Absurdly Rare MTG Foils Using 27-Year Old Artwork Sell for $200+

The chase cards in the bizarre Mystery Booster 2 MTG product are… unusual, to say the least. The two cards you want to find in these Booster Box of white-bordered and Future Sight goodness are foils and unplayable paper cards.

The rarest things you can find in Mystery Booster 2 products are Alchemy reprints and Future Sight Frame foil cards. On average, Mystery Booster 2 boxes only open one foil Future Sight card, but can open two. Alchemy cards, on the other hand, are so rare that you might not find one in an entire box!

Even though Future Sight Frame foils are all expensive, there is quite some distance in the pricing between foils. For that reason, we want to list the most expensive Mystery Booster 2 Future Sight Frame foils so that you can identify them.

Urza, Lord High Artificer – $350

It may be shocking to discover that Urza, Lord High Artificer is the most expensive Future Sight foil in Mystery Booster 2, but it makes more sense when you consider two important factors. Firstly, this copy of Urza, Lord High Artificer is only available in foil. That makes chancing upon Urza’s Future Sight Frame card at all a much rarer affair. Secondly, this Urza uses unique MTG artwork that has not been seen in 27 years.

This, and a few other Future Sight Frame MTG cards present in Mystery Booster 2 use artwork from the Vanguard series released back in 1997. This artwork originally appeared on oversized cards meant to be used as additional start-of-game effects that can change your starting hand, change your starting life total, and can grant you additional abilities to utilize in your game.

Very few of these cards have exchanged hands, but at the moment, the going average for this card appears to be about $350, with the most recent sale for the card being $365. This is a rather popular cEDH Commander, adding some demand from players who want high-rarity copies of this card.

Brainstorm – $320

Brainstorm is the biggest outlier in terms of foil Future Sight Frame cards appearing in Mystery Booster 2. One of the best cards in Magic, Brainstorm can fix your hand for just one mana. Brainstorm also happens to be one of the most difficult cards to play. Used incorrectly, Brainstorm can essentially ‘lock’ your progression for the next two turns if your draws aren’t any good. It is imperative that you use this card alongside shuffling effects to prevent this from happening.

The reason for this particular card going for over $300 in its foil iteration is likely due to Legacy demand. Any exclusive variant of a card that commonly sees play in that format tends to get a massive price spike from players trying to bling their decks out. A Timeshifted Ponder from Time Spiral Remastered is a strong example of this rule put into action.

Final Fortune – $220

Final Fortune has a surprisingly expensive foil price for its Future Sight variant. This card is available in nonfoil as well for just $10. Notably, the nonfoil variant of Final Fortune in Mystery Booster 2 is the cheapest tournament-legal copy of this card by some margin.

While there is some inconsistency in sales for many of the foil Future Sight Frame cards, Final Fortune is consistently above $200. Extra turn effects like this one are popular in Commander decks that can abuse the triggered ability that would normally cause you to lose the game. By ending your turn early, you can dodge the triggered ability completely, allowing you to simply take an extra turn for two mana. As long as you have a consistent way to dodge the lose triggers, it becomes easy to string these effects along to a win. That said, this is not a popular way to play Commander.

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor – $215

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor’s expense comes from the same sources as Urza. This both utilizes an iconic piece of Vanguard artwork and is only available as a Future Sight Frame foil. As far as functionality goes, Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor is no slouch, either.

Originally released in Brothers’ War, Gix can offer creature decks an endless amount of card draw. Should those cards be relatively stale in hand, Gix can discard your hand for seven mana to start using the cards out of your opponent’s hand, instead. This allows the card to see lots of Standard play. The card is otherwise powerful in any Commander deck that wants to go wide.

Titania, Protector of Argoth – $180

Another card only available in foil, Titania, Protector of Argoth isn’t a pricy card outside of this particular variant. While the card has been selling for over $200 recently, Titania appears to be following the larger pattern with these cards and dropping in price over time. $180 is the most recent sale for the card.

Titania does see its fair share of Commander play. In a landfall deck, Titania becomes a one-card army. Thanks to the abundance of powerful lands that sacrifice themselves for value, like Fetch Lands, it’s easy to trigger Titania’s ability to create 5/3 Green Elemental creature tokens. This also functions as two landfall triggers while fixing mana. The synergy is clear.

Underworld Breach – $200?

This is the first MTG Future Sight Frame foil card appearing on this list that is available in both foil and nonfoil. Notably, foil Underworld Breach has had far fewer sales than the other foils listed above, which means that the price for this card may have dropped somewhat. That said, the most recent sale on TCGplayer for this card was $225. Notably, at the time of writing, the cheapest copy of this card available on TCGplayer was listed for $135, so the card may drop down a fair bit.

Underworld Breach is likely the best red card in all of Commander now that Dockside Extortionist has been banned. Winning with this card is disturbingly trivial, especially when used alongside Lion’s Eye Diamond and Brain Freeze. This three-card combo only requires Underworld Breach to be in play (the other cards can be in your graveyard) and will result in you milling all players out. Even if one of your opponents has something like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn to reset their library, you can always include a trusty Thassa’s Oracle to win the game from the grave. This is one of the best MTG cards ever printed, so it’s not surprising that a premium variant runs a good chunk of change.

What Price is a Decent MTG Mystery Booster 2 Foil Hit?

According to various sales prices for Mystery Booster 2 cards, most strong hits go for about $150 USD and climb from there. Urza, Lord High Artificer and Brainstorm seem to be in a realm of their own.

Notably, the sales for foil Future Sight Frame cards that can appear in nonfoil are much less plentiful. As a result, it’s difficult to nail down an accurate price on these cards. That said, multiple strong hits, like Sensei’s Divining Top, Lotus Petal, Chain of Vapor, Demonic Consultation, and Pact of Negation go for $150 and up. Pact of Negation is notably listed for $245 at its lowest but only has one sale on TCGplayer. For that reason, we did not list it.

On the other hand, the worst foil Future Sight Frame cards that this set has to offer go for as low as $30. There is quite a range in prices for these cards, and knowing what cards are the expensive ones can help you look out for unexpected windfalls during your drafts and box openings.

As a reminder, even though the Alchemy cards getting paper printings in this set are not tournament-legal, they are still exceedingly rare, which means that they are incredibly expensive. Do not pass these cards in a Limited environment.