The first step to serving customer demand is to understand it. So to help you follow what’s currently popular with players and collectors, we’ve put together a pair of downloadable CSV reports of the top-selling Magic: The Gathering cards of the past month.

These reports show the name and set of the Magic cards with the highest total number of copies sold on the TCGplayer Marketplace between July 1 and July 31. The reports consider cards from different sets to be distinct (even if they have the same name), but do not distinguish copies sold by condition (Near Mint, Lightly Played, etc.) or by printing (Foil, etc.).

The two reports cover cards that had an average sale price in July within two ranges: $50.00 or more, and $1.00 to $49.99.

Here are five highlights from each report.

 

Top Selling Magic Cards: $50 or More


#1 The One Ring (Borderless) (LTR Bundle)
Set: Unique and Miscellaneous Promos
Average Sale Price: $87.86

The One Ring continues to be the most-played card in Modern and one of the busted value engines in Commander, a format defined by value engines.

This version of The One Ring actually dropped in price in July, down from its all-time high at the end of June during Pro Tour MH3. That could be a reaction to the current state of Modern, which is completely dominated by Bant Nadu and won’t receive a B&R update until August 26 at the earliest. In any case, the LTR Bundle version of The One Ring is now the most affordable version of this cursed artifact, and therefore the best selling.

#2 Soul Spike
Set: Coldsnap
Average Sale Price: $55.80

Soul Spike went from a bulk rare to a serious contender with the printing of Necrodominance in Modern Horizons 3, which gave rise to an entire new Modern archetype that trades life for card advantage. Soul Spike turns that card advantage back into life at a better rate, so it naturally fits with the deck’s plan. Assuming Nadu gets the ban hammer this month, Mono-Black might be in line for the title of best deck in Modern.

#3 Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Borderless)
Set:​​ Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed
Average Sale Price: $57.01

Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the most popular new commander from Universes Beyond: Assassin’s Creed, which released at the start of July. While there are five different versions of the card for players to choose from, only this borderless version shows off a breathtaking view of an Italian city stretching to the horizon, every square mile of which is packed with thousands upon thousands of haystacks (presumably). That unique art and the $50+ threshold of this report both help the Borderless version beat out the four other Ezio cards.

#4 Ocelot Pride (Borderless)
Set: Modern Horizons 3
Average Sale Price: $57.29

Sales of Ocelot Pride spiked hard on July 15th, and prices spiked with them. While it’s not obvious why that particular day was significant, this MH3 Mythic has continued to thrive in the weeks since, thanks to its role in Modern Energy decks and its synergy with some of the new commanders from Bloomburrow like Baylen, the Haymaker and Zinnia, Valley’s Voice.

#5 The One Ring
Set: Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Average Sale Price: $116.54

Much like the LTR Bundle version of The One Ring, the basic version of the Ring has also dipped in price since Pro Tour MH3, but it’s still one of the best (and best-selling) Magic cards ever printed.

 

Top Selling Magic Cards: $1.00 to $49.99


#1 Templar Knight
Set: Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed
Average Sale Price: ​​$3.27

Cards like Templar Knight that break the 4-copies-per-deck rule tend to sell in much higher quantities than other cards, just because they can fill an entire deck on their own.

#2 Brotherhood Regalia
Set: Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed
Average Sale Price: ​​$3.21

Brotherhood Regalia offers ward 2 and evasion to any legendary creature for the low cost of three mana. That’s enough to make it a new Commander staple.

#3 Sink into Stupor
Set: Modern Horizons 3
Average Sale Price: $4.34

Sink into Stupor belongs to a cycle of modal double-faced cards (MDFCs) from Modern Horizons 3 that each have a generically useful spell on one side and a potentially untapped land on the other. All of these cards are practically auto-includes in Commander decks (since Commander players are cavalier about spending life), and as the blue spell/land of the cycle, Sink into Stupor is the most popular.

#4 Slime Against Humanity
Set: Murders at Karlov Manor
Average Sale Price: ​​$1.79

Like Templar Knight, Slime Against Humanity is another recent card with no restrictions on how many copies players are allowed to include in their decks.

#5 Consign to Memory
Set: Modern Horizons 3
Average Sale Price: ​​$2.00

Consign to Memory spiked hard in late July—not because of any buyouts, but just in response to the persistent and overwhelming demand. Nearly every blue Modern player is running Consign to Memory in their sideboard as an answer to everything from evoked elementals to The One Ring, as well as to everything in the new Eldrazi decks.

Selling cards that have high “velocity” keeps your cash flow healthy so you can take advantage of new opportunities. Check out our reports on the top-selling cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon, and be sure to list these cards on TCGplayer to unlock value you can reinvest in your business.