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Magic · Aetherdrift · #485 · Rare

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (First-Place Foil)

Magic card price for Mendicant Core, Guidelight (First-Place Foil): $10.02 market, from $6.63 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 1, 2025 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$10.02
+1.3% this week · +1.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+1.3%
30 days+1.0%
90 days−0.4%
1 year−14.4%
All time−59.9%

Sellers right now

$6.63lowest listing$96.95highest
Market price$10.02
Mid listing$9.92
Direct$39.97
30-day avg$9.92

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$10.02
Cardmarket$7.21 €6.41

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

One year

$8.3352-week low$11.9452-week high
In the range47%
All-time low$8.28
All-time high$25.00
First priceFeb 1, 2025
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$5.58$12.66$19.75$26.83
$10.02
Feb 2025Aug 2025Mar 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (First-Place Foil) came out in February 2025; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Across the past year it went −14.4%, with a low of $8.33 and a high of $11.94; today it sits in the middle of that range. Listings currently start at $6.63; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $9.92.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$10.02$6.63$96.95+1.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness* / 3
Type line
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
Rules text

Medicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Start your engines!

Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay 1. If you do, copy it.

Other printings of Mendicant Core, Guidelight

4 more · $0.93 – $10.02
All printings
Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Borderless) (365), Aetherdrift — Magic card price +2.1% 7d Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Borderless) Aetherdrift · #365 $3.90 Mendicant Core, Guidelight (213), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price −0.9% 7d Mendicant Core, Guidelight Prerelease Cards · #213 $2.32 Mendicant Core, Guidelight (213), Promo Pack: Aetherdrift — Magic card price −1.6% 7d Mendicant Core, Guidelight Promo Pack: Aetherdrift · #213 $1.21 Mendicant Core, Guidelight (213), Aetherdrift — Magic card price −4.1% 7d Mendicant Core, Guidelight Aetherdrift · #213 $0.93

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