Not all Magic cards are created equally. Here are some of the rarest and most sought-after cards of 2025. All prices correct at time of publication.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE MAGIC CARDS OF 2025
10. MAGIC SPOTLIGHT: MODERN KALDRA COMPLEAT
Worth a heady $139.99, the Magic Spotlight: Modern series Kaldra Compleat was handed out at the event in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 2025. The fantastic artwork, playability in Modern, Legacy and Commander, and the rarity of the promo makes for a pricey combination.
9. PLANESWALKER CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES NISSA, RESURGENT ANIMIST
If you’re lucky enough to play Magic in Japan, you can take part in their Planeswalker Championship series. These events are Standard focused, and try to emphasize casual play. Earning a promo is quite competitive, though, and even if you win all of your matches, you still need to win a game of Janken (rock-paper-scissors) to determine if you’re lucky enough to get the top prize promo. The top prize promo for the Spring 2025 event was this Nissa Resurgent Animist, with great anime style art from Hitowa. It fetches up to $147 on the secondary market.
8. JOSHUA ROSFIELD ROGRAKH RESKIN COMMANDFEST PROMO
If you went to Commandfest in Summer 2025, you might have picked up this popular promo card. Featuring Joshua Rosfield as Rograkh, Son of Rogahh (and yeah, I’m not sure how that one works either), this promo fetches a high price on account of it being such an iconic cEDH staple Commander. Available at Sydney, Bonn, Worcester, Tokyo and Beijing, Joshua commands a $149.99 price tag.
7. MAGICCON CHICAGO SECRET LAIR PRIZE QUESTING DRUID
Available at MagicCon Chicago in 2025, this lovely Jordan Speer printing of Questing Druid will set you back $149.99. It was available as a Top 64 prize for the Secret Lair Spectacular event.
6. PRO TOUR AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 KARN LIBERATED
At a steep $179.99, you can get your hands on a card only available to those who played in Pro Tour Aetherdrift. The Secret Lair Prize card version of Karn Liberated, featuring our favorite Golem lounging in beachwear, is a fun printing of an iconic character, and is rare to boot.
5. DOKOMI CONVENTION PROMO HYLDA VON DER EISKRONE
If you attended DoKomi, Germany’s biggest Japan and Anime Expo in 2025, you might have stumbled upon this promo Hylda card, handed out by Blackfire Games. Handed out to those who participated in their tournament (and apparently also to folks who spent enough in the store), this promo is now fetching $199 in the US. Given that it’s only €35 on Cardmarket, you can really see how regional availability affects card prices.
4. STORE CHAMPIONSHIP BHUJERBA, FLOATING CITY
If you have some skill, you can win some promos at the Store Championship at your LGS. Top 8 nets a Death’s Shadow, with a Preordain to all participants. If you win, though? You can take home this City of Brass promo, Bhujerba, Floating City. It’s currently $199.99 on the secondary market, which makes for a pretty nice trophy prize.
3. SONIC SECRET LAIR BONUS CARD: CHAOS EMERALD
If you bought the Sonic themed Secret Lairs in 2025, you might have received a Chaos Emerald in the Bonus Card slot.
The Chaos Emeralds fetch a number of different prices, but considering the spendiest are 7032 and 7034 at $279.99, and 7031 fetching $259.99, it seems reasonable to put them at #3 on this list. Collectively, you’re looking at spending $1400 to collect all seven and gain their unfathomable power – the power to make your wallet cry.
It just proves that fandom and collectability can still outweigh rare prize cards, with these collectibles trending higher than a Pro Tour prize card.
2. SPONGEBOB SECRET LAIR BONUS CARD: SMOTHERING TITHE
Speaking of which, the next card on the list is another Secret Lair bonus card. This time, it’s for the Spongebob Secret Lair Drop. If you take a moment to count, you can see Mr Krabs lying comfortably on the $549.99 needed to purchase the Spongebob Bonus Card Smothering Tithe. I can’t tell what’s more eye-watering – the price, or the what I’m looking at.
1. FINAL FANTASY ELEMENTAL CYCLE RARE SLD BONUS CARDS
FIN was the best selling Universes Beyond product so far, and has an extremely broad appeal. Starting with Magus Sisters at $399.99, the Final Fantasy flavored-reprints of the five elemental incarnations from MH2 are the most expensive cards of 2025. The most expensive of the bunch, Ifrit (Fury) is currently just shy of $600! Yojimbo (Solitude) at $599.99, Shiva (Subtlety) at $429.99 and Anima (Grief) at $399.99 make up the rest of the cycle, for around an eye watering $2400 for the full cycle. Yeesh.
What makes these ones so expensive is their rarity. They came as bonus cards in the Final Fantasy Secret Lair series, and weren’t guaranteed. You were almost certainly going to get a Feed the Swarm, Silence or Forge Anew bonus card, with these five being extremely rare to find in those slots. With popularity in multiple formats, this solidifies them as the most expensive cards of 2025. Or at least it would…because we have some other cards to cover.
0. FOIL MULTIPLIERS CAN BE CRAZY
We already covered the $139.99 version of this card, but there exists another. Only 128 Foil copies of Kaldra Compleat were handed out in Utrecht, making this one of the rarest cards printed in quite some time. If you’re wanting to pick up a Foil version, it’ll set you back around €450 on Cardmarket (which is about $522). Thanks to availability in the US being so low, buying one stateside is going to set you back $800 at time of writing. Wow.
For the record, a Foil version of the Karn Liberated, also covered above, fetches nearly $800 too, making these foils demand a serious premium. This foil Karn was only given out to Top 32 players at the Pro Tour.
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If there’s one thing that’s clear looking at the most expensive cards of 2025, it’s that they almost exclusively are made up of hard to obtain promos and Secret Lair bonus cards. Some of the promos on the list are a little easier to come by, but by and large, the laws of supply and demand are holding true.
What does this mean for the future? Which promos will hold their value? Let us know what you think on socials.
Kristen is Card Kingdom’s Head Writer and a member of the Commander Format Panel. Formerly a competitive Pokémon TCG grinder, she has been playing Magic since Shadows Over Innistrad, which in her opinion, was a great set to start with. When she’s not taking names with Equipment and Aggro strategies in Commander, she loves to play any form of Limited.