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Magic · Commander 2016 · #86 · Rare

Chief Engineer

Magic card price for Chief Engineer: $0.86 market, from $0.75 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.86
−2.3% this week · −1.2% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−2.3%
30 days−1.2%
90 days−1.2%
1 year+19.4%
All time+22.9%

Sellers right now

$0.75lowest listing$3.00highest
Market price$0.86
Mid listing$1.04
30-day avg$0.87

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$0.86
Cardmarket$1.22 €1.08

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

One year

$0.7252-week low$0.8952-week high
In the range82%
All-time low$0.52
All-time high$0.89
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.75$1.09$1.44$1.79
$0.86
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Chief Engineer begins in February 2024 at $0.70; the market price today is $0.86, up 22.9% since then. In the last year the price changed +19.4% and ranged from $0.72 to $0.89, and it now trades near the top of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.89, still 3.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.75, and the 30-day average market price is $0.87.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.86$0.75$3.00−2.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 3
Type line
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Rules text

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. For each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for 1 or one mana of that creature's color.)

Flavor

An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.

Other printings of Chief Engineer

2 more · $0.86 – $5.63
All printings
Chief Engineer (47), Game Day & Store Championship Promos — Magic card price +0.4% 7d Chief Engineer Game Day & Store Championship Promos · #47 $5.63 Chief Engineer (47), Magic 2015 (M15) — Magic card price +0.3% 7d Chief Engineer Magic 2015 (M15) · #47 $3.34

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