Black Lotus The most expensive Magic: The Gathering card of all time thanks to an extremely rare sale Peak price: $615,000 Black Lotus has long held a reputation as the most valuable Magic: The Gathering card ever made, dating from MTG's very first set, Limited Edition Alpha, released in 1993
Black Market Connections Black Market Connections allows you to trade life for resources each turn, and one of the options is to buy a card for 2 life
Juggernaut was that much better than its Revised competition, despite it dying to the very popular and far more problematic Lightning Bolt
For example, a given property may or may not have elves, and this type of worldbuilding impacts reprint selection
As the library expands with these massive sets, collectors often take stock of the history to find out how many MTG cards are there in existence