Maker: Wizards of the Coast
Original Price: $25*
Worth Today: $87,672-$511,100*

The super-rare Black Lotus from Magic: The Gathering can sell for over half a million dollars to bidders who love the game and have a lot of money. The card was released in 1993. It was originally part of the Alpha set of cards, and it does not require any mana to play.

The Black Lotus adds three mana to your pool, and the mana are of any color. It is prized in Magic because it is useful for casting powerful spells quickly. There are thousands of these cards in existence, but, considering that 20 billion Magic cards were printed from 2008 to 2016 alone, the Black Lotus is still quite uncommon.