MTG 30th Anniversary offers a chance at rare Black Lotus card… but it costs $999
Magic: The Gathering is nearing the three-decade mark, and to celebrate, an MTG 30th Anniversary Edition is being launched with multiple boosters that contain reprinted cards from the game's original Limited Edition Beta from 1993. However, it has a price tag of $999.
Available to pre-order from November 28 and likely to arrive in North America before the end of 2022, this MTG 30th Anniversary Edition is a "commemorative and collectible product" that contains four booster packs containing 15 random cards each. These will all be reprints of the earliest cards from Magic: The Gathering's first set, and 13 of them (with two basic lands, three uncommons, seven commons, and one rare) will feature a modern frame. The two remaining cards - one land, one random - are due to have retro frames like the ones first seen when MTG originally joined the best card games on shelves. The boosters also include Token cards utilizing art from the Limited Edition Beta, while White cards use the original White symbol instead of the newer version.
But unlike other recent Magic: The Gathering additions, MTG 30th Anniversary Edition will not be tournament legal. It'll also be a limited run, so once it's gone, it's gone.
Unfortunately, this seems to be the only way of getting those original cards short of paying several hundred per item on eBay (opens in new tab) or raiding attics across the country for discarded decks from childhood. By way of context, most normal boosters cost a few dollars and Collector packs are somewhere in the $25 mark.
It's also far from guaranteed that you'll get what you're looking for. As noted in the reveal video (opens in new tab), you can get cards like Black Lotus within the 30th Anniversary Edition... but that
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