Modern Horizons 3, the most recent Magic: The Gathering set, has been out for two weeks, and these are the most expensive cards available.
Magic: The Gathering cards tend to increase in value after a new set of cards has been released. Some stay at a modest price, while others jump high and soar in value. The latest set, Modern Horizons 3, is in the same boat. Although the current set is massive, we have compiled a list of the 10 most valuable cards in Modern Horizons 3. Players should watch for them when collecting cards as they might land on a gold mine in their Magic: The Gathering collection.
The Top 10 Most Expensive Cards from Modern Horizons 3
#10 – Ral, Monsoon Mage
Card Description:
- Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
- Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell during your turn, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Ral, Monsoon Mage deals 1 damage to you. If you win the flip, you may exile Ral. If you do, return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner’s control.
Price: AU$50/ Borderless: AU$60
#9 – Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
Card Description:
- When Ajani, Nacatl Pariah enters the battlefield, create a 2/1 white Cat Warrior creature token.
- Whenever one or more other Cats you control die, you may exile Ajani, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner’s control.
Card Description (Transformed – Planeswalker):
- +2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Cat you control.
- 0: Create a 2/1 white Cat Warrior creature token. When you do, if you control a red permanent other than Ajani, Nacatl Avenger, he deals damage equal to the number of creatures you control to any target.
- -4: Each opponent chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest.
Price: AU$45/ Borderless: AU$55
#8 – Nethergoyf
Card Description:
- Nethergoyf’s power is equal to the number of card types among cards in your graveyard and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
- Escape (2x mana, 1x black mana): Exile any number of other cards from your graveyard with four or more card types among them. (You may cast this from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Price: AU$55/ Borderless: AU$60
#7 – Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury
Card Description:
- When Phlage enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless it escaped.
- Whenever Phlage enters the battlefield or attacks, it deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
- Escape (2x red mana, 2x white mana): Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Price: AU$70/ Borderless: AU$100
#6 – Ocelot Pride
Card Description:
- First strike, lifelink
- Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city’s blessing for the rest of the game.)
- At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 1/1 white Cat creature token. Then if you have the city’s blessing, for each token you control that entered the battlefield this turn, create a token that’s a copy of it.
Price: AU$35/ Borderless: AU$110
#5 – Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
Card Description:
- Flying
- Whenever Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It’s an artifact with “(2), Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.”)
- When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner’s control.
Card Description (Transformed – Planeswalker):
- +2: Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
- -3: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. If it’s a green card, add one mana of any colour.
- -7: Draw cards equal to half the number of cards in your library, rounded up. You get an emblem with “You have no maximum hand size.”
Price: AU$70/ Borderless: AU$85
#4 – Phyrexian Tower
Card Description
- Tap: Add colourless mana
- Tap, Sacrifice a creature: Add 2x Black Mana
Price: AU$35/ Borderless: AU$110
#3 – Ugin’s Labyrinth
Card Description
- Imprint – When Ugin’s Labyrinth enters the battlefield, you may exile a colourless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand.
- Tap: Add colourless mana. If a card is exiled with Ugin’s Labyrinth, add 2x colourless instead.
- Tap: Return the exiled card to its owner’s hand.
Price: AU$110/ Borderless: AU$165
#2 – Emrakul, the World Anew
Card Description:
- When you cast this spell, gain control of all creatures target player controls.
- Flying, protection from spells and from permanents that were cast this turn.
- When Emrakul, the World Anew leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all creatures you control.
- Madness – Pay six colorless mana
Price: AU$65/ Borderless: AU$245
#1 – Ulamog, the Defiler
Card Description:
- When you cast this spell, target opponent exiles half their library, rounded up.
- Ward – Sacrifice two permanents.
- Ulamog, the Defiler enters the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among cards in exile.
- Ulamog has annihilator X, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
Price: AU$130/ Borderless: AU$330
That is everything to know about the most expensive cards currently in the Modern Horizons 3 set for Magic: The Gathering. Do you have any favourite cards on the list? Let us know in the comments section below. If you want to check out more coverage on Magic: The Gathering, visit our Guide Hub here, and if you want to learn more about the Modern Horizons set, here is everything you need to know.
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