Cracking open sealed product with the goal of making a profit can be questionable, but the potential treasures in some sealed Commander decks are becoming increasingly worth the attention. Among the sealed Commander product that is worth keeping an eye on (and potentially cracking open!), the most notable have to be the Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 decks.

Interestingly, “rarity” is something of an illusion in these decks, as they contain singleton copies of every rarity—even a common is “technically” rare here, but that just means that you’ll find an even more impressive stack of commons and uncommons that are worth $1 or more! So many, that their value can add up much faster than those you would find in traditional packs.

Now, the most valuable of these are Surge foils, which are only found in the pricier Collector’s Edition versions of the decks, but that just means they are that much more likely to gain value over time—and that’s without even considering the potential problem of intellectual property rights inherent to Universes Beyond products as a whole. So, without even considering the shinier rarities, here are all the commons and uncommons from Universes Beyond: Warhammer that are worth a $1 or more (some substantially more than that!):

  1. Sicarian Infiltrator (Surge Foil)
  2. Skullclamp (Surge Foil)
  3. And They Shall Know No Fear (Surge Foil)
  4. The Lost and the Damned (Surge Foil)
  5. Herald’s Horn (Surge Foil)
  6. Herald of Slaanesh (Surge Foil)
  7. Sol Ring (252) (Surge Foil)
  8. Sol Ring (251) (Surge Foil)
  9. Reliquary Tower (Surge Foil)
  10. Talisman of Indulgence (Surge Foil)
  11. Skullclamp
  12. Dark Ritual
  13. Dark Ritual (Surge Foil)
  14. Darkness (Surge Foil)
  15. Arcane Signet  (227) (Surge Foil)
  16. Go for the Throat (Surge Foil)
  17. Darkness
  18. Sol Ring (250) (Surge Foil)
  19. Swords to Plowshares (Surge Foil)
  20. Sicarian Infiltrator
  21. Command Tower (271) (Surge Foil)
  22. And They Shall Know No Fear
  23. Farseek (Surge Foil)
  24. Sol Ring (249) (Surge Foil)
  25. Herald of Slaanesh
  26. Unclaimed Territory (Surge Foil)
  27. Inspiring Call (Surge Foil)
  28. Talisman of Dominance (255) (Surge Foil)
  29. Brainstorm (Surge Foil)
  30. Herald’s Horn
  31. Noise Marine (Surge Foil)
  32. Talisman of Creativity (Surge Foil)
  33. Arcane Signet (228) (Surge Foil)
  34. Talisman of Dominance (254) (Surge Foil)
  35. Command Tower (270) (Surge Foil)
  36. Defile (Surge Foil)
  37. Command Tower (272) (Surge Foil)
  38. Hull Breach (Surge Foil)
  39. Talisman of Hierarchy (Surge Foil)
  40. Harrow (Surge Foil)
  41. Bred for the Hunt (Surge Foil)
  42. Mask of Memory (Surge Foil)
  43. The Lost and Damned
  44. Temple of the False God (Surge Foil)
  45. Venomthrope (Surge Foil)
  46. Aetherize (Surge Foil)
  47. Nurgle’s Rot (Surge Foil)
  48. Reconnaissance Mission (Surge Foil)
  49. Worn Powerstone (Surge Foil)
  50. Cultivate (Surge Foil)
  51. Arcane Signet (229) (Surge Foil)
  52. Talisman of Indulgence
  53. Brainstorm
  54. Reliquary Tower
  55. Frontier Bivouac (Surge Foil)
  56. Myriad Landscape (Surge Foil)
  57. Cranial Plating (Surge Foil)
  58. Arcane Sanctum (Surge Foil)
  59. Hedron Archive (Surge Foil)
  60. Mind Stone (244) (Surge Foil)
  61. Wayfarer’s Bauble  (262) (Surge Foil)
  62. Opal Palace (Surge Foil)
  63. Night Scythe (Surge Foil)
  64. Aberrant (Surge Foil)
  65. Overgrowth (Surge Foil)
  66. Rampant Growth (Surge Foil)
  67. Venomthrope
  68. Explore (Surge Foil)
  69. Sol Ring (252)
  70. Swords to Plowshares
  71. Defile
  72. Go for the Throat
  73. Psychomancer (Surge Foil)
  74. Dread Return (Surge Foil)
  75. Forgotten Cave (Surge Foil)
  76. Thought Vessel
  77. Trygon Prime (Surge Foil)
  78. Talisman of Creativity
  79. Scoured Barrens (Surge Foil)
  80. Sol Ring (251)
  81. Talisman of Hierarchy
  82. Wayfarer’s Bauble (261) (Surge Foil)
  83. Farseek
  84. Triarch Praetorian (Surge Foil)
  85. Sol Ring (249)
  86. Sol Ring (250)
  87. Crumbling Necropolis (Surge Foil)
  88. Sanguinary Priest (Surge Foil)
  89. Mind Stone (245) (Surge Foil)

That’s an impressive amount of cardboard that you can potentially bank! Generally speaking, I don’t necessarily recommend picking up sealed product hoping to ultimately make a profit, but the fact that you can already break open these Commander decks for some value means these could very well be worth grabbing. 

Anyone can sell these cards on TCGplayer. All you need to do is list your inventory! For your convenience, we’ve also included a downloadable CSV of the valuable commons and uncommons we’ve covered so far.