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Magic · Mercadian Masques · #140 · Rare

Instigator

Magic card price for Instigator: $0.47 market, from $0.18 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.47
+17.5% this week · +23.7% in 30 days
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1 day+9.3%
7 days+17.5%
30 days+23.7%
90 days+20.5%
1 year+2.2%
All time+62.1%

Sellers right now

$0.18lowest listing$12.99highest
Market price$0.47
Mid listing$0.50
30-day avg$0.40

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$0.47
Cardmarket$0.43 €0.38

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

One year

$0.3752-week low$0.5052-week high
In the range77%
All-time low$0.27
All-time high$0.51
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.26$0.35$0.43$0.52
$0.47
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Instigator since February 2024, when it sold for $0.29. Today the market price is $0.47, up 62.1%. Across the past year it went +2.2%, with a low of $0.37 and a high of $0.50; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.51, still 8.5% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.18, and the 30-day average market price is $0.40.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.47$0.18$12.99+17.5%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 1
Type line
Creature — Spellshaper
Rules text

1BB, T, Discard a card from your hand: Creatures target player controls attack this turn if able.

Flavor

The desecration of their dead makes even the Saprazzans careless.

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