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Magic · Modern Horizons 2 · #289 · Rare

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Magic card price for Chainer, Nightmare Adept: $1.71 market, from $0.50 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$1.71
+69.3% this week · +103.6% in 30 days
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1 day+21.3%
7 days+69.3%
30 days+103.6%
90 days+94.3%
1 year−69.0%
All time+584.0%

Sellers right now

$0.50lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$1.71
Mid listing$1.05
Direct$9.62
30-day avg$1.06

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$1.71
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 range24%
All-time low$0.24
All-time high$5.55
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.37$0.86$1.35$1.84
$1.71
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
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 $1.71, up 584% since then. In the last year the price changed −69.0% and ranged from $0.53 to $5.55, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $5.55, still 225% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.50, and the 30-day average market price is $1.06.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$1.71$0.50$20.00+69.3%
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 −5.8% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched) Modern Horizons 2 · #419 $1.46 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 −2.1% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept Commander 2019 · #39 $0.92 Chainer, Nightmare Adept (289/303), The List Reprints — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Chainer, Nightmare Adept The List Reprints · #289/303 $0.76

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