FIFTH EDITION
24 March 1997 · Set code 5ED
- Cards in set
- 455
- Sealed products
- 5
- Released
- 24 March 1997
- Set type
- core
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Singles
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Boosters
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Booster Boxes
1 product
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Starter Decks
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Tournament Packs
1 product
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Fifth Edition is a Magic: The Gathering core set released on 24 March 1997 (30 years ago) with 455 cards in the set, using the set code 5ED. A core set: an evergreen, beginner-friendly release built mostly from reprints and simple new cards. On this page you can browse every Fifth Edition product we track - booster packs, booster boxes and preconstructed decks - and jump straight into the full Fifth Edition card list with daily updated prices.
The most valuable Fifth Edition cards right now are Mana Vault, Sylvan Library, Necropotence, Dust to Dust, City of Brass and Ashnod's Altar. Mana Vault leads the set at around €62,84 for a near-mint copy. Prices for every Fifth Edition single are refreshed daily from Cardmarket, TCGplayer and Cardhoarder, so the 5ED value list you see here reflects the current market rather than an old price guide.
Most valuable Fifth Edition cards (2026)
The top 8 5ED singles by current market value. Click any card to open it in the Fifth Edition card database with all printings, foils and price history.
| # | Card | Rarity | Market price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mana Vault | rare | €62,84 |
| 2 | Sylvan Library | rare | €25,76 |
| 3 | Necropotence | rare | €24,49 |
| 4 | Dust to Dust | uncommon | €16,68 |
| 5 | City of Brass | rare | €13,68 |
| 6 | Ashnod's Altar | uncommon | €12,12 |
| 7 | Birds of Paradise | rare | €11,31 |
| 8 | Winter Orb | rare | €11,04 |
Most popular Fifth Edition cards with players
The Fifth Edition cards players build with most often include Counterspell, Fellwar Stone, Nature's Lore, Dark Ritual, Llanowar Elves and Brainstorm. These are the 5ED staples that show up in Commander, Standard and constructed decks, and steady demand is usually what keeps their price from dropping after the set rotates out of print.
Opening Fifth Edition boosters and booster boxes
A sealed Fifth Edition booster box is the cheapest way to open 5ED cards in bulk, while collector boosters concentrate the foil and extended-art treatments. Compare the sealed prices above before you buy: box prices move with the value of the set's rares, so a set with expensive mythics usually has expensive boxes too.
Fifth Edition card prices and how we track them
Every 5ED single on Magicmark.io carries a market price in EUR and USD, a price trend, and 1-day, 7-day and 30-day averages, rebuilt daily from Cardmarket "from" prices plus other marketplaces. That means the Fifth Edition price you see is what a near-mint copy actually sells for today, not the value it had at release in 1997. Foils, etched foils and special treatments are priced separately, so you never compare a non-foil 5ED rare to its foil version by accident.
Looking for a specific Fifth Edition printing? Use the Fifth Edition card database to filter 5ED singles by rarity, colour, mana value, foil treatment, language and price, browse Fifth Edition booster boxes and Fifth Edition boosters, compare it with the other Magic expansions, or scan a card with the MTG card scanner to identify the exact Fifth Edition printing you are holding and see what it is worth in 2026.
Most valuable Fifth Edition cards
The five biggest cards of FIFTH EDITION, with their current market price.
All Fifth Edition cards (455)
Every printing in the set. Click a card for prices, printings and languages.
Abbey Gargoyles
#1 - uncommon
€0,17
Abyssal Specter
#139 - uncommon
€0,24
Adarkar Wastes
#410 - rare
€4,92
Aether Storm
#70 - uncommon
€0,15
Air Elemental
#71 - uncommon
€0,21
Akron Legionnaire
#2 - rare
€0,17
Alabaster Potion
#3 - common
€0,19
Aladdin's Ring
#346 - rare
€0,39
Ambush Party
#208 - common
€0,06
Amulet of Kroog
#347 - common
€0,09
Angry Mob
#4 - uncommon
€0,19
An-Havva Constable
#277 - rare
€0,28
Animate Dead
#140 - uncommon
€6,25
Animate Wall
#5 - rare
€0,33
Ankh of Mishra
#348 - rare
€7,59
Anti-Magic Aura
#72 - uncommon
€0,26
Arenson's Aura
#6 - uncommon
€0,15
Armageddon
#7 - rare
€10,39
Armor of Faith
#8 - common
€0,05
Ashes to Ashes
#141 - uncommon
€0,49
Ashes to Ashes
#141s - uncommon
€0,54
Ashnod's Altar
#349 - uncommon
€12,06
Ashnod's Transmogrant
#350 - common
€0,27
Aspect of Wolf
#278 - rare
€0,50
Atog
#209 - uncommon
€0,19
Aurochs
#279 - common
€0,09
Aysen Bureaucrats
#9 - common
€0,08
Azure Drake
#73 - uncommon
€0,25
Bad Moon
#142 - rare
€2,12
Ball Lightning
#210 - rare
€5,87
Barbed Sextant
#351 - common
€0,19
Barl's Cage
#352 - rare
€0,32
Battering Ram
#353 - common
€0,05
Benalish Hero
#10 - common
€0,12
Binding Grasp
#74 - uncommon
€0,10
Bird Maiden
#211 - common
€0,03
Birds of Paradise
#280 - rare
€11,31
Black Knight
#143 - uncommon
€0,56
Blessed Wine
#11 - common
€0,07
Blight
#144 - uncommon
€0,22
Blinking Spirit
#12 - rare
€0,24
Blood Lust
#212 - common
€0,17
Bog Imp
#145 - common
€0,08
Bog Rats
#146 - common
€0,14
Bog Wraith
#147 - uncommon
€0,19
Bog Wraith
#147s - uncommon
€0,19
Boomerang
#75 - common
€0,12
Boomerang
#75s - common
€0,26
Bottle of Suleiman
#354 - rare
€0,39
Bottomless Vault
#411 - rare
€1,06
Brainstorm
#76 - common
€1,46
Brainwash
#13 - common
€0,06
Brassclaw Orcs
#213 - common
€0,08
Breeding Pit
#148 - uncommon
€0,02
Broken Visage
#149 - rare
€0,33
Brothers of Fire
#214 - common
€0,12
Brushland
#412 - rare
€4,84
Carapace
#281 - common
€0,13
Caribou Range
#14 - rare
€0,31
Carrion Ants
#150 - uncommon
€0,15
Castle
#15 - uncommon
€0,30
Cat Warriors
#282 - common
€0,15
Cave People
#215 - uncommon
€0,18
Chub Toad
#283 - common
€0,12
Circle of Protection: Artifacts
#16 - uncommon
€0,26
Circle of Protection: Black
#17 - common
€0,07
Circle of Protection: Blue
#18 - common
€0,11
Circle of Protection: Green
#19 - common
€0,08
Circle of Protection: Red
#20 - common
€0,18
Circle of Protection: White
#21 - common
€0,04
City of Brass
#413 - rare
€13,68
Clay Statue
#355 - common
€0,07
Cloak of Confusion
#151 - common
€0,10
Clockwork Beast
#356 - rare
€0,33
Clockwork Steed
#357 - uncommon
€0,09
Cockatrice
#284 - rare
€0,66
Colossus of Sardia
#358 - rare
€0,30
Conquer
#216 - uncommon
€0,15
Coral Helm
#359 - rare
€0,27
Counterspell
#77 - common
€1,07
Craw Giant
#285 - uncommon
€0,25
Craw Wurm
#286 - common
€0,10
Crimson Manticore
#217 - rare
€0,24
Crown of the Ages
#360 - rare
€0,38
Crumble
#287 - uncommon
€0,28
Crusade
#22 - rare
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Crystal Rod
#361 - uncommon
€0,16
Cursed Land
#152 - uncommon
€0,25
Dance of Many
#78 - rare
€0,43
Dancing Scimitar
#362 - rare
€0,19
Dandân
#79 - common
€1,83
Dark Maze
#80 - common
€0,07
Dark Ritual
#153 - common
€1,89
D'Avenant Archer
#23 - common
€0,05
Deathgrip
#154 - uncommon
€0,30
Death Speakers
#24 - common
€0,20
Death Ward
#25 - common
€0,07
Deflection
#81 - rare
€0,36
Derelor
#155 - rare
€0,30
Desert Twister
#288 - uncommon
€0,19
Detonate
#218 - uncommon
€0,22
Diabolic Machine
#363 - uncommon
€0,18
Dingus Egg
#364 - rare
€0,38
Disenchant
#26 - common
€0,13
Disintegrate
#219 - common
€0,23
Disrupting Scepter
#365 - rare
€0,34
Divine Offering
#27 - common
€0,11
Divine Transformation
#28 - uncommon
€0,18
Dragon Engine
#366 - rare
€0,33
Drain Life
#156 - common
€0,06
Drain Power
#82 - rare
€1,38
Drudge Skeletons
#157 - common
€0,11
Durkwood Boars
#289 - common
€0,10
Dust to Dust
#29 - uncommon
€10,11
Dwarven Catapult
#220 - uncommon
€0,18
Dwarven Hold
#414 - rare
€1,08
Dwarven Ruins
#415 - uncommon
€0,61
Dwarven Soldier
#221 - common
€0,12
Dwarven Warriors
#222 - common
€0,12
Earthquake
#223 - rare
€1,80
Ebon Stronghold
#416 - uncommon
€0,35
Elder Druid
#290 - rare
€0,48
Elkin Bottle
#367 - rare
€0,34
Elven Riders
#291 - uncommon
€0,18
Elvish Archers
#292 - rare
€0,52
Energy Flux
#83 - uncommon
€0,30
Enervate
#84 - common
€0,14
Erg Raiders
#158 - common
€0,07
Errantry
#224 - common
€0,12
Eternal Warrior
#225 - common
€0,05
Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
#159 - uncommon
€0,25
Evil Presence
#160 - uncommon
€0,19
Eye for an Eye
#30 - rare
€0,52
Fallen Angel
#161 - uncommon
€0,24
Fear
#162 - common
€0,08
Feedback
#85 - uncommon
€0,19
Feldon's Cane
#368 - uncommon
€0,24
Fellwar Stone
#369 - uncommon
€1,90
Feroz's Ban
#370 - rare
€0,32
Fireball
#227 - common
€0,19
Firebreathing
#228 - common
€0,02
Fire Drake
#226 - uncommon
€0,20
Flame Spirit
#229 - uncommon
€0,17
Flare
#230 - common
€0,08
Flashfires
#231 - uncommon
€0,22
Flight
#86 - common
€0,11
Flood
#87 - common
€0,06
Flying Carpet
#371 - rare
€0,34
Fog
#293 - common
€0,12
Force of Nature
#294 - rare
€0,40
Force Spike
#88 - common
€1,10
Forest
#446 - common
€0,30
Forest
#447 - common
€0,72
Forest
#448 - common
€0,37
Forest
#449 - common
€0,58
Forget
#89 - rare
€0,28
Fountain of Youth
#372 - uncommon
€0,21
Foxfire
#295 - common
€0,18
Frozen Shade
#163 - common
€0,09
Funeral March
#164 - common
€0,02
Fungusaur
#296 - rare
€0,37
Fyndhorn Elder
#297 - uncommon
€0,20
Game of Chaos
#232 - rare
€7,07
Gaseous Form
#90 - common
€0,11
Gauntlets of Chaos
#373 - rare
€0,33
Ghazbán Ogre
#298 - common
€0,08
Giant Growth
#299 - common
€0,08
Giant Spider
#300 - common
€0,15
Giant Strength
#233 - common
€0,09
Glacial Wall
#91 - uncommon
€0,24
Glasses of Urza
#374 - uncommon
€0,40
Gloom
#165 - uncommon
€0,62
Goblin Digging Team
#234 - common
€0,11
Goblin Hero
#235 - common
€0,06
Goblin King
#236 - rare
€4,58