Foil Mystical Archive Mythics Command Hundred Dollar Pricetags

Last updated on April 23, 2026

Prismatic Ending | Illustration by Dominik Mayer

Secrets of Strixhaven releases worldwide on April 24 (that's to say, tomorrow!), and Wizards of the Coast has made it very clear that the set’s new Japanese Mystical Archive cards, and especially the Silver Scroll foil versions, are meant to be among the most collectible cards in the product.

And this spotlight seems to be dragging attention back to the original Mystical Archive, from Magic's first visit to Strixhaven… with some premium versions' listed prices doubling overnight!

JP Alternate Art Demonic Tutor

The biggest headline here is Demonic Tutor, specifically the original Japanese alternate-art regular foil from Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — and, interestingly, the regular foil version, not etched foil.

Source: TCGPlayer – Demonic Tutor (JP Alternate Art, Regular Foil) – Strixhaven: Mystical Archive (STA)

Given how rare this version is, only a few copies get traded each month. But from selling at around $370-$380, now near-mint copies listed on TCGPlayer have jumped to $760 and above.

Dark Ritual and Teferi's Protection are also heating up.

Until recently, Dark Ritual‘s Japanese alternate-art version traded at about $38 for near-mint versions, but has lately sold for $43, and currently the only available copies are listed close to $60.

Teferi's Protection shows a similar trend. It traded at around $60 a couple of weeks ago, but has now recently sold for close to $80, and all listed copies are at or above that range.

Secret of Strixhaven's Silver Scroll Selling for Silly Prices

According to WotC's Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven article, Silver Scroll foil Japanese Mystical Archive cards can be found in Secrets of Strixhaven Collector Boosters of all languages, and some of those chase cards are already showing some extremely silly spicy price tags. Force of Will’s Japanese alternate-art Silver Scroll foil is listed at over $1,200, Vampiric Tutor’s version at around $570, and several others of the most expensive cards in this bonus sheet were in the $300-$400 range.

Source: TCGPlayer – Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive, Silver Scroll versions

Those numbers are huge, but there's an equally huge caveat here: These are still prerelease prices. Early supply is thin, hype is high, and sellers are basically throwing prices up in the sky to see what sticks.

Even so, when the new Mystical Archive cards enter the market with those prices, it becomes much easier for sellers to look at the original Archive premium cards like Demonic Tutor, Dark Ritual, and Teferi's Protection and decide to sell those at a premium.

Wrap Up

Witherbloom, the Balancer (Secrets of Strixhaven) | Illustration by Chris Rahn

We'll find out tomorrow how much Magic players enjoy (and buy…) this new Strixhaven set. But, at least judging by how the premium versions of both Mystical Archives are (pre)selling right now, it looks like there's a lot of interest in both the old, and the shiny new, toys!