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Magic · Archenemy: Nicol Bolas · #89 · Rare

Sword of the Animist

Magic card price for Sword of the Animist: $7.55 market, from $4.01 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$7.55
−2.6% this week · −6.4% in 30 days
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1 day−2.6%
7 days−2.6%
30 days−6.4%
90 days−7.7%
1 year+3.0%
All time+22.0%

Sellers right now

$4.01lowest listing$1,006.48highest
Market price$7.55
Mid listing$7.34
Direct$7.49
30-day avg$7.77

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$7.55
Cardmarket$4.86 €4.33

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

One year

$5.2852-week low$9.6252-week high
In the range52%
All-time low$5.28
All-time high$9.62
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$4.57$6.41$8.26$10.10
$7.55
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Sword of the Animist begins in February 2024 at $6.19; the market price today is $7.55, up 22.0% since then. In the last year the price changed +3.0% and ranged from $5.28 to $9.62, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $9.62, still 27.4% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $4.01, and the 30-day average market price is $7.77.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$7.55$4.01$1,006.48−2.6%

The card in play

Type line
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Rules text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Equip 2

Flavor

The blade glows only for Zendikar's chosen.

Other printings of Sword of the Animist

12 more · $3.48 – $36.10
All printings
Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) (1642), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −3.9% 7d Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 $36.10 Sword of the Animist (1642), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +0.1% 7d Sword of the Animist Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 $28.57 Sword of the Animist (240), Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sword of the Animist Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death · #240 $24.89 Sword of the Animist (240), Magic Origins — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sword of the Animist Magic Origins · #240 $14.18 Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) (362), Commander: FINAL FANTASY — Magic card price −1.0% 7d Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) Commander: FINAL FANTASY · #362 $13.92

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