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Magic · March of the Machine · #323 · Rare

Essence of Orthodoxy

Magic card price for Essence of Orthodoxy: $1.37 market, from $0.88 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$1.37
+1.5% this week · +1.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+1.5%
30 days+1.5%
90 days−4.2%
1 year−27.5%
All time−22.6%

Sellers right now

$0.88lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$1.37
Mid listing$1.40
Direct$1.20
30-day avg$1.35

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$1.37
Cardmarket$1.32 €1.18

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

One year

$1.3552-week low$1.8952-week high
In the range4%
All-time low$1.35
All-time high$2.75
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.11$1.07$2.04$3.00
$1.37
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Essence of Orthodoxy (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $1.77 and stands at $1.37 today, down 22.6% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −27.5%, trading between $1.35 and $1.89. The current price is near the bottom of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $2.75, 101% above today. Listings currently start at $0.88; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $1.35.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.37$0.88$20.00+1.5%
Normal$0.39$0.11$20.00−2.5%

The card in play

Power / Toughness3 / 3
Type line
Creature — Phyrexian
Rules text

Flying

Whenever Essence of Orthodoxy or another Phyrexian enters the battlefield under your control, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "2: Transform this artifact." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Other printings of Essence of Orthodoxy

1 more · $1.37 – $1.49
All printings
Essence of Orthodoxy (Extended Art) (376), March of the Machine — Magic card price +10.4% 7d Essence of Orthodoxy (Extended Art) March of the Machine · #376 $1.49

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