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Magic · Foundations · #252 · Common

Gleaming Barrier

Magic card price for Gleaming Barrier: $0.32 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Nov 13, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 17, 2026
$0.32
0.0% this week · +6.7% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+6.7%
90 days+18.5%
1 year+255.6%
All time+128.6%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.32
Mid listing$0.32
Direct$0.01
30-day avg$0.31

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$0.26 €0.23

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

One year

$0.1052-week low$0.3352-week high
In the range96%
All-time low$0.02
All-time high$0.33
First priceNov 13, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$0.12$0.24$0.36
$0.32
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Gleaming Barrier (Foil) came out in November 2024; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Over the past twelve months it moved +256%, trading between $0.10 and $0.33. The current price is near the top of that range. Listings currently start at $0.01; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.31.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.32$0.01$7.080.0%
Normal$0.16$0.01$20.00−23.8%

The card in play

Power / Toughness0 / 4
Type line
Artifact Creature — Wall
Rules text

Defender

When Gleaming Barrier dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Flavor

"Gold without freedom might as well be lead."
—Angrath

Other printings of Gleaming Barrier

3 more · $0.20 – $0.35
All printings
Gleaming Barrier (178), Rivals of Ixalan — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Gleaming Barrier Rivals of Ixalan · #178 $0.35 Gleaming Barrier (768), Jumpstart 2022 — Magic card price +4.0% 7d Gleaming Barrier Jumpstart 2022 · #768 $0.26 Gleaming Barrier (257), Double Masters — Magic card price −9.1% 7d Gleaming Barrier Double Masters · #257 $0.20

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