Trading Card Games are becoming more and more popular all over the world. There are prominent names like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering or even Pokémon. Even, if talking about the level of profitability for both manufacturers and gamers, these card games sometimes outperform many blockbusters now. Thanks to the diverse card system, constantly updating and above all, the collectible value and rarity of some items have made the cards sometimes worth thousands, or millions of dollars. Must be a rare story. And here are the rare cards that are hard to find, the most valuable in the world gaming village.
1996 World Champion card in Magic: The Gathering
This can be considered the rarest card that is the most difficult to find in the world for many reasons. Firstly, it is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for its rarity. In addition, the rarity of the 1996 World Champion is reflected in the fact that not only test copies, even subsequent prints were destroyed to ensure its unique position.
The owner of the card is Tom Chanpheng – the world champion of Magic: The Gathering in 1996. Despite its rarity and only one publication in the world, Tom still sold the 1996 World Champion card in 2001. for a private collector for $ 17,500 (about more than 400 million VND).
Tyler The Great Warrior in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Tyler The Great Warrior is also the card that is causing a stir around the world as it is likely to be the first card to sell for over $1 million in TCG games. It is known that this is a card that Konami combined with the Make A Wish charity organization to give to the boy Tyler – who at that time was battling a rare liver cancer. It is also a unique card that has no second edition in Yu-Gi-Oh!.
18 years later, Tyler wishes to get married, travel around the world. And that is also the reason that the guy is publicly auctioning this card. With its rarity, the Tyler The Great Warrior card is attracting loads of attention.
Shichifukujin Dragon in Magic: The Gathering
The Shichifukujin Dragon is a unique and extremely rare card in Magic: The Gathering, and is also a name recorded in the Guinness Book of Records similar to what the 1996 World Champion Card did. There is only one publication of this card in the whole world.
Designed by Mark Rosewater and illustrated by Christopher Rush, the Shichifukujin Dragon has had all test prints canceled. Designed with the bold Japanese style of Barnr, until now, Shichifukujin Dragon has only been displayed at special events or at Hobby’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.