Black Lotus (Alpha) - Near Mint

Anyone that would give this card a bad rating is insane there is no way this card could be bad, it's obvious that this card is going to get the ratings it does.

A little spendy.... but when it''s worth it, it''s worth it.

This bad boy was only a couple hundred dollars when I started M:TG in 1995. I wish I would have bought one back then.

5 stars are not enough to rate this Grand Daddy ... I wish I had one...

I've only ever seen two myself, and I was surprised with how the first guy just flashed it around. With the cards now costing upwards about 20 grand for a certified mint, I'd keep it under lock, key, and climate storage. I guess that doesn't compare to the Friday night Magic I was dragged to one week. The guy was actually playing with one in his deck, had found the Alpha or Beta set at a Thrift store and bought it thinking it was starter. It was a shame, because it had obviously been played with a few times and had the wear and tear, but he just smiled at me and my shocked expression.... Told me that he didn't care if it was worth a million, he just enjoyed playing the game. Real nice guy.

I think the card is excellent, obviously it has a lot of versatility, but as the poster card for MTG, I think it's slightly over-rated and hyped up just a little bit.

wicked, sick, nasty, magic card of all time.

I do not agree with what you say here about Black Lotus, not being best card, but rather best combo cards. Upon sacrificing it you can return it to hand to replay and combination. But against counterspell I don't think so unless your opponent is trying to use Chanel + Fireball. Then I think sure winner!

3 mana of any color on the first turn.

Amazing.

I remember when I first saw this card I fell in love. Too bad I can't play my four in one deck.

Perfect for any deck!!!

This card has been banned from Magic The Gathering,I think...
Anyway,still a Tremendous Powerful Card :D

when you are a magic player, you pray to the Lotus.

There is nothing better than the original black lotus!

I don't know how anyone can say this card is not good. You obviously have never used one before. It's the best card in Magic for sheer balance of speed and power, don't bother trying to argue the point.

best land/artifact ever! need 3 or 4 for my sliver deck but this card rocks!

This is deffinetly one of the best cards in magic any type 1 player of course would like to have one im still trying to get one before the price goes up more this card can make any deck better for the most part

Definitely the most broken card in magic. I don't know where you can find a NM Black Lotus from Alpha this days... It's very expensive... but worth it.

THE HOLY GRAIL ITSELF!!!
'NUFF SAID

hahahaha, I cant believe I'm actually making a review on this card. This card does not have a five rating it should have a 500,000,000 rating. Best card ever, no doubt about it!

This card, is only the best of the world

There comes a point in life when you start to have good cards where you may want to enter into competitve Type 1 play. Let me tell you, your deck is not complete until you have this card. Forget how cool it is to lay down turn one, and realize that you can demonic tutor for it to get that one more colored mana you need, or you can make Yawgmoth's Will broken. If you disagree, then you don't have one. Sure it's pricy, but I wouldn't have won day one and T8ed on day two and three at Origins '02 without it.

To give it less than 5 stars is an incredibly poor reflection on the rater, as this is by far THE BEST CARD IN THE GAME and without a doubt belongs in any deck.

Black Lotus, who can forget the classic text: Add three mana of any single color of your choice to your mana pool, then is discarded. Tapping this artifact can be played an an interrupt.
Clearly the hardest to find care in Magic: the Gathering ever. 5 stars. Two thumbs up.

Amazing card when backed with the other power cards. First turn mox drops + a wheel of fortune/time twister are always a good thing.

They're expensive because they're hard to find, not because they're so good. To have a Black Lotus is like having the Holy Grail of Magic Cards. End of Story.

If you think this card is over-rated then you obviously aint used one to first turn channel fireball someone with it. Which I did in two games in a row in a tourny. Best card early game, and always a surprise factor late game when they counter you thinking your all tapped out and you drop mox/lotus/land serra, and being alpha. this is the grand daddy.

okay, so I get it that black lotus is a very good card. but 2000?!!! dude, if you spend that much money on that card... wow that's just crazy..... I don't even think it's legal for something to sell for that much...

Besides the fact that it kicks you in the head and steals your wallet a very good card.

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...............couldnt be better.................

This is the worst card I have ever seen in my 9 years of playing Magic. I mean really, it costs 0 and u can use 3 mana on your first turn, that gets out a concordant crossroad, which stinks extremely bad, and 2 llanowar, which you use to get a really bad card, priest of titania who uses it for a priest and a llanowar, which gets out kamhal fist of krosa, and next turn you win the game. I mean really this combination is horrible.