Marvel’s Spider-Man set for Magic: The Gathering has finally swung into stores (after its recent prerelease), and the unique combination of comic book icons and fun new play designs is making it pretty popular so far.
So popular, in fact, that one rare card has already sold for $10,000, while others are also making a strong case for collectors themselves, tallying in the hundreds for market value. For now, these are some of the priciest cards to look out for when cracking packs, courtesy of data from our friends at TCGPlayer.
10. Cosmic Spider-Man (Extended Art)
Keyword soup on a five-color card? We may not have got Commander decks for Marvel’s Spider-Man, but Comic Spider-Man makes a great argument to helm one.
He powers up every Spider you have, giving them the same keywords, and that applies to Spider heroes, too. So, if you want to build a Spider-Verse deck, this is the way to go.
9. Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (Borderless)
Norman's standard card is fairly good value as well at $12.95, but if you want the full borderless art, it's not much more to pay standalone. Featuring some of the MTG x Spidey sets coolest art, I can see why Green Goblin is attracting some attention.
8. Gwenom, Remorseless (Extended Art)
Kicking off the list with a banger, Gwenom, Remorseless is a Venomized version of Gwen. It’s 4/4 with Deathtouch and lifelink, which lets you spend life to play extra cards from the top of your library.
It’s a neat idea, and one I’m curious to see players build around. The card was around $37 last month, but is now sitting at more steady $16-$20.
7. Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer (Extended Art)
An awesome card is a 5/5 that brings back a card from your graveyard, Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer can also power up as it takes damage.
You could, in theory, end up using him as a game-ending play if it takes enough damage from other players, or you could use him in a deck that’ll have your own creatures damage him to make him a juggernaut.
6. Gwen Stacy/Ghost-Spider (Borderless)
Sticking with Gwen, but a much less spooky version, this borderless card shows our heroine relaxing before flipping into action against Electro.
This version of Miles Morales is currently fetching close to $65, which is pretty spenny, but much less than it was demanding closer to release when it was sitting at $150 or more. Miles powers up others and then transforms into a camouflaging web-slinger with first strike and haste.
If you're looking for something a little less expensive, he's got another transforming Miles Morales card that was sitting at around $40 during release week, but you can expect to pay just over $14 for him these days, and that's a bargain.
4. Peter Parker/Amazing Spider-Man (Borderless)
He had to show up eventually, right? This card looks like the iconic moment Peter Parker gets bit by a spider on one side, and his first appearance alongside Marvel’s Fantastic Four on the other.
It’s currently sitting at around $100, a significant drop from its recent highs of $200.
3. Eddie Brock/Venom, Lethal Protector (Borderless)
This Eddie Brock/Venom, Lethal Protector card is another one with a comic-book cover on the flipside, and the iconic antihero is fetching a mean price at $200.
As for gameplay, Venom lets you sacrifice cards to draw and play other spells, potentially shifting your board state pretty quickly.
2. Spectacular Spider-Man (Various)
The Spectacular Spider-Man cards from this set were bound to be popular, both because the card is great and its artwork is awesome, but if you have a textured foil one, you might be in for a windfall.
The Soul Stone is not only a piece of Marvel history - its card is exciting in its own right. To play it, you’ll exile a card in order to trigger its ‘Harness’ ability, which essentially brings a creature card back from your Graveyard every turn. It’s going for around $100.
This powerful card is up for big money in its borderless format, but the Soul Stone’s Cosmic Foil variant is even harder to find. As I mentioned, one has reportedly already sold for $10,000-$15,000. Right now, it's listed at $40,000, with a market value of $32,000. Wow.
Yes, there’s also a less flashy version of The Soul Stone, but this Thanos artwork looks amazing.
The Borderless version of the card is currently going for around $1,500 on TCGPlayer, but the site lists its market value as closer to $1,700.
The cheapest way to pick this card up is via its standard variant, which still goes for around $100 right now as well. Not exactly cheap, but miles better than $40k.
If you're looking to hunt any of these rare cards down, your best bet is picking up a Collector Booster set from Amazon right now, but be prepared to pay around $480 for just 12 packs.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sale had plenty of excellent video game discounts, and even though Black Friday isn't until next month, the retailer isn't making us wait for more. It still has some discounted surprises for shoppers to check out between sale events, and right now that includes a great offer for PS5 users on Gears of War: Reloaded (see here at Amazon).
This game has dropped to $34.99 from its $39.99 list price, offering a sweet little $5 discount on it. More importantly, though, it's the first big price drop for this game, marking its lowest price yet. So why wait to pick it up? If you've been wanting to jump into the world of Gears on PlayStation, now is your chance to do it and save a little cash in the process.
Gears of War: Reloaded (PS5) for $34.99
For those who don't know, Gears of War: Reloaded is a remaster of the first Gears of War game, now made for PlayStation 5. This release comes with all post-launch content for the original game, including a bonus campaign act and multiplayer maps alongside characters and cosmetics. The game itself features 4K resolution, up to 60 FPS in the campaign, up to 120 FPS in multiplayer, and more which you can see below courtesy of Xbox Wire's announcement of it from earlier this year:
4K resolution
60 FPS in Campaign
120 FPS in Multiplayer
High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos
7.1 3D Spatial Audio
Variable Refresh Rate (VRR)
4K assets and remastered textures
Enhanced post-processing visual effects
Improved shadows and reflections
Super resolution with improved anti-aliasing
Zero loading screens during Campaign
Gears of War: Reloaded even supports cross-play, so friends can join in on the fun no matter the platform they're playing on.
Our Gears of War: Reloaded review update by IGN's Miranda Sanchez said of the PS5 version that, "The core of Reloaded is the same between all three platforms, but the DualSense adds a twist with the adaptive triggers and any comms done through radio output through the controller's speaker. It was a neat surprise having dialogue and sound effects – like hitting the perfect active reload – presented this way." If it's your first time jumping into the Gears games, you're in for a treat.
Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.
A six-episode documentary series detailing Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour has been announced, as well as a full concert film of the tour's final performance.
"Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The End of an Era" will premiere its first two episodes via Disney+ on December 12, with two further episodes releasing each of the subsequent two weeks.
December 12 will also see the arrival of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show," a full recording of the final Eras Tour performance in Vancouver, on December 8, 2024.
For Swifties, today's announcement ends years of speculation that a documentary detailing the world-dominating Eras Tour was in production. The launch of a second Eras Tour film, meanwhile, will allow fans to watch the tour's revamped setlist featured in shows held from May 2024 onwards, which included a major section featuring then-new album The Tortured Poets Department.
Much debate was had when Swift changed the content of the Eras Tour to include material from The Tortured Poets Department, her April 2024 album that released mid-tour and is widely seen as one of her most mature outings to date.
Some of those who'd seen The Eras tour already said they had missed out on the new material, while others yet to see the show said they would now miss out on some of Swift's classic back catalogue, which she jettisoned to make room for the extra album within the tour's mammoth three-and-a-half-hour runtime.
This recording of the tour's final show will mean Swifties can now choose which version of the Eras Tour they want to watch, as the artist already released Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour back in 2023, also via Disney+, with the concerts' original setlist. Swift performed 149 shows from March 2023 to Decemeber 2024, earning over $2 billon in revenue.
It's been a busy week for Swift, who has just completed a media blitz after the launch of The Life of a Showgirl — the album she recorded while on the road during the Eras Tour itself. The pop banger-filled record arrived last week to enormous sales, though mixed critical reviews.
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Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
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