Cruel Bargain

Magic card price for Cruel Bargain: $6.16 market, from $5.25 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026

$6.16

0.0% this week · +2.2% in 30 days

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1 day0.0%

7 days0.0%

30 days+2.2%

90 days−3.6%

1 year+4.8%

All time−25.2%

Sellers right now

$5.25lowest listing$6,200.00highest

Market price$6.16

Mid listing$6.49

30-day avg$6.15

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$6.16

Cardmarket$5.42 €4.82

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

One year

$5.5252-week low$6.3952-week high

In the range74%

All-time low$5.09

All-time high$8.24

First priceFeb 8, 2024

Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)

$5.29$6.12$6.95$7.77

$6.16

Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026

TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Cruel Bargain begins in February 2024 at $8.24; the market price today is $6.16, down 25.2% since then. In the last year the price changed +4.8% and ranged from $5.52 to $6.39, and it now trades in the middle of that range. The highest price we have recorded is $8.24, 33.8% above today. Listings currently start at $5.25; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $6.15.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d

Normal$6.16$5.25$6,200.000.0%

The card in play

Type line: Sorcery

Rules text

Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up. (For example, if you have 11 life, you lose 6 life.)

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