Magic: The Gathering's first set, Limited Edition (Alpha), was released in August 1993. It contained 295 cards, printed with black borders in a small print run by the standards of what followed. Every Alpha card is a piece of the game's beginning, and that includes the commons.
Tranquility, Limited Edition (Alpha), art by Douglas Shuler. Source: Scryfall
Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering, at Spiel 2014. Photo by Sonja Pieper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The card
Tranquility is a green sorcery from Alpha. For a modest mana cost it destroys all enchantments on the table, a clean answer to the Auras and enchantments that were a large part of early Magic. It is a common, which means it was printed in larger numbers than the rares, and it was played. Alpha cards went straight into decks in 1993, and the black borders show wear quickly, so a truly pristine Alpha common is far scarcer than its rarity symbol suggests.
Why a CGC 10 Alpha common matters
Collectors chase Alpha in top grades because the set is where the game started, and because so few copies survived play in gem condition. A CGC 10, the top of the scale, means the card was graded as flawless. For a card that was meant to be shuffled and played, that is the exception, not the rule.
Prime City Comics copy
Our copy is graded CGC 10 (Gem Mint), Limited Edition (Alpha), and is listed at $2,000. You can view it here: Magic: The Gathering Tranquility 1993 (Alpha) CGC 10.