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Magic the Gathering

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $22.1M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Magic the Gathering is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$22.1M/yr17.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 161 sellers

Flapen Score

Magic the Gathering against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Magic the Gathering is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Magic the Gathering market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Magic the Gathering 17.7M times last year and spent an estimated $22.1M. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 17.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $22.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
17.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
$22.1Ma year
Top search term
magic the gathering7.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $85.35.

Listings sell for $85.35 on average, from $7.13 to $467.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $85.35 that is $128K to $171K a year per listing.

Average price
$85.35inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.13–$467.23
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$128K–$171K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

45% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,432 within Collectible Card Games. It carries 526 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
45%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#2,432in Collectible Card Games
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
526per listing
Listings tracked
49

04 · Newcomers

25 of last year's 26 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

26 products launched here in the last 12 months. 25 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
26
Successful launches
25Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Magic the Gathering products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

161

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 184%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 31%
  • Brand 41%
  • Brand 51%

Demand

Magic the Gathering search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

800K600KSpike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2× · 11 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Magic the Gathering search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • magic the gathering7.3M/yr
  • mtg3.2M/yr
  • mtg commander deck1.8M/yr
  • magic the gathering commander deck941K/yr
  • mtg booster box928K/yr
  • commander deck561K/yr
  • magic the gathering booster box360K/yr
  • mtg precon252K/yr
  • magic the gathering cards296K/yr
  • mtg collector booster box232K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Magic the Gathering

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

21%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
38%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
0.9%of orders come back
“A little on pricey side”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”38% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Magic the Gathering questions

Answered from the same tracked data.