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Magic · Jumpstart · #32 · Common

Lightning-Core Excavator

Magic card price for Lightning-Core Excavator: $0.17 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
$0.17
−5.6% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days−5.6%
30 days0.0%
90 days+6.3%
1 year+183.3%
All time+750.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$7.86highest
Market price$0.17
Mid listing$0.25
Direct$0.01
30-day avg$0.18

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$0.17
Cardmarket$0.10 €0.09

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

One year

$0.0452-week low$0.2152-week high
In the range76%
All-time low$0.01
All-time high$0.21
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.09$0.14$0.18$0.22
$0.17
Jul 19Aug 18Sep 17Oct 17
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Lightning-Core Excavator since February 2024, when it sold for $0.02. Today the market price is $0.17, up 750%. Across the past year it went +183%, with a low of $0.04 and a high of $0.21; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.21, still 23.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.18.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.17$0.01$7.86−5.6%

The card in play

Power / Toughness0 / 3
Type line
Artifact Creature — Golem
Rules text

5, T, Sacrifice Lightning-Core Excavator: It deals 3 damage to any target.

Flavor

“That’s the third time this month it’s exploded on site. Maybe we should switch to something a little less defective.”

—Kerrin, archaeologist

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