1st gen yugioh cards Orica Introduces the Mainspring and Bugman archetypes. Beckett: Online Sports & Non

This combination of demand and rarity makes Mana Crypt the 4th-most-valuable card outside the Reserved List, behind two cards from Portal: Three Kingdoms (Imperial Seal and Zodiac Dragon) and one (Grim Tutor) which was exclusive to a particular 1999 starter deck

Exiling creatures as they go to the graveyard hampers recursion and graveyard strategies, and the incidental lifegain becomes significant when scaled to a Commander boardcasting Damnation while you control this offers perfect stabilization

You can untap it by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, so pair it with something that offsets the counters or turns it into a non-creature, and youve got infinite green mana

this one's a bit much for practical play

Series: Scarlet & Violet Paldea Evolved Release Date: June 9, 2023 Set Abbreviation: PAL Honorable Mention: Sprigatito (Illustration Rare) $20.22 Card Number: #196/193 Rarity: Illustration Rare Just outside of the top 10, Sprigatito kicks off the list with one of the cutest cards in the whole expansion