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Magic · Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #259 · Rare

Lair of the Hydra

Magic card price for Lair of the Hydra: $0.51 market, from $0.30 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$0.51
−1.9% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−1.9%
30 days0.0%
90 days−1.9%
1 year−5.6%
All time−74.8%

Sellers right now

$0.30lowest listing$90.00highest
Market price$0.51
Mid listing$0.69
Direct$0.62
30-day avg$0.52

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$0.51
Cardmarket$1.16 €1.03

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.4752-week low$0.6052-week high
In the range31%
All-time low$0.47
All-time high$2.02
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.36$0.60$0.84$1.07
$0.51
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Lair of the Hydra (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $2.02. Today the market price is $0.51, down 74.8%. Across the past year it went −5.6%, with a low of $0.47 and a high of $0.60; today it sits in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.02, 296% above today. Listings currently start at $0.30; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.52.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.51$0.30$90.00−1.9%
Normal$0.39$0.10$1,000.390.0%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

If you control two or more other lands, Lair of the Hydra enters the battlefield tapped.

T: Add G.

XG: Until end of turn, Lair of the Hydra becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

Other printings of Lair of the Hydra

6 more · $0.36 – $14.69
All printings
Lair of the Hydra (259), AFR Ampersand Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra AFR Ampersand Promos · #259 $14.69 Lair of the Hydra (259), Promo Pack: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra Promo Pack: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #259 $2.56 Lair of the Hydra (Dungeon Module) (356), Adventures in the Forgotten Realms — Magic card price +1.6% 7d Lair of the Hydra (Dungeon Module) Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #356 $2.54 Lair of the Hydra (259), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra Prerelease Cards · #259 $2.42 Lair of the Hydra (353), Commander: Modern Horizons 3 — Magic card price +5.9% 7d Lair of the Hydra Commander: Modern Horizons 3 · #353 $0.36

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