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Magic · Ixalan · #281 · Common

Castaway's Despair

Magic card price for Castaway's Despair: $0.08 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
$0.08
+14.3% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+14.3%
30 days0.0%
90 days−11.1%
1 year−38.5%
All time−42.9%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$3.00highest
Market price$0.08
Mid listing$0.24
30-day avg$0.07

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$0.08
Cardmarket$0.14 €0.12

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

One year

$0.0552-week low$0.1652-week high
In the range27%
All-time low$0.05
All-time high$0.16
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.04$0.09$0.13$0.17
$0.08
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Castaway's Despair begins in February 2024 at $0.14; the market price today is $0.08, down 42.9% since then. In the last year the price changed −38.5% and ranged from $0.05 to $0.16, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.16, still 100% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.07.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.08$0.01$3.00+14.3%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment — Aura
Rules text

Enchant creature

When Castaway's Despair enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Other printings of Castaway's Despair

1 more · $0.08 – $0.18
All printings
Castaway's Despair (281), The List Reprints — Magic card price −21.7% 7d Castaway's Despair The List Reprints · #281 $0.18

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