Magic the Gathering’s Power Nine are nine rare cards that were printed in Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited sets. These cards where only printed for a short period of time (late 1993 to early 1994). The Power Nine are a set of cards that are required in all type 1 decks these cards are very rare and very expensive. Funny thing is back in the day these cards where commons and uncommons in the booster packs. The power nine are made up of Black Lotus, Mox Pearl, Mox Sapphire, Mox Jet, Mox Ruby, Mox Emerald, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, and Timetwister. Richard Garfield the designer of Magic the Gathering...
...is pure geniuses all though I feel that Wizards of the Cost has done a better job keeping the game alive we would not all be playing the game we love with out Garfield. In the early days as Garfield designed and play tested his invention he did not put much thought into balance of the game or how some cards could be “broken” or too powerful. Hence the Power Nine, no other set of nine cards are a requirement in any other type of play than in type one. If you showed up to play in a type one tournament missing the Power Nine you would be laughed at and more than likely loose. Even so each card out of the Power Nine is very expensive they are worth having. Even if you don’t play with them and just save them in a lock box its worth the history that’s behind the cards.
So if you are like me and love everything Magic you are always looking for a good deal on magic the gathering cards. I myself own a few of the power nine but not the full set and are always trying to find deals, deck combos and other fun things to do with magic cards.