Published Nov 13, 2026, 4:16 AM EST Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 3,000 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, provided context on some AI drama, and revealed that Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on three occasions. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Earlier this year, WeirdCo opened its official Kickstarter for the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game. Within hours, it broke multiple records on the crowdfunding website, raising over $28 million. It draws on the world of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, with players building decks and assembling edgerunner crews featuring fan-favorite characters. The TCG's first set, Welcome to Night City, has just dropped, with players ripping packs and hoping to find the rarest, most expensive cards. This is the first publicly available set; previous cards from alpha testing were available only to the press and influencers, but Kickstarter backers have had the product for a little longer than anyone else. Now that the dusk has begun to settle on the prices, here are the 10 most expensive cards in the Cyberpunk TCG's Welcome to Night City Beta set. All prices are taken from Collectr, which aggregates eBay's latest sales and TCGPlayer listings. 10 Panam Palmer - Nomad Cavalry (Iconic Legend) $115.64 Panam Palmer's Nomad Cavalry card is up first on this list. The Iconic Legend Alternate Art card is fetching a pretty penny, currently around $115. The art features everybody's favorite romance option firing a giant bazooka into the distance. It lets players move a Gear from this card to any unequipped friendly Unit, letting you ready them as you do. If this card is in play and equipped, alongside four other friendly Units and/or Legends, you can ready them all. 9 River Ward - Detective On The Hunt (Iconic Legend) $124.85 The Iconic Legend Alternative Art of River Ward - Detective on the Hunt is up next, currently selling for around $125. It's a playable card that lets you play a Gear with a cost of 2 or less for free. If Detective on the Hunt is in play when an unequipped friendly Unit is defeated, you can search the top 2 cards of your deck, trashing one. $138.76 Adam Smasher's first major Cyberpunk TCG outing, his Iconic Legend Ender of Legends card, is currently selling for almost $139. It features the infamous villain punching toward the front of the card, fully decked out in his Cyberware. It's an expensive card to play, costing 9 Eddies, but it has one of the highest Power scores in the TCG's first set, also 9. When played, it lets you pick a rival unit and defeat it. Typical Smasher. 7 Hanako Arasaka - Daughter Of The Emperor (Iconic Legend) $219.69 The first member of the Arasaka family to appear on any of our Cyberpunk TCG lists is Hanako. Her Iconic Legend Daughter of the Emperor card has topped the $200 mark and is currently selling for around $220. Hanako is looking very iconic, standing in front of Corpo Plaza's holographic fish. The card lets you swap a friendly Gig with a rival Gig, and at the start of your next turn, you can draw 1 for each friendly value pair of Gigs. 6 Alt Cunningham - Soulkiller Architect (Iconic Legend) $232.58 The name of the rarity type is also the perfect description for Alt Cunningham herself: Iconic Legend. Her first card in the Cyberpunk TCG has her looking as cool as ever, and its average price is $232.58. She reduces the cost of your next Program by 1 Eddie for each friendly min gig, to a minimum of 1 Eddie and also allows you to play a Program from your trash, provided you bottom-deck it afterwards. 5 Judy Alvarez - Braindance Maestro (Iconic Legend) $301.98 From one icon to another, as Judy Alvarez is up next, with the first card that breaks the $300 mark. It features Alvarez with her colorful hair waiting to give somebody a braindance, which is what her first card specializes in. Upon playing a Braindance Program, a friendly Unit gets +1 power this turn. You may also trash the top card of your deck; however, if it's a Program card, you can add it to your hand. Expect to see lots of epic Alvarez cards over the Cyberpunk TCG's lifespan. 4 Judy Alvarez - Nothing To Doubt (Iconic Secret) $779.43 And speaking of, it's back-to-back Judy Alvarez cards on this list, with the Iconic version of her Nothing to Doubt secret rare. It represents a huge jump in price, with this exceptionally cool alternate art card fetching $779.43. It has 6 Power, and for 1 Eddie, you can reveal the top card of your deck and either play it straight away or add it to your hand for later. 3 Panam Palmer - Strength Through Family (Iconic Secret) $832.75 Racing over $800 is Panam Palmer's second card on this list, the Iconic Secret Strength Through Family alternate art. It features Palmer, in the Iconic Secret minimalist style, looking exceptionally cool on her bike. At a cost of 6 Eddies and with 6 Power, the card allows you to Call a Legend for Free. Its attack makes you discard a card, but for every friendly face-up legend, you can draw an additional card. 2 Sasha Yakovleva - Won't Let You Down (Iconic Secret) $1,145.94 Now we're into the big leagues, with the Sasha Yakovleva - Won't Let You Down Iconic Secret rare hitting an astonishing $1,145. While only a minor character in the Edgerunners TV series, her card is as cool as they come, leaving her looking like a badass. It's very playable, too. It costs 5, and begins with 0 power. However, when you attack, you draw a card, add that card to your hand, and the cost of that card to Yakovleva's Power. Upon defeat, she also makes the opposition player discard a card. 1 Johnny Silverhand - Rocking Renegade (Iconic Secret) $1,191.56 There's nothing more fitting than having Johnny Silverhand as the most expensive card in the Cyberpunk TCG's debut set. The Iconic Secret Rare version of his Rocking Renegade card features the Keanu Reeves-fronted character on stage, shredding with a guitar and holding a mic. It's currently at $1,191.56 and climbing. For 2 Eddies, Johnny Silverhand allows a friendly Unit to attack a spent rival on the turn it's played. If it's a Rocker Unit, the attacker also gains +2 Power this turn. The effect of the card costs -1 Eddie for each friendly Gig with 8+ value in play.
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