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Magic · Core Set 2019 · #249 · Rare

Detection Tower

Magic card price for Detection Tower: $4.33 market, from $3.69 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$4.33
−1.1% this week · −0.5% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−0.7%
7 days−1.1%
30 days−0.5%
90 days+4.6%
1 year+29.6%
All time−25.9%

Sellers right now

$3.69lowest listing$7.20highest
Market price$4.33
Mid listing$4.19
30-day avg$4.35

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$4.33
Cardmarket$2.89 €2.57

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

One year

$3.2752-week low$4.3852-week high
In the range95%
All-time low$3.27
All-time high$6.70
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.30$2.42$3.55$4.67
$4.33
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Detection Tower (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $5.84 and stands at $4.33 today, down 25.9% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +29.6%, trading between $3.27 and $4.38. The current price is near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $6.70, 54.7% above today. Listings currently start at $3.69; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $4.35.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.33$3.69$7.20−1.1%
Normal$3.24$1.95$19.99+1.9%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

T: Add C.

1, T: Until end of turn, your opponents and creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn’t have hexproof.

Flavor

Its light exposes enemies and lays secrets bare.

Other printings of Detection Tower

1 more · $4.33 – $7.01
All printings
Detection Tower (249), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Detection Tower Prerelease Cards · #249 $7.01

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