Spider-Man x MTG’s Best Card Has an Absurd $80 Pricetag

Last updated on September 28, 2025

Thanos – Marvel

The Spider-Man x Universes Beyond is right around the corner: The global tabletop launch is this Friday, and it releases today on MTG Arena (well, sort of… Magic's digital platforms get Through the Omenpaths: mechanically identical, but with in-universe names and art).

Spidey is not getting the warmest of receptions among MTG fans, at least according to pre-release attendance, but it does have a chase card: The Soul Stone

And, going by the (very finicky!) pre-release prices, the card is not just the most expensive card in Spider-Man, but the most expensive card in the whole Standard format right now, when you look at regular versions: The Soul Stone is sitting around an ~$80–$85 Market Price on TCGplayer…

Source: TCGplayer

… putting The Soul Stone at the top of Standard’s most expensive for non-foil, non-alt-art copies and doubling the runner-up, Bristly Bill, Spine Sower from Outlaws of Thunder Junction.

Source: Scryfall

Caveat Emptor: Pre-release Prices!

The Soul Stone (Marvel's Spider-Man) – art by Volkan Baga

As seen by the rest of the top ten of most expensive Standard cards, eighty bucks is extremely pricey. You usually need one of two conditions: Either it's a multi-format powerhouse that happens to also shine in Standard, like Agatha's Soul Cauldron does in the oppressive Izzet Vivi Cauldron deck.

Source: MTGStocks

… or, as The Soul Stone is doing right now, it happens to be the week before official release.

If you compare with the same time window, The Soul Stone‘s $80 is still very impressive, but it does have close competition this year:

Final Fantasy‘s most expensive Standard-playable card right before release was Vivi Ornitier, who was at around $72 for the regular version.

Tarkir: Dragonstorm‘s most expensive, Ugin, Eye of the Storms, beats the FIN wizard by $5: it was at about $77 before TDM launched.

And Edge of Eternities really can't compete here, with Tezzeret, Cruel Captain launching for an (in comparison) paltry $30.

Thing is, though, pre-release prices tend to drop like a rock a week afterwards, as Vivi Ornitier demonstrates: 

Source: TCGplayer – Vivi Ornitier, regular version

Even though it's one of the most popular commanders ever, which huge casual appeal and cEDH punch, and scary enough in Standard that even Wizards of the Coast is afraid of him, Vivi Ornitiers got slashed in half as soon as Final Fantasy was widely available, and fell into the $30-$40 range where the most expensive Standard-legal card tend to live.

What Will Happen With the Soul Stone Card?

Divination – Illustration by Matt Stewart

As noted, regular versions tend to drop once an MTG set goes live, often by a lot, and even when the card proves to be a true multi-format staple. The Soul Stone looks very solid in Commander: and indestructible mana rock plus repeatable recursion is never a bad thing, making it arguably the best black card in SPM… but it doesn't seem like it will see much play in other Magic formats.

There's an ironic caveat here, though: If SPM indeed ends up being an MTG set that players are not in love with, that may drive the price of desirable cards up. Folks fell in love with Final Fantasy, cracking a record number of FIN packs, which increases the supply of FIN cards (like Vivi Ornitier)… but if Spidey is a flop and relatively few players crack SPM packs, then that could  push The Soul Stone‘s prices up.

Still, and with our usual reminder that this is not investment advice, it would really go against what we see every set: Once it goes live, regular versions drop in price.