MTG Top 10: The MOST EXPENSIVE Artifacts (And Why They Are So Expensive) | Magic: the Gathering

[@NizzahonMagic]

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[@StevenRiseNYC]

"Having a card that hates out an entire set is a terrible design idea" Modern horizons 2 gets printed "Okay wait, lets talk about this"

[@cax1175]

I'm glad Teeka's Dragon, despite being on the Reserve List, is affordable for the billions who want to play it.

[@SomeGuy712x]

Yep, I was able to get a Teeka's Dragon for under $3 recently. Maybe I'll try to fit it into a dragon-themed deck at some point.

[@cax1175]

@@SomeGuy712x it does in fact count as a dragon, with the important reminder text.

[@SomeGuy712x]

@@cax1175 Yep, I already know that, which is why I might try to fit it into a deck that has lots of dragon support already.

[@michaelsinnreich6626]

Perfect for those of us who want to run cards with rampage.

[@tomfrost6049]

Good old Mana Crypt. A mate of mine came over with a bunch of loose packs he bought so a bunch of us could play a few sealed games from some random Masters packs. I paid him for the packs to keep whatever I pulled... pulled a mana crypt from the Eternal Masters pack and later that year gifted it to him for Christmas because he's more of a collector and he's a good man. Also I'm in the need for some big men's shirts, so im glad I didn't skip the ad 😅

[@thrillhouse4151]

Good on ya, I paid for mine when Double Masters came out and treat it like it’s a gun or something, no children or pets are allowed in the same room as it.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Honestly, I'm not surprised about the #1. Is literally anyone? At the same time, though, it's pretty telling of how lame they are that they couldn't even make it onto "Top 10 Vintage Cards (Minus Power 9)"!

[@Reluxthelegend]

16:00 Surprised they didn't update the oracle text to just make the creature phase out instead.

[@gillablecam]

*Skipping through the ad read* "I'm 6'3 and 255lbs" Having never considered the actual physical size of the internet man who teaches me Magic and history, I just had a "seeing your school principal at the grocery store" moment of being forced to realise he's a real person.

[@TehFoamy]

I think Mana Crypt's first booster printing was technically Eternal Masters, since it came out three months before Kaladesh

[@bradcallahan3546]

Ok?

[@TehFoamy]

@@bradcallahan3546 He said the first booster printing was in the Kaladesh inventions, it's just a small correction shrug

[@mathieujaillet5996]

This video hurts me so much... I owned most of these cards, including Mirror Universe and Candelabra of Tawnos, sometimes in 4 copies... but I was a teenager and sold them for NOTHING 😭😭😭

[@EmperorNapoleon1815]

Old artifacts are the bomb. The frame is earthy and gritty, and the art tends to be on point. I have a couple mana crypts, but they are from masters sets - I need to get my hands on that promo! Otherwise, I have a set of (much cheaper) white border Trikes, a Mirrodin Chrome Mox, a Metalworker, and a pair of Candles. It’s always fun to see cards you play with/have come up on these lists. I long for the day when Snappy makes his return!

[@shuboy05]

My jaw dropped when I pulled the Chrome Mox from a Double Masters booster pack. It's my most expensive card at this time.

[@SomeGuy712x]

I own a couple of Chrome Mox cards and a Mox Diamond, currently the most valuable card that I own, thanks to those binders of cards I got from a tag sale many years ago for just $15. And, one of my brothers owns a Grim Monolith. (I also own a Triskelion, but it's the cheap one from Dominaria Remastered.) (18:30) Well, aside from the 1/1 The One Ring, but that's a special version of a card whose cheapest version is about $40.

[@robinlinh]

I was waiting for this list. Even tho everyone could probably guess most of the cards in the list, it's fun to see you make a list with totally insane cards

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I looked at Chrome Mox's EDHRec number and can't believe there are 200k+ physical copies of that card out there.

[@mark1A100]

i mean thats not what that number means. it means 200+ digital decklists have the card in them after whatever pruning edhrec does to remove duplicates. i have 1 copy of the card and have had it in multiple decklists but in paper i just moved the copy between decks as i got bored or took them apart

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I know, it's just amusing.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Mana Crypt is a powerful card, but Arena has always been the novel promo card that's had my heart, even moreso now that its effect is an entire keyword.

[@DeDunking]

There was never a time you could sac Lion's Eye Diamond and play cards from your hand, the colon is part of the requirement, like sacrificing. The Will was when it became good, it was a garbage card until then.

[@barigordstudios]

Does nobody remember Mirror Universe plus Lich? That was one of the hottest combos in early Magic.

[@DrJambonius]

Yes... and lim dul's vault...

[@jacobjones9071]

Episode suggestions: Top 10 most expensive cards with zero points.

[@BigDrew49]

I was playing before Metalworker was printed, and even then, I remember "Mud" referring to the muddy border of artifacts.

[@CrabTribe]

The 1/1 One Ring is arguably more expensive still than Black Lotus with obviously fewer printings (just 1)

[@littlemrdoom5997]

Im guessing black lotus will be on here somewhere

[@the_enamelator]

This is an interesting one. It's cool to see when it's because of play vs collectability.

[@darthparallax5207]

You hinted at Old School for Mirror Universe. Old School is more relevant for CiaB because the following cards are essentially best creatures in color: Juzam Djinn Serendib Efreet Erhnam Djinn King Suleiman Preacher is okay too, but OS is such a Djinn/AN dominated format, City in a Bottle is essentially a lower cost Nevinyrrals Disk that can hit lands. Golgothian Sylex would be worth more but it costs more mana than Nevinyrrals Disk and the Mishras Factory targets to hit with it can be answered with combat blocking relatively easily. Shops, Candle, and Trike are all format relevant, but in the end artifacts are sort of easy to hate on even back then.

[@jrRabet]

I'd like to see this video again with the reserve list and mana rocks banned.

[@michaelsenn7381]

What about the 1/1 one ring?

[@NizzahonMagic]

As I stated in the intro, promos and special printings weren't included.

[@sethhale8828]

I was for sure #1 would be barbed sextant

[@cax1175]

15:30 But Nizzahon, that random commenter said that nobody plays Cloudpost in Legacy!

[@jml6263]

When the floor of a list is a hundred bucks you know you’re in for a good and wild time.

[@eldercleric]

Honorable mention: the one ring? 2 million iirc

[@elogee_yt]

Is Bazaar the only relevant thing for City in a Bottle to hit? Seems like there'd be plenty of better options to use if that's the case. Plenty of LD, Wasteland, Stripmine etc. Even Field of Ruin wouldn't take up a nonland slot 😭 Or something like Pithing Needle which costs less AND has way more relevant targets vs opponents not playing Bazaar.

[@Franteeko]

Ugh, they're game pieces. Hopefully WOTC will reprint them a couple of dozen times and drive prices in to the ground.

[@wilsoncrunch1330]

City in a bottle used to be even more powerful before they did errata on the text as it used to remove any card with the Arabian Nights symbol which could remove the Arabian Nights Mountains.

[@captainkarnage9874]

didn't Post Malone pay like $2 Million for The One Ring

[@NizzahonMagic]

As I stated in the intro, promos and special printings weren't included.

[@cactrot83]

I'm surprised we didn't learn which of the Mox is most valuable and why.

[@EmperorNapoleon1815]

It’s Sapphire - and it’s because it’s blue👌

[@gabbodj95]

Do Americans have to spen 100 for a mox chrome? For real? 💀

[@MrABK108]

I remember when a Black Lotus was like 600 $....

[@marcomx8069]

Chrom mox is trending at 40 euros in cardmarket...

[@fernandob2275]

16:39 tawnos’s coffin price is due to 93/94 format

[@dennisyoung6122]

Doesn't City in a Bottle hit some of the basic lands as well?

[@samankenmann]

No Null Rod? How was that beat out by chrome mox?

[@NizzahonMagic]

Because it's cheaper.

[@rowerewolf]

I picked up a book promo Mana Crypt from a local store a long time ago, back when the card wasn't legal in any format. So it was very cheap then. I kept a Scrye magazine from 2003, and its mid price was $10.

[@simanolastname2399]

Where's Time Vault? Its cheapest tournament legal iteraction easily lands it at the #2 spot on this list.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Watch the intro.

[@j-lohome-slice7425]

I love that when you advertise, you always kinda say your a big nerd, and its why i love your chanel. Great styles, cool nerd cardboard, and top 10s. You tge man Nizzahon

[@andrewdrexler6593]

The only reason City in a Bottle exists is because, in the early days, Richard Garfield and the execs at Wizards were afraid that people would reject expansions and wanted a way for those players to 'enforce' a 'no expansion' house rule.

[@dyciefisk2535]

Just realized that Tawnos' Coffin has been functionally reprinted with The Pandorica. The only difference is that both costs are white, but are cheaper to compensate.

[@stephentrever1769]

I find it hard to believe that Time Vault isn’t in the top 10

[@NizzahonMagic]

It would be, but not with the way I do things in this video, as explained in the intro.

[@dkwh1986]

Video idea: best cards whose names start with "The". (The Wretched, The Unspeakable, etc.)

[@RibusPQR]

The Immortal Sun. The Meathook Massacre.

[@brendans1983]

Thespian's Stage...

[@Collector261]

For a price of a Mox, you can get a real jewel.

[@delathenleso5793]

Hey, Nizzahon? In the future, can you do a non-Reserve list set? No one in your channel is ever going to buy or care about near-impossible to acquire cards. Thanks ^_^

[@NizzahonMagic]

I am actually planning on this one soon

[@delathenleso5793]

@@NizzahonMagic Glad to hear it ^_^ I appreciate your videos. You really do an awesome job, and your passion for the game shines every single time!

[@thrillhouse4151]

Mox Opal is slightly more expensive than the Chrome Mox on tcgplayer as of this date.

[@fernandob2275]

Isn’t serialized 1:1 The One Ring the most expensive Arti in mtg?

[@NizzahonMagic]

Yep. But I didn’t include special versions of cards, only original printings, as stated in the intro.

[@seedlesstom]

No mention of chaos orb? 😟

[@memyself3510]

I’m actually probably gonna order some of the into the am shirts soon

[@kenwang500]

Where is forcefield

[@autobotjazz1972]

Nice to see Lion's eye diamond on here as I have personal connection to the card despite never owning one, I was helping a friend and fellow Magic player sort through his old cards and we finished up his rare binder and i decided to look at his uncommons and commons knowing some older cards of those rarities can be worth a few bucks, He had a lot of money in there several $50 lands and a few others over $20 then i pulled out the lion's eye diamond and about crapped myself as i never though i'd see one in person let alone touch one. I will not lie a tiny bit of me was tempted to scam him out of the card but i did not instead I was honest about it's value and told him about the reserve list. He ended up selling it to our local LGS a few weeks later.

[@Sauvenil]

I pulled one from a pack when it came out, and shrugged and said, "Huh. Not sure I'll ever find a use for that." and put it in a pile of cards. My parents handed me that pile of cards last year and got to see me giggle as I found it. Now I have LOTS of uses for it, ha.

[@thetimebinder]

Rocks rocks rocks

[@theimmortalleanwalker1307]

Shouldn’t the one ring (one of one) be on the list?

[@NizzahonMagic]

Not with the criteria laid out in the intro.

[@mackchaz5299]

Pizzahon

[@Giedrocz]

You're 6 foot 3!?!? I had no idea

[@ClexYoshi]

Time Vault?

[@NizzahonMagic]

The more expensive Artifacts in Alpha took that slot.

[@DeviousPie2]

I don't think anyone is even capable of guessing what rank 1 will be.

[@crawdaddy2004]

2:57 When did Chrome Mox get to 100 dollars???

[@Wintersmith12]

He only uses the original printings for these videos, not the cheapest version available.

[@nicholasburns1307]

Hello there my fellow youths

[@chicagodeep]

Time Vault is missing.

[@NizzahonMagic]

It isn't, for reasons stated in the intro.

[@chicagodeep]

@@NizzahonMagicMy bad.

[@Mikearcana777]

The one ring? Over 2 million dollars.

[@NizzahonMagic]

Watching the intro is usually a good idea

[@Mikearcana777]

@@NizzahonMagic I read the title first

[@NizzahonMagic]

But if you're talking about The One Ring not being in the video, that means you watched the video. @@Mikearcana777

[@Mikearcana777]

@@NizzahonMagic I scimmed. I don't watch intros really

[@destructimus]

Damn, really didn't picture you as 6'3" lol.

[@kurtilein3]

i wonder if the list is again tainted by Alpha if cheaper printings exist. I wonder if he will again claim to not be considering rare, fancy, special versions that have an extra high price, just to then consider Alpha, as if that is not a rare, special, fancy version.

[@kurtilein3]

And yes, its going to be tainted by Alpha again.

[@NizzahonMagic]

I mean, what I say is that I only look at the original printing. That's certainly what Alpha is. Also, the same cards would be #1 even if I used the Unlimited versions of the Power 9 artifacts, so this really isn't a good example of a "tainted" list, as you put it.

[@kurtilein3]

@@NizzahonMagic Yes, turned out not to be so bad, you mention chesaper versions if they exist. As i suspect players to be a much bigger part of the target audience than highend collectors, i would go with the cheapest available NM printing. For mana crypt the cheapest versions are basically anything except Harper Prism, Kaladesh, Judge Reward or Neon Ink.

[@EmperorNapoleon1815]

@@kurtilein3Using the original printing is much easier to work with, since he doesn’t have to go through and price out the cheaper (or most expensive) copy of a card, cutting down on research tjme. Plus, many players, myself included, enjoy playing with the original versions of cards whenever possible.

[@largemidget4550]

I resent your comment that Mana Crypt is the only book promo thas relevant! Sewers of Estark is a great card for Volrath the Fallen EDH! Its the ONLY black card in the game that can make a creature unblockable at instant speed, perfect when you've got a 22/4 Volrath trying to one-shot somebody at the table.