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Magic · Commander's Arsenal · #4 · Rare

Desertion

Magic card price for Desertion: $3.61 market, from $3.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$3.61
0.0% this week · −1.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−1.6%
90 days+2.3%
1 year−17.4%
All time−31.6%

Sellers right now

$3.00lowest listing$19.99highest
Market price$3.61
Mid listing$4.10
30-day avg$3.64

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$3.61
Cardmarket$3.50 €3.11

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

One year

$3.1852-week low$4.3752-week high
In the range36%
All-time low$3.18
All-time high$5.65
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$2.58$3.70$4.82$5.94
$3.61
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Desertion since February 2024, when it sold for $5.28. Today the market price is $3.61, down 31.6%. Across the past year it went −17.4%, with a low of $3.18 and a high of $4.37; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $5.65, still 56.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $3.00, and the 30-day average market price is $3.64.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.61$3.00$19.990.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Flavor

First the insult, then the injury.

Other printings of Desertion

5 more · $0.58 – $5.46
All printings
Desertion (107), Conspiracy: Take the Crown — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Desertion Conspiracy: Take the Crown · #107 $5.46 Desertion (Borderless) (31), Special Guests — Magic card price +1.1% 7d Desertion (Borderless) Special Guests · #31 $4.63 Desertion, Visions — Magic card price −0.8% 7d Desertion Visions $2.47 Desertion (64), Classic Sixth Edition — Magic card price +3.8% 7d Desertion Classic Sixth Edition · #64 $2.17 Desertion (107/221), The List Reprints — Magic card price −7.9% 7d Desertion The List Reprints · #107/221 $0.58

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