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Magic · Jumpstart · #489 · Uncommon

Unstable Obelisk

Magic card price for Unstable Obelisk: $0.21 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
$0.21
0.0% this week · +23.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+23.5%
90 days+5.0%
1 year+133.3%
All time+425.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.21
Mid listing$0.25
Direct$0.16
30-day avg$0.20

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$0.21
Cardmarket$0.21 €0.19

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

One year

$0.0852-week low$0.2752-week high
In the range68%
All-time low$0.04
All-time high$0.27
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.05$0.13$0.21$0.29
$0.21
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Unstable Obelisk begins in February 2024 at $0.04; the market price today is $0.21, up 425% since then. In the last year the price changed +133% and ranged from $0.08 to $0.27, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.27, still 28.6% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.20.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.21$0.01$7.080.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

T: Add C.

7, T, Sacrifice Unstable Obelisk: Destroy target permanent.

Flavor

Its collapse is like the lashing out of a long-dead civilization that resents being forgotten.

Other printings of Unstable Obelisk

11 more · $0.14 – $2.32
All printings
Unstable Obelisk (Surge Foil) (260), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Unstable Obelisk (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #260 $2.32 Unstable Obelisk (227), Commander Anthology Volume II — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Unstable Obelisk Commander Anthology Volume II · #227 $0.39 Unstable Obelisk (260), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price +2.8% 7d Unstable Obelisk Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #260 $0.37 Unstable Obelisk (416), Commander Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Unstable Obelisk Commander Masters · #416 $0.31 Unstable Obelisk (227), Commander 2018 — Magic card price −3.2% 7d Unstable Obelisk Commander 2018 · #227 $0.30

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