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Magic · Modern Horizons 2 · #289 · Rare

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Magic card price for Chainer, Nightmare Adept: $1.41 market, from $0.50 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$1.41
+42.4% this week · +72.0% in 30 days
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1 day+34.3%
7 days+42.4%
30 days+72.0%
90 days+65.9%
1 year−74.1%
All time+464.0%

Sellers right now

$0.50lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$1.41
Mid listing$1.05
Direct$9.61
30-day avg$1.03

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$1.41
Cardmarket$0.55 €0.49

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

One year

$0.5352-week low$5.5552-week high
In the range18%
All-time low$0.24
All-time high$5.55
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.17$0.62$1.07$1.53
$1.41
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Normal) begins in February 2024 at $0.25; the market price today is $1.41, up 464% since then. In the last year the price changed −74.1% and ranged from $0.53 to $5.55, and it now trades near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $5.55, still 294% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.50, and the 30-day average market price is $1.03.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$1.41$0.50$20.00+42.4%
Foil$1.36$1.00$20.00+4.6%

The card in play

Power / Toughness3 / 2
Type line
Legendary Creature — Human Minion
Rules text

Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn.

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.

Other printings of Chainer, Nightmare Adept

5 more · $0.76 – $2.53
All printings
Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Foil Etched) (289), Modern Horizons 2 — Magic card price +3.7% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Foil Etched) Modern Horizons 2 · #289 $2.53 Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched) (419), Modern Horizons 2 — Magic card price −3.9% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched) Modern Horizons 2 · #419 $1.47 Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Retro Frame) (419), Modern Horizons 2 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Retro Frame) Modern Horizons 2 · #419 $1.01 Chainer, Nightmare Adept (39), Commander 2019 — Magic card price −1.1% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept Commander 2019 · #39 $0.93 Chainer, Nightmare Adept (289/303), The List Reprints — Magic card price −1.3% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept The List Reprints · #289/303 $0.76

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