Sorcery: Contested Realm has almost no bulk (and a $24 Unique chase)
Most trading card games are mostly bulk, a handful of chase cards carry the value and the rest is pennies. Sorcery: Contested Realm is different. We took the market price of 2,902 cards across 7 sets and found a game with almost no bulk at all.
A trading card game with almost no bulk
Only 37% of Sorcery cards trade under $1. For comparison, Foilio’s cross-game study found 67–91% of cards under €1 in Magic, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Even the base Ordinary tier is a median $0.73, Exceptional $1.06, Elite $3.60. Small print runs and a premium, boutique positioning lift the entire floor, so a Sorcery “common” is not a bulk card the way it is elsewhere.
The Unique tier is the chase
Above the high floor, the Unique tier is where the money concentrates: a median $24, about 20× the typical card and 6.7× the Elite tier below it. Foil Uniques climb into four figures, Ruler of Thul (Foil) runs about $1,726, and the ceiling is Avatar of Water (Foil) near $2,500.
The rarity ladder
Median market price by rarity tier, low to high.
The most valuable Sorcery cards
| Card | Market price |
|---|---|
| Avatar of Water (Foil)Elite | $2,500 |
| Ruler of Thul (Foil)Unique | $1,726 |
| Amethyst Core (Foil)Unique | $1,640 |
| Ruby Core (Foil)Unique | $1,545 |
| Aquamarine Core (Foil)Unique | $1,400 |
Method & sources
- We pulled every priced Sorcery card (2,902 across 7 sets) via the open tcgcsv.com dataset (TCGplayer market price).
- Per card we used the Normal printing’s price, or the Foil price where that is the only one listed; then the median per rarity tier and the share of all cards under $1.
- TCGplayer market price via the open tcgcsv.com dataset. Valued 2026-07-05. Reference estimates for raw cards in a thin, volatile market, not sold or graded records. Reproducible from the open dataset.
FAQ
Why are Sorcery: Contested Realm cards so expensive?
Small print runs and premium positioning. Across 2,902 cards, only 37% trade under $1 — compared with 67–91% of cards under €1 in Magic, Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Even the base "Ordinary" tier is a median $0.73, Exceptional $1.06, and Elite $3.60. There is very little true bulk in Sorcery.
What is the chase rarity in Sorcery?
The "Unique" tier. It trades at a median $24 — about 20× the typical card and 6.7× the Elite tier below it. Foil Uniques run much higher: Ruler of Thul (Foil) trades around $1,726, and the overall ceiling is Avatar of Water (Foil) near $2,500.
Is Sorcery a good game to collect for value?
It holds value unusually well at the low end, because the floor is high, so even commons and playset pieces are not bulk. But the same scarcity that lifts the floor makes the chase Uniques expensive to acquire. It behaves more like a boutique, low-supply market than a mass-print TCG; treat these as reference estimates, prices in a thin market move fast.
Where does this data come from, and is it reliable?
We took the TCGplayer market price of every Sorcery card (Normal printing, or Foil where that is the only one listed) via the open tcgcsv.com dataset, then the median per rarity tier (TCGplayer market price via the open tcgcsv.com dataset, valued 2026-07-05). These are reference estimates for raw cards, not sold or graded records, and Sorcery is a thin, volatile market. We never scrape marketplaces and never invent a number; the figures are reproducible from the open dataset.
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