The 10 Most Valuable MTG Secret Lair Cards, August 2023 . #1 The Secret Lair Showdown Cards

With the return of MagicCons in 2023, there are many Secret Lair promotional cards to acquire through playing events such as the Secret Lair Showdown, a capped competitve tournament only at MagicCons where you can win some exclusive-yet-high-value Magic: The Gathering cards. By simply participating in one of these events, players are given a unique copy of Fatal Push, a card first printed in Aether Revolt. Fatal Push is a Modern and Pioneer staple that is a clear answer to the opponent’s creatures for the cost of a single Black mana.

If you happen to finish in the Top 32 of one of these Secret Lair Showdown events, a stunning foil copy of Ragavan Nimble, Pilferer is your reward. There’s only one of these Secret Lair Showdown events at each MagicCon, making these extremely rare. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is one of the strongest cards in Modern and the reason you play the format, given the number of abilities available. Once this year’s MagicCons are done and dusted, there will be only 128 copies of this Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer available, making this an extremely desirable card for players and collectors. While there isn’t much in the way of price history on TCGplayer due to scarcity, two of these have sold recently in the $2,300-$3,300 price range. And if you win a Secret Lair Showdown? Well, a copy of Brainstorm is your just reward.

With only three copies in existence currently, it’s easy to say this copy of Magic’s most powerful cantrip is the most expensive Secret Lair card around. And once these MagicCons are behind us this year, there will only be four copies available. And right now, one of these copies of Brainstorm is on TCGplayer’s marketplace at a whopping $99k. Historically speaking, Brainstorm is one of the best cantrips in Magic: The Gathering, a card that sees tremendous amounts of play in Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper. With that, Brainstorm is an iconic card when it comes to discussing Magic and power level, and without a doubt, this Secret Lair Showdown copy will be one of the most expensive Secret Lair cards for a very, very long time.