World Championship Decks

City of Brass - 1996 Eric Tam (ARN) made the set's biggest move, +169% to $24.99. 290 cards broke away from the set's shared move over the 30-day window, busier than most Magic: The Gathering sets (47.8 per 100 cards vs. a 26.4 median). 210 moved up, 80 moved down.

$310

$76.88

$60.26

$51.00

Highest current closes across this set's printings. Tap a card to view it on TCGplayer (affiliate).

Value concentrates hard: across 393 measured Magic: The Gathering sets, the single top card typically holds about 8% of a set's total card value.

New Magic: The Gathering sets have typically settled about 34% below their release-week price, with most of that easing done within roughly 16 weeks (measured across 70 recent releases).

Over the first 30 weeks after release, that easing runs about 28% deeper than the market's own drift.

Across 71,958 measured breakaway moves in our archive, upward moves outnumber drops about 1.5 to 1.

1. +169%City of Brass - 1996 Eric Tam (ARN)$24.99 Jun 1, 2026
2. +158%Cabal Therapy - 2003 Peer Kroger (JUD)$13.00 Apr 13, 2026
3. +157%Submerge - 2000 Tom van de Logt (NMS) (SB)$8.98 Oct 14, 2024
4. +156%Parallax Wave - 2000 Nicolas Labarre (NMS) (SB)$8.99 Aug 4, 2025
5. +150%Parallax Tide - 2000 Tom van de Logt (NMS)$25.00 Nov 10, 2025
6. -58%Pentad Prism - 2004 Manuel Bevand (DST)$3.49 Sep 16, 2024
7. +128%Phyrexian Furnace - 1997 Paul McCabe (WTH) (SB)$6.99 Mar 2, 2026
8. +121%Tsabo's Web - 2001 Antoine Ruel (INV)$39.99 May 18, 2026
9. +121%Sylvan Library - 1996 Bertrand Lestree (4ED)$39.99 Jun 9, 2025
10. +112%Ancient Den - 2004 Manuel Bevand (MRD)$13.60 Sep 16, 2024
11. +109%Birds of Paradise - 1996 Eric Tam (4ED)$8.49 Apr 22, 2024
12. +107%Dust Bowl - 2000 Janosch Kuhn (MMQ)$21.20 Jan 19, 2026