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Magic · Core Set 2019 · #161 · Common

Sure Strike

Magic card price for Sure Strike: $0.40 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Sep 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.40
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days+5.3%
1 year+300.0%
All time+1,233.3%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$7.18highest
Market price$0.40
Mid listing$0.42
Direct$0.20
30-day avg$0.40

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$0.40
Cardmarket$0.09 €0.08

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

One year

$0.0552-week low$0.4052-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.02
All-time high$0.40
First priceSep 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$0.00$0.15$0.29$0.44
$0.40
Sep 2024May 2025Feb 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Sure Strike (Foil) begins in September 2024 at $0.03; the market price today is $0.40, up 1,233% since then. In the last year the price changed +300% and ranged from $0.05 to $0.40, and it now trades near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.05, and the 30-day average market price is $0.40.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.40$0.05$7.180.0%
Normal$0.05$0.01$19.950.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Flavor

To survive imminent doom, it sometimes takes a foolhardy soul who acts first and fears later.

Other printings of Sure Strike

8 more · $0.07 – $0.40
All printings
Sure Strike (446), Innistrad: Double Feature — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Innistrad: Double Feature · #446 $0.37 Sure Strike (179), Innistrad: Crimson Vow — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Innistrad: Crimson Vow · #179 $0.21 Sure Strike (118), Guilds of Ravnica — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Guilds of Ravnica · #118 $0.21 Sure Strike (163), Core Set 2021 — Magic card price +5.9% 7d Sure Strike Core Set 2021 · #163 $0.18 Sure Strike (166), Ixalan — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Ixalan · #166 $0.17

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