Heritage Auctions ran a Tapping into the Many Worlds of Magic: The Gathering Volume VII auction on July 10, 2025. This auction featured older Magic cards on the block that hammered at slightly cheaper prices than average. 

While Final Fantasy cards continue to be the hottest cards on the planet (see "'Final Fantasy' Sales"), the most recent Heritage Auction offered up somewhat of a more stagnant story for vintage Magic singles. Starting with the card that realized the top price of the auction, an Unlimited CGC 5 Black Lotus sold for $10,625.00. This is on the lower end of the $10,000 to $12,000 sales numbers similar cards realized over the last few months (on online platforms), but also significantly down from the $15,000 to $20,000 numbers this card was hitting in 2022-2023. This grade of Black Lotus is often a good grade for determining where the market sits for a true "middle of the road" version of this card.

Another card of note was a mint 9.5 Alpha Shivan Dragon that only sold for $4,750.00. This is an exceptionally high grade for this iconic card, of which an estimated 1,100 were printed. Currently, Card Kingdom is asking $4,499.99 for Very Good copies of this card, and Near Mint listings on TCGplayer are $7,000.00 and up. Additionally, there was a complete set of Antiquities that hammered at $4,500.00 that featured key high-grade cards like Mishra's Workshop, Candelabra of Tawnos, and others. The Workshop and the Candelabra (in the grades offered) routinely sell for $2,250 and $1,250 on their own, and the set has at least 10 other cards that sell for over $100 in lesser conditions than listed in the auction.

The recent auction may speak to the general trend that collectors' interest in pre-2000 Magic: The Gathering singles has declined, and they are opting to collect chase cards from newer sets. There seems to be a shift in collectors' mind sets over the last several years, where they are valuing rare vintage Magic cards less and looking to collect new cards that are hot on the market in the moment, regardless of the print run size.