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Magic · Modern Horizons 3 · #83 · Rare

Chthonian Nightmare

Magic card price for Chthonian Nightmare: $0.87 market, from $0.30 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since May 1, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.87
+10.1% this week · +19.2% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day+7.4%
7 days+10.1%
30 days+19.2%
90 days+29.9%
1 year+8.8%
All time−96.5%

Sellers right now

$0.30lowest listing$12.00highest
Market price$0.87
Mid listing$1.04
Direct$1.49
30-day avg$0.75

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$0.87
Cardmarket$1.77 €1.57

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

One year

$0.6652-week low$0.9952-week high
In the range64%
All-time low$0.66
All-time high$24.99
First priceMay 1, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.64$0.83$1.01$1.20
$0.87
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Chthonian Nightmare (Foil) came out in June 2024; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. In the last year the price changed +8.8% and ranged from $0.66 to $0.99, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Listings currently start at $0.30; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.75.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.87$0.30$12.00+10.1%
Normal$0.82$0.30$28.08+7.9%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, you get EEE (three energy counters).

Pay X E, Sacrifice a creature, Return Cthonian Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Other printings of Chthonian Nightmare

3 more · $0.87 – $14.75
All printings
Chthonian Nightmare (Borderless) (330), Modern Horizons 3 — Magic card price +3.1% 7d Chthonian Nightmare (Borderless) Modern Horizons 3 · #330 $14.75 Chthonian Nightmare (Retro Frame) (406), Modern Horizons 3 — Magic card price +1.8% 7d Chthonian Nightmare (Retro Frame) Modern Horizons 3 · #406 $4.64 Chthonian Nightmare (83), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price +1.7% 7d Chthonian Nightmare Prerelease Cards · #83 $3.06

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