The 10 Most Valuable MTG Secret Lair Cards, August 2023 . #3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
March 7, 2025A participation promotional card for those who play in Pro Tours or the World Championship this year will receive this stunning copy of Jace, the Mind Sculptor, and if players finish within the Top 16 of any Pro Tour this year will receive a foil copy of the Secret Lair card. At present, there are roughly 200 copies of the non-foil Jace, the Mind Sculptor in existence as these cards were distributed at Pro Tour Phyrexia in Philadelphia, with that only growing when Pro Tours in Minneapolis, Barcelona, Las Vegas occur throughout this year.
Even when more copies enter the market later this year, you can be sure that this version of one of Magic’s most powerful Planeswalkers will remain a valuable Secret Lair card for quite some time. At present, the non-foil copies retails within the $400-500 price range. And for Pro Tour The Lord of the Rings in Barcelona, Pro Tour competitors were given a stunning unique copy of Gandalf the White, and while there isn’t much sales data available given the Pro Tour only finished recently, you can expect this copy of Gandalf to go for an incredible amount of money. Not only are these Pro Tour participation promos limited in quantity, this is especially true for Gandalf the White as given naming conventions, it is unlikely this card will appear at the upcoming Magic World Championship XXIX or the first Pro Tour of 2024 in Chicago. Combined with the strong collector aspect as seen with The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, this particular printing of Gandalf is primed to be one of the more valuable Secret Lair cards seen in a while.
A trend seen with Wizards of the Coast with the return of competitive play is offering these exclusive and limited-print-run cards as an incentive for competitive players, a trend that first began with Flesh and Blood. We’ll likely see this continue going forward, as it’s a decent compromise for competitive players to sell high-value cards in addition to gaining prize money at these events.