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Magic · Foundations Jumpstart · #473 · Common

Persistent Specimen

Magic card price for Persistent Specimen: $0.32 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Nov 13, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.32
−3.0% this week · −3.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−3.0%
7 days−3.0%
30 days−3.0%
90 days−5.9%
1 year+220.0%
All time+14.3%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$9,999.90highest
Market price$0.32
Mid listing$0.32
Direct$0.16
30-day avg$0.32

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$0.32
Cardmarket$0.20 €0.18

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

One year

$0.0952-week low$0.3552-week high
In the range88%
All-time low$0.06
All-time high$0.35
First priceNov 13, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.04$0.15$0.27$0.38
$0.32
Nov 2024Jul 2025Feb 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Persistent Specimen was released in November 2024. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. Over the past twelve months it moved +220%, trading between $0.09 and $0.35. The current price is near the top of that range. The cheapest listing right now is $0.05, and the 30-day average market price is $0.32.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.32$0.05$9,999.90−3.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Creature — Skeleton
Rules text

2B: Return Persistent Specimen from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Flavor

The jaw bone's connected to the skull bone. The skull bone's connected to the . . . uh . . . hook thingy."

—Garl, stitcher's assistant

Other printings of Persistent Specimen

2 more · $0.32 – $1.73
All printings
Persistent Specimen (392), Innistrad: Double Feature — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Persistent Specimen Innistrad: Double Feature · #392 $1.73 Persistent Specimen (125), Innistrad: Crimson Vow — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Persistent Specimen Innistrad: Crimson Vow · #125 $0.39

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