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Magic · Core Set 2019 · #142 · Common

Goblin Instigator

Magic card price for Goblin Instigator: $4.53 market, from $3.68 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$4.53
−1.3% this week · −2.6% in 30 days
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1 day−1.3%
7 days−1.3%
30 days−2.6%
90 days+3.7%
1 year+18.0%
All time−22.0%

Sellers right now

$3.68lowest listing$7.49highest
Market price$4.53
Mid listing$4.89
30-day avg$4.60

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$4.53
Cardmarket$5.19 €4.61

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

One year

$3.7252-week low$4.6552-week high
In the range87%
All-time low$3.72
All-time high$5.85
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$4.35$4.46$4.57$4.68
$4.53
Jul 19Aug 18Sep 17Oct 17
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Goblin Instigator (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $5.81; the market price today is $4.53, down 22.0% since then. In the last year the price changed +18.0% and ranged from $3.72 to $4.65, and it now trades near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $5.85, 29.1% above today. Listings currently start at $3.68; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $4.60.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.53$3.68$7.49−1.3%
Normal$0.31$0.19$35.00+14.8%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Rules text

When Goblin Instigator enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Flavor

"We can take 'em. You go first!"

Other printings of Goblin Instigator

3 more · $0.31 – $4.53
All printings
Goblin Instigator (327), Jumpstart — Magic card price −28.3% 7d Goblin Instigator Jumpstart · #327 $1.72 Goblin Instigator (282), Commander: March of the Machine — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Goblin Instigator Commander: March of the Machine · #282 $0.40 Goblin Instigator (142/280), The List Reprints — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Goblin Instigator The List Reprints · #142/280 $0.31

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