact, this mechanic rewards your next creature with a set number of +1/+1 counters if a creature you control has damaged a player this turn
What is Bloodthirst?
Once an elder dragon tyrant, this planeswalker was defeated by the Gatewatch during the War of the Spark.
Who is Nicol Bolas?
This unpopular set takes you to a plane where floating islands drift among aether-filled skies and explorers navigate shifting currents.
What is Aetherdrift?
This card printed back in 2019 was added to the game changers list due to its ability to turn card draw into mana.
What is smothering tithe? (Ravnica Allegiance)
This notorious rogue from Modern Horizons 2, serialized in a rare edition, has fetched prices exceeding tens of thousands, proving even small creatures can steal the spotlight.
What is Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer?
This obscure Coldsnap mechanic lets you reveal cards from your library when casting a spell, and if identical copies appear, you cast them all for free up to a certain number.
What is Ripple?
This artificer, once an agent of Nicol Bolas, is known for his darksteel arm and recent return as a major antagonist
Who is Tezzeret?
This artificial plane was once a metal paradise before falling to Phyrexian corruption
What is Mirrodin?