To get the most out of those spells, it helps to be able to afford the mana cost early in the game
The 16 most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards are: Pristine Alpha Black Lotus - $3 million The 1/1 One Ring - $2 million Black Lotus Autographed Alpha - $800,000 Mox Opal - $108,000 Lord of the Pit Alpha - $105,000 Timetwister Alpha - $84,000 Splendid Genesis - $72,000 Vesuvan Doppelganger - $63,000 Ancestral Recall Alpha - $36,000 Phoenix Heart - $27,500 Euroakus - $25,200 Time Walk Gamma - $26,400 Fraternal Exaltation - $23,750 Mox Emerald Alpha - $18,000 Underground Sea Alpha - $17,500 Mox Sapphire Unlimited- $16,800 Pristine Alpha Black Lotus Price: $3 million With the printing of the One of One Ring in 2023, there was a brief window when the Black Lotus wasn't the most valuable magic card of all time
Legends are historic, after all
They were built for bulk orders, not for the one card that actually matters to you
It's one more mana than Return to Dust and it will always hit two cards, even when you cast it on someone else's turn
