Top Selling Magic: The Gathering Cards on TCGplayer: December 2024
By Peter Day •
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 December 1 and December 31, 2024. 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 December 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
Set: Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Average Sale Price: $58.81
On December 16 the long-awaited ban of The One Ring in Modern finally arrived. Sellers who anticipated the ban had already offloaded their copies during Cyber Weekend, so that by the time the ban hit The One Ring was already sitting around $60, down from $110 in September. Once the ban was official, Commander players felt comfortable that The One Ring had reached its floor and made their moves, which ironically led to more sales of Isildur’s Bane the week after it was banned than the week prior.
#2 Mox Opal
Set: Scars of Mirrodin
Average Sale Price: $129.00
In the same B&R announcement where they banned The One Ring, Wizards of the Coast unbanned Mox Opal and three other cards in Modern, forcing a complete reevaluation of the format (to the delight of many players). Mox Opal gained $50 in the next two weeks as brewers set about working the artifact into existing decks and trying to find new homes for the busted mana rock.
#3 Anointed Procession
Set: Amonkhet
Average Sale Price: $50.61
Anointed Procession sells well every month because of how powerful it is in token decks, one of the most popular strategies in Commander. Whether it makes this list often depends on its Market Price—below $50, it doesn’t qualify for this section of the report. But in December, the price was just right for Anointed Procession to claim third place.
#4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Set: Dominaria United
Average Sale Price: $86.05
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse continues to be one of the best spells you can cast in Standard or Pioneer, as well as a must-answer threat in Commander. It didn’t need any special reason to sell well in December.
#5 Mox Opal
Set: Modern Masters 2015
Average Sale Price: $117.73
Like the version earlier on this list, this Mox Opal started selling like Charizards once it was unbanned in Modern.
Top Selling Magic Cards: $1.00 to $49.99
#1 Hare Apparent
Set: Foundations
Average Sale Price: $4.71
Cards like Hare Apparent allow (and encourage) players to play way more than the standard four copies in their decks, so anyone who wants to build around it needs tons of copies.
#2 Slime Against Humanity
Set: Murders at Karlov Manor
Average Sale Price: $2.37
Slime Against Humanity takes the #2 spot on this list thanks to the same “any number of cards” clause that helped Hare Apparent reach the #1 spot. It takes fewer fans building with Slime Against Humanity to reach the same level of demand as a Magic card with normal playset restrictions.
#3 Sol Ring
Set: Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Average Sale Price: $1.25
Sol Ring always ranks among the bestselling cards in Magic, thanks to being a symbol of the game’s most popular format, but those sales are usually spread out among its many (many) reprints. This version of Sol Ring had the lowest Market Price in December, which helped it show up in more players’ carts when they used Cart Optimizer.
#4 Faithless Looting
Set: Dark Ascension
Average Sale Price: $1.02
Faithless Looting got unbanned in Modern on December 16 too, causing demand for this flexible consistency-booster to jump by an order of magnitude compared to the 15th.
#5 Island
Set: Theros: Beyond Death
Average Sale Price: $2.08
Magic players are spoiled for options when it comes to full-art lands, but the ones from Theros: Beyond Death stand out—if for no other reason than they’re the easiest to differentiate from a distance. They also cost over $1 each, letting them qualify for this report.
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.