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Magic · Core Set 2020 · #96 · Rare

Dread Presence

Magic card price for Dread Presence: $5.35 market, from $3.79 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$5.35
+6.8% this week · +7.2% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+6.4%
7 days+6.8%
30 days+7.2%
90 days+13.4%
1 year+29.2%
All time+51.1%

Sellers right now

$3.79lowest listing$12.66highest
Market price$5.35
Mid listing$5.12
30-day avg$4.98

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$5.35
Cardmarket$4.46 €3.96

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

One year

$4.1352-week low$5.3552-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$3.41
All-time high$5.35
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.08$2.64$4.19$5.75
$5.35
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Dread Presence (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $3.54. Today the market price is $5.35, up 51.1%. Across the past year it went +29.2%, with a low of $4.13 and a high of $5.35; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $3.79, and the 30-day average market price is $4.98.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$5.35$3.79$12.66+6.8%
Normal$3.88$1.80$19.95+8.7%

The card in play

Power / Toughness3 / 3
Type line
Creature — Nightmare
Rules text

Whenever a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, choose one —

• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

• Dread Presence deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Flavor

It beckons silently, waiting in the darkness.

Other printings of Dread Presence

3 more · $4.44 – $9.96
All printings
Dread Presence (96), Promo Pack: Core Set 2020 — Magic card price +6.0% 7d Dread Presence Promo Pack: Core Set 2020 · #96 $9.96 Dread Presence (96), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price −0.8% 7d Dread Presence Prerelease Cards · #96 $5.93 Dread Presence (403), Jumpstart 2022 — Magic card price −0.5% 7d Dread Presence Jumpstart 2022 · #403 $4.44

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