While immoderate longtime Magic: The Gathering players whitethorn grumble astir Universes Beyond’s increasing value to the game’s merchandise calendar, it’s hard not to consciousness similar it’s getting much eyes connected the brand.
The latest Final Fantasy acceptable has sold amended than immoderate different done preorders alone, and it’s not adjacent retired until this play (June 13). There's besides the Secret Lair acceptable to see connected June 9, but that's a full different beast.
Still, accidental you picked up a prerelease container astatine your section crippled store past weekend, oregon you've got immoderate much boosters connected the mode this week, you whitethorn beryllium wondering which cards are seeing demand, peculiarly if you’re looking to offload immoderate oregon conscionable get the saccharine restitution of owning what's hot.
Let's instrumentality a heavy dive into the best-selling Final Fantasy presold cards close now, each according to the trading paper marketplace TCGPlayer.
10: Jumbo Cactuar
Magic The Gathering Jumbo Cactuar
Novelty origin of racking up 9,999 other damage, I was fortunate capable to propulsion 1 of these implicit the weekend. It’s going for betwixt $7.50 and $8 close now, with players keen to bash large harm with this prickly customer.
9: Summon: Primal Odin
Magic The Gathering Summon: Primal Odin
Summons conscionable had to beryllium a large portion of the Final Fantasy set, and they fundamentally get arsenic Sagas.
The large absorption with Primal Odin is measurement two, which tin virtually region a subordinate from the game, and is apt to beryllium ridiculously lethal successful conscionable astir immoderate Commander pod.
It’s disposable for nether $2, too!
8: The Darkness Crystal
Magic The Gathering The Darkness Crystal
This 1 volition acceptable you backmost astir $5, and for bully reason. Not lone does it trim the outgo of Black spells, but it gives its proprietor beingness portion creatures astir them die.
The information you tin past bring immoderate carnal exiled with that 2nd effect has maine peculiarly tempted to bargain it for a zombie platform I’ve been readying for months.
7: Cecil, Dark Knight
Magic The Gathering Cecil, Dark Knight
One of a fewer two-sided cards, Cecil has Deathtouch but deals harm to his owner, yet transforming to Redeemed Paladin, gaining lifelink and making different creatures indestructible until extremity of time.
All of that from a azygous achromatic mana casting cost? That $2.99 mightiness beryllium a tiny terms to pay.
6: Self-Destruct
Magic The Gathering Self-Destruct
If you’re looking to truly pain down an opponent’s creatures, oregon the hostile themselves, Self-Destruct tin crook the tide of conflict astatine Instant speed.
As TCGPlayer points out, utilizing it successful conjunction with Screaming Nemesis makes it a cleanable antagonistic to lifelink-focused decks, and Self-Destruct is nether 50 cents astatine the clip of writing.
5: Fire Magic
Magic The Gathering Fire Magic
Want a Vivi paper but don’t privation to pony up? We get, it, but portion Fire Magic has the diminutive spellcaster successful its artwork, it’s besides a large paper that makes usage of the caller Tiered mechanic.
For nether 50 cents, you tin formed an expanding magnitude of harm to each creature, making this an perfect paper to person successful your backmost pouch arsenic Commander players astir you physique their committee states.
4: Starting Town
Magic The Gathering Starting Town
Get Starting Town retired aboriginal and it tin kickstart a committee authorities successful immoderate format, peculiarly if you’ve got a platform with aggregate colors, but it’ll outgo you.
Starting Town is presently $14 for the mean version, oregon conscionable nether $17 for the foil one.
3: Tifa Lockhart
Magic The Gathering Tifa Lockhart
Not to beryllium confused with the variant successful the Final Fantasy 7 Commander Deck, this Tifa has a Landfall trigger that doubles her powerfulness alongside her existing Trample keyword.
As TCGPlayer points out, you tin turn her onslaught powerfulness with thing similar Titanic Growth and past usage Fabled Passage to treble it again. She’ll acceptable you backmost betwixt $7 and $9.
2: Sazh’s Chocobo
Magic The Gathering Sazh's Chocobo
I got a mates of Sazh’s Chocobo successful my packs, and portion it’s adorable, it tin turn rapidly with a landfall trigger that’s akin to Tifa’s, above.
It’s nether $2, too, truthful capable your boots.
1: Adventurer’s Inn
Magic The Gathering Adventurer's Inn
A onshore that gives beingness and doesn’t participate tapped? You emotion to spot it. It’s besides ace inexpensive close now, astatine astir 50 cents for the foil mentation oregon little than 30 cents for the non-foil.
Where to Buy Magic: The Gathering - Final Fantasy Cards
These cards are acceptable to release connected June 13, but you tin preorder them close present and it'll get this week.
Scroll to the near to spot speedy bargain links for each MTG: FF configuration. Read connected for details astir what comes successful the galore bundles that are available.
And for much info astir the crossover, cheque retired our Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Commander Deck uncover feature.
Lloyd Coombes is Gaming Editor @ Daily Star. He's a large instrumentality of Magic: The Gathering and different collectible paper games, overmuch to his wife's dismay. He's besides a tech, gaming, and fittingness freelancer seen astatine Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, IGN, and more.
Thanks to TCGPlayer for the information and accusation that informed this article.
Originally posted:
Jun 9, 2025 6:30 pm