Magic · Classic Sixth Edition · #147 · Common

Painful Memories

Magic card price for Painful Memories: $0.21 market, from $0.06 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026

$0.21

+5.0% this week · +16.7% in 30 days

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1 day+5.0%

7 days+5.0%

30 days+16.7%

90 days+23.5%

1 year+75.0%

All time+110.0%

Sellers right now

$0.06lowest listing$10.49highest

Market price$0.21

Mid listing$0.25

30-day avg$0.19

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$0.21

Cardmarket$0.11 €0.10

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

One year

$0.1052-week low$0.2152-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.10

All-time high$0.21

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.06$0.12$0.17$0.22

$0.21

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Painful Memories since February 2024, when it sold for $0.10. Today the market price is $0.21, up 110%. Across the past year it went +75.0%, with a low of $0.10 and a high of $0.21; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.06, and the 30-day average market price is $0.19.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$0.21$0.06$10.49+5.0%

The card in play

Type line: Sorcery

Rules text

Look at target opponent’s hand and choose a card from it. Put that card on top of that player’s library.

Flavor

"It is terrible how one brief action can live forever in memory."
—Jolrael

Other printings of Painful Memories

1 more · $0.18 – $0.21

All printings

Painful Memories, Mirage — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Painful Memories Mirage $0.18

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