Throughout 2026, plenty of new cards have quickly proven to be shockingly expensive. Between the multiformat bombs and Commander staples, there’s plenty of gems to pull from packs. As expensive as these default-frame MTG cards are, however, they’re nothing compared to the chase cards released in 2026.
Exclusively found in Collector Boosters, getting your hands on these chase cards certainly isn’t easy. That being said, if you do get lucky, there’s obscene potential for value. So you know what to look out for, we’ve compiled a list of the most expensive chase MTG cards released throughout 2026 so far.
10 | Jeska’s Will (Japanese Silver Scroll Foil)
Price: $465
Found within Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Boosters, the Japanese Silver Scroll Foils are the Mystical Archive at its most expensive. Technically, these foils can appear in multiple slots within Collector Boosters, but the odds of pulling a mythic are exceptionally low. With less than a three percent chance to find a Silver Scroll Foil mythic, it’s no wonder they’re so expensive.
Curiously, while they’re all as rare as each other, some of the 15 Japanese Silver Scroll Foil mythics aren’t that valuable. Subterranean Tremors, for instance, is only worth $29, as the card itself has a huge impact on value. With this in mind, it’s no wonder that this chase reprint of Jeska’s Will is so expensive.
In red-aligned decks, Jeska’s Will can provide an obscene amount of value for minimal investment. Not only can playing this card at the right time more than pay your mana back, but it gives you gas to cast, too. Considering you only need to have your Commander in play to get the best from it, it’s little wonder this card is a format staple.
Thanks to this staple status and the innate rarity of Japanese Silver Scroll Foils, this card typically sells for $465. Sadly, this one card won’t pay for an entire Collector Booster Box, but there’s no denying it’s one hell of a pull.
9 | Vampiric Tutor (Japanese Silver Scroll Foil)
Price: $614
As a mythic Silver Scroll Foil card, finding this printing of Vampiric Tutor certainly isn’t easy. While this rarity doesn’t guarantee a high price tag, this card is insanely well played and a true Commander staple. Appearing in over 700,000 Commander decks, this card is so strong that Wizards even made it a Game Changer.
Outside of Commander, playing this insanely cost-effective tutor is actually quite difficult, as it’s banned in Legacy. Technically, it does see play in Vintage; however, Commander is easily the biggest driver of demand. This format, coupled with Vampiric Tutor being iconic and subsequently innately collectible, makes chase variants hugely valuable. This Silver Scroll Foil variant, in particular, sells for $621, making it the most expensive Vampiric Tutor around.
8 | Gleaming Splendor (Book Cover Surge Foil)
Price: $625
Having just been printed in The Hobbit, there’s a chance that the price of Gleaming Splendor will fluctuate somewhat. That being said, there’s good reason that this chase MTG card is already one of the most expensive in 2026. Not only is the Book Cover Surge Foil variant naturally rare, but Gleaming Splendor is one hell of a card.
Capable of creating a huge number of Treasures each turn cycle, Gleaming Splendor is quickly becoming a Commander staple. The fact that it can turn these Treasures into card draw is the icing on the cake, too, making it the best card in the entire set. Thanks to this, every variant of Gleaming Splendor is expensive, but the Book Cover Surge Foil is in a league of its own.
With mythic Book Cover Surge Foil cards appearing in just 1.8% of The Hobbit Collector Boosters, each of them is naturally expensive. Thanks to its soon-to-be staple status, however, Gleaming Splendor is the most expensive out of the bunch. If you want to pick up a copy for yourself, expect to pay around $625.
7 | Force of Will (Japanese Silver Scroll Foil)
Price: $940
Currently, Force of Will is the most expensive Japanese Silver Scroll Foil, and it’s not even close. Selling for a whopping $940 on average, this Force of Will is undeniably gorgeous; however, it’s not the most well-played Silver Scroll foil. Despite this, the card’s innately collectible nature has pushed prices up to an insane degree.
Thanks to Commander’s multiplayer nature, two-for-one-ing yourself with Force of Will is rarely an ideal play. That said, as a free counterspell, it still appears in well over 450,000 decks, even though it’s a Game Changer. Where this card really shines, however, is in competitive formats, as it’s a staple in Legacy and Vintage.
6 | The Mind Stone (Borderless Gauntlet)
Price: $1,699
While it can only be played in white-aligned decks, The Mind Stone is practically an auto-include if you need a mana rock. Not only is this artifact Indestructible, but late game you can Harness it for insane long-term value. Realistically, this Harness ability isn’t even hard to activate, either, and can supercharge Blink decks, or any with powerful enters abilities.
Thanks to this broad appeal, every variant of The Mind Stone is expensive, with even default frame copies selling for $54. This, however, is obviously nothing compared to the price of the Borderless variant, which is exclusively found in Collector Boosters. Appearing in “less than 1% of Collector Boosters,” this card is on par with the rarity of most serialized cards.
Unsurprisingly, this huge scarcity has massively propelled the value of the Borderless Gauntlet variant to just shy of $1,700. While this is insanely expensive, miraculously, it’s not even the most expensive variant of The Mind Stone.
5 | Leonardo, Sewer Samurai (Gold Foil)
Price: $2,936
Breaking the relatively new tradition, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MTG set had four unique Headliner cards. Each of these cards got a stunning Gold Foil treatment and art from Kevin Eastman, who co-created the TMNT franchise. According to Wizards, this treatment only appears “at a low rate in Collector Boosters,” but that seems to be putting it lightly.
Thanks to their ridiculous rarity, each Gold Foil TMNT Headerliner card is selling for an obscene amount of money. Curiously, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello are all worth fairly similar amounts, which makes sense since they’re equally as rare. Going for $2,449, $2,499, and $2,500, respectively, pulling any of these cards is a fantastic windfall.
As the leader of the group and the most playable Turtle, however, Leonardo, Sewer Samurai is worth a fair bit more than the others. With copies selling for $2,936, it’s clear that MTG players and TMNT fans have a favorite Turtle.
4 | Bitterbloom Bearer (Serialized Headliner)
Price: $3,326
As the Serialized Headliner for Lorwyn Eclipsed, it’s no surprise that this Bitterbloom Bearer is expensive. Not only have serialized cards proven consistently expensive, but adding unique art on top makes them even more desirable. With this treatment being applied to a genuinely powerful MTG card, too, it’s a perfect storm for high prices.
Capable of churning out a ton of tokens throughout a long game, Bitterbloom Bearer quickly established itself as a Commander staple. This card has even seen steady play in mono-black Pioneer decks and has popped up in competitive Commander formats. Realistically, though, this variant is a collectible first and foremost, and the connection to the classic Bitterblossom helps push this even further.
3 | Emeritus of Ideation (Serialized Headliner)
Price: $3,500
As if Serialized Headliner cards weren’t exciting enough already, in Secrets of Strixhaven, Wizards pushed things even further. On top of the usual odds of appearing in “less than 1% of Collector Boosters,” this Emeritus of Ideation variant is full art and textless. Thanks to this further boosting this variant’s desirability, a single copy will set you back $3,500.
To justify this high price tag, Emeritus of Ideation is a rather popular MTG card. Thanks to having Ancestral Recall as a Prepared spell, it sees healthy play in Standard and Pioneer. Admittedly, this card isn’t tremendously popular in Commander, but it still pulls its weight there without issue.
2 | Smaug the Magnificent (Gleaming Gold)
Price: $24,000
While Smaug the Magnificent isn’t the best card from The Hobbit, thanks to being the antagonist, it did get the Headliner treatment. Not only does this mean it gets fancy, treasure-themed, textless art, but it also gets a unique foil variant. While this printing isn’t officially serialized, according to Wizards, “there will be approximately 500 Gleaming Gold Smaug the Magnificent headliner cards printed.”
Thanks to being on par with regular serialized headliners and being a Universes Beyond card, demand for this Smaug is through the roof. It helps that this card is legendary and strong, too, making it viable to run in Commander. While it might not be the best Dragon in MTG, its Treasure-producing ability shouldn’t be dismissed at all.
Notably, while this chase Middle-earth-themed card has a unique allure, early sales data is very limited. There’s also been some controversy about early prices, following bounties being set online. Even with these in mind, there’s no denying that the Gleaming Gold Smaug the Magnificent is one of the most expensive MTG cards from 2026.
1 | The Mind Stone (Cosmic Foil)
Price: $45,000
Selling for a whopping $45,000, the Cosmic Foil Mind Stone is the most expensive MTG card released in 2026 so far. While a few sets have yet to be released this year, realistically nothing will dethrone this obscenely rare variant. Although it’s not serialized, it’s confirmed that there are “fewer than 150” copies of this variant in existence.
On its own, this unparalleled rarity would easily make the Cosmic Foil Mind Stone expensive, but it’s uniquely collectible, too. Following on from the Cosmic Foil Soul Stone, this card is part of a set. As more and more of these get released as more Marvel sets come out, they’ll only get more desirable.
Thanks to this detail, even as more Cosmic Foil copies of The Mind Stone get found, its price shouldn’t tank. If anything, it’ll only get more expensive over time, with prices likely spiking when the full set is available. Even before then, finding one of these in a Marvel Super Heroes Collector Booster is a generational pull.
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