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Magic · Core Set 2020 · #229 · Rare

Icon of Ancestry

Magic card price for Icon of Ancestry: $2.65 market, from $1.35 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.65
0.0% this week · −12.3% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−12.3%
90 days−27.4%
1 year+33.8%
All time−6.0%

Sellers right now

$1.35lowest listing$9.87highest
Market price$2.65
Mid listing$2.75
Direct$3.00
30-day avg$2.70

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$2.65
Cardmarket$1.50 €1.33

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

One year

$1.9852-week low$4.2752-week high
In the range29%
All-time low$1.94
All-time high$4.27
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.35$1.71$3.07$4.43
$2.65
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Icon of Ancestry (Foil) begins in February 2024 at $2.82; the market price today is $2.65, down 6.0% since then. In the last year the price changed +33.8% and ranged from $1.98 to $4.27, and it now trades in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $4.27, 61.1% above today. Listings currently start at $1.35; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $2.70.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.65$1.35$9.870.0%
Normal$0.93$0.42$20.00−7.9%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

As Icon of Ancestry enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

3, T: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card of the chosen type from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Other printings of Icon of Ancestry

6 more · $0.40 – $2.67
All printings
Icon of Ancestry (Surge Foil) (242), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Icon of Ancestry (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #242 $2.67 Icon of Ancestry (229), Promo Pack: Core Set 2020 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Icon of Ancestry Promo Pack: Core Set 2020 · #229 $2.62 Icon of Ancestry (229), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Icon of Ancestry Prerelease Cards · #229 $1.89 Icon of Ancestry (242), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price −0.6% 7d Icon of Ancestry Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #242 $1.65 Icon of Ancestry (955), Commander Masters — Magic card price +1.7% 7d Icon of Ancestry Commander Masters · #955 $0.60

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