Magic · Commander 2021 · #35 · Rare

Author of Shadows

Magic card price for Author of Shadows: $0.59 market, from $0.24 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026

$0.59

+3.5% this week · +9.3% in 30 days

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1 day−1.7%

7 days+3.5%

30 days+9.3%

90 days+18.0%

1 year+110.7%

All time+126.9%

Sellers right now

$0.24lowest listing$20.00highest

Market price$0.59

Mid listing$0.60

Direct$0.70

30-day avg$0.56

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$0.59

Cardmarket$0.73 €0.65

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

One year

$0.2852-week low$0.6052-week high

In the range97%

All-time low$0.22

All-time high$0.60

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.19$0.39$0.58$0.78

$0.59

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Author of Shadows entered our records in February 2024 at $0.26 and stands at $0.59 today, up 127% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +111%, trading between $0.28 and $0.60. The current price is near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $0.24; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.56.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$0.59$0.24$20.00+3.5%

The card in play

Power / Toughness3 / 3

Type line: Creature — Shade Warlock

Rules text

When Author of Shadows enters the battlefield, exile all cards from all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Other printings of Author of Shadows

1 more · $0.59 – $0.96

All printings

Author of Shadows (Extended Art) (362), Commander 2021 — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Author of Shadows (Extended Art) Commander 2021 · #362 $0.96

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