1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://www.kotaku.com.auadamwellshttps://www.kotaku.com.au/author/adamwells/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l7wP5f7kLo"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/09/the-allure-of-magics-most-valuable-card-explained/">The Allure Of Magic’s Most Valuable Card Explained</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/09/the-allure-of-magics-most-valuable-card-explained/embed/#?secret=l7wP5f7kLo" width="600" height="338" title="“The Allure Of Magic’s Most Valuable Card Explained” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="l7wP5f7kLo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Part of Magic: the Gathering’s folklore is the Black Lotus. An obscenely powerful and even more obscenely valuable card that practically everyone who has heard of the game knows about. But what makes it so powerful and so valuable?https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/16/pgroup-googlepublishercentre-kotbrandmark.png?quality=7510001080