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Magic · Aether Revolt · #33 · Uncommon

Efficient Construction

Magic card price for Efficient Construction: $2.67 market, from $2.16 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$2.67
+1.5% this week · +9.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+1.5%
30 days+9.0%
90 days+19.2%
1 year+159.2%
All time−38.6%

Sellers right now

$2.16lowest listing$27.30highest
Market price$2.67
Mid listing$3.08
30-day avg$2.57

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$2.67
Cardmarket$2.72 €2.42

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

One year

$1.0352-week low$2.6752-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.74
All-time high$4.35
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.33$1.80$3.26$4.73
$2.67
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Efficient Construction (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $4.35. Today the market price is $2.67, down 38.6%. Across the past year it went +159%, with a low of $1.03 and a high of $2.67; today it sits near the top of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $4.35, still 62.9% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $2.16, and the 30-day average market price is $2.57.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.67$2.16$27.30+1.5%
Normal$0.49$0.25$99,999.00+8.9%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Flavor

For some of Ghirapur's aerowrights, building thopters is a byproduct of larger construction efforts.

Other printings of Efficient Construction

1 more · $2.50 – $2.67
All printings
Efficient Construction (88), Commander Masters — Magic card price −4.6% 7d Efficient Construction Commander Masters · #88 $2.50

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