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Magic · Modern Horizons 3 · #406 · Rare

Chthonian Nightmare (Retro Frame)

Magic card price for Chthonian Nightmare (Retro Frame): $4.64 market, from $4.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since May 1, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$4.64
+1.8% this week · +1.1% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+1.8%
30 days+1.1%
90 days−1.5%
1 year+33.0%
All time−89.7%

Sellers right now

$4.00lowest listing$31.33highest
Market price$4.64
Mid listing$5.65
Direct$9.97
30-day avg$4.58

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$4.64
Cardmarket$8.06 €7.16

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

One year

$3.3452-week low$4.7952-week high
In the range90%
All-time low$3.34
All-time high$50.00
First priceMay 1, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.86$2.93$4.00$5.07
$4.64
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Chthonian Nightmare (Retro Frame) (Foil) was released in June 2024. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. In the last year the price changed +33.0% and ranged from $3.34 to $4.79, and it now trades near the top of that range. The cheapest listing right now is $4.00, and the 30-day average market price is $4.58.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.64$4.00$31.33+1.8%
Normal$1.64$0.80$9,999.000.0%

The card in play

Type line
Enchantment
Rules text

When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, you get EEE.

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 (83), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price +1.7% 7d Chthonian Nightmare Prerelease Cards · #83 $3.06 Chthonian Nightmare (83), Modern Horizons 3 — Magic card price +10.1% 7d Chthonian Nightmare Modern Horizons 3 · #83 $0.87

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