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Magic · Aetherdrift · #436 · Rare

Mindspring Merfolk (First-Place Foil)

Magic card price for Mindspring Merfolk (First-Place Foil): $2.97 market, from $1.46 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2025 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.97
−4.5% this week · −4.2% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−4.5%
30 days−4.2%
90 days+11.7%
1 year+92.9%
All time−61.1%

Sellers right now

$1.46lowest listing$17.09highest
Market price$2.97
Mid listing$2.97
Direct$4.99
30-day avg$3.06

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$2.97
Cardmarket$2.58 €2.29

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

One year

$1.3952-week low$3.1152-week high
In the range92%
All-time low$1.39
All-time high$7.64
First priceFeb 8, 2025
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.85$2.31$2.77$3.23
$2.97
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Mindspring Merfolk (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. Over the past twelve months it moved +92.9%, trading between $1.39 and $3.11. The current price is near the top of that range. Listings currently start at $1.46; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.06.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.97$1.46$17.09−4.5%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Rules text

Exhaust — XUU, T: Draw X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk creature you control. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Flavor

The Invasion roused the reclusive jalpari from the depths. Since then, they had fully integrated into Avishkari society.

Other printings of Mindspring Merfolk

5 more · $0.42 – $7.52
All printings
Mindspring Merfolk (Borderless) (First-Place Foil) (534), Aetherdrift — Magic card price +0.9% 7d Mindspring Merfolk (Borderless) (First-Place Foil) Aetherdrift · #534 $7.52 Mindspring Merfolk (51), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price +1.9% 7d Mindspring Merfolk Prerelease Cards · #51 $1.06 Mindspring Merfolk (Borderless) (335), Aetherdrift — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Mindspring Merfolk (Borderless) Aetherdrift · #335 $0.93 Mindspring Merfolk (51), Promo Pack: Aetherdrift — Magic card price −1.5% 7d Mindspring Merfolk Promo Pack: Aetherdrift · #51 $0.67 Mindspring Merfolk (51), Aetherdrift — Magic card price −4.6% 7d Mindspring Merfolk Aetherdrift · #51 $0.42

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