These cards are anything but mysterious in value.
One incredible aspect about Magic: The Gathering is that you can play and engage with the game as you see fit. Whether it’s playing Commander or curating a unique Cube, there are several different ways to appreciate the game that can create memorable moments with friends. Mystery Booster 2 is one of these ways, which brings an Un-set feeling and is becoming a popular way to play an eight-person Draft with friends.
One notable aspect about Mystery Booster 2 is that it’s close to a reprint set, allowing you to acquire some of the more unique treatments you don’t often see in Magic: The Gathering, such as the Future Sight Frame and White Border variants. While these aren’t always a hit with players, it does provide a different approach to customizing your Constructed or Commander deck. And with more Mystery Booster 2 Boxes hitting the market, thanks to the various Festival in a Box releases through the Secret Lair website as of late, more singles will trickle through the market and will influence prices as a result.
The Most Expensive Cards from Magic: The Gathering’s Mystery Booster 2
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While Mystery Booster 2 isn’t your typical Standard release, it’s one of the most fun ways to play Magic: The Gathering with friends. With Festival in a Box: Atlanta 2025 currently being shipped out far and wide, players are cracking those Mystery Booster 2 Boxes and figuring out the value of these quirky cards. That said, let’s dive into the cards that are commanding the most value from Mystery Booster 2 at the time of publication.
#10 Sanguine Brushstroke (Traditional Foil)
Sanguine Brushstroke
Mystery Booster 2, Uncommon
One of the memorable aspects of Mystery Booster 2 is how the release saw a selection of MTG Arena Alchemy cards see print, with Sanguine Brushstroke being one of these. When it enters, you create a Blood token and conjure a card called Blood Artist (conjure means creating a card for you to use that didn’t exist before) onto the battlefield. That isn’t all, as when you sacrifice a Blood token, each opponent loses one life, and you’ll gain a life. Essentially, this means you have another Blood Artist-like effect for Blood tokens specifically, which plays favorably well into the Vampire theme.
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While you can’t officially play Sanguine Brushstroke in Commander as it comes with the Acorn holostamp, many players have started to adopt these MTG Arena cards for casual play. With Vampires remaining one of the more popular Kindred archetypes you can play in Commander, it isn’t a surprise to see Sanguine Brushstroke commanding a good bit of value as players continue to explore different ways to enhance their Commander games. Furthermore, the card only appears in Traditional Foil (like many of the other MTG Arena Alchemy cards), making these even rarer to open from Mystery Booster 2.
#9 Dragon’s Approach (Future Sight Frame – Traditional Foil)
Dragon’s Approach
Mystery Booster 2, Common
MTG Arena cards aside, Mystery Booster 2 also saw the return of the iconic Future Sight Frame, which adorns on several of the reprints from the release. One of these is Dragon’s Approach, and it quickly became a novel option in Commander since you’re able to break deckbuilding norms by playing as many copies of the card as you wish. While the Strixhaven: School of Mages printing is currently running you a few bucks, the Traditional Foil-only Future Sight Frame printing that’s becoming a valuable hit from Mystery Booster 2. And since Commander players want to have around three dozen copies of the card for their deck, there’s definitely steady demand for the Mystery Booster 2 versions, as it allows for Commander “bling” in a way that you don’t often see with commons such as these.
#8 Tenacious Pup (Traditional Foil)
Tenacious Pup
Mystery Booster 2, Uncommon
Like with Sanguine Brushstroke, the adorable Tenacious Pup is another MTG Arena Alchemy card that sees a desirable printing in Mystery Booster 2. The Pup comes with an MTG Arena ability called “one-time boon” which, as the name suggests, provides you with an effect and will disappear after the criteria for the trigger have been met. So with Tenacious Pup, the one-time boon will trigger whenever you cast a creature spell, with that creature entering play with a +1/+1 counter, a trample counter, and a vigilance counter. That’s quite a lot of value for one mana, and one that could have easily seen print in a paper release.
#7 Urza’s Saga (White Border)
Urza’s Saga
Mystery Booster 2, Rare
With the release of Mystery Booster 2, White Border cards saw a return with Urza’s Saga being the most valuable out of the crop. While not for everyone, there’s a subset of players who prefer White Border cards because it makes it easier to find said card when searching the library, or they’re just in the market to tilt as many opponents as possible.
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White Border cards were quite common in the early days of Magic: The Gathering, as they were used in sets from Unlimited to Ninth Edition, as the bright border denoted that these were printed in reprint sets. Since Ninth Edition, Black Border cards are now the norm, but have allowed Wizards of the Coast to print White Border cards on occasion as a gimmick — as seen in Mystery Booster 2 and in several Secret Lair Drops. As for the card, Urza’s Saga remains a Constructed haymaker, seeing consistent play in Modern, Legacy, and even Vintage as it can churn value with Construct tokens without much issue. This has remained true since the card’s printing in Modern Horizons, with any copy of the card remaining decent value due to these applications in mind.
#6 Reflecting Pool (Future Sight Frame – Traditional Foil)
Reflecting Pool
Mystery Booster 2, Rare
Reflecting Pool is another of the many Traditional Foil-only Future Sight Frame cards you can open in Mystery Booster 2 and remains an excellent mana option to play in Commander. While not every Commander strategy will want to play Reflecting Pool, a good number of them do, and being able to scale your mana efficiency based on what’s already in play under your control is quite good.
#5 Arcane Signet (Future Sight Frame – Traditional Foil)
Arcane Signet
Mystery Booster 2, Common
Arcane Signet is another Traditional Foil-only Future Sight Frame card from Mystery Booster 2 that remains a solid hit due to extensive Commander play. First printed in the Throne of Eldraine Brawl Decks, Arcane Signet quickly became one of the best mana-generating artifacts you can play in Commander, so it isn’t a huge shock to see this rare Mystery Booster 2 printing boast notable value.
#4 Rusko, Clockmaker (Traditional Foil)
Rusko, Clockmaker
Mystery Booster 2, Uncommon
Rusko, Clockmaker is another MTG Arena Alchemy card that sees a paper printing in Mystery Booster 2, and is actually quite valuable despite the uncommon rarity. Like many of the other MTG Arena Alchemy cards in the set, Rusko only appears in Traditional Foil, which means lower pull rates as foils are so hard to open from the release. As for the card, Rusko conjures a card named Midnight Clock and puts that card onto the battlefield, and whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you place an hour counter on each card named Midnight Clock.
If you’re in the market to play a “Rule Zero” Commander, Rusko, Clockmaker is an interesting one, and comes with the triggered ability to force each opponent to lose a life whenever you cast a noncreature spell. That said, Rusko is one of the more obnoxious options to play in MTG Arena’s Brawl format, as you’re able to play a Dimir Control strategy that rewards you for casting counter magic and removal spells with Rusko in play, then using the various Midnight Clocks on the battlefield as your win conditions. Reputation aside, Rusko is an interesting design, and one that would make you an immediate threat if you decide to play something more unofficial in Commander.
#3 Command Tower (Future Sight Frame – Traditional Foil)
Command Tower
Mystery Booster 2, Common
Out of the many stunning Traditional Foil-only Future Sight Frame cards, Command Tower is one that many players want to open from Mystery Booster 2. Commander continues to be the most popular and most-represented format in Magic: The Gathering, and with it come several different ways to express yourself through the various treatments Wizards of the Coast prints regularly. And given how rare this specific printing of Command Tower is from Mystery Booster 2, it’s also the most expensive printing you can own of the card (period).
#2 Oracle of the Alpha (Traditional Foil)
Oracle of the Alpha
Mystery Booster 2, Uncommon
Oracle of the Alpha is perhaps one of the quirkiest cards seen in Magic: The Gathering, and harks back to the game’s first-ever release — Alpha.
As the card’s name suggests, Oracle of the Alpha allows you to conjure the Power Nine into your library, and then you shuffle your library. If you’re much newer to Magic and unaware of the game’s rich history, the Power Nine are a rare class of cards found in Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited and are some of the most powerful cards in the game. Black Lotus, Mox Pearl, Mox Sapphire, Mox Jet, Mox Ruby, Mox Emerald, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, and Timetwister are the Power Nine, and you’re able to play any of these cards if you have an Oracle of the Alpha on the battlefield.
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It’s one of the reasons the Bird Wizard is quite valuable at the time of publication, but also because the card only exists in Traditional Foil in Mystery Booster 2. Despite being printed at an uncommon rarity, opening one of these is much closer to opening a mythic rare and comes in at a much lower pull rate. Oracle of the Alpha is one of the many MTG Arena Alchemy cards printed in Mystery Booster 2, and even with the black frame, the card is not legal in any paper formats (and comes with the Acorn stamp, which debuted in Unfinity).
#1 The Vanguard Legend Cards (Future Sight Frame – Traditional Foil)
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At the time of publication, it’s the Traditional Foil Vanguard cards in the Future Sight frame that command the most value from Mystery Booster 2, with Urza, Lord High Artificer being the most expensive out of the bunch. If you aren’t familiar, Vanguard was kind of the precursor to Elder Dragon Highlander (shortened to EDH, now commonly called Commander) and debuted in 1997. While Vanguard didn’t stick around for too long, the supplemental release introduced a slate of stunning yet classic artwork of some of Magic: The Gathering’s most memorable characters, from Titania to Squee.
Since the release of Mystery Booster 2, these Traditional Foil Vanguard cards are some of the biggest hits from the supplemental release. It’s estimated that opening any Future Sight Frame Traditional Foil card in Mystery Booster 2 runs a pull rate less than 5%, with the Vanguard cards being part of this mix. That said, opening any of these Vanguard cards will bring decent value and collectibility to those who want to adorn their Commander decks with the nicest variants.