īlack Lotus is usually considered by collectors to be the most valuable non-promotional Magic card ever printed. The reason this powerful card is a flower is attributed to Richard Garfield liking the idea of a lot of power being contained in a flower, a transient object in contrast to more permanent objects like rings or amulets that are often depicted as sources of power in other fantasy settings. It has since been banned from all official tournament formats save for Vintage, but even there, it is limited to one copy per deck, compared to the normal allowance of four. Former Pro player and Magic writer Zvi Mowshowitz has declared Black Lotus as the best card of its type of all time, claiming every deck in the history of the game is better with a Black Lotus in it. Thus, the card gives the player an enormous jump in the early stages of a Magic game. The 'Black Lotus' card can be played at zero cost, and grants three mana (the game's primary resource) when sacrificed (discarded from play). The Black Lotus, signed by artist Christopher Rush

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