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Rare Magic: The Gathering cards

Magic: The Gathering rarity

38,884 Rare cards across 613 sets since 1993. Another 3,534 Rare cards from digital-only sets (MTG Arena or Magic Online) have no Cardmarket or TCGplayer market and are not counted here.

What Rare means

The rarity above uncommon, marked with a gold set symbol. More in the glossary

Most valuable Rare cards

With 38,346 priced Rare cards, this rarity is too large to rank by price here. The most valuable Magic: The Gathering cards are ranked across every rarity, and each card’s prices are on its own page.

Sets with Rare cards

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Rare questions

How many Rare Magic: The Gathering cards are there?

Dexicards lists 38,884 Rare Magic: The Gathering cards across 613 sets, not counting 3,534 from digital-only sets.

Which Magic: The Gathering set has the most Rare cards?

Secret Lair Drop Tokens, with 2,068 Rare cards.

What was the first Magic: The Gathering set with Rare cards?

Limited Edition Alpha, released 5 Aug 1993.

Other Magic: The Gathering rarities

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