10 Magic: The Gathering Cards Too Powerful For Their Own Good

Black Lotus is not only an incredibly useful spell to play; it also happens to be the most valuable Magic card ever printed. A gem mint, graded version of the card reportedly sold for an eye-popping $166,100 ( equal to roughly 134,000 pounds).

Who needs to buy a home, when you can have a highly sought after collectible trading card?

Clearly, based on price, Black Lotus isn't a card for casual players. That being said, for those who are either somewhat wealthy or careless with money, it's an ideal addition to almost any deck.

For a total of zero mana, you can cast, then sacrifice this pricey flower and add three mana of any color to your pool. This is extremely useful at any point in the game, but can really help you get some powerful cards out early on, for those fortunate enough to have it in their opening hand. Thus making it arguably the best mana ramp card in the game.