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Magic · Modern Horizons 3 · #240 · Uncommon

Hydroelectric Specimen

Magic card price for Hydroelectric Specimen: $2.34 market, from $1.27 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since May 30, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.34
+3.1% this week · +8.8% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−0.4%
7 days+3.1%
30 days+8.8%
90 days+52.0%
1 year−12.7%
All time−41.5%

Sellers right now

$1.27lowest listing$13.39highest
Market price$2.34
Mid listing$2.34
Direct$3.03
30-day avg$2.18

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

Cardmarket$2.12 €1.88

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

One year

$1.4252-week low$2.8252-week high
In the range66%
All-time low$0.51
All-time high$4.93
First priceMay 30, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.12$1.57$2.02$2.47
$2.34
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Hydroelectric Specimen (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 −12.7% and ranged from $1.42 to $2.82, and it now trades in the middle of that range. The cheapest listing right now is $1.27, and the 30-day average market price is $2.18.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.34$1.27$13.39+3.1%
Normal$1.23$0.60$75.00−21.7%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 4
Type line
Creature — Weird // Land
Rules text

Flash

When Hydroelectric Specimen enters the battlefield, you may change the target of target instant or sorcery spell with a single target to Hydroelectric Specimen.

//

Hydroelectric Laboratory

As Hydroelectric Laboratory enters the battlefield, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

T: Add U.

Flavor

Whenever the research team stepped out, the specimen emerged to conduct experiments of its own. // As long as the scientists were present, the specimen floated patiently or swam quietly about, biding its time, watching.

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