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Magic · Core Set 2021 · #236 · Common

Short Sword

Magic card price for Short Sword: $0.34 market, from $0.09 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.34
0.0% this week · −5.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−5.6%
90 days+61.9%
1 year+54.6%
All time+88.9%

Sellers right now

$0.09lowest listing$4.05highest
Market price$0.34
Mid listing$0.34
30-day avg$0.35

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$0.34
Cardmarket$0.18 €0.16

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

One year

$0.1452-week low$0.3652-week high
In the range91%
All-time low$0.14
All-time high$0.36
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$0.13$0.21$0.30$0.38
$0.34
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Short Sword (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.18. Today the market price is $0.34, up 88.9%. Across the past year it went +54.6%, with a low of $0.14 and a high of $0.36; today it sits near the top of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.36, 5.9% above today. Listings currently start at $0.09; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.35.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.34$0.09$4.050.0%
Normal$0.22$0.01$20.00+4.8%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact — Equipment
Rules text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Flavor

“Sometimes the only difference between a martyr and a hero is a sword.” —Captain Sisay, Memoirs

Other printings of Short Sword

2 more · $0.20 – $0.37
All printings
Short Sword (229), The List Reprints — Magic card price +2.8% 7d Short Sword The List Reprints · #229 $0.37 Short Sword (229), Dominaria — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Short Sword Dominaria · #229 $0.20

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