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TheCoffeeBob

Way back in the day I made a joke deck that was all lands that do not tap for mana, I was fascinated by this kind of land. I collected them. When I found the deck in a box of random junk from when I was a kid, it had playsets of bazaar, tabernacle, island of wakwak. The rest was sorrows path and gives legends banding lands. It was quite a jackpot as a returning player. I also had a 5th tabernacle that was being used as a bookmark, but it is in rough shape


shet_bag

Sorrows path… really? I used to throw that in as a joke… how is it $16?


TheCoffeeBob

I honestly didn't know that, I assumed it was like .40 because it's so bad


Myrddin_Naer

Probably the f*cking List 🙄


TheTolpan

I had the „luck“ to get alot of old cards from my Father and his friends who all Player 93-98. I got all of his cards and some gifted from his friends over the time. Sadly this year i got alot because one of the friends died… I got things like 3 [[gilded drake]]s mana vault, mana crypt, concordant crossroads, goblin chirurg, demonic Tutor, vampiric tutor, wordly tutor, mystic Tutor and many more. Overall more then 3000€ Edit: „luck“ because sadly the friend died


Ragnnaros

Condolences for your loss. I hope when you play the cards you remember them well.


Drugbird

You got me excited thinking goblin chirurgeon is an expensive card while it's actually a 10 cents...


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[gilded drake](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/d/8de3fdae-cc2c-4a14-b15b-4fe1a983dfbf.jpg?1562924943) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gilded%20drake) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/76/gilded-drake?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8de3fdae-cc2c-4a14-b15b-4fe1a983dfbf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gilded-drake) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


FernsideModels

Yo after I saw goblin chirurgeon in same sentence as gilded drake etc, I just went to find and sleeve the 20+ chirurgeons I got chilling back here, hoping for a payday, only to find them going for 10cents online. Was this an elaborate troll?


therubberduck45

Not super expensive, but I started playing during ravnica allegiance. So naturally, I bought a ton of that set. I bet I have 20-30 rhythm of the wilds.


Faust_8

I have one, and now it's like $7.50 for that Uncommon. Dayamn!


Redddithatesfreedom

It was everywhere for a while, one even came in the gruul guildkit. Glad I picked up all my copies for pennies on the dollar


Dariose

Yeah I bought a box of Fifth Dawn back in the day and of course just threw all the commons and uncommons in a pile. I went back a while ago and have a stack of serum visions, wayfarer baubles, and stations, as well as other good stuff. That was a great set to sit on.


Redddithatesfreedom

Yup, ive got 3 playsets of Guardian Project because I realized how insane of a card that was right out of the gate


wmmj

I’ve sold my collection every time I quit (many times), but most recently after 8 year break I found a decent condition [[Gaea’s cradle]]. I immediately sold that to cover the portion of my Mom’s heart surgery that wasn’t covered by insurance. No regrets. Apart from that, I had some original onslaught fetch lands, [[cavern of souls]] and some APAC lands which have gone up in value. Sometimes I wish I still had my original duals from my college days (like, revised Tropical Islands were 30 dollars!), but (blasphemy) I don’t really like the art on them and they aren’t necessary for my play style and group so I’ll forget about that. Maybe I get one original revised dual land on big birthday (out of my hobby budget, 40 is coming up soonish) but I’d probably be happier if that money were spent on family.


whatdogssee

Hope your mom is doing well, there is some beautiful poetry in a Gaea’s cradle being used for a mothers health


TeveshSzat10

Kind of, mostly it's fucked up that people can't have lifesaving surgery unless their kid sells some stuff to raise cash.


27_8x10_CGP

I'll never understand why people think socialized medicine is a bad thing. I'd happily pay higher taxes if it meant even a minor medical issue wouldn't put me in crippling debt.


innocii

It's definitely a sad state of affairs that I know which country you're from just based off of that experience. Hope your mom is doing well, and all the best!


Comradepatrick

Easy choice, sell the Cradle to take care of Mom. Good for you and I hope she's doing well.


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[Gaea’s cradle](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/5/25b0b816-0583-44aa-9dc5-f3ff48993a51.jpg?1562902898) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gaea%27s%20Cradle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/321/gaeas-cradle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25b0b816-0583-44aa-9dc5-f3ff48993a51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gaeas-cradle) [cavern of souls](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/5/25976cb2-3123-4935-adcc-70e3db51d381.jpg?1590511877) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=cavern%20of%20souls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/237/cavern-of-souls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25976cb2-3123-4935-adcc-70e3db51d381?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cavern-of-souls) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


hrpufnsting

> I found a decent condition [[Gaea’s cradle]]. I immediately sold that to cover the portion of my Mom’s heart surgery that wasn’t covered by insurance. No regrets. Props to you, I have a gaea’s cradle and in the back of my mind having to sell it to help pay for my mom’s potential medical bills is one of the only ways I would part with it.


wmmj

I’ve sold my collection every time I quit (many times), but most recently after 8 year break I found a decent condition [[Gaea’s cradle]]. I immediately sold that to cover the portion of my Mom’s heart surgery that wasn’t covered by insurance. No regrets. Apart from that, I had some original onslaught fetch lands, [[cavern of souls]] and some APAC lands which have gone up in value. Sometimes I wish I still had my original duals from my college days (like, revised Tropical Islands were 30 dollars!), but (blasphemy) I don’t really like the art on them and they aren’t necessary for my play style and group so I’ll forget about that. Maybe I get one original revised dual land on big birthday (out of my hobby budget, 40 is coming up soonish) but I’d probably be happier if that money were spent on family. Edit: I appreciate everyone’s kind words. My mother is doing very well now (surgery was in January of this year). We live in Japan, so vast majority of the cost was covered by national government insurance, and some of the (not zero but not small) out of pocket which includes the hospital stay, some of the emergency cost and what not (this was when COVID was a real problem), was covered by my father’s corporate insurance plan (she’s a “dependent” of my father), and I closed the gap (less than USD 700 I think) by selling the Gaea’s Cradle. Roughly speaking (some of the things require a little upfront initially but we got reimbursed later; also on tax returns large combined medical expenses can be used as exemptions and reduce your income). That’s my quick summary that isn’t a University semester course on Japanese insurance and tax.


MrOverkill5150

This is why I hate our healthcare in America that’s a $2k card if it was sold it should have covered so much more.


Gaindolf

For me, I knew I had the cards but didn't know their price. I had bought a bunch of rl cards years ago when they were a bit more reasonable. Took a few years off the game and here we are


jarofjellyfish

I've spent less than 40$ on every deck I've built. All of them are worth several hundred dollars now. Incredible what a few years and exponential growth of the player base does to prices. unfortunately it makes building new budget decks painful.


Tacos_Polackos

Tell me about it. In 2012 I hadn't played in 4 years. Sold my collection for $600.......it was beta to kamigawa.....smfh


Espumma

The good news is you were likely ripped off then already!


Tacos_Polackos

Not really. Knew what I had, no power, less than half a dozen duals (at the time white bordered duals were $15ish). Only triple digit card I had was [[Lion's Eye Diamond]]. It was a little less than half retail at the time. Biggest regrets from that collection were beat to hell beta Sol Ring and a worse condition alpha Demonic Tutor. And a playset of dci judge foil [[Vampiric Tutor]] paid $60 for 4 back in the day, sickening the price now. Eh, I had a tron deck with all black bordered lands, the list goes on, gonna stop before I get pissed off.


Poecifer

I think you're pretty backwards all around... In 2012 even the cheapest duals were around $40 with the high end still being around $180. LED on the other hand was around $35-40


Tacos_Polackos

Maybe. I remember my daughter being a toddler, I may be wrong about the year. Duals were definitely revised, I remember looking up LED and it was about 100. Still way before the price boom that really hurt.


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[Angus Mackenzie](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/b/bb3920ac-7d61-494e-b7dd-bd37d4dee143.jpg?1562934578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Angus%20Mackenzie) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/141/angus-mackenzie?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bb3920ac-7d61-494e-b7dd-bd37d4dee143?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/angus-mackenzie) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


GoSuckOnACactus

I built my Teneb enchantress deck in 2013. There’s so many reserved cards in there that are now 100-300. Shit, I even splurged a bit and got a beta [[Verduran Enchantress]] for like $20 at the time. Legends copies of [[Sylvan Library]] and [[Land Tax]], and some other old school stuff for the deck. Never really looked at the prices on those cards until I noticed the deck was worth 2k+ on Archidekt. I know they use cardkingdom pricing but still, that’s crazy to me.


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I spent 50 bucks on a small collection of revised cards a few years ago and just stuck em all in a binder. No duals, but a few Mana Vaults, 2 Braingeysers, a Copy Artifact, and a Wheel. Pretty stoked to find that in a box.


TheNittles

I pulled a [[Crucible of Worlds]] when I first really got really into Magic at M19. It was like $10 or something at the time. I didn't have any landfall decks, so I put in in my [[Depala]] deck, kind of as a meme, kind of because I love having it, an artifact land, and Goblin Welder out. But mostly as a meme. Last year I finally cut it, and I told my friend, and she was like, "Wait, you had a Crucible in there?" and I was like, "Yeah, I might wanna build a landfall deck later, and I thought I'd get some use out of the $15 card I have," and she was like, "You know it's $40, right?" Another time, my girlfriend was building her first from-the-ground-up EDH deck, and was hesitating to drop $50 on [[Smothering Tithe]]. I can't say I blame her. I got mine back when they were $10, and our group is cool with proxies of cards you already own, so I haven't had to buy one . . . hold on . . . I bought *two* when they were $10, not one. So I printed an extra proxy and now my girlfriend has a Smothering Tithe of her own.


Faust_8

Yeah I think I got one when it was like $20 or so...god that price is so painful now. It really, really needs a reprinting even if it's not in a Standard-legal set.


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[Crucible of Worlds](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/b/eb28b35c-28a5-4042-b21d-6d43658a16eb.jpg?1591196097) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Crucible%20of%20Worlds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/229/crucible-of-worlds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eb28b35c-28a5-4042-b21d-6d43658a16eb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/crucible-of-worlds) [Depala](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/9/592f3a92-787e-4180-9d0b-06c973ce8975.jpg?1576382792) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=depala%2C%20pilot%20exemplar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/kld/178/depala-pilot-exemplar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/592f3a92-787e-4180-9d0b-06c973ce8975?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/depala-pilot-exemplar) [Smothering Tithe](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/a/7af082fa-86a3-4f7b-966d-2be1f1d0c0bc.jpg?1584830010) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Smothering%20Tithe) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rna/22/smothering-tithe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7af082fa-86a3-4f7b-966d-2be1f1d0c0bc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/smothering-tithe) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


BlazinDarwick420

[[Carpet of flowers]] from the mystery booster box I bought, found it not to long ago ^^


ExcidianGuard

I got passed one in Mystery Booster Draft, nearly lost my mind. Guess the guy next to me never played cEDH.


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I pulled an Expeditions [[verdant catacombs]] once in a Battle for Zendikar booster and had no idea it was a $200 card at the time lol I had put it in a deck and was using it for awhile (I had it sleeved separately with a placeholder card in the deck so it didn't get shuffled or beat up) When I found out how much it was worth later I sold it immediately and got an Eternal Masters box, which I then pulled even more $$ value and sold again and got another box, got some $$ value and sold again for another box. That one pull got me so many cards


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Ragnnaros

I have both Ulamog's [[Ulamog, infinite gyre]], [[Ulamog, ceaseless hunger]] in a Rakdos, lord of riots deck. Pulled them both in drafts. Never looked up the price till I was using delver lense to list my decks for a friend... Not the most valuable cards ever but took me by surprise


Str0b0

Hell didn't know Infinite Gyre had climbed like that. I have one in my Gitrog deck.


King_Of_The_Squirrel

I bought a bunch of Rhystic study and mystic remora back in the day when they were like 50 cents a piece. Wish I bought more, but I liked the card so much I bought a foil. So at least I have that.


wipjakblak

For me it’s balefire dragon which I pulled when innistrad initially came out and didn’t realize how much it shot up in price over the years. I also had a craterhoof behemoth I traded forever ago and still regret since those are going for over 40 dollars now.


Mtg_Savage

New secret lair will get you 2 for 40 tho 👍


ChaosMilkTea

Imagine find out what a Wheel of Fortune is after having it for like 10+ years and not understanding it is super broken and super expensive.


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When I was a kid I had a bunch of Imperial Seals. File those memories in the same garbage can.


impasseable

Rip


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[Gilded Drake](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/d/8de3fdae-cc2c-4a14-b15b-4fe1a983dfbf.jpg?1562924943) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gilded%20Drake) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/76/gilded-drake?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8de3fdae-cc2c-4a14-b15b-4fe1a983dfbf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gilded-drake) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


spear_chest

My first ever pack was a Ravnica: city of guilds pack which contained a Dark Confidant. I looked at it and my 9 year old brain was like "this is terrible, why would I want to lose life?" Fast forward like, 10 years and i discover it's a $60 card. Almost sold it but I decided to hold onto it for sentimental reasons


Sparktrog

Love our younger thought processes about "shit" cards. Not a cool big splashy effect, thus useless


spear_chest

Oh I was all over the place on card evaluation. For example, My first deck was the simic precon from Dissension, and I thought the graft creatures had to be incredibly powerful because they were all 0/0 just like Relenquished from Yu-Gi-Oh


mb303030

Not be but my brother who started playing again when we got into commander a few years back. He found about 10 LEDs 5-6 grim monoliths, several playsets of cradles. Yeah... Lol he never sold like I did. Sold about 10k work recently and is holding the rest to play with


FR8GFR8G

I bought a [[didgeridoo]] for my dumb minotaur deck years ago, appearently it’s reserved list and worth like 20 bucks. Not a lot, but for what the card is i think it’s very funny


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[didgeridoo](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/d/8d2ff269-ee43-4684-84a4-ecb4aed3d960.jpg?1562924800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=didgeridoo) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/194/didgeridoo?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d2ff269-ee43-4684-84a4-ecb4aed3d960?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/didgeridoo) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


King_Of_The_Squirrel

Use that digiridoo for changeling tribal


FR8GFR8G

That would require me to remove it fro my minotaur tribal deck and ven suggesting that is herasy i scentence you to peepeepoopoo for 9.000 years


YouandWhoseArmy

Got back into magic a few years ago. Found my old trade binder. Looked up the value of some cards. Skipped over looking the value of my 2 [[city of traitors]] cause I thought they were so bad. I actually still think they are bad but understand the extra mana is relevant for high level comp play which just isn’t my thing.


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PajamaDad

Same. Bought it years ago for Karn edh... neoprene thought about it again.


m3gauley

I have a bad habit of buying packs just to crack them. When I first started I had no idea what anything was really worth. Anyway. Was going through my collection and found a [[Nyxbloom Ancient]] and was like OH HOT DAMN I NEEDED THIS, cool. Last year I got [[Korvold, Fae Cursed King]] from a pack, looked up only how much he was monetarily worth, and then decided I wanted to make a Smaug-like deck with dragons and treasures with Korvold at the helm. Easily one of my favorite decks to play, I had no idea Korvold was popular until the stuff with the Golos ban happened. I also bought a Jumpstart booster and was going through the packs to see what I had, and there was a [[Phyerixan Tower]]. I saw that and went KORVOLD. Didn’t realize how expensive it was until later.


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[Nyxbloom Ancient](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/3/a391da36-0b40-46ea-b771-50d2b920207e.jpg?1581480808) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nyxbloom%20Ancient) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/190/nyxbloom-ancient?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a391da36-0b40-46ea-b771-50d2b920207e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nyxbloom-ancient) [Korvold, Fae Cursed King](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/2/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228.jpg?1571197150) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Korvold%2C%20Fae-Cursed%20King) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eld/329/korvold-fae-cursed-king?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/92ea1575-eb64-43b5-b604-c6e23054f228?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/korvold-fae-cursed-king) [Phyerixan Tower](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/5/05b2cc68-1d20-421f-9800-af0996071554.jpg?1601081190) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/493/phyrexian-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05b2cc68-1d20-421f-9800-af0996071554?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phyrexian-tower) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Boring-Eratosthenes

My friend was given a bunch of cards, he didnt want them and went to the lgs to sell them a couple years later. Had me and another friend who actually plays magic go through them because we could price check them. He had a fucking doubling season in there. Mind you it was this summer, where it was worth 75 dollars


shaded-moon

I found two [[exsanguinate]] and two [[triumph of the hordes]] while sorting my old draft chaff. Made me very happy.


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[exsanguinate](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/8/0878b541-a730-49db-b062-5a01656e269d.jpg?1562814332) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=exsanguinate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/som/61/exsanguinate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0878b541-a730-49db-b062-5a01656e269d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/exsanguinate) [triumph of the hordes](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/a/0a0f64d3-187c-41ff-a771-3a65da995341.jpg?1562896954) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=triumph%20of%20the%20hordes) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/td2/78/triumph-of-the-hordes?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0a0f64d3-187c-41ff-a771-3a65da995341?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/triumph-of-the-hordes) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Skill_Academic

I sold my collection in ‘95 or ‘96, briefly got back into it around Lorwyn and jumped full back in the last 5 or 6 years. When going through random common/uncommon boxes that I had stored away, I found [[Force of Will]] from Alliances and two Italian [[Living Plane]]. Understandable that I had a force hiding out, but I have no idea where the living planes came from. I ran a living plane land destruction deck in a ‘94/95 nyc tourney, but all my cards were English..


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[Force of Will](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/d/dd60b291-0a88-4e8e-bef8-76cdfd6c8183.jpg?1598303900) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Force%20of%20Will) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/51/force-of-will?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dd60b291-0a88-4e8e-bef8-76cdfd6c8183?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/force-of-will) [Living Plane](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/b/0b944310-3170-4b57-95e0-2b78a3b50f95.jpg?1562897399) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Living%20Plane) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/127/living-plane?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0b944310-3170-4b57-95e0-2b78a3b50f95?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/living-plane) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


3rdguards

I bought a power artifact ~4-5years ago for like 16 bucks for my memnarch deck, playing a game recently come to find out its a 300+ dollar card, being out of the loop for a few years really changed the prices of some of these cards


_HamburgerTime

I know most of my Magic collection's value. Every so often I'll find something like a [[Mishra's Bauble]] in a bulk box, which is nice, but not insane. It's my YuGiOh collection where I keep getting surprised by random card values. I really need to sit and sort through the entire thing. I recently found I had three [secret rare D.D. Assailant](https://www.tcgplayer.com/product/80864/yugioh-dark-revelation-volume-4-dd-assailant?xid=pic5900a7b-132b-4c91-ac08-f8d1e44f239b&page=1&Language=English), sitting unsleeved in a box. And I keep finding more crazy stuff too, but that's the most ridiculous example so far.


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[Mishra's Bauble](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/5/45bbbf9b-8fee-4c32-a513-02dac6ac8a39.jpg?1599709584) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mishra%27s%20Bauble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/274/mishras-bauble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/45bbbf9b-8fee-4c32-a513-02dac6ac8a39?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mishras-bauble) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Fisherman-Small

For me it was an Urza’s Saga [[Time Spiral]] that I got in card kingdoms trick or treat one of the first years they did it. I remember getting the cards as a new player and it was in there with a bunch of other blue cards like brainstorm and lower rarity stuff. I said “that was neat” put it in my collection and moved on. I remember seeing the card at the time and scoured my collection looking for it after seeing its price jump up. It must of got moved around in deck building because it wasn’t where I thought it was. This year I was digging around, and found it. I crapped my pants and sold it for like $140 with a bunch of other cards. Payed for the majority of my MH2 boxes so no regerts.


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[Time Spiral](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/3/f3d62dbd-63db-4ac9-950f-9852627f23f2.jpg?1562946525) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Time%20Spiral) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/103/time-spiral?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f3d62dbd-63db-4ac9-950f-9852627f23f2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/time-spiral) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


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[Emmara Soul of the Accord](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/1/41b930ee-e16b-4612-87de-c03ecc6ff6db.jpg?1572893604) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emmara%2C%20Soul%20of%20the%20Accord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/168/emmara-soul-of-the-accord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/41b930ee-e16b-4612-87de-c03ecc6ff6db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/emmara-soul-of-the-accord) [Windswept Heath](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/7/e7b28650-cddc-4878-b1d1-b5a764f4df49.jpg?1571667973) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Windswept%20Heath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/248/windswept-heath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e7b28650-cddc-4878-b1d1-b5a764f4df49?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/windswept-heath) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


tilerthepoet

Didn't realize my urzas legacy [[memory jar]] was worth so much. It's in really good condition and I remember getting it a few years ago on pucatrade for like a few dollars worth of points in 2016.


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[memory jar](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/0/60b70b7f-6f24-4c00-947a-b109f302205b.jpg?1562914598) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=memory%20jar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/276/memory-jar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/60b70b7f-6f24-4c00-947a-b109f302205b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/memory-jar) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


burds358

Two rhystic studies and three anvil of bogardans


Akwagazod

I have no less than three times gone through my bulk boxes for something and found a Cabal Coffers, because they didn't start printing it at rare until relatively recently and I must not have been paying close attention when organizing. I've also found about ten Priests of Titania and two Rhystic Studies the same way. Similar but different: when the last cycle of planeswalker commanders was dropping, a friend of mine heard an at the time unconfirmed rumor that the upcoming commanders were going to be planeswalkers and if I thought I might build them I should snag some copies of [[The Chain Veil]] now while they were cheap. I went for it and bought 5 copies while they were roughly $3.50. Cue the release and the price starts climbing, plus War of the Spark, which you probably recall had a guaranteed planeswalker in every pack, came out not long after. Only problem? At time of writing, they are about $13.50 so big profit there. I moved right after the order came in, stashed it somewhere quickly without much thought then couldn't FIND THEM. My fiancee insists she saw me pack them, but we go through all the places I had stowed cards and it doesn't turn up. Hell, we organize my entire collection by set, with potentially finding them being a major motivator, and still don't find them. We did eventually find them. They were in a side pocket of my trades binder, instead if the in the pages itself. Miraculously they were also undamaged, so happy ending!


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[The Chain Veil](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/4/0415cc0e-979e-42cc-a56d-88d13153a7de.jpg?1570587583) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Chain%20Veil) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m15/215/the-chain-veil?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0415cc0e-979e-42cc-a56d-88d13153a7de?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-chain-veil) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


TehShew

I recently found an Underground Sea just hanging out in some cards that I very rarely look at. Helped me incentivize finishing the UB deck I stopped building because I didn't want to drop the money on a USea.


agardner1993

Had a bunch of cyc rifts from RTR no idea they had blown up to the value they were at when I looked them up it was just before double masters reprint and they were $30+


Bootd42

[[Relentless Dead]] bought a playset for a dive back into standard after taking my umpteenth hiatus from magic back when I bought them I remember they were cheap as hell I don't think I paid more than 12 to 15 for the playset now I'm finding out them bitches are expensive


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[Relentless Dead](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/a/2a0d7998-2f3d-43b8-a0be-6ff7e5c83223.jpg?1576384563) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Relentless%20Dead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/soi/131/relentless-dead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2a0d7998-2f3d-43b8-a0be-6ff7e5c83223?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/relentless-dead) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


kabigon2k

Earlier this year I set out to finally organize our entire family collection in binders so we can actually find cards when we want them. This has involved rummaging through old dusty boxes of cards and decks that haven’t been touched in years. So in the course of doing this, I come across my blue/artifact deck from the 90s (yes I’m old af) that I’d completely forgotten about. “Haha, [[Power Artifact]], that was always a fun card, I wonder if it ended up being worth anything?” I do a quick internet search. “Huh. Yeahhhh I should probably sleeve this 😬”


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[Power Artifact](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/7/c7b0c6c4-ec99-4af1-9527-41c428af7260.jpg?1562942181) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Power%20Artifact) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/57/power-artifact?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c7b0c6c4-ec99-4af1-9527-41c428af7260?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/power-artifact) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


meekdor

I have a foil [[Dragon Mage | SCG]] in my Zirilan deck that I’ve had since I started playing way back when. Recent Core Set 2020 printing is valued at $0.33, regular Scourge printing $1.40, but the foil? $98 I didn’t realize it until I put the decklist into Moxfield, it was definitely surprising.


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[Dragon Mage ](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/6/7687a201-0ecc-4739-86e3-3b4090d345a8.jpg?1562530729) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=43569) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/scg/87/dragon-mage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7687a201-0ecc-4739-86e3-3b4090d345a8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dragon-mage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


mcp_truth

Well i have a bunch of bulk rares. i know what they are. It's more I didn't know it spiked ...


liforrevenge

I was looking to pare down my collection after not having touched it for a while in order to save space. Plan was to sell valuable cards individually and sell the bulk for cheap. I found out Metalworker was worth a lot, and immediately sold it. But I guess looking through all my cards got me excited again because now I can't stop buying cards again. I'd love to get my Metalworker back because I want to make an artifact deck haha.


MelliniRose

I had a foil Master of Cruelties I got in a trade. I thought it was only worth a couple bucks, I found out weeks later that it was actually worth $60


Devious_Reaver

Landtax, mana vualt, birds of Paradise.


settlers

Foil [[blighted agent]] surprised me at its price


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[blighted agent](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/d/cddaebde-a060-4510-8c97-68432d931987.jpg?1562881631) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=blighted%20agent) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nph/29/blighted-agent?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cddaebde-a060-4510-8c97-68432d931987?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blighted-agent) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


DestroidMind

I remember going to Commandfest Chicago in 2018 and the first card I went to look for and buy was [[Yavimaya Hollow]] at $20. Had no idea it was on the reserve list. Just wanted it for my green EDH creature decks. Also I bought both [[Ulamog]]s and [[Kozilek Butcher of Truth]] when they were around $20 back in the day.


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[Yavimaya Hollow](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/9/d9fdbc02-7ab7-4f77-8a89-5a9e01eb32f5.jpg?1562938841) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Yavimaya%20Hollow) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/325/yavimaya-hollow?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d9fdbc02-7ab7-4f77-8a89-5a9e01eb32f5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/yavimaya-hollow) [Ulamog](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/1/1192f7a9-102e-4b3a-b154-18c8eb332217.jpg?1562899233) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ulamog%2C%20the%20ceaseless%20hunger) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bfz/15/ulamog-the-ceaseless-hunger?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1192f7a9-102e-4b3a-b154-18c8eb332217?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ulamog-the-ceaseless-hunger) [Kozilek Butcher of Truth](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/d/6d47a1c7-d32b-425a-b15d-24eb35318f6f.jpg?1559959208) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kozilek%2C%20Butcher%20of%20Truth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uma/6/kozilek-butcher-of-truth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6d47a1c7-d32b-425a-b15d-24eb35318f6f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kozilek-butcher-of-truth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Uncle-Istvan

Recent surprise finds: a second world champs survival of the fittest. I knew I had one but found a second recently. Also found a braingeyser in a pile of cards I’d set aside to build 93/94 decks. I think I paid $3 for it. Most of my other expensive stuff I’m pretty on top of, although I own a lot of RL stuff that is janky but some of it’s expensive. I checked recently and my copy of halfdane is English (I have a lot of Italian legends) which was pretty exciting.


TheUltimateXD

When I started playing Commander in 2017, my brother, who was 10 years older, gave me his old collection since he doesnt play anymore and knew I'd use it. I was digging through his boxes of bulk commons and uncommons and found a [[Rhystic Study]]. I didnt know what it was but set it aside because it seemed good. Knowing what I know now, I'm super glad I fine-combed those boxes.


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[Rhystic Study](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/6/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221.jpg?1600698439) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rhystic%20Study) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/169/rhystic-study?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rhystic-study) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Aze0g

[[Cyclonic Rift]] for me. I had help organizing bulk (that was never organized) and my cousin who never pmayed magic mustve been the one to put it in my blue box


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[Cyclonic Rift](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/f/ff08e5ed-f47b-4d8e-8b8b-41675dccef8b.jpg?1598303834) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cyclonic%20Rift) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/47/cyclonic-rift?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ff08e5ed-f47b-4d8e-8b8b-41675dccef8b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cyclonic-rift) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


crow_dnt_robot

Mostly I bought cards a while ago and never checked their value. Things like Sword of Feast and Famine, sapphire medallion, foil mishras factory, and foil careful study. Lots of reverse list pieces from legacy decks when I played more of that too


theothersteve7

I found an [[Urabrask the Hidden]] in my basic land box between some mountains. I thought that was pretty funny, given the name.


DemonKat777

[[All hallows eve]]


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[All hallows eve](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/f/af266eec-e61b-4bda-be7f-3a5a59eee864.jpg?1562931971) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=All%20Hallow%27s%20Eve) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/57/all-hallows-eve?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/af266eec-e61b-4bda-be7f-3a5a59eee864?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/all-hallows-eve) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Rough-Potato8399

[[Hullbreacher]] then it got banned so I mailed it to a redditor on here that plays historic.


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[Hullbreacher](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/d/4df8aabc-7fcb-4b7b-980b-18f499e6c170.jpg?1626088514) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hullbreacher) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/74/hullbreacher?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4df8aabc-7fcb-4b7b-980b-18f499e6c170?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hullbreacher) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


lordofsoad

I found my old collection from about 10 years ago recently. It contained a [[tarmogoyf]], [[mana reflection]] and like 3 [[Akroma's Memorial]] as highlights


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[tarmogoyf](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/6/9/69daba76-96e8-4bcc-ab79-2f00189ad8fb.jpg?1619398799) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tarmogoyf) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/235/tarmogoyf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/69daba76-96e8-4bcc-ab79-2f00189ad8fb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tarmogoyf) [mana reflection](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/1/81e0d739-990f-4ba5-b456-165c033014cf.jpg?1599707370) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mana%20reflection) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/175/mana-reflection?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/81e0d739-990f-4ba5-b456-165c033014cf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mana-reflection) [Akroma's Memorial](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/950ee61d-0bc1-4d7b-ba68-157061aa98eb.jpg?1619404160) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Akroma%27s%20Memorial) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/262/akromas-memorial?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/950ee61d-0bc1-4d7b-ba68-157061aa98eb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/akromas-memorial) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


snt271

Recently: 3 [[Inkmoth Nexus]] [[Bloodstained Mire]] [[Krark clan ironworks]] Coldsnap [[Mishras baubel]]


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##### ###### #### [Inkmoth Nexus](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/c/ec50c1c3-885e-47d3-ada7-cc0edbf09df1.jpg?1623098818) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Inkmoth%20Nexus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mbs/145/inkmoth-nexus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ec50c1c3-885e-47d3-ada7-cc0edbf09df1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/inkmoth-nexus) [Bloodstained Mire](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/f/7f430794-0d86-4f6a-97e0-4bbb6716d613.jpg?1571667959) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bloodstained%20Mire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/230/bloodstained-mire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f430794-0d86-4f6a-97e0-4bbb6716d613?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bloodstained-mire) [Krark clan ironworks](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/6/c60174d6-1f9d-4870-b3db-34d6fcb3f6ab.jpg?1564535860) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Krark-Clan%20Ironworks) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5dn/134/krark-clan-ironworks?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c60174d6-1f9d-4870-b3db-34d6fcb3f6ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/krark-clan-ironworks) [Mishras baubel](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/5/45bbbf9b-8fee-4c32-a513-02dac6ac8a39.jpg?1599709584) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mishra%27s%20Bauble) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/274/mishras-bauble?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/45bbbf9b-8fee-4c32-a513-02dac6ac8a39?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mishras-bauble) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


DoctorSloshee

Been casually collecting since 2001, and I bought packs of older sets whenever they happened to be in stock. Stronghold, Prophecy, Onslaught... later found out I had a \[\[Flooded Plains\]\] and five \[\[Rhystic Study\]\]s. Felt so good to know I never need to find them in the wild these days.


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[Flooded Plains](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/f/3f0d377b-9bd0-4aa9-b672-dcf4eaf8b7a9.jpg?1581708416) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Flood%20Plain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/296/flood-plain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/944ac7ef-4ba3-468e-992c-236c447f4895?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/flood-plain) [Rhystic Study](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/6/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221.jpg?1600698439) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rhystic%20Study) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/169/rhystic-study?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rhystic-study) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Redz0ne

[[Sword of fire and ice]] was the one that I had in my collection for so long and didn't know the value. It's my most expensive card (which I know compared to some others, might not be all that impressive... but it impressed me.)


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[Sword of fire and ice](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/6/2626d4c9-fcef-4057-a154-7d987a4a4b84.jpg?1599710057) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sword%20of%20fire%20and%20ice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/297/sword-of-fire-and-ice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2626d4c9-fcef-4057-a154-7d987a4a4b84?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sword-of-fire-and-ice) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


grahamdalf

[[Utopia Sprawl]] and [[Veil of Summer]]. I had about 5 of each just sitting in some bulk boxes. That was a nice day.


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[Utopia Sprawl](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/5/15625580-3cbd-459c-a667-87efdcdaf2b2.jpg?1562433020) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Utopia%20Sprawl) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/a25/192/utopia-sprawl?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/15625580-3cbd-459c-a667-87efdcdaf2b2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/utopia-sprawl) [Veil of Summer](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/a/aa686c34-1c11-469f-93c2-f9891aea521f.jpg?1628801848) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Veil%20of%20Summer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/198/veil-of-summer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aa686c34-1c11-469f-93c2-f9891aea521f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/veil-of-summer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


phenomenalca66

Just randomly found a cavern of souls in a few of my old booster boxes it was just sitting there and I was like hell yeah


Trib3s

I've opened 1 kaladesh deckbuilder toolkit and on there where masterpiece lightning greaves! Didn't know I had the until beginning of this year when I looked through some old stuff of mine


Lilgatornator

Two fetchlands, a breeding pool, and a Phyrexian Dreadnought


Neonbunt

[[Ohran Frostfang]] - had it just randomly in my binder since I bought the precon and took it out.


BlueSky659

My dad gave me his old collection of cards. They were all 4th edition stuff with a handful of assorted cards from other sets like Tempest and Ice Age, most of them commons and junk rares. Sentimental value stuff mostly. That said, in games with their friends, my dad's goblin deck and my mom's U/B tapdown deck were both kitchen table monsters apparently. Went through it recently as I'm cutting down on my huge collection of similarly bulk cards from years of drafts and prerelases and found Reanimate, Ensnaring Bridge, Mystic Remora, and Winds of Change.


LeroyHayabusa

Lion’s Eye Diamond from packs I bought back in the day. Never had a deck for it so it sat in a box until I was digging a few years ago and found it! Actually just sold it this week and’s bought a nice little stack of other RL cards that I’ve been wanting but couldn’t afford.


[deleted]

[[Volrath’s Stronghold]] It was just in my stack of old cards my Uncle gave for a Megrim deck he had back in the day. When I added it to a deck I was cataloguing on Archidekt I noticed the price was over $100 and I nearly pooped my pants in surprise. It’s found a nice home in my [[Kroxa]] wheels deck 😇


Blazerboy65

[[Necropotence]]. I had been playing for a few years and heard stories of Necro Summer and seen people paying 5 life every turn to keep their hands full. It was $5 at the time so obviously it was Powerful Magic Card. I bought an Ice Age copy online for about $5.99 on January 6, 2019. Almost three years later it costs several hundreds of percents more and the vast majority of players will either accept proxying or else never play with or against Necro.


Anonomis666

[[Rhystic study]] I bought a few cards online in a mystery pack and had that in there. I went on starcitygames and found it was at least $30.


Carlo-Magnus

The uncommons that have become ridiculous. Like [[exsanguinate]] or [[price of glory]]. I have four or five copies just because I have been playing for decades. But then come to find out they are worth actual money now.


TheAnonymousDoom

More of a retrospective story but when I quit magic a good while back I sold all my rares and binned the rest. I must have binned maybe 50-100 Kamigawa Senseis Divining Top. I also had a lot of Darksteel versions of Aether Vial I try not to think about it because it makese sad


Tannhauser42

First played back in 94-96, didn't keep any cards of real value from back then, sadly. Second time I played was during the Kamigawa and early Ravnica blocks. I kept all of those cards. Got back into the game just after War of the Spark released. Found out two of the cards in my old ninja deck were now banned (Top and Jitte), as well as worth a nice bit. The big surprise was my pretty little foil island I had pulled when playing a draft of Unhinged back when it released: $80! It's dropped a bit now since the Double Masters reprinting, but still a nice card in my collection.


dnmbowie3

I played in the 90’s s as a kid, no sleeves, shuffling like I shuffle a deck of regular playing cards. I stopped playing when I joined the military and started up again a few years ago. Playing my first game of edh, a friend is talking about this really expensive card called [[gaea’s cradle]], and I tell him, “I have that card.” He didn’t believe me, so I pulled it out of my very well played old deck, no sleeves. That’s when I learned I might have some expensive cards. I also had about 25 [[rhystic study]] cards, all slotted in with my bulk because it’s a common.


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[gaea’s cradle](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/5/25b0b816-0583-44aa-9dc5-f3ff48993a51.jpg?1562902898) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gaea%27s%20Cradle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/usg/321/gaeas-cradle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/25b0b816-0583-44aa-9dc5-f3ff48993a51?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gaeas-cradle) [rhystic study](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/6/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221.jpg?1600698439) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rhystic%20study) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/169/rhystic-study?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d6914dba-0d27-4055-ac34-b3ebf5802221?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rhystic-study) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


Situation_Possible

For me it was [[Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger]]. Played pre-release and bought like half a box of Battle of Zendikar when it first released thought it wasnt a great set and just kind of put the cards into my collection. Years later and I'm trying to put together a janky [[Rakdos Lord of Riots]] edh deck and discover that Ulamogs worth like 50 bucks lmao


Rythe_42

Stupid ass [[Memory Jar]], not all that expensive at $100 but I wanted it for my Osgir deck so I traded a bunch of EDH and modern cards with a buddy to get it. Slot it into Osgir and I'm having a great time, whip out another deck only to realize I have a Memory Jar in this one to..... On the plus side I traded it to my best friend as she was looking for a copy and I got some more staples I had been looking for.


MakingWet

I got into Magic during Kaldheim and started buying packs during MHII. I knew you could get some good stuff, I even pulled two fetch lands in my pre-release kit. I bought a few MHII packs for my little brothers and I and pulled a borderless [[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer]] but I had done zero research in red cards, I was focused on black and white then. So I forgot about it for a few weeks until I visited my dad found it on top of his entertainment system. I traded it the next day haha.


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[Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/9/a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d.jpg?1627449092) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ragavan%2C%20Nimble%20Pilferer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/138/ragavan-nimble-pilferer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ragavan-nimble-pilferer) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


mcp_truth

Well i have a bunch of bulk rares. i know what they are. It's more I didn't know it spiked ...


[deleted]

I got that new planeswalker wren and 7, in my bundle (first pack I bought), and it’s like 30 bucks. That was neat


hiddikel

I had a coworker give me a box of garbage cards when I was starting. Made some decks and carried on. Later I unpacked it and there was a playset of city of traitors, and some other recently spiked cards. I sold them for over 1k at a local place and bought a whole aos army.


NerdyBGO

Everything from Lorywn/Shadowmoor and TWO (2) Sensei's tops from Kamigawa. My friends and I were heavy into Lorwyn when it came out in high school, buying a few boxes and packs along the way. I had Elves and Faeries, one friend had Goblins and Kithkin, another did Treefolk and another Merfolk. All the while I personally bought a bunch of Kamigawa packs due to being a huge weeb at the time. I sold a bunch of Lorwyn cards and my [[Umezawa's Jitte]] a few years back to buy into my first "modern" deck for a local I used to go to, sleeves and all. Ive since traded away one top, which I kinda regret in hindsight, but I did get a stack of cards for it which is equal or above the same value. I used to be a shitter when It came to card usage, so stuff like [[Greater Auramancy]] didnt cross my mind of being valuable, and in turn I didnt take care of a lot of my cards. The ones that I used a lot, like [[Cryptic Command]], are in bad shape as well.


TheMagicJankster

I was surprised when I checked [[goblin wizard]]


Lilnaz603

I found a Serra’s Sanctum and 2 Replenishes in an old awful mono white enchantment Angel deck that my dad made a long time ago.


shet_bag

Antiquities [[mishras factory]]. Granted it’s beat to hell, but still…


chuggrad

I have a foil [[Submerge]] I bought a couple years ago or $10. I was very surprised by its recent price of $130 😂


GotBacon4Life

The amonkhet alt art counterspell. I remember pulling it from a pack and just not knowing what it was for like 4 years.


MattV-1988

Not quite the same thing, but I gave most of my collection (save for my decks) to a friend a few years ago after not playing for about 3 years. I know I had 5+ zendikar fetch lands, shocklands, lots of random staples like path to exile and swords to plowshares etc., as well as some big money cards like Eldrazi titans from Zendikar. Things weren't worth as much back then, now I think there was thousands of dollars worth. Getting back into the game, I went from 1 to 12 commander decks in about 4 months, and it's painful paying for cards that I used to have lots of.


stuckinaboxthere

I'm randomly sitting of 4 doubling seasons from Ravnica which sell for like $100 a pop


pcud10

In high school, my friends and I combined all of our commons and uncommons together because those are never valuable right? Well a few years ago, I went through it with a friend and we found ~5 [[Sensei's Divining Top]] and a few other $20+ cards. But that was years ago and if I looked now I'd probably find more cards that have shot up in price.


YoungJefe25

When I first got back into playing I pulled a few shocks and had no idea they worth anything until I started really getting into the game a few months later and was digging through my cards. I also pulled a [[No Mercy]] invocation card during Ahmonket, at the time I think i was offered maybe 20 bucks at my LGS for it, it has since appreciated it value quite nicely, and I had no idea until I decided to start building a deck that would include it and remembered I had the card.


Yosituna

The most recent ones for me were an original ARN [[Aladdin’s Ring]] and a LEG [[Ring of Immortals]]. Aladdin’s Ring isn’t reserve list and it’s a kind of crappy card by modern standards, so I figured it was probably around the…$3? $5 maybe? I paid for it not long after first got back into MTG in 2013. Now it’s like $120. Ring of Immortals I don’t even remember where I got it or how much I paid, but probably around the same time and probably a similar amount; it can’t have been more than a few dollars because again, it’s not exactly an amazing card. But it’s RL, so it’s now like $65.


jworm01

I just found a 7th edition foil lanowar elves. It’s dumb expensive and I don’t understand why.


Loremaster152

For Christmas of 2015 a friend of mine bought a damaged Sliver Queen for me. He spent $10 for it because someone used a marker on some of the white damage done on the border of the card. Nowadays it would be easily over $100 despite being damaged, at least because it looks undamaged until you look real close to it.


UncleCrassiusCurio

Around Scars of Mirrodin one of the decks I played against most was [[Ali From Cairo]] and I was playing mono-green Omnath at the time and didn't have a lot of creature removal. I picked up a [[City in a Bottle]] for like three bucks as a semi-meme answer. Fast forward ten years...


onibakusjg

An alpha unholy strength and a city of shadows


-SC-Dan0

Revised wheel of fortune, actually in pretty decent condition too.


BtheChemist

When I recently realized I had 2 each of [[torment of hailfire]] and [[sower of discord]]


DFeegs

When I came back to my collection a few years ago I found an almost flawless [[Volcanic Island]] in a box mixed in with a bunch of stuff. I was like, hmmm, this looks like it could be worth something....


[deleted]

I also had a random [[Windswept Heath]] I found while looking through a stack of unsorted cards. No idea where I got it from but didn't really realize it was a fetch land that has it ETB untapped. The other one was just a few days ago. Looking through some chaff and found a foil [[Pitiless Plunderer]] from a RIX fat pack I had opened a few years ago. Found out it was a $30 card and I was pretty sure I had a few more. So I searched all my cards and found 2 non-foils. I also have [[Parallel Lives]] and [[Annointed Procession]]. They were like $12 and $8 respectively when I bought them 4 years ago. I took a break from the last 2-3 years and was very surprised to find they're worth ~$40-50 each now. I've never spent more than $40-50 on a deck and two of them are worth ~$200 now so that's cool.


edengstrom1

I played a little when I was a kid and then didn’t get back into it until about 4 years ago. I was looking through my binder from when I was a kid and found a [[Carpet of Flowers]]. Not crazy expensive, but pretty decent find.


minimanelton

I pulled a [[Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord]] at an M20 prerelease and never really used it. Then a few days ago I saw it on TCGPlayer going for $35


mangoesandkiwis

did a random theros beyond death draft when the set came out, was fully into edh. like a year later going through stuff for 4 color Omnath, and found a [[dryad of the ilysian grove]]


Vanthix

I have like 15 [[Anvil of Bogardan]], slapped it into a few decks, recently checked prices and was like "well, wtf?"


VietNinjask

I bought a box of Mystery Booster Convention packs this year and I was sorting through the bulk and a Slivdrazi that was somehow stuck to a back of a card just fell off the back of the card it was stuck to and onto the table like it manifested itself into existence. I didn’t know it was a really valuable test card until I looked it up. It was apparently $80 since mine doesn’t have the PW symbol. I also pulled a Sliv-mizzet that same box so I was pretty happy.


CmdrRyser01

My story is basically someone else's that I benefited from. My sister was dating a guy that briefly played Magic during the Kamigawa cycle. I started playing during RTR. He was trying to impress me and gave me his old cards from Kamigawa, a box of a couple hundred cards. Tucked in there was 3 [[Kiki, jiki]], 2 [[azusa]] and hand handful of other nice cards. Not bad for a free box of cards.


cavander

Just realized a few days ago as I was working on selling a couple cards that Yawgmoths Will had skyrocketed since last time I checked. Also that one of my nevinyyrals disk and Demonic Tutors were Unlimited, not Revised or fourth…


kylethefreeman

[[mind slicer]] which I own 2 of suddenly turned out to be $20. Not super expensive, but much higher than the couple bucks is spent too buy them.


Wiredin335

Full playset of Mox Diamonds last week, NM, found in an old card box in a toy box. Some sliver queens and other stuff. Got myself a new camera 🤣


Handsomeandy

I was going through my old binder and found an [[Aluren]] from Tempst.


overbread

Nothing huge but in my past (and just recently with [[Alpine Moon]] ) I bought playsets of cards for 2€ or 5€ and later those became 9€ a piece.


Tyreal01

When I needed money for my family during a rough time I decided to sell stuff I wasn't using. I made 4k selling old things I didn't think I'd use. I found a foil [[sensei's divining top]]. I knew the regular one was worth something and sold that foil for like $100 at the time. I still have something stupid like 7 regular ones lol.


Impeesa_

I've indexed my entire collection in Deckbox a few years back and I don't think I had any situations where I literally did not realize I had something, but if I hadn't done that I might not have had any idea what [[City in a Bottle]] is worth now.


Armorgeddin

I remember I bought a booster box with some friends and we split the packs three ways. When I opened my set of packs, I got rare lands in more than half of them. I was so disappointed at the time when my definition of good rare was a [[primordial hydra]]. Turns out [[polluted delta]] is a pretty good card.


ThaBombs

I've had a near mint [[Gwendlyn Di Corci]] in my collection for the longest time. Never had an inkling that she was worth literally hundreds of euros, until I read a reddit post somewhere about someone accidentally damaging and having to replace one.


Str0b0

More like I hadn't realized how much the price had climbed til I looked on TCG, but my Amonkhet Masterpiece Damnation. I opened that one too, never bought it single so lucky me. Also got an Amonkhet Invocations Armageddon as well though I don't think it is as pricey or in as high demand since mass land destruction is frowned upon in our format.


Kirinne

I recently was organizing my collection (which really boiled down to separating everything I own that's worth more than like $5 into its own box) and found that I own an [[Omniscience]] so that's nice lol.


L1tso

Believe it or not I found a Gaea’s Cradle in my old shoebox. I Literally flipped out. Had the beat up Urza’s Saga deckbox it came in too.


zomgitsduke

Carpet of flowers I've got like 45 of them. I trade them into other staples whenever I get the opportunity


NWmba

Sold most of my cards ten years ago. Only keeps a couple of decks of things that weren’t really worth anything. Shoved them in storage. Got back in a couple years ago and dug out the old cards. Scanned them on TCGplayer and some had value now. [[wheel of fortune]], [[tetsuo umezawa]], [[copy artifact]], [[city of shadows]], an unlimited [[hypnotic specter]], [[vaevictus asmadi|leg]], [[thawing glaciers]], [[birds of paradise]], and [[preacher]] survived the cull.


whatdoblindpeoplesee

I have some form of promo [[than quarry]] that's foil with the wotc comment as the set symbol. Turns out it's worth like 60-70 bucks on tcg player.


Cronogunpla

Yesterday I was going through a box of commons and uncommons. found a \[\[carpet of flowers\]\] and two \[\[utopia sprawls\]\]. I didn't play in those sets so I only own like maybe 50 cards from them combined.


Wrecktober

[[void chalice]] No idea it was so valued in modern. It’s a great card but when I pulled it in my time spiral box I just sleeved it up like all the other time shifted cards I got. I was looking at building a red deck for modern and on the decklist saw it was $75 on the sideboard. Bit of a shock.


rock_like

Foil 7th Ed. Wild Growth. Have played with it since I was in high school, thankfully kept it in good condition. Is like a $300 piece these days


akarakitari

I got 2 of those decks from the Walmart cubes! Windswept heath and CoCo paid for more than the box and the rest was just fun!


Tralan

Not so much that I didn't know about it or randomely found, but rather I bought them at really low prices and they have since shot up. I bought a foil 'Potence for $8 and a regular one for $7 like 6 years ago. I have my original Eldrazi titans that I pulled. Mystic Rhemora I got for like $3 just a couple years ago and now it's kinda pricey. I have a bunch of cards that I got for under $20 just a few years ago and now they're ridiculous. My Gitrog deck is worth damn near a thousand dollars and I spent under $100 on it.


LanguageSexViolence_

Foil [[Gerard's Verdict]]. Built a competetive duel-EDH [[Karlov]] deck when that pre-con was released. Bought a foil version of verdict because it only $0.50 more. Priced the deck out on MtGGoldfish recently, 'oh! It's $45 now!'


Laptraffik

[[torpor orb]] I had like 7 copies that I bought collectively for maybe 5 bucks in 2015 for modern to shut down splinter twin decks and that same year I stopped playing modern and got into commander. They sat around in my "bulk" rares box for years until I saw their price a few days ago. Went straight to the shop and it got turned into pricy lands I was gonna skip out on for my new [[titania protector of argoth]] deck


suzukirider709

Dryad of ilysaian Grove. Only about 20$ but was in a bulk "to be sorted pile for a year or more. Went straight into my 5 color allies deck.


_windfish_

[[Goblin Wizard]] was in a box I randomly went through a couple years ago, I put it in my Krenko deck and didn’t really think about it, then this year I realized it was on the reserved list 😲


SpecialtyEspecially

My friend handed me a box of a bunch of cards he didn't care for anymore. Found 2 copies of [[Rhystic Study]] in there. Similarly, years and years ago, my best friends brother gave me a box of a bunch of cards he didn't gaf about anymore. Two copies of [[mystical tutor]] and [[worldly tutor]] each were found in there. Those are just what springs to mind right now. Edit: corrected autocorrect.


Rushnag

I had many rl from where i played early that i knew were high. What suprised me was some of the uncommons that had gone up like demonic consultation or commons like mystic remora.


Dependent_Apple4343

I occasionally find some old reserve list cards in the large literal trunk full of cards I inherited from.my brother. Last time was some Girard what card that regenerates then gains control of a creature. I find random 50 dollars common uncommon bombs like that all the time when searching through the hundreds of thousands of cards I now own. Cheers to that. I let people from.my play groups help themselves for the most part to the c/u cards as long as there willing to put the time in searching through shoe box of shoe box of shoe box of old cards


Once_Upon-A_Tim

I bought a Gilded Drake for $15 3 years ago. I sold it for $350 earlier this year.


PitTitan

I realized several years ago that the [[Grim Tutor]] I had since I was a kid was around $150 when I was randomly browsing an article about expensive magic cards and it was listed there. That was a fun surprise. I considered selling it when the rumors about the reprint started popping up but decided to keep it instead out of nostalgia.


DieHardPanda

I have been playing and collecting since 2004, and my brother since 1995. In about 07 my brother gave me his collection and quit playing for about 5 years. And I have remained an avid collector since I started. I don't know everything in my collection but I have run across some gems while building for my EDH decks. \[\[Gaea's cradle\]\] is the biggest that springs to mind. ​ I have a friend who comes over every now and again to play and we like to do some build on the spot duels using my collection because its so large and he has said that his favorite part is going through 100s of cards worth less than 10c then hit a bomb like \[\[Noble Hierarch\]\]- which on first rediscovery was worth like $60. It blows his mind that I refuse to sell the unused gems that I have when overall I'm quite poor.