Black Lotus (Beta) - Near Mint

This IS a very good card, hence the five stars. It IS a major status symbol and the holy grail of MTG but it is by no means the best card in the game. Yes you can first turn kill with it but thats not the only way. Land + Lotus Petal ---> Flash out Protean Hulk ---> it dies ---> search for Disciples of the Vault and a Carrion Feeder and a bunch of zero mana artifact creatures.... thats four cards, same as Channel-Fireball. (I hope I didn't miss a step)

But anyway ancestral recall is simply amazing and that card most likely deserves best card ever. And I'm surprised at the amount of people who just leave it with "BEST CARD EVER" and don't even think it through.

Oh and also with the combo above you can win on turn 0 if you have that land that you can start the game with it in play if you remove another card in your hand from the game.

If you think this card is anything less than a 4 or 5 star rating, you are a noob, and a lousy Magic player. The potential of this card is unmatchable in any other card. It fits into any deck, and can be used for amazing 1 or 2 turn kills.
There are NOT a million common cards that are better. If you can't figure out why this is the greatest magic card ever made, go back to playing a little kiddie TCG because you obviously don't get MTG. This gives you a 2 to 3 card advantage, and in every magic game, the winner 99% of the time comes down to card advantage. You need to take your game to the next level if you think this card is bad at all.

I bow to the holy grail, the one they call "black lotus''.

Sacrifice Black Lotus, adds three blue mana...cast Show and Tell....Emrakul The Aeons Thorn in the table...now it´s your turn...

i was beaten in the very first turn in the game with this card and the red green moxs my oppentent had layed down. lated down the lotus broght out ball lighting layrd down emerald mox giant growth now is 9 brought out green land tap it to beserk it now its 18 then layed down ruby mox and used it with a lighting bolt. this without me ever laying down a card lucky draw or what first hand game over. I was inpressed even the judge was inpressed cause it happened in a tournment i would say he cheated but i cut the deck.wildwombat

haha wow i have seen 1 in my entire life. that is from my idle. believe it or not its my art teacher. he owns everyone. he sais that his deck isnt good but that is a lot of bs. with his black lotus and a couple of other cheap cards he owns. black lotus is a must have card. i hope to buy one when i get older but who knows probally 10,000$ when i get 21 :) but the economy will probally be really bad also anyways for whoever says this card is good for nothing fails at magic and fails at life i mean just think of having 2-3 of em you could get a 10/10 out right away :o its unreal some of these people who play magic have no idea what so ever. well half day of school and last day.. time for another attempt to beat him but i doubt it he will probally get his black lotus and bam i will be dead. a swamp deck is a failure with all its cheap instants ( i have deak that pwns) and i will not be dumb so i shall use green. wish me luck:) ps buy the black lotus if you are really serious about the card game MAGIC!

This card is amazing. There is so much potential for it if you draw more than one your first turn and/or get yourself one or two via Demonic Tutor or other such cards...

great card!

Black Lotus has only become better after the "storm" ability entered the stage

Black Lotus, the best and most wanted card ever.
You may summon one mana each turn, but this gives you permanent control over 3 mana.
Not a single card can measure itself with this flower.
4 of these in your deck and you're in theory unbeatable.

Worth every cent... If you are a serious player that is.

Best card in the game. Period.

This is a sick card! A must have if you like collecting good magic cards. Definately elite!

i love this card ive been collecting this card for so long i have 15 black lotus's and two full puzzles. i lve them my deck have four in it and it runs the deck i play this deck everywhere because the lotus's are in bad condition. anyone got lotus

Black lotus is possibly the most powerful card in magic.

Can't describe all the combinations this card has... i could put out an entire deck of creatures using this card and all of those creatures would have at least 100/100 using a recycle, coat of arms, concordant crossroads and a bunch of cheap elves like llanowars, fyndhorns and priest of titanias.

What are the 2 things that have always made T1 so powerful? Card Drawing and Mana acceleration. This card, in a sense, gives you a 3-turn head start on your opponent. AND it fits in nearly 99% of all T1 decks. It is expensive, definately not worth the money, (You'll never win enough tournaments, just because of it, to pay yourself back -and all the big tournies are T2 now) but it's just so fun to whip one out and see the jaws drop.

Black Lotus is one of the most versatile and usable cards in Magic Type 1. It can fit into any deck because of it's ability to generate any kind of colored mana. And the value is definitely NOT based on the cards ability. This card is very rare and are very seldom seen on the common market, and is even hard to find on any market for that matter. 75% of the value is the collectable value (Black Bordered, old print etc). The rest is the play value. Some of you should really learn more about this game and it's cards, before making comments you have no facts to refer to.

Tharanduil

The ultimate Magic Card. Effective and the symbol of an experienced magic player.

OK i think it isnt the best card in Magic (ancestrall Recall) but it's an Status symbol today. Many new player havent seen an original Lotus in their life.

It's only fun when u play a beta lotus that is the greatest :)

An absolutely outstanding way to generate fast colored mana. Its no wonder this card sells for as much as it does...... its got tremendous potential.

Those of you who rate this card at one have never seen its potential in red you have the possibilty of doing 12 damage first turn. Yes its a possibility not certain but it beats the rest of the junk you guys would rather have.