June 20, 2025 A reader, Xopher, has got in touch to let us know they've also successfully sold a serialized chocobo card! We've updated this story, you can read the details below.
A serialized Golden Chocobo card from MTG Final Fantasy has sold for $40,000. We knew these would go for a fat wad of cash, and sure enough they've proven their status as a collectible well worth slavering over. Collectors Lounge, a TCG store in Cypress, California, sold the card on June 17, 2025 via eBay.
Final Fantasy's adorable birds of burden are fan-favorite hallmarks of the franchise, so it makes sense that Wizards of the Coast chose its premier choco, Traveling Chocobo, to be the chase card in what is already lauded as the best-selling MTG set of all time.
These Mythic Rares come in an assortment of even rarer rainbow colors, but the golden version is the scarcest by far. These are serialized cards, which means there are only a very limited number of copies in existence - each one stamped with its own unique digits.
In this case, there are 77 golden chocobos in the world. So, while they're not as rare as the likes of the one-of-a-kind One Ring, they don't exactly grow on trees.
Collectors' Lounge originally put its discovery up on sale for $200,000, but resubmitted for $50,000 when it didn't sell at that price. EBay now says it sold on Tuesday, June 17 for 'best offer' and doesn't make that information public, but the third-party tool 130point suggests $40,000 was the sum that eventually changed hands. Wargamer has reached out to the store to verify this detail.
This specific card was #41, a number with no particularly strong associations attached. As stupid as it sounds, other serialized cards have fetched an especially high price if they sport particular numbers, especially 1-5, 420, and of course 69.
Since this story was published on Wednesday, another serialized golden chocobo owner has got in touch with us via our Discord community to let us know he's sold his copy! We reported two weeks ago that a fan going by Xopher - a.k.a. @xopher314 on Twitter/X - had also shared photos of their serialized Traveling Chocobo online; he's now contacted us to tell us he's since made a private sale.
Wargamer has seen proof he had the card - number 11 out of 77. Not unusually for private sales, Xopher declined to confirm the final price of the sale or the exact date, though he told us on June 20 that it took place "last week", which would make his the world's first sale. Xopher says the private buyer flew him from Arkansas to Atlanta, Georgia to make the trade - and that it was a wrench letting the card go because of the specific numbered birdie he managed to pull.
"FFXI was my favorite final fantasy game," he tells us - "so it was an amazing coincidence that I pulled #11".
"It pained me to sell it because I played that game for well over 10 years."
Collectors' Lounge's $40,000 public sale instantly catapults golden chocobo to a place on our most expensive MTG cards list. Specifically it puts it just a little above Phoenix Heart, a commemorative card Richard Garfield made to mark his wedding and only gave out to friends and family members.
If you find your own serialized Traveling Chocobo, we will gladly look after it for you - just get in touch via the Discord. And if Final Fantasy isn't your thing and you're patiently waiting for Edge of Eternities, check our MTG release schedule to see just how long you'll have to hold on.