Magic's single-card auction record has been broken once again, with Black Lotus, this time fetching a whopping $3 million.
Magic is a well-known collectible card game with a wide range of collectible physical cards. "Black Lotus" has been a god card since its birth, and its effect is to gain three mana in any color combination for 0 sacrifices. With its powerful mana surge ability that can be combined with other cards to create a "one-hit kill," Black Lotus is known as the strongest card in Magic history.
"Black Lotus" has always been one of the most expensive cards, often selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 2023, the two "Black Lotus" were auctioned for $540,000 and $800,000, respectively. But before that, the most expensive Magic card was the One Ring of Supremacy card in the Middle-earth expansion that was released last summer, and this card was only printed in the world with a 0.00003% chance of being drawn, and was finally collected by the famous MTG collector Post Malone for $2 million.
And "Black Lotus" broke the record again, according to the latest data, a Black Lotus in good condition sold for $3 million. Prior to this, "Black Lotus" had never exceeded $1 million, which also made many MTG fans skeptical of the deal, and they also believed that the auction house CGC was not a certified grading company. However, the buyer of the card recently spoke to Kotaku, who claimed that it was a perfectly legitimate deal, that the price of $3 million was "about the right amount" in today's market, and that while he may have "paid a little more", there is no need to worry that he did not buy the card for immediate appreciation.