Magic · Core Set 2019 · #233 · Common

Explosive Apparatus

Magic card price for Explosive Apparatus: $0.25 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026

$0.25

0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days

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90 days—

1 year+38.9%

All time+400.0%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$6.99highest

Market price$0.25

Mid listing$0.37

Direct$0.20

30-day avg$0.25

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$0.25

Cardmarket$0.20 €0.18

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

One year

$0.1552-week low$0.2552-week high

In the range100%

All-time low$0.05

All-time high$0.25

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.04$0.12$0.19$0.27

$0.25

Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Explosive Apparatus (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.05 and stands at $0.25 today, up 400% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +38.9%, trading between $0.15 and $0.25. 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 $0.05; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.25.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Foil$0.25$0.05$6.990.0%

Normal$0.16$0.01$19.950.0%

The card in play

Type line: Artifact

Rules text

3, T, Sacrifice Explosive Apparatus: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Flavor

“Souls are volatile things. When compressed and loaded into a handheld device, their destructive potential is quite impressive.”

—Dierk, geistmage

Other printings of Explosive Apparatus

1 more · $0.17 – $0.25

All printings

Explosive Apparatus (255), Shadows over Innistrad — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Explosive Apparatus Shadows over Innistrad · #255 $0.17

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