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Magic · Commander: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #287 · Common

Thought Vessel

Magic card price for Thought Vessel: $3.67 market, from $2.83 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$3.67
−13.4% this week · −18.3% in 30 days
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1 day−8.9%
7 days−13.4%
30 days−18.3%
90 days+15.8%
1 year+200.8%
All time+175.9%

Sellers right now

$2.83lowest listing$1,003.74highest
Market price$3.67
Mid listing$4.13
Direct$2.95
30-day avg$4.27

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$3.67
Cardmarket$3.23 €2.88

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

One year

$1.1852-week low$4.6052-week high
In the range73%
All-time low$0.90
All-time high$4.60
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.79$2.13$3.46$4.80
$3.67
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Thought Vessel since February 2024, when it sold for $1.33. Today the market price is $3.67, up 176%. Across the past year it went +201%, with a low of $1.18 and a high of $4.60; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $4.60, still 25.3% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $2.83, and the 30-day average market price is $4.27.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$3.67$2.83$1,003.74−13.4%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

You have no maximum hand size.

T: Add C.

Flavor

“Grudgingly, Lord Denethor permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books.”
—Gandalf

Other printings of Thought Vessel

38 more · $2.41 – $39.36
All printings
Thought Vessel (1495) (Galaxy Foil) (1495), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −3.5% 7d Thought Vessel (1495) (Galaxy Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1495 $39.36 Thought Vessel (Borderless) (118), Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Thought Vessel (Borderless) Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · #118 $29.99 Thought Vessel (1495) (1495), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Thought Vessel (1495) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1495 $26.96 Thought Vessel (Surge Foil) (779), Universes Beyond: Fallout — Magic card price +0.8% 7d Thought Vessel (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Fallout · #779 $19.83 Thought Vessel (1665) (Rainbow Foil) (1665), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +0.3% 7d Thought Vessel (1665) (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1665 $14.04

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