15 Most Valuable Wizard Cards

Niv-Mizzet, Parun| art by Svetlin Velinov

Seeing as Magic’s Wizard creature type shares a name with the company that produces the game, Wizards of the Coast, it’s no surprise that they are among the most populated creature types in the game – behind only the easy-to-find (aka boring) Human type.

Wizards have been around since the very beginning of the game, but with well over 800 unique cards printed with this type, there are bound to be some fairly pricey renditions for collectors to hunt. But what Wizard card is most valuable? Put on your pointy hat, and let’s find out.

Note: Prices all come from PriceCharting’s total listed sales, unless otherwise noted, which are subject to rapid change based on market conditions. Also, no duplicates are allowed on these lists; cards can be featured once, and that’s it. Lastly, some cards, such as Radagast the Brown’s serialized version have literally zero sales and simply can’t be included as the market price for them has not been set.

Honorable Mention: Gandalf the White (Double Rainbow Foil Borderless Poster Serialized)

Market Price: $6,600.00 (one sale in January 2026)

While an over-$6,000 price point would surely put this serialized version of Gandalf at #1 herein, there has only been one (1) reported sale of this card, per ebay. As such, it would not be realistic to include its “market price” since no real market exists for such an incredibly rare printing of everyone’s favorite LOTR Wizard.

15. Alania, Divergent Storm (Japanese Raised Foil Anime Card) – Bloomburrow

Market Price: $125.86

Bloomburrow, already permanently codified as Magic’s COAT set (cutest of all time, of course), raised the bar with its Japanese Showcase Raised Foil cards, which were only available in Collector Boosters.

21 cards boasted this special frame, but the only Wizard among them is Alania, Divergent Storm, which reskins the “gift a card” mechanic from the set as a triggered ability that lets Alania’s owner copy the first instant, sorcery, or Otter spell they cast each turn.

14. Oracle of the Alpha – Mystery Booster 2

Market Price: $152.40

It’s pretty wild that a card that’s not legal in any format save for digital-only ones on MTG Arena can command over $150 on the secondary market. That’s the true power of the Power Nine, I guess.

While conjuring the Power Nine into your deck might be somewhat of a pricier endeavor on its own without the heavy use of proxies, obtaining this card itself is still quite difficult, as each Mystery Booster 2 booster box only contained roughly one “Arena” card per box.

13. Prime Speaker Zegana (Retro Frame Serialized) – Ravnica Remastered

Market Price: $155.50

As always, serialized cards play a huge role on this list, with a whopping six of them populating the 15 cards herein. The first of these is this Merfolk Wizard originally found in 2013’s Gatecrash as a mythic rare.

While seems absurd for a measly 1/1 in today’s Magic environment, it can net you a huge amount of card-draw if you have an impressively beefy critter on the battlefield. Still though, power creep has made Zegana somewhat obsolete, hence the “low, low price” of $155 for this serialized card.

12. Terra, Herald of Hope (Surge Foil Borderless Character Card) – Final Fantasy Commander

Market Price: $167.91

A powerful milling engine in Mardu colors () from the Final Fantasy Commander set, Terra serves as the main protagonist in Final Fantasy VI – widely regarded as one of the best games in the series, and at least the best 2D game in the series.

The Surge Foil Character Cards from Final Fantasy were some of the rarest from this 2025 release, so it’s no surprise to see this chase card from Magic’s best-selling set ever hit a premium and sit comfortably within this list.

11. Exalted Sunborn (Japan Showcase Fracture Foil) – Edge of Eternities

Market Price: $184.04

While this writer prefers this card’s standard artwork by longtime Magic artist Scott M. Fischer, this card is still a potent token-doubling piece of tech tacked onto a 4/5 body with flying and lifelink… that can also be warped for cheap to get this card’s benefits early. Ain’t power creep grand?

Once again, Japan Showcase cards boast impressively high baseline price points due to their sheer scarcity. Combine that with the Fracture Foil treatment, and you’ve got a notably high-dollar card.

10. Ertai, the Corrupted (Alternate Art Foil) – Planeshift

Market Price: $193.97

One of the most valuable cards from Planeshift also happens to be a Phyrexian Human Wizard that can tap and sacrifice a creature or enchantment to counter a spell.

I am eminently fond of this card, as its power level blew my mind as a 12-year-old, leading to me brew a number of (terrible) control decks at the time. Nostalgia is a helluva drug!

9. Dark Confidant (Retro Frame Serialized) – Ravnica Remastered

Market Price: $205.96

The immortal Bob also happens to be a Human Wizard, and this serialized version from the Ravnica Remastered compilation set tips the scales as the most valuable version of the 2/1 creature.

While power creep has once again reared its head and made this card more or less completely antiquated, it is still nice to see the Confidant back in Standard due to it being reprinted in Final Fantasy.

8. Baral, Chief of Compliance (Multiverse Legends Serialized) – March of the Machine

Market Price: $207.54 (via TCGPlayer)

While this writer prefers the reskinned Dwight, Assistant (to the) Kingversion of this card from the Dwight’s Destiny Secret Lair Drop, this serialized version from March of the Machine’s Multiverse Legends bonus sheet is by far the most valuable rendition of the card.

A fun build-around in Commander, especially for you control players out there, make sure to keep a few of the best free counterspells in your back pocket (not literally, you cheater) for when you absolutely, positively must counter that mega-threat from one of your foes.

7. Inga Rune-Eyes (Multiverse Legends Serialized) – March of the Machine

Market Price: $219.99 (via TCGPlayer)

The rare uncommon card that is worth more than a number of mythics and rares on one of these lists, this version of Inga Rune-Eyes also hails from the Multiverse Legends bonus sheet, though the card was originally found in 2021’s Kaldheim.

Amazing artwork from rishxxv festoons this Human Wizard card, and this card’s high value is perhaps due to the artist only illustrating 10 cards in his Magic career. Either way, $220 for an uncommon is quite impressive.

6. Vannifar, Evolved Enigma (Serialized) – Murders at Karlov Manor

Market Price: $397.48

This Elf Ooze Wizard (a bonkers combination) from Murders at Karlov Manor plays with one of the most notable mechanics from the set: cloak, which serves as a souped-up version of morph from sets past.

This dope Simic() card is actually a pretty fun build-around in Commander, as all you need is a bunch of ramp and then a plethora of artifact creatures. Combine with Steel Overseer and other similar effects, and, voila! You’ve got yourself a Commander deck.

5. Niv-Mizzet, Parun (Retro Frame Serialized) – Ravnica Remastered

Market Price: $433.34

Niv-Mizzet, the paterfamilias of the Izzet color pairing (), also happens to have one of the most valuable serialized cards from Ravnica Remastered – a fitting start to the top five.

A notable card for being able to go infinite with any kind of repeatable card draw or pinging effect, this version of the card also boasts a sterling retro frame, which, of course, we all know, is the best Magic card frame (I know, I’m old).

4. Emry, Lurker of the Loch (Multiverse Legends Serialized) – March of the Machine

Market Price: $450.00 (via TCGPlayer)

Another notable combo enabler, this card, originally printed in 2019’s Throne of Eldraine, comes from the aforementioned Multiverse Legends bonus sheet and boasts the beautiful “storybook” showcase frame from Emry’s original set.

One of the most expensive serialized cards here, it still doesn’t hold a candle to the top three cards, starting with…

3. Saruman of Many Colors (Double Rainbow Foil Borderless Poster Serialized) – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth

Market Price: $941.39

While, thematically, it makes sense for this card not to be , the card’s name dictates that that should actually be the case. Oh well.

An utterly staggering card to gaze upon and collect due to its supreme scarcity and beauty, it is probably not recommended to actually play with this version of the card because it is nearly impossible to parse its text and, perhaps more importantly, it is worth nearly $1,000 on the secondary market.

2. Snapcaster Mage // Encore Electromancer (Bonus Card) – Secret Lair x Hatsune Miku: Electric Entourage

Market Price : $1,209.99 (via TCGPlayer)

Secret Lair bonus cards have turned into their own cottage industry, as some of the most valuable cards from the already-inflated prices found within Secret Lairs come from these “extra” cards that hard even to find in these premium products.

The most valuable among those bonus cards is this reskinned Snapcaster Mage, which could be found in roughly 1 out of every 100 copies of the Secret Lair x Hatsune Miku: Electric Entourage drop.

1. Gandalf the White (Hobby Next Play Promo) – The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth

Market Price: $1,522.50

Despite that supreme rarity, the most valuable Wizard found here is none other than Gandalf, the Balrog-smiting, pipe-weed-huffing, pointy hat-wearing Wizard himself from The Lord of the Rings franchise.

While the Serialized Poster version is surely the hotter commodity, this card is also extremely rare, and thus eminently valuable, due to its provenance.

This Gandalf the White promo was tied to The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, a co-op board game that was announced in January 2025 and later rolled out through local game stores, with Hobby Next positioning the exclusive card and wooden meeple as a bonus for shoppers who went through participating brick-and-mortar retailers rather than buying online.

If you wanted the promo, you generally had to buy Fate of the Fellowship through a Hobby Next-affiliated store and follow that shop’s specific promo rules. Hobby Next said some stores offered it with purchase, while others could tie it to a challenge or social post.

Ultimately, this was a local-store Hobby Next giveaway, with availability depending on whether your store participated and still had stock left – leading to the card’s unbelievable rarity and sky-high price point above $1,500 (even higher on TCGPlayer).

“Yer Playing Wizards, Magic”

Seeing as the company that owns, produces, and distributes Magic is often called “Wizards” for short, it is no surprise to see some tremendously pricey Wizard cards populate this list.

Even still, “a wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to” and hopefully with a pricey Wizard promo card to boot.