Bloodline Recollector Serialised Price Guide and How to Pull One
MTG has a new serialised chase card: Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving is numbered out of 500 copies, making it one of the rarest physical cards printed in 2026.
The double-faced card appeared in serialised Collector Booster treatments earlier this week, with the first copies surfacing on social media alongside the predictable wave of excitement and immediate eBay listings. Given what comparable serialised cards have sold for, collectors are already trying to work out whether this one belongs in the same conversation as the 1/1 The One Ring or the more modestly priced 500-copy runs.
What Is Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving?
Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving is a double-faced card with a serialised Collector Booster treatment numbered XXX/500. The front face, Bloodline Recollector, and the back face, Ancestral Craving, give it genuine play value beyond the serial number, which tends to support the long-term price floor better than purely aesthetic treatments.
A print run of 500 sits in a middle tier for serialised MTG cards. It is far more attainable than the 1/1 The One Ring from the Lord of the Rings set, which sold for over $2 million USD at auction in 2023, but considerably rarer than the 3,000-copy serialised Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and similar treatments from the same era.
What Will It Be Worth?
Predicting a final price for a freshly opened serialised card is an inexact science, but comparable data points give a reasonable range.
The 500-copy serialised treatments from recent Universes Beyond sets settled between $400 and $1,200 USD depending on the card's format playability and demand at time of opening. Cards with genuine Eternal or Commander demand hold their value; strictly collector pieces tend to drop once the hype cycle passes.
Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving has a built-in advantage: the double-faced design means both Commander and competitive players have a reason to want the serialised version as a conversation piece in a working deck. That cross-appeal generally keeps prices elevated compared to single-faced treatments with similar rarity.
A rough estimate based on current comparable sales puts the likely range at $500 to $1,500 USD for low serial numbers (under 50) and $300 to $600 USD for mid-to-high numbers. That spread will compress once the initial wave of Collector Booster openings is complete and the market finds its level, typically four to six weeks after a set releases.
It is worth noting that serialised cards are highly illiquid. You may see a single copy listed at a price that seems definitive but represents one seller's hope, not a market consensus.
How Do You Pull One?
Serialised cards in current-era MTG sets appear exclusively in Collector Boosters. There is no path through Play Boosters or Set Boosters.
Within a Collector Booster, serialised cards occupy the dedicated serialised slot, which replaces one of the traditional foil rare or mythic slots. The odds vary by set but Wizards has historically printed serialised cards at approximately 1 in every 2,800 to 4,000 Collector Boosters for 500-copy runs. Your realistic options are:
- Buy Collector Boosters directly and open them yourself. At current MSRP prices of roughly $30 to $40 per pack, statistically reaching one serialised card costs between $84,000 and $160,000 in product. Nobody is recommending you do this.
- Buy cases at your local game store on release weekend. Large case openings on stream sometimes find serialised cards within the first hour, but variance is brutal.
- Wait and buy the card outright. Once the opening hype dies down, listed prices normalise. Patience is historically the best strategy for mid-tier serialised cards.
If you are primarily a collector rather than a player, monitoring TCGPlayer, Card Kingdom, and eBay sold listings in the four to six weeks after release will give you the clearest picture of where the price actually lands.
Personal note: the 500-copy serialised format has produced some of the most satisfying collector pieces in recent MTG history precisely because enough copies exist that finding one at a reasonable price feels achievable, unlike the truly unique treatments that end up behind glass indefinitely. Whether this one earns a spot in that bracket depends entirely on the card's play role, which we will cover in a full guide once the rules text is confirmed.