After visiting New York in 2025’s Marvel’s Spider-Man set, the Marvel Universe has now fully arrived in Magic: The Gathering. With the Marvel Super Heroes set, everything seems so much bigger in scope, more exciting, and definitely more MTG in its flavor than before. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the most valuable Marvel Super Heroes cards!
10. King T’Challa (Borderless) – Mythic, 399
We begin our list of Marvel Super Heroes cards with this double faced card. Featuring art by the iconic Jack Kirby, this borderless King T’Challa card features an homage to the cover of 1977 comic book, Black Panther #7 on its reverse side.
9. Daredevil, Man Without Fear (Borderless) – Rare, 398
I love how the comic book cover homages of these Marvel Super Heroes cards so cleverly ape the source material, but incorporate the in-game ability text, stats, keywords and icons into the design. The artwork is by Daredevil co-creator, Bill Everett, and showcases Daredevil in his original, yellow and red suit. The original comic was published way back in 1964, just a few years after the birth of the Marvel Universe as we know it.
8. Tony Stark (Borderless) – Mythic, 392
It’s no surprise that the most sought after cards in Marvel Super Heroes are variants which recreate iconic covers. Here’s another! This one recreates 1968’s Iron Man #1, adding all of the MTG details you need for this card to be playable. At least theoretically, of course; the likelihood of you seeing one of these hit the table during a game is very small indeed!
7. Bruce Banner (Borderless) – Mythic, 390
Of course the comic book cover homages are here to demonstrate the switch between secret identity and super hero persona. That said, Bruce Banner switching to the Hulk is less of a choice, particularly in his earliest, gray colored incarnation. In Hulk #1, which this card homages, the Hulk transformation is triggered at sunset, reverting to Banner at sunrise. Of course, now we’re more familiar with rage being the trigger for the transformation. Don’t make Banner angry, right?
6. Captain America, Super-Soldier (Borderless) – Mythic, 387
Though not double faced, this is another example of a comic book homage cover, which Marvel and MTG fans are clearly clamoring for. This card is an homage to 1975’s Captain America #193, and the eagle-eyed (or should that be Falcon-eyed) among you will spot Sam Wilson rocking a very 70s costume in the background here!
5. Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu (Borderless) – Mythic, 396
Released the same year as the movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the comic this card homages feels a lot more modern than the other comic book-influenced cards on this list. That’s because the movie and the comic this card is based on were both released in 2021, giving it an understandably more contemporary aesthetic.
4. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence (Borderless) – Mythic, 401
We head all the way back to 1969 to find the source of this comic book homage: Avengers #67. It’s unfortunate that the card text covers up the original cover’s depiction of Wasp and Yellowjacket, but in order to make these cards functional in-game I guess sacrifices have to be made!
3. Doctor Doom (Borderless) – Mythic, 394
This card is an homage to Marvel Super-Heroes #20, released in February 1969. The artwork is by Larry Lieber, younger brother of Marvel icon, Stan Lee, aka Stanley Lieber!
2. Thanos, The Mad Titan (Borderless) – Mythic, 400
Surely no Marvel themed MTG set can be complete without the appearance of Thanos. This card homages Marvel Tales: Thanos #1, which reprinted several classic, Thanos-centric stories to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel. A history lesson feels necessary here. Though the publisher was known as Timely Comics in 1939, rebranding as Atlas in 1951 before settling on Marvel Comics in 1961, the very first publication from Timely was titled Marvel Comics #1!
1. The Mind Stone (Borderless) – Mythic, 386
Finally, we have the most valuable card currently listed on TCGplayer for the Marvel Super Heroes set: a borderless variant of The Mind Stone. We’ve taken a look at The Mind Stone’s variants in a dedicated article, and the only thing we’re surprised about is that this, of all three variants, is the one that’s in the top spot. There’s a reason for that though. Read on, True Believer!
Bonus Entry: The Mind Stone (Borderless, Cosmic Foil) – Mythic, MSH 0385
Our data for the most valuable cards in any given set is taken from TCGplayer. That can sometimes lead to weird quirks; the rarest cards, which can command even higher prices, may not appear in the ranking precisely because they’re so rare, so their market value becomes unavailable. That seems to be what’s happened with the Marvel Super Heroes set, and The Mind Stone’s rarest variant. With the borderless, Cosmic Foil variant of The Mind Stone being present in less than 1% of Collector Booster packs, there simply isn’t enough sales data for it to appear here. However, we’re certain that this is the biggest chase card of them all, and its value will become apparent over the coming months!
While you’re here, check out our feature on how to acquire Marvel Super Heroes promo card, Warstorm Surge.
