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The 6 most expensive Steam Trading Cards

Your bank won't be happy about this one.

Steam Trading Cards are usually seen as being simple by-products of any given Steam title. At most people view them as an easy way to level up their Steam profile via badge crafting and not much else.

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However, Steam Trading Cards can fetch quite the price and are actively traded by members of Steam‘s vast community for incredible amounts of money. So, here are the mot expensive Steam Trading Cards on the market right now.

Most valuable Steam Trading Cards

Keep in mind that, for the sake of this list, we chose only those rare Steam cards worth buying, and not the ones that you see listed once by a single person for incredible amounts and never sold. The cards below are well worth having and actually sell for their asking price, or have done so in the past.

Moai Head (Regular) – $75

A stone head with sharp facial features from Platinum Kill.
Dum dum. Image via Valve

The Moai Head acquired by playing Platinum Kill doesn’t sell often, but when it does it’s for a pretty high price. Several of these cards have been auctioned for over $75, while a couple were sold off for $35 and around $65, respectively. The card also has buy orders for a few dollars, which it never hurts to have, so if you’re on the lookout for expanding your Steam wallet, perhaps you should consider playing some Platinum Kill to, well, kill some time.

Gaomon (Foil) – $68

Gaomon monster from Digimon Masters. He looks like a blue furry animal and has a headband and boxing gloves.
Digimon Masters Online has some of the most expensive trading cards on the market. Image via Valve

While Gaomon currently has no listings on Steam on account of its rarity, the card has been sold on several occasions for over $60, making it worth a full game on the platform’s storefront. Though that price doesn’t seem too wild compared to the $1,900 listings on Steam, this card actually sold for a price it was listed at, and Steam Trading Cards are often listed on the market for wild prices which never get matched with a buyer. Digimon Masters Online has numerous cards that have sold for quite a hefty sum, and we will include several of them on this list.

Huanglongmon (Foil) – $63

Haunglongmon monster from Digimon Masters. He is a golden dragon with spikes on his back and massive horns and he has red spots over his back as well.
Haunglongmon also saw massive listings of up to $1,000. Image via Valve

Another Digimon Masters Online trading card, Huanglongmon also doesn’t have any listings at the moment. It has managed to sell at over $60 on a few occasions and was even listed for around $1,000 at some point recently, though that price wasn’t matched with any potential buyer. Steam Trading Cards tend to sell for a few cents a piece, rarely reaching 10 cents or more per card, and it is a miracle that so many of these Digimon Masters Online cards have managed to attract buyers with their prices. It is almost reminiscent of the real-life trading card industry which actually does tend to see sales in the thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

Lilithmon (Foil) – $35

Lilithmon in Digimon Masters: a woman in a purple dress with bat wings stretching to its side. She wears a strange crown and has a seemingly golden right hand.
This is our final entry for Digimon Masters, though it has many cards auctioning for around $20 to $30 regularly. Image via Valve

Our final entry from Digimon Masters Online, Lilithmon, has recently been sold for about $35, though it has seen auctions at a higher price previously. The card was also listed for nearly $2,000, an incredible asking price for a Steam Trading Card, one that understandably found no buyer. If you ever get your hands on one of these by playing Digimon Masters Online, you could easily sell it for about $25, which is the card’s current asking price on the Steam Community Market.

Bateman (Regular)

Bateman from No More Room in Hell. He is an ominous man with sharp features and wears a suit, a tie, and has an axe in his hands.
No More Room in Hell now has a sequel. Let’s hope its cards are also worth as much. Image via Valve

No More Room in Hell also has its fair share of expensive trading cards, the most popular of which is the Bateman. It is usually sold at around five or six dollars, but has recently auctioned for over $30. There are numerous buy orders on Steam asking for the card at a very low price, though the listings start at $185 and go up from there. The original No More Room in Hell game is free to play, given that it was made on Valve’s Source Engine, so if you’re looking for a few extra bucks, you might want to leave it running on your PC for a couple of hours.

NeonBall Trading Cards (Regular) – $25

A shiny and large polished ball with orange and black coloring.
NeonBall is one of those games you’ve never heard of. Image via Valve

NeonBall is a free-to-play title released in 2018 with 77 total reviews as of this article. However, its six trading cards are all pretty valuable and can sell for up to $25 on the Steam market. The cheapest sells for at least $10, though not often, and there are buy orders for a few bucks on there as well. The reason for this is unclear, so if you happen to be leaving the house, maybe you should launch NeonBall and let it sit on your machine while you’re away. Who knows? Maybe you can score some extra funds.

Are Steam Trading Cards worth investing into?

The answer to this question is both yes and no. In a world where CS2 skins and other collectible items exist, trading cards are simply a sub-standard method of trading on the platform. In real life, sure, trading cards can be quite the asset to have, especially if you obtain something rare and exciting, but that’s not often the case on Steam itself. Even the ones that do sell don’t do it frequently, and most of the cards on our list are auctioned every few months or once a year, compared to Steam skins which are auctioned in the thousands each day.


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Andrej Barovic
Strategic Content Writer, English Major. Been in writing for 3 years. Focused mostly on the world of gaming as a whole, with particular interest in RPGs, MOBAs, FPS, and Grand Strategies. Favorite titles include Counter-Strike, The Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Sekrio, and Kenshi. Cormac McCarthy apologetic.