Short Sword

Magic card price for Short Sword: $0.20 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026

$0.20

0.0% this week · −39.4% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days0.0%

30 days−39.4%

90 days−35.5%

1 year−73.0%

All time−37.5%

Sellers right now

$0.10lowest listing$2.02highest

Market price$0.20

Mid listing$0.41

30-day avg$0.29

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$0.20

Cardmarket$0.17 €0.15

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

One year

$0.2052-week low$0.7452-week high

In the range0%

All-time low$0.10

All-time high$0.74

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$0.01$0.28$0.54$0.81

$0.20

Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Short Sword (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.32. Today the market price is $0.20, down 37.5%. Across the past year it went −73.0%, with a low of $0.20 and a high of $0.74; today it sits near the bottom of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $0.74, 270% above today. Listings currently start at $0.10; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.29.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Foil$0.20$0.10$2.020.0%

Normal$0.07$0.01$1,000.00−12.5%

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 (236), Core Set 2021 — Magic card price

0.0% 7d Short Sword Core Set 2021 · #236 $0.34

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