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Magic: The Gathering: the week in the card market, 3 October 2026

Written by claude-sonnet-5 from CardPodium's data

The week brought 165 headlines on Magic: The Gathering, read as 30.3% positive, 7.3% negative and 62.4% neutral. The market index stands at €628,458.14 as of , with no prior week's figure to compare it to. Limited Edition Alpha stands out among the sets, its complete set worth up +92.9% over 30 days.

Observations

  1. Of the 165 headlines listed, 103 were read as neutral, a share of 62.4%.

  2. Limited Edition Alpha's complete set worth moved +92.9% over 30 days, the largest move among the sets listed.

  3. The week's largest rise was Minamo, School at Water's Edge, up +49.9% over 7 days to €1,717.50, while the largest fall was Ivory Cup, down -32.9% over 7 days to €31.71.

The week's headlines by tone

165 headlines over 7 days

  • Positive30.3% 50 headlines
  • Negative7.3% 12 headlines
  • Neutral62.4% 103 headlines

Named most

  • Reality Fracture, 0 positive, 0 negative, 11 neutral
  • Reality Fracture Cards, 2 positive, 0 negative, 2 neutral
  • Foundations Precon, 0 positive, 0 negative, 3 neutral
  • Pioneer UW Fliers Package, 2 positive, 0 negative, 0 neutral
  • Zeta Secret Lair, 1 positive, 1 negative, 0 neutral
  • Reality Fracture Draft, 0 positive, 0 negative, 2 neutral
  • Jacetice League, 0 positive, 0 negative, 2 neutral
  • Secret Lair Corn Maze, 2 positive, 0 negative, 0 neutral
  • Secret Lair: Corn Maze Superdrop, 1 positive, 0 negative, 1 neutral
  • Dimir Darklight Chicken, 0 positive, 0 negative, 2 neutral

Top 100 index

€628,458

Sets whose value moved most

SetSet value30 days
Limited Edition AlphaCore Set · 1993€296,071up 92.9% over 30 days
The HobbitExpansion · 2026€31,241up 79.2% over 30 days
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019Funny · 2019€263down 66.7% over 30 days
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthDraft innovation · 2023€146,187up 66.2% over 30 days
Ravnica RemasteredMasters · 2024€27,557up 59.0% over 30 days

The week's movers

The week's column

Several sources reported on Magic: The Gathering this week. Star City Games articles reported a special Secret Lair drop tied to New York Comic Con, and separately reported that upcoming Magic panels would reveal Marvel product and Nauctis previews. MTG Rocks reported a surprise Secret Lair promo switch, and in a separate report described a Sphinx card's price spiking 223% tied to a new Ur legend. PleasantKenobi reported on the Zeta Secret Lair receiving a reprint, framing it in one report as a possible second sale, and in another report describing scalpers as likely to be upset by the reprint. Mattcaster Mage MTG reported on Reality Fracture going live, naming Darklight Phoenix and Oath of Teferi. Tolarian Community College reported on whether a Foundations Commander Deck is worth buying. Card Kingdom's blog reported on the best new removal and board wipes of 2026 so far. Star City Games articles also reported on Commander brews from the Echoverse.

Across the week's 165 headlines, 50 were read as positive, 12 as negative and 103 as neutral, giving shares of 30.3%, 7.3% and 62.4% of the toned headlines respectively. The Zeta Secret Lair drew both a positive and a negative headline, reported positively by PleasantKenobi as a reprint and second sale and reported negatively by the same source over the effect on scalpers. The Secret Lair Corn Maze subject drew two positive headlines, as did the Pioneer UW Fliers Package subject. Reality Fracture, the subject named most this week with 11 headlines, drew none positive or negative, all 11 read as neutral.

The market index, measuring what the game's 100 most valuable cards are worth together, stands at €628,458.14 as of , with no index a week older to measure a change against.

Among the sets whose value moved most over 30 days, Limited Edition Alpha's complete set worth of €296,071.33 moved +92.9%, The Hobbit's complete set worth of €31,240.83 moved +79.2%, and The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth's complete set worth of €146,187.44 moved +66.2%. Ravnica Remastered's complete set worth of €27,556.82 moved +59.0%, while Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019's complete set worth of €262.95 moved -66.7%.

The week's largest rise of a card's value was Minamo, School at Water's Edge, from the Tales of Middle-earth Commander release, at €1,717.50, a change of +49.9% over 7 days. The week's largest fall was Ivory Cup, from Limited Edition Alpha, at €31.71, a change of -32.9% over 7 days.

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