When you’re sitting there, sifting through those bulk collections that I know (almost) all of you are buying throughout the year, one of the key types of cards that you should be looking for are uncommons. Yes, commons are important too in these bulk searches for treasure, however the uncommons are going to be what surprises you most in terms of value when you go to cash out your findings to the highest paying buylist.

My goal today is twofold. First, I’m going to quickly review what the most valuable uncommons are that you should be looking for when sifting through the bulk of bought collections. Most of these cards will be obvious, but I’m betting that some of them might be a surprise.

Then, I’m going to take this a step further and point out which foils you should also be looking for. Foils, as you’ll find, are quite an interesting market, and the amount of a play a foil receives in Modern, Commander, Legacy, or even Vintage could drastically alter the price. Many of the uncommon foils that I’ve found are actually are individual buylist line items despite their rare use, and you want to make sure that they aren’t being accidentally thrown in with the rest of bulk foils. Albeit, not that many collections will have a large amount of foils, especially foils that are from older sets, however foil picking shouldn’t be discounted either. Now is as good a time as ever for checking to see which uncommon foils are demanding the highest buylist and eBay prices in the market.

With that out of the way, let’s review the nonfoil uncommons that are valuable to see if there might be any surprises in there.

Figure 1 – Most Valuable Recent Set Nonfoil Uncommons $2 or More eBay Sorted By Highest Buylist

Card Name Card Set Ebay Sell Price Best Buylist AEther Vial Darksteel $23.00 $22.50 Sensei’s Divining Top Champions of Kamigawa $20.99 $17.50 Demonic Tutor Duel Decks Divine vs Demonic $16.99 $12.32 Shardless Agent Planechase 2012 $16.50 $10.00 Cursecatcher Shadowmoor $11.98 $10.00 Counterbalance Coldsnap $11.99 $8.05 Enlightened Tutor 6th Edition $11.99 $8.01 Enlightened Tutor Mirage $11.00 $8.01 Heritage Druid Morningtide $10.15 $8.01 Cabal Coffers Torment $10.00 $8.00 Cabal Coffers Planechase $9.99 $8.00 Cabal Therapy Judgment $9.00 $8.00 Inquisition of Kozilek Rise of the Eldrazi $10.20 $7.01 Personal Tutor Portal $11.95 $7.00 Path to Exile Duel Decks Venser vs Koth $8.99 $5.00 Kitchen Finks Shadowmoor $8.25 $5.00 Path to Exile Archenemy $7.99 $5.00 Ghostly Prison Planechase 2012 $6.99 $5.00 Ghostly Prison Champions of Kamigawa $6.93 $5.00 Dryad Arbor Future Sight $6.00 $5.00 Kitchen Finks Modern Masters $6.00 $5.00 Gemstone Mine Weatherlight $5.75 $5.00 Choke 8th Edition $4.74 $5.00 Path to Exile Conflux $4.52 $5.00 Mishra’s Bauble Coldsnap $4.49 $5.00 Path to Exile Commander $8.00 $4.51 Path to Exile Modern Masters $6.99 $4.17 Spell Snare Dissension $5.95 $4.07 Ghostly Prison Commander $5.00 $4.01 Mystical Tutor Mirage $4.99 $4.01 Goblin Lackey Urzas Saga $4.90 $4.01 Aven Mindcensor Future Sight $7.60 $4.00 Reanimate Archenemy $7.50 $4.00 Mystical Tutor 6th Edition $5.94 $4.00 Spell Snare Modern Masters $5.79 $4.00 Tolaria West Future Sight $2.94 $4.00 Eternal Witness Commander $3.67 $3.60 Worldly Tutor Mirage $4.00 $3.57 Eternal Witness Fifth Dawn $3.97 $3.52 Lightning Greaves Duel Decks Phyrexia vs The Coalition $4.99 $3.50 Strip Mine 4th Edition $4.84 $3.50 Lightning Greaves Mirrodin $4.25 $3.50 Eternal Witness Duel Decks Izzet vs Golgari $3.97 $3.47 Merrow Reejerey Lorwyn $4.98 $3.17 Worldly Tutor 6th Edition $5.00 $3.13 Remand Ravnica $5.50 $3.12 Lantern of Insight Fifth Dawn $4.00 $3.10 Sea Drake Portal Second Age $6.31 $3.01 Aura Shards Commander $4.64 $3.01 Lightning Greaves Commander $3.89 $3.01 Might of Old Krosa Time Spiral $5.50 $3.00 Thran Dynamo Archenemy $4.99 $3.00 Lightning Greaves Archenemy $4.75 $3.00 Price of Progress Exodus $4.49 $3.00 Sterling Grove Invasion $4.00 $3.00 Dragonspeaker Shaman Archenemy $6.53 $2.83 Remand Modern Masters 2015 $3.00 $2.81 Eternal Witness Modern Masters $3.29 $2.79 Remand Duel Decks Jace vs Vraska $5.75 $2.51 Isochron Scepter Duel Decks Izzet vs Golgari $4.99 $2.51 Dragonspeaker Shaman Scourge $3.34 $2.51 Undead Warchief Planechase $2.99 $2.51 Baleful Strix Planechase 2012 $7.35 $2.50 Thran Dynamo Urzas Destiny $4.00 $2.50 Baleful Strix Commander 2013 $3.99 $2.50 Silvergill Adept Lorwyn $2.99 $2.50 Isochron Scepter Mirrodin $3.50 $2.37 Crystalline Sliver Stronghold $3.95 $2.33 Summer Bloom 9th Edition $3.50 $2.33 Undead Warchief Scourge $2.99 $2.24 Lightning Helix Ravnica $2.49 $2.19 Sylvan Scrying 10th Edition $3.55 $2.15 Thran Dynamo Commander 2014 $4.79 $2.11 Necrotic Sliver Planar Chaos $2.99 $2.09 Lightning Helix Duel Decks Ajani vs Nicol Bolas $3.99 $2.06 Lightning Helix Modern Masters $3.49 $2.05 Mother of Runes Commander $5.10 $2.01 Aura Shards Invasion $3.69 $2.01 Ancient Ziggurat Conflux $3.45 $2.01 Summer Bloom Visions $3.12 $2.01 Summer Bloom 6th Edition $3.00 $2.01 Shatterstorm 10th Edition $1.99 $1.84 Beast Within New Phyrexia $3.50 $1.83 Lightning Helix Planechase $4.72 $1.51 Shattering Spree Guildpact $2.50 $1.51 Sylvan Scrying Mirrodin $2.00 $1.51 Lightning Helix Duel Decks Speed vs Cunning $4.49 $1.25 Footsteps of the Goryo Saviors of Kamigawa $4.49 $1.01 Guttural Response Shadowmoor $2.00 $0.51 Rise // Fall Dissension $2.11 $0.50

No suprise that Aether Vial, Top, and Duel Deck Demonic Tutor are at the top of the list. Essential staples in their respective formats, they carry the highest eBay price and buylist prices. Arbitrage is particularly close on Aether Vial – I could see this one jumping in price in the near future, especially with the next wave of Modern tournaments coming up early next year.

Shardless Agent, Enlightened Tutor, and Cabal Coffers are all great uncommons with a ton of casual appeal. Shardless Sultai seems to come in and out of favor in Legacy, so there is demand there for the Agent but I think that is mainly coming from casual players. Enlightened Tutor and Cabal Coffers are still $10 even with reprints, which bodes well for their futures. I expect we’ll see reprints of these cards soon enough, but even with a reprint I could see them do a Ghostly Prison and still stubbornly maintain a price above $5 due to the “discovery” effect where newer players who just started playing the game see their power and move to pick them up for Commander.

Mishra’s Bauble still surprises me – where is this played again? If anyone picks up a collection with Coldsnap, look for these guys among the bulk. Sterling Grove is another uncommon that is valuable to vendors especially since the Daxos deck, though lacking green, could sway players to start creating enchantment based decks with green in them since Magic’s history is full of great green cards that support enchantments.

Mother of Runes has a high eBay but low buylist price, which indicates to me that the eBay price is going to start going down. Mom’s should be traded to players looking for them, as buylist is fine for this uncommon but you will get more bang for you buck if you move them over a medium like Pucatrade.

Ancient Ziggurat, Footsteps of the Goryo, and Guttural Response are the final uncommons I would like to mention. These uncommons are surprisingly valuable due casual and Modern appeal. Footseps and Response have their niche in Modern, while Ancient Ziggurat has a huge casual appeal and is an uncommon with only one nonfoil printing.

All in all, I don’t think you guys will find this uncommon list that surprising. Let’s move on to the foils, which are certainly more interesting.

Figure 2 – Most Valuable Recent Set Foil Uncommons $4 or More eBay Sorted by Highest Buylist

Card Name Card Set Ebay Sell Price Best Buylist Goblin Matron 7th Edition (Foil) $90.38 $76.64 Sensei’s Divining Top Champions of Kamigawa (Foil) $109.99 $70.83 Counterbalance Coldsnap (Foil) $74.72 $50.00 AEther Vial Darksteel (Foil) $48.00 $40.00 Choke 8th Edition (Foil) $79.99 $35.00 Heritage Druid Morningtide (Foil) $28.00 $28.00 Shatterstorm 10th Edition (Foil) $28.00 $26.34 Mother of Runes Urzas Legacy (Foil) $36.00 $25.00 Aven Mindcensor Future Sight (Foil) $32.95 $25.00 Urza’s Tower 8th Edition (Foil) $39.00 $24.76 Urza’s Tower 9th Edition (Foil) $27.00 $24.76 Urza’s Power Plant 9th Edition (Foil) $24.99 $24.76 Urza’s Mine 8th Edition (Foil) $22.57 $24.76 Urza’s Mine 9th Edition (Foil) $199.99 $24.25 Remand Ravnica (Foil) $32.95 $24.00 Urza’s Power Plant 8th Edition (Foil) $27.52 $24.00 Cursecatcher Shadowmoor (Foil) $27.00 $24.00 Summer Bloom 9th Edition (Foil) $46.00 $20.00 Nimble Mongoose Odyssey (Foil) $29.99 $18.81 Thran Dynamo Urzas Destiny (Foil) $21.59 $18.01 Young Pyromancer M14 (Foil) $14.44 $18.00 Boil 8th Edition (Foil) $24.29 $17.32 Deceiver Exarch New Phyrexia (Foil) $29.99 $16.00 Crypt Rats 7th Edition (Foil) $24.00 $16.00 Tolaria West Future Sight (Foil) $16.00 $15.01 Dryad Arbor Future Sight (Foil) $29.98 $15.00 Spell Snare Dissension (Foil) $19.79 $15.00 Merchant Scroll 8th Edition (Foil) $14.99 $15.00 Eternal Witness Fifth Dawn (Foil) $20.00 $13.50 Might of Old Krosa Time Spiral (Foil) $17.49 $13.36 Cabal Coffers Torment (Foil) $22.00 $12.37 Serra Advocate 7th Edition (Foil) $15.43 $12.37 Treetop Village Urzas Legacy (Foil) $19.25 $12.31 Trygon Predator Dissension (Foil) $8.09 $12.01 Submerge Nemesis (Foil) $23.67 $12.00 Temple of the False God Scourge (Foil) $18.62 $12.00 Aura Shards Invasion (Foil) $18.00 $12.00 Lightning Helix Ravnica (Foil) $17.46 $12.00 Reprisal 7th Edition (Foil) $21.59 $11.00 Sword of the Meek Future Sight (Foil) $17.99 $10.89 Kitchen Finks Shadowmoor (Foil) $14.98 $10.33 Chromatic Star 10th Edition (Foil) $15.50 $10.13 Lightning Greaves Mirrodin (Foil) $17.63 $10.01 Boil 7th Edition (Foil) $37.99 $10.00 Mishra’s Bauble Coldsnap (Foil) $16.00 $10.00 Massacre Nemesis (Foil) $14.98 $10.00 Standstill Odyssey (Foil) $14.00 $10.00 Silvergill Adept Lorwyn (Foil) $13.00 $10.00 Swords to Plowshares Conspiracy (Foil) $12.00 $10.00 Wirewood Symbiote Scourge (Foil) $14.98 $9.90 Harmonic Sliver Time Spiral (Foil) $14.00 $9.82 Sterling Grove Invasion (Foil) $22.99 $9.59 Ghostly Prison Champions of Kamigawa (Foil) $11.50 $9.01 Eternal Witness Modern Masters (Foil) $13.75 $9.00 Beast Within New Phyrexia (Foil) $12.50 $8.80 Engineered Plague 7th Edition (Foil) $8.49 $8.39 Mental Misstep New Phyrexia (Foil) $77.99 $8.27 Monastery Swiftspear Khans of Tarkir (Foil) $14.99 $8.00 Spell Snare Modern Masters (Foil) $14.98 $8.00 Lantern of Insight Fifth Dawn (Foil) $14.93 $8.00 Darkblast Ravnica (Foil) $13.75 $8.00 Boros Charm Gatecrash (Foil) $12.99 $8.00 Skullclamp Darksteel (Foil) $12.59 $8.00 Mistveil Plains Shadowmoor (Foil) $12.48 $8.00 Harmonize Planar Chaos (Foil) $12.00 $8.00 Sylvan Scrying Mirrodin (Foil) $11.36 $8.00 Gilder Bairn Eventide (Foil) $10.99 $8.00 Shattering Spree Guildpact (Foil) $10.99 $8.00 Path to Exile Conflux (Foil) $9.00 $8.00 Lightning Storm Coldsnap (Foil) $9.60 $7.91 Anger Judgment (Foil) $7.19 $7.58 Sylvan Scrying 10th Edition (Foil) $12.93 $7.48 Breath of Life 7th Edition (Foil) $11.93 $7.39 Night’s Whisper Fifth Dawn (Foil) $8.00 $7.24 Faerie Conclave Urzas Legacy (Foil) $11.99 $7.01 Kitchen Finks Modern Masters (Foil) $11.49 $7.01 Golgari Thug Ravnica (Foil) $8.95 $7.01 Flames of the Blood Hand Betrayers of Kamigawa (Foil) $8.29 $7.01 Lightning Helix Modern Masters (Foil) $9.44 $7.00 Fact or Fiction Invasion (Foil) $10.98 $6.87 Sky Diamond 7th Edition (Foil) $17.94 $6.54 Congregation at Dawn Ravnica (Foil) $10.00 $6.54 Forked Bolt Rise of the Eldrazi (Foil) $11.98 $6.44 Merrow Reejerey Lorwyn (Foil) $9.00 $6.44 Path to Exile Modern Masters (Foil) $11.98 $6.40 Strands of Night 7th Edition (Foil) $8.71 $6.40 Dragonspeaker Shaman Scourge (Foil) $8.48 $6.25 Steelshaper’s Gift Fifth Dawn (Foil) $8.00 $6.01 Hinder Champions of Kamigawa (Foil) $7.49 $6.01 Guttural Response Shadowmoor (Foil) $5.65 $6.01 Ghost Quarter Innistrad (Foil) $13.90 $6.00 Talisman of Dominance Mirrodin (Foil) $9.60 $6.00 Manriki-Gusari Saviors of Kamigawa (Foil) $8.99 $6.00 Krosan Verge Judgment (Foil) $8.54 $6.00 Flickerwisp Eventide (Foil) $7.50 $6.00 Remand Modern Masters 2015 (Foil) $10.00 $5.86 Treetop Village 10th Edition (Foil) $7.59 $5.75 Wear // Tear Dragons Maze (Foil) $8.00 $5.66 Joraga Treespeaker Rise of the Eldrazi (Foil) $8.84 $5.54 Wash Out Invasion (Foil) $5.43 $5.38 Root Sliver Legions (Foil) $6.49 $5.35 Izzet Staticaster Return to Ravnica (Foil) $15.98 $5.33 Beseech the Queen Shadowmoor (Foil) $7.64 $5.33 Tinker Urzas Legacy (Foil) $11.00 $5.25 Terrain Generator Nemesis (Foil) $8.00 $5.17 Gempalm Incinerator Legions (Foil) $6.00 $5.14 Rise // Fall Dissension (Foil) $9.94 $5.01 Persecute Artist Unhinged (Foil) $8.75 $5.01 Aura of Silence 10th Edition (Foil) $8.45 $5.01 Cephalid Coliseum Odyssey (Foil) $8.00 $5.01 Return to Dust Time Spiral (Foil) $7.99 $5.01 Spectral Procession Shadowmoor (Foil) $7.25 $5.01 Long-Term Plans Scourge (Foil) $6.75 $5.01 Electrolyze Guildpact (Foil) $5.00 $5.01 Sustainer of the Realm 7th Edition (Foil) $12.50 $5.00 Serra’s Blessing 9th Edition (Foil) $11.93 $5.00 Victimize Conspiracy (Foil) $10.98 $5.00 Phyrexian Reclamation Urzas Legacy (Foil) $9.89 $5.00 Umbral Mantle Shadowmoor (Foil) $8.99 $5.00 Krark-Clan Ironworks Fifth Dawn (Foil) $8.98 $5.00 Liliana’s Caress M11 (Foil) $6.00 $5.00 Signal Pest Mirrodin Besieged (Foil) $6.00 $5.00 Zealous Persecution Alara Reborn (Foil) $9.50 $4.73 Relentless Rats 10th Edition (Foil) $4.93 $4.73 Marble Diamond 7th Edition (Foil) $10.89 $4.70 Shifting Sliver Legions (Foil) $9.93 $4.70 Lingering Souls Dark Ascension (Foil) $8.74 $4.70 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion Ravnica (Foil) $8.74 $4.67 Smother Onslaught (Foil) $9.98 $4.62 Blood Artist Avacyn Restored (Foil) $13.98 $4.50 Punishing Fire Zendikar (Foil) $8.00 $4.50 Soothsaying Mercadian Masques (Foil) $7.63 $4.29 Sisay’s Ring 7th Edition (Foil) $8.99 $4.23 Manamorphose Modern Masters (Foil) $5.50 $4.20 Goblin Grenade M12 (Foil) $8.25 $4.17 Pyroclasm 8th Edition (Foil) $7.19 $4.17 Mind Stone 10th Edition (Foil) $5.88 $4.17 Juniper Order Ranger Coldsnap (Foil) $6.97 $4.15 Timely Reinforcements M12 (Foil) $8.00 $4.01 Isochron Scepter Mirrodin (Foil) $7.19 $4.01 Imperious Perfect Lorwyn (Foil) $5.99 $4.01 Nezumi Graverobber Champions of Kamigawa (Foil) $5.00 $4.01 Perilous Forays Ravnica (Foil) $21.98 $4.00 Necrotic Sliver Planar Chaos (Foil) $13.50 $4.00 Bone Shredder Urzas Legacy (Foil) $9.00 $4.00 Goblin Ringleader Apocalypse (Foil) $8.48 $4.00 Hedron Crab Zendikar (Foil) $7.99 $4.00 Chromatic Sphere Invasion (Foil) $7.49 $4.00 Skullcrack Gatecrash (Foil) $6.98 $4.00 Manipulate Fate Invasion (Foil) $5.99 $4.00 Necrologia 7th Edition (Foil) $5.93 $4.00 Prison Term Shadowmoor (Foil) $5.00 $4.00 Crystal Shard Mirrodin (Foil) $4.88 $4.00 Ambition’s Cost 8th Edition (Foil) $8.00 $3.87 Avalanche Riders Urzas Legacy (Foil) $8.49 $3.85 Pyroclasm 9th Edition (Foil) $6.75 $3.82 Explosive Vegetation Onslaught (Foil) $6.29 $3.78 Moss Diamond 7th Edition (Foil) $9.89 $3.65 Tendrils of Agony Scourge (Foil) $5.39 $3.65 Shriekmaw Lorwyn (Foil) $5.00 $3.65 Fabricate Mirrodin (Foil) $6.48 $3.63 Ward Sliver Legions (Foil) $4.48 $3.59 Tangle Invasion (Foil) $4.48 $3.58 Mind Funeral Alara Reborn (Foil) $5.98 $3.51 Undead Warchief Scourge (Foil) $5.84 $3.51 Electrolyze Modern Masters (Foil) $4.33 $3.51 Thirst for Knowledge Mirrodin (Foil) $9.00 $3.50 Become Immense Khans of Tarkir (Foil) $8.06 $3.50 Springleaf Drum Born of the Gods (Foil) $5.00 $3.50 Mind Funeral Modern Masters (Foil) $4.99 $3.50 Ancient Ziggurat Conflux (Foil) $4.00 $3.50 Firespout Shadowmoor (Foil) $3.99 $3.50 Blackmail 9th Edition (Foil) $5.55 $3.42 Delay Future Sight (Foil) $4.99 $3.39 Rancor M13 (Foil) $9.99 $3.36 Keen Sense Planar Chaos (Foil) $6.29 $3.21 Telekinetic Sliver Time Spiral (Foil) $5.99 $3.19 Goblin Warchief Scourge (Foil) $5.39 $3.19 Smallpox Time Spiral (Foil) $3.98 $3.19 Telling Time 10th Edition (Foil) $4.50 $3.13 Ensoul Artifact M15 (Foil) $4.49 $3.13 Leechridden Swamp Shadowmoor (Foil) $4.98 $3.12 Memnite Scars of Mirrodin (Foil) $7.00 $3.11 Flametongue Kavu Planeshift (Foil) $5.98 $3.08 Frenetic Sliver Planar Chaos (Foil) $8.99 $3.04 Grafted Wargear Fifth Dawn (Foil) $5.55 $3.04 Street Wraith Future Sight (Foil) $7.89 $3.01 Bloodbraid Elf Alara Reborn (Foil) $7.50 $3.01 Dragon Arch Apocalypse (Foil) $7.00 $3.01 Thopter Foundry Alara Reborn (Foil) $5.58 $3.01 Wall of Omens Rise of the Eldrazi (Foil) $8.45 $3.00 Viashino Heretic Urzas Legacy (Foil) $7.98 $3.00 Whipflare New Phyrexia (Foil) $7.41 $3.00 Spirit Mantle M12 (Foil) $7.19 $3.00 Fire // Ice Apocalypse (Foil) $6.75 $3.00 Blasting Station Fifth Dawn (Foil) $6.50 $3.00 Wild Slash Fate Reforged (Foil) $5.99 $3.00 Deathreap Ritual Conspiracy (Foil) $5.98 $3.00 Release the Ants Morningtide (Foil) $5.98 $3.00 Sylvan Messenger Apocalypse (Foil) $5.98 $3.00 Buried Alive Odyssey (Foil) $5.87 $3.00 Rough // Tumble Planar Chaos (Foil) $5.87 $3.00 O-Naginata Saviors of Kamigawa (Foil) $5.51 $3.00 Pongify Planar Chaos (Foil) $5.50 $3.00 Unspeakable Symbol Scourge (Foil) $5.48 $3.00 Price of Glory Odyssey (Foil) $4.99 $3.00 Vandalblast Return to Ravnica (Foil) $4.98 $3.00 Knight of Meadowgrain Lorwyn (Foil) $4.50 $3.00 Expedition Map Modern Masters 2015 (Foil) $4.25 $3.00 Reliquary Tower Conflux (Foil) $4.25 $3.00 Sulfur Elemental Planar Chaos (Foil) $7.19 $2.88 Magma Jet Fifth Dawn (Foil) $4.00 $2.88 Squirrel Nest Odyssey (Foil) $6.98 $2.86 Jotun Grunt Coldsnap (Foil) $5.50 $2.86 Whispersilk Cloak 10th Edition (Foil) $5.04 $2.84 Elvish Harbinger Lorwyn (Foil) $4.98 $2.75 Sage of Fables Morningtide (Foil) $9.92 $2.73 Toy Boat Unhinged (Foil) $6.99 $2.73 Kor Firewalker Worldwake (Foil) $5.98 $2.73 Big Game Hunter Planar Chaos (Foil) $4.89 $2.73 Dormant Sliver Planar Chaos (Foil) $3.99 $2.73 Flickerwisp Modern Masters (Foil) $4.48 $2.68 Primal Rage 10th Edition (Foil) $5.95 $2.67 Tainted Isle Torment (Foil) $6.98 $2.64 Boiling Seas 9th Edition (Foil) $10.00 $2.58 Wipe Away Time Spiral (Foil) $5.00 $2.56 Predict Odyssey (Foil) $4.48 $2.52 Stonecloaker Planar Chaos (Foil) $4.99 $2.51 Energy Flux Mercadian Masques (Foil) $4.98 $2.51 Putrefy Ravnica (Foil) $3.98 $2.51 Krosan Grip Time Spiral (Foil) $5.95 $2.50 Mortify Conspiracy (Foil) $5.93 $2.50 Gift of Orzhova Gatecrash (Foil) $5.48 $2.50 Breakthrough Torment (Foil) $4.99 $2.50 Fact or Fiction Conspiracy (Foil) $4.99 $2.50 Not of This World Rise of the Eldrazi (Foil) $4.99 $2.50 Twisted Image Scars of Mirrodin (Foil) $4.99 $2.50 Loxodon Warhammer Mirrodin (Foil) $4.48 $2.50 Esper Charm Shards of Alara (Foil) $4.25 $2.50 Brain Freeze Scourge (Foil) $4.11 $2.50 Brawn Judgment (Foil) $4.00 $2.50 Diabolic Tutor Odyssey (Foil) $5.98 $2.49 Triumph of the Hordes New Phyrexia (Foil) $4.87 $2.48 Mindcrank New Phyrexia (Foil) $6.00 $2.43 Treefolk Harbinger Lorwyn (Foil) $5.75 $2.40 Manaweft Sliver M14 (Foil) $6.50 $2.39 Exsanguinate Scars of Mirrodin (Foil) $4.98 $2.34 Telling Time Ravnica (Foil) $4.44 $2.32 Murderous Cut Khans of Tarkir (Foil) $3.99 $2.32 Psychatog Odyssey (Foil) $4.11 $2.31 Disrupt Invasion (Foil) $6.98 $2.27 Lightning Bolt Modern Masters 2015 (Foil) $6.99 $2.20 Blizzard Specter Coldsnap (Foil) $5.98 $2.15 Elvish Promenade Lorwyn (Foil) $4.00 $2.15 Wirewood Lodge Onslaught (Foil) $6.98 $2.14 Scryb Ranger Time Spiral (Foil) $3.95 $2.14 Fabricate M10 (Foil) $4.93 $2.12 Genesis Chamber Darksteel (Foil) $7.98 $2.06 Hedron Archive Battle for Zendikar (Foil) $4.88 $2.06 Destructive Revelry Theros (Foil) $3.98 $2.06 Retreat to Coralhelm Battle for Zendikar (Foil) $4.74 $2.01 Footsteps of the Goryo Saviors of Kamigawa (Foil) $19.98 $2.00 Voidmage Husher Time Spiral (Foil) $5.73 $2.00 Buried Ruin M12 (Foil) $5.68 $2.00 Relic of Progenitus Modern Masters (Foil) $5.55 $2.00 Countersquall Conflux (Foil) $5.09 $2.00 Dread Return Time Spiral (Foil) $5.00 $2.00 Throat Slitter Betrayers of Kamigawa (Foil) $4.99 $2.00 Frozen AEther Planar Chaos (Foil) $4.98 $2.00 Magewright’s Stone Dissension (Foil) $4.48 $2.00 Vampire Nighthawk Zendikar (Foil) $4.00 $2.00 Sowing Salt Betrayers of Kamigawa (Foil) $9.98 $1.98 Sowing Salt Urzas Destiny (Foil) $6.00 $1.87 Blackmail Onslaught (Foil) $4.00 $1.80 Merfolk Looter 7th Edition (Foil) $3.99 $1.80 Split Decision Conspiracy (Foil) $4.00 $1.73 Seaside Citadel Shards of Alara (Foil) $3.98 $1.69 Squelch Champions of Kamigawa (Foil) $6.09 $1.54 Confiscate 7th Edition (Foil) $4.43 $1.54 Skeletal Scrying Odyssey (Foil) $5.89 $1.51 Golgari Charm Return to Ravnica (Foil) $4.98 $1.51 Cranial Plating Modern Masters 2015 (Foil) $4.00 $1.51 Indrik Stomphowler Dissension (Foil) $3.95 $1.51 Drove of Elves Shadowmoor (Foil) $4.23 $1.50 Searing Blood Born of the Gods (Foil) $3.98 $1.01 Thwart Mercadian Masques (Foil) $4.20 $1.00 Pyrohemia Planar Chaos (Foil) $4.43 $0.85 Ghirapur AEther Grid Magic Origins (Foil) $8.49 $0.00

Right away, I’m sure you noticed that this list is waaaay longer than the previous list. Suffice to say, there are plenty of foil uncommons that have gained value over the years. We see that Goblin Matron is currently commanding the highest buylist price – even with Top being sold at $110 eBay, Matron still eeks it out by a margin of $6. Bare in mind, this is one vendor who is offering the noted buylist price, so for other vendors the buy on Matron could very well be lower. Still though, it shows that the demand for foils is a totally different market than nonfoils since Matron didn’t even show up on the nonfoil list!

So, apparently foil Choke is being sold at $80 on eBay! This is crazy to me, as it is a purely sideboard card that will almost certainly be reprinted at a future date. This indicates to me that unless you’re playing a totally Russian foiled Merfolk, maybe you should consider moving this foil…

Foil prices drastically reduce from there, where most are $30 each or lower on eBay. The obvious outliter here is 9th Ed. Urza’s Mine, but the eBay data is skewed since the buylist is only $25.

Aven Mindcensor is still a sought-after foil, being present in both Legacy and Modern in D&T and Hatebears builds. With only one printing in Future Sight, I don’t see this foil dropping until a reprint in a Modern Masters type set.

As we move down the list, we start seeing strange foils such as Boil, Crypt Rats, Serra Advocate, Reprisal, Mistveil Plains, and Breath of Life pop up. Did you guys even know these cards existed? Well, if you have foil copies then someone out there is looking for them, and finding stuff like this in collections is always a treat.

Some interesting eBay foil prices include Izzet Staticaster, Sustainer of the Realm, Blood Artist, and Victimize. All of these on eBay are being sold at a fairly high price for a foil uncommon yet buylists are quite low compared to eBay prices. This tells me that players are seeking them, but stores aren’t – probably because they are very hard to move. Cards like these should probably be sold at eBay or TCG since even after fees you are going to get more for them than you would just outing to a buylist. Something to keep in mind in case you come across a few of these types of uncommon foils.

Final Thoughts

I’ll be using these lists in the future when looking through collections, to try and maximize the amount I can get out of them. I hope you guys find the lists useful as well, since there are plenty of eye popping numbers in the data especially concerning uncommon foils.

Let me know if I missed any uncommons from recent sets, nonfoil or foil, that you have your eyes on for value moving forward. I used the MTGPrice ProTrader data collection methods to aggregate this data, so if you become a ProTrader you too can get easy, current access to this data at your fingertips.