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Magic · Magic Origins · #240 · Rare

Sword of the Animist

Magic card price for Sword of the Animist: $14.18 market, from $8.70 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$14.18
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days−4.1%
1 year+3.9%
All time+23.4%

Sellers right now

$8.70lowest listing$60.00highest
Market price$14.18
Mid listing$14.99
30-day avg$14.18

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$14.18
Cardmarket$8.06 €7.18

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$13.6552-week low$16.9452-week high
In the range16%
All-time low$10.05
All-time high$16.94
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$4.25$8.88$13.51$18.14
$14.18
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Sword of the Animist (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $11.49. Today the market price is $14.18, up 23.4%. Across the past year it went +3.9%, with a low of $13.65 and a high of $16.94; today it sits near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $16.94, still 19.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $8.70, and the 30-day average market price is $14.18.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$14.18$8.70$60.000.0%
Normal$5.80$3.45$1,005.80−1.7%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Equip 2

Flavor

The blade glows only for Zendikar's chosen.

Other printings of Sword of the Animist

12 more · $3.48 – $36.10
All printings
Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) (1642), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −3.9% 7d Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 $36.10 Sword of the Animist (1642), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +0.1% 7d Sword of the Animist Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 $28.57 Sword of the Animist (240), Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sword of the Animist Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death · #240 $24.89 Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) (362), Commander: FINAL FANTASY — Magic card price −1.0% 7d Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) Commander: FINAL FANTASY · #362 $13.92 Sword of the Animist (Foil Etched) (616), Commander Masters — Magic card price +0.9% 7d Sword of the Animist (Foil Etched) Commander Masters · #616 $10.57

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