Ridiculous MTG Star Wars Misprints Fetch Absurd Prices

Last updated on April 21, 2026

Infinite Guideline Station | Illustration by Piotr Dura

We've all opened a pack of cards only to find that a corner is bent or a card is printed off center. Printing defects are just something that happens, and at the massive scale that Magic is printed at, it's a miracle it doesn't happen more often. But over the weekend during the Prerelease for Secrets of Strixhaven, many players noticed a small defect on many of their rares that hasn't been seen before.

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While it would admittedly be very cool to see a Star Wars Universes Beyond set, it should be said that this kind of misprint is not a teaser for an upcoming Universes Beyond set. This is a simple case of a factory mix up. Magic: The Gathering cards are manufactured across multiple different factories, and one of those factories also happens to print Star Wars Unlimited, a trading card game by Fantasy Flight Games that first came out in 2024. The foil stamps on these cards are about the same size and shape as Magic cards, the only difference is the distinctive X-wing design.

Misprint Value

Hurricane | Illustration by Dameon Willich

It may surprise some of you to know that misprints can be more valuable than their correctly printed counterparts. This is simply due to the laws of supply and demand; there will be relatively very few misprinted cards compared to the properly printed ones, and therefore price will increase as there is a far lower supply. The X-wing stamp is a misprint that we haven't seen before, and hopefully will not see again, and it's due to this rarity that some cards with this misprint are fetching high prices online.

So far, cards that may otherwise be bulk rares have been auctioned off on the MTG misprints facebook group with a markup of over 500%. For example Choreographed Sparks‘s base print currently goes for about 20 cents. Bidding on an X-Wing misprint is currently at $20.

At the present moment, it's unclear just how many cards have this misprint, but it's worth checking your rares from the Prerelease and any other product you've opened from Secrets of Strixhaven so far to see if it has the X-wing stamp. There have been several  sold and auctioned online already, but it could be the case that this misprint is somewhat common for this set, and therefore will be less valuable. It's also unclear how much of the price tag is from the card itself, and how much is added from the misprint, as card prices tend to be inflated before a set releases.

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Generally speaking, if a misprint is rare enough, a card can fetch a high price but usually it has to be attached to a card that already has some sort of collector value outside of the misprint itself, such as having an alternative art and/or being from a bonus sheet or being a highly played card in constructed formats such as Standard or Modern.

If you did get a card with a misprint stamp, you should be aware that collecting misprints is a niche corner of the larger Magic collecting community, and it's generally only within that community that these cards are recognized as being more valuable. Don't expect your local game store to give you top dollar for a Star Wars stamp on your Magic card.

Quality Control Issues Continue

Goblin Grenade | Illustration by Kev Walker

Mistakes will happen. It's a fact of life. That being said, it seems like it's been happening far too often recently. Whether it's promo cards from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles showing up in Lorwyn Eclipsed Prerelease kits, or commander decks with multiple copies of the same card, or Secret Lairs coming with the wrong cards, or the foil stamp from the wrong card game, it seems like quality control has been lacking.

You could attribute this to be a result of the breakneck pace of seven sets in a year. More sets means more things to go wrong. Granted, it's not a total disaster. In this case, it's just the wrong stamp on the wrong card, and it's an error that likely went unnoticed by most players, and even if it was noticed, it has no negative impact on gameplay. But it is indicative of a larger recent pattern, and it makes me worried about quality control going forward, as the pace of set releases is not slowing down any time soon.