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Magic · Core Set 2021 · #163 · Common

Sure Strike

Magic card price for Sure Strike: $0.18 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.18
+5.9% this week · −18.2% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+5.9%
30 days−18.2%
90 days−5.3%
1 year+350.0%
All time+1,700.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.18
Mid listing$0.20
Direct$0.01
30-day avg$0.19

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$0.18
Cardmarket$0.07 €0.06

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

One year

$0.0252-week low$0.2452-week high
In the range73%
All-time low$0.01
All-time high$0.24
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$0.08$0.17$0.25
$0.18
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Sure Strike (Normal) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.01 and stands at $0.18 today, up 1,700% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved +350%, trading between $0.02 and $0.24. The current price is in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.24, 33.3% above today. Listings currently start at $0.01; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.19.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.18$0.01$19.95+5.9%
Foil$0.06$0.01$1.660.0%

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 (161), Core Set 2019 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Core Set 2019 · #161 $0.40 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 (166), Ixalan — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sure Strike Ixalan · #166 $0.17

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