Magic's Alpha Black Lotus: around 1,100 printed, a handful in gem mint. A PSA 10 sold for $511,100 at PWCC in January 2021, the documented auction record for a graded copy at the time. Benchmark: PWCC auction, 2021-01, a documented public sale, not an estimate. Graded trading cards trade per-card on tokenized venues such as Courtyard (Polygon, Brink's vault) and Collector Crypt (Solana, PWCC/ALT vaults); this reference listing is for research.
The most powerful card ever printed, in its rarest form.
Prism analyst note
The most powerful card ever printed, in its rarest form. The benchmark is a real, dated auction record (PWCC auction); treat it as the card's documented high-water mark for that grade, not a live quote. Collectibles reprice at every sale.
Generated from issuer disclosures and reviewed against the sources listed below. Not investment advice.
Structure & compliance
- Underlying
- 1993 MTG Alpha Black Lotus (PSA 10), the physical graded card.
- Legal structure
- Physical graded collectible; tokenized copies are per-card vault tokens on card venues
- Jurisdiction
- United States (grading & major auction venues)
- Custodian
- Owner custody, or venue vaults (Brink's via Courtyard; PWCC/ALT via Collector Crypt) when tokenized
- Administrator
- Graded by PSA/BGS/SGC/CGC; sales via public auction houses
- Reserve information
- The benchmark price is a specific, dated public auction result for the stated grade. Other grades of the same card trade at very different prices; the tokenized venues price each vaulted copy individually.
- Transfer restrictions
- Physical cards transfer by sale or shipment; tokenized copies transfer on their venue's chain and are redeemable for the vaulted card.
- Investor eligibility
- Open / permissionless
- KYC required
- No, permissionless transfers
Reserve verification
Contracts & on-chain data
Addresses shown only where independently confirmed against explorers and issuer documentation. Holder and transfer analytics are available via the linked explorers.
Documents & disclosures
Frequently asked
Is this price live?+
It is the documented record sale for this card at the stated grade (PWCC auction, 2021-01). Collectibles have no ticker; each sale sets the next benchmark.
How do I actually own one?+
Buy a graded copy at auction or on a tokenized venue: Courtyard vaults cards with Brink's on Polygon, Collector Crypt with PWCC/ALT on Solana, both redeemable for the physical card.
