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Magic · 8th Edition · #296 · Rare

Defense Grid

Magic card price for Defense Grid: $45.74 market, though the cheapest copy on sale asks $119.99, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$45.74
+14.4% this week · +15.7% in 30 days

Market price lags the listings: nothing below $119.99 is on sale today.

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1 day0.0%
7 days+14.4%
30 days+15.7%
90 days+24.2%
1 year+28.3%
All time+91.7%

Sellers right now

$119.99lowest listing$239.98highest
Market price$45.74
Mid listing$201.82
30-day avg$40.59

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$45.74
Cardmarket$5.69 €5.06

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$35.3652-week low$45.7452-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$21.95
All-time high$45.74
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$20.52$29.72$38.92$48.12
$45.74
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$45.74$119.99$239.98+14.4%
Normal$7.52$6.41$27.500.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

During each player’s turn, each other player’s spells cost 3 more to play.

Flavor

"A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection."
—Crystal Eastman,
"Equality or Protection"

Other printings of Defense Grid

6 more · $9.23 – $177.19
All printings
Defense Grid (125), Urza's Legacy — Magic card price +2.6% 7d Defense Grid Urza's Legacy · #125 $177.19 Defense Grid (34), Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Defense Grid Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions · #34 $150.55 Defense Grid (293), 9th Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Defense Grid 9th Edition · #293 $46.70 Defense Grid (Schematic) (76), The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts — Magic card price −0.3% 7d Defense Grid (Schematic) The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts · #76 $12.70 Defense Grid (13), The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts — Magic card price −1.1% 7d Defense Grid The Brothers' War: Retro Frame Artifacts · #13 $9.23

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