Fast forward 30 years, and Magic has come a long way
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Ingenious Smith (Foil) Price today: $2.50 Possible price: $10 Im cheating a little bit with this last one because its actually seeing more play in Hammer Time, one of the most popular archetypes in Modern right now, but the reason it caught my eye was actually from looking at the Thopter Sword combo decks that have been reappearing in the format
Probably slightly worse than preordain since there are no fetch lands
This PSA 10-graded Alpha Chaos Orb, which sold for $44,400 in 2023, is one of the best-preserved copies of a card that was literally designed to be dropped onto the table, making high-grade versions incredibly rare
It was even used in Vintage Masters