{"id":1086950,"date":"2026-01-24T01:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=504072"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:21:10","slug":"get-this-mtg-collection-on-ebay-for-just-2-2-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/get-this-mtg-collection-on-ebay-for-just-2-2-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Get this MTG collection on eBay for just\u2026 2.2 million dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A series of magic the gathering cards alongside recreations from the artists\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: eBay\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/get-this-mtg-collection-on-ebay-for-just-2-2-million-dollars.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/386107788022\">This is not a joke<\/a>,\u201d reads the first sentence of the listing\u2019s description. Early in the morning on New Year\u2019s Day, eBay user thelotusvale listed what looks like one of the most impressive collections of Magic: The Gathering cards ever hosted on the online auction site. \u201cWhat I&#8217;m offering is a set of first edition APs,\u201d the listing reads. \u201cSome call them Beta APs. This set took about 20 years to build. Luckily, I started back before they became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23644519\/magic-the-gathering-black-lotus-auction-price-2023\">super hard to find<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wargamer.com\/magic-the-gathering\/artist-proof-alpha-2-million-collection\">First reported by Wargamer<\/a>, the set includes 302 \u201cAlpha\u201d cards, early art proofs of the first MTG cards with no back imagery. A limited number of these were given to illustrators by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/mtg-magic-the-gathering\/485083\/magic-gathering-commander-video-game\">Wizards of the Coast<\/a> to sign and resell, meaning these are not playable cards, and instead are strictly for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23817181\/mtg-one-ring-card-post-malone\">collection purposes.<\/a> Every single one of these 302 cards is signed, with most of them having the more highly coveted glossy back. The 22 that have the lesser matte back \u201cshould be considered placeholders until you find a glossy back AP, if any still exist,\u201d the user posted in the description.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cAdditionally, all cards include recreation art by the original artist, with 11 exceptions,\u201d which have a second, unsigned copy of the card with recreation art done by other artists. \u201cI specifically chose those artists because they were among the original MTG contributors, they knew [the card\u2019s original designer] personally, and they were not artists represented in this first edition set. As part of this effort, I requested that they each hide a &#8220;Q&#8221; somewhere in the art, and they all did. Some a little too well. One actually requires a black light to see.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a brief FAQ section at the bottom of the listing, the seller states that they are unwilling to break up the set, save for an exception of the coveted \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/mtg-magic-the-gathering\/456895\/commander-ban-2024-jeweled-lotus-mana-crypt-dockside-extortionist-nadu\">and controversial<\/a> \u2013 Black Lotus card. They are open to going anywhere in the United States to meet someone to complete this multimillion dollar sale, and open to a trade for collector\u2019s edition sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The seller described the process of building the set as both \u201cvery expensive\u201d and an amazing journey. \u201cI met collectors from around the world, and I got to work with all these amazing artists. For the connections I&#8217;ve made with these two groups of people, I will be forever grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If you have a spare $2.2 million lying around, you can own this collection right now. Otherwise, you can watch in eager anticipation to see where this historic set ends up next. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/mtg-magic-the-gathering\/504072\/mtg-collection-ebay-2-million-dollars\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is not a joke,\u201d reads the first sentence of the listing\u2019s description. Early in the morning on New Year\u2019s Day, eBay user thelotusvale listed what looks like one of the most impressive collections of Magic: The Gathering cards ever hosted on the online auction site. \u201cWhat I&#8217;m offering is a set of first edition APs,\u201d the listing reads. \u201cSome call them Beta APs. This set took about 20 years to build. Luckily, I started back before they became super hard to find.\u201d\u00a0 First reported by Wargamer, the set includes 302 \u201cAlpha\u201d cards, early art proofs of the first MTG cards with no back imagery. 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