Magic: The Gathering: the week in the card market, 25 October 2026

This week's headlines were dominated by the coming Star Trek set. MTG Rocks reported that five new spoilers from the set include a haste enabler with an instant-death combination, and a day earlier it reported that further spoilers include several infinite combo enablers and powerful one-mana uncommons. Strictly Better MtG covered the set's preview days, with its Day 4 and Day 3 videos both read as neutral. The Star Trek expansion is due on 13 November 2026.

On the price side, MTG Rocks reported that the original Polymorph spell showed a 319%319% increase across 4 variants, and a day earlier that a double Polymorph spell moved by 1080% in connection with the Reality Fracture precon. MTG Rocks also reported that Wizards of the Coast confirmed a release date for the Duality Distorted Secret Lair. Mattcaster Mage MTG published its market movers video for 23 October, noting commander cards as hot and mentioning divergent transformations. Star City Games published an article in its Spike Feeders series on goofy and lighthearted cEDH.

Taken together, the mood of the week was mostly neutral: 100 of the 147 headlines, or 68.0%, were read that way. Positive headlines made up 25.2%25.2% with 37 headlines, and negative ones 6.8% with 10. Among the subjects named most, Reality Fracture drew 5 headlines, 3 of them positive and 2 neutral. MTG Star Trek Commander drew 2 headlines, both positive. Star Trek drew 6 headlines, 1 positive and 5 neutral, while MTG Star Trek drew 4 and MTG Star Trek spoilers drew 3, all of them neutral. Secret Lair drew 2 headlines, 1 negative and 1 neutral, which makes it the subject with a negative headline among those named most.

Beside the words, the market index of the game's 100 most valuable cards stood at €605,574.80 on 25 October 2026, against €605,108.43 a week earlier on 18 October 2026, a change of 0.1%+0.1% over 7 days.

Over 30 days, The Hobbit moved most among the sets, with a complete set worth €29,672.38 and a change of 78.1%+78.1%. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth followed at €147,399.40 and 64.5%+64.5%, and Limited Edition Alpha at €271,961.80 and 58.9%+58.9%. Oversized League Prizes stood at €2,885.96 and 46.7%+46.7%. Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 fell by 66.5%-66.5% to €263.46.

The week's largest rise of a card's value was Benthic Behemoth from Seventh Edition, at €103.22 and 82.6%+82.6% over 7 days. The largest fall was Orvar, the All-Form from a Secret Lair Drop, at €8.97 and 55.0%-55.0% over 7 days. Two releases are due in the next 30 days: Mystery Booster Commander Edition on 9 November 2026 and Star Trek on 13 November 2026. CardPodium will report the figures again next Sunday.