Top Selling Magic: The Gathering Cards on TCGplayer: May 2025
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 May 1 and May 31, 2025. 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 May 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: $60.74
The price of The One Ring dropped like Gollum falling into Mount Doom in December when Wizards of the Coast announced that they were banning the card in Modern (alongside a long list of other changes across four formats). It has bounced back since then, as its inclusion in the beta version of WotC’s Commander Brackets system has elevated its profile even further among Commander players, and given a reason to imagine that WotC won’t ban it there despite its power.
#2 Rhystic Study
Set: Prophecy
Average Sale Price: $50.63
Rhystic Study has always sold well. It’s one of the most powerful cards in Commander after all, and its inclusion on the list of Game Changers has helped shield it from accusations that it deserves to be banned. But until April, it was still below $50 and ineligible for this half of the report. Sales dipped in April as demand reacted to this price spike, but they came back in May for our Mayhem promotion as players took the opportunity to earn store credit for their pricey purchases.
#3 The One Ring
Set: Universes Beyond: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Average Sale Price: $68.84
The normal version of The One Right continues to sell well for the same reasons as the Borderless LTR Bundle version and all other versions. It’s a busted Commander card that Wizards of the Coast is unlikely to ever reprint—especially not with its original name and flavor, unless they negotiate another licensing deal with the Tolkien Estate.
#4 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Set: Dominaria United
Average Sale Price: $73.53
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse dipped in price in May, possibly in anticipation of this multi-format monster finally rotating out of Standard later this year. But it never fell below $50, and demand grew in response to the price dip, so Sheoldred remains one of the bestselling Magic: The Gathering cards that costs more than Baldur’s Gate 3.
#5 Force of Negation
Set: Modern Horizons
Average Sale Price: $53.10
Like Rhystic Study, Force of Negation has always sold well but didn’t have the right combination of strong sales and a $50+ price tag to appear on this list before now. FoN sees heavy play in Modern, Legacy, and the more competitive side of Commander, but has only been printed in two sets: Modern Horizons and Double Masters 2022. Until Wizards of the Coast reprints Force of Negation (or designs an even more powerful free counterspell—knock on wood), expect this card to keep creeping upward.
Top Selling Magic Cards: $1.00 to $49.99
#1 Moonmist
Set: Innistrad
Average Sale Price: $1.46
This little-known Common from the original Innistrad set () was $0.25 until May 9, when speculators realized that it could transform recently spoiled FINAL FANTASY cards like Kefka, Court Mage, Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER, and Terra, Magical Adept without having to fulfill their tricky flip conditions. The buyout reached its peak on May 11 and raised the card’s price to over $4.
While Moonmist has lost most of that value, it’s still well above its pre-spike price, and will likely remain high at least until Commander players can confirm whether or not it’s worth a card slot to flip Clive, Ifrit’s Dominant on demand.
#2 Hare Apparent
Set: Foundations
Average Sale Price: $3.18
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.
#3 Slime Against Humanity
Set: Murders at Karlov Manor
Average Sale Price: $1.46
Slime Against Humanity takes the #3 spot on this list thanks to the same “any number of cards” clause that helped Hare Apparent reach the #2 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.
#4 Cori-Steel Cutter
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Average Sale Price: $13.22
Players have mostly moved on from Tarkir: Dragonstorm to spend more time eagerly anticipating FINAL FANTASY, but one Tarkir card refuses to be ignored.
Aggro decks wanted to cast multiple spells per turn before Cori-Steel Cutter arrived and gave them a ridiculous payoff for doing so. With its ability to generate an unlimited number of explosive threats, this card is transforming how aggro plays in every competitive format.
#5 Sol Ring
Set: Commander: Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Average Sale Price: $1.24
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 one of the lowest Market Prices in May, which helped it show up in more players’ carts when they used Cart Optimizer.
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.