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Magic · Amonkhet · #84 · Mythic

Cruel Reality

Magic card price for Cruel Reality: $2.85 market, from $1.24 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$2.85
−1.4% this week · +6.7% in 30 days
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1 day−1.4%
7 days−1.4%
30 days+6.7%
90 days−5.0%
1 year+196.9%
All time+28.4%

Sellers right now

$1.24lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$2.85
Mid listing$2.69
Direct$4.99
30-day avg$2.75

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$2.85
Cardmarket$1.50 €1.33

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

One year

$0.9152-week low$3.1552-week high
In the range87%
All-time low$0.90
All-time high$3.15
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.78$1.63$2.48$3.33
$2.85
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Cruel Reality (Normal) entered our records in February 2024 at $2.22 and stands at $2.85 today, up 28.4% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +197%, trading between $0.91 and $3.15. The current price is near the top of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $3.15, still 10.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $1.24, and the 30-day average market price is $2.75.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$2.85$1.24$20.00−1.4%
Foil$2.55$2.00$19.64+3.2%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment — Aura Curse
Rules text

Enchant player

At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. If the player can't, he or she loses 5 life.

Flavor

As Gideon watched the initiate murder his crop-mate, his admiration of the city of Naktamun gave way to horror.

Other printings of Cruel Reality

4 more · $2.85 – $6.82
All printings
Cruel Reality (84), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Cruel Reality Prerelease Cards · #84 $6.82 Cruel Reality (0036) (36), Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set — Magic card price — 7d Cruel Reality (0036) Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set · #36 — Cruel Reality (0278) (278), Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set — Magic card price — 7d Cruel Reality (0278) Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set · #278 — Cruel Reality (0157) (157), Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set — Magic card price — 7d Cruel Reality (0157) Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set · #157 —

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