Alpha dual lands with gem-mint centering are extraordinarily rare any correctly centred Alpha Badlands in near-mint condition is potentially a significant grading opportunity
Last updated on May 26, 2026 Archivist of Oghma | Illustration by Stella Spente Drawing a card is one of the most powerful upsides any Magic card can have
When it comes to commanders, theres one obvious choice: Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Check out the odds of the rarest cards below, using the Genetic Apex packs as an example: Crown Charizard EX, Crown Pikachu EX, Crown Mewtwo EX 0.04 per cent chance: 0.013 per cent per card (4th card, regular pack)
For this ranking, I mainly focus on cards that have flashback themselves, and leave out most cards like Snapcaster Mage that give this static ability to instants and sorceries in your graveyard
To make things even better, Grasp of Darkness is an instant, meaning that we can accrue big advantages by using it during combat or simply find other ways to put our mana to work when that killable threat on the other side of the table just hasn't been played yet
