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Core Set 2021
Magic pages should feel like an illuminated archive: rules-heavy, history-aware, and serious about print treatment — anchored right now by Chromatic Orrery.
Cards tracked300
Variants tracked2
Market floor$0.03
Grail card$37.08
Set index
A tradeable basket for the whole set.
Complete set basket$566.99300 priced cards roll into the current estimate.
Chase basket$237.16Tracks the highest-signal cards instead of the long tail.
Raw lane basket$1.89Useful for estimating where the body of the set sits today.
Coverage is live on 100% of the set right now, which is enough to show the market center even before the long tail fully fills in.
common is the dominant rarity band in this release, while Instant is the strongest card-family signal on the page today.
Magic collectors want chronology, finish awareness, and context about why a card matters across formats and eras.
Set pulse
Real activity where we have it, honest signals where we do not.
Activity is still forming for this set. The price coverage and chase basket above update as VaultStore listings and sales deepen.
Rarity mix
Where the card count is concentrated.
common129
uncommon83
rare56
mythic32
Trusted sellers
The best current storefronts touching this lane.
Trusted seller rankings will fill in here as more live listings attach to this set.
Related sets
Continue the chronology.
Temperature index
Heat signal across the full set.
On Fire22
Heating Up145
Cooling44
Top movers
The strongest gainers right now.
Cooling off
Cards losing momentum in the current window.
Completion tracking
Built for real set goals, not generic wishlists.
0%owned
VaultStore completion tracking is designed for any-copy, any-variant, grade-specific, and language-specific goals. This page already knows the full card map; the collector layer sits on top of it.
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Collector guide
Why this set matters right now.
Reserved List icons, Commander staples, foils, borderless treatments, and modern premium printings all route through the same browse surface.
Foundations is the cleanest current on-ramp for cataloging modern staples.
Beta and Arabian Nights remain the benchmark history surfaces every serious collectible page gets measured against.
Set overview
A destination page, not just a listing grid.
Core Set 2021 arrived in 2026 as Magic's standard core set offering, containing 300 cards designed to provide foundational gameplay mechanics and accessibility for newer players while delivering constructed-playable options for competitive formats. The set marked a continuation of Wizards' modern core set philosophy, emphasizing reprints alongside new designs that supported then-current Standard environments. Several cards achieved notable status within the set. Chromatic Orrery emerged as a powerful mana-fixing artifact with utility applications across multiple formats. Rin and Seri, Inseparable represented the set's legendary creature offerings, providing commander appeal. Terror of the Peaks delivered efficient red aggression, while Ugin, the Spirit Dragon appeared as a premium planeswalker reprint, maintaining its position as a format staple. The inclusion of such high-impact cards reflected the set's dual purpose of serving casual and competitive audiences simultaneously.
A great Magic catalog page needs to explain finish splits, print treatments, and why the set still matters across formats.
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FAQ
What makes Core Set 2021 important for collectors?
Core Set 2021 sits inside the live magic archive. and matters because it combines set identity, chase hierarchy, and live market behavior in one place.
How many cards are tracked in Core Set 2021?
VaultStore currently tracks 300 cards on this page, with 2 distinct variant treatments represented across the set.
