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Magic · Prerelease Cards · #252 · Rare

Brain in a Jar

Magic card price for Brain in a Jar: $1.36 market, from $0.99 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$1.36
0.0% this week · +0.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+0.7%
90 days−14.5%
1 year+3.0%
All time+28.3%

Sellers right now

$0.99lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$1.36
Mid listing$1.85
Direct$17.87
30-day avg$1.36

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$1.36
Cardmarket$1.22 €1.08

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

One year

$1.1952-week low$1.5952-week high
In the range43%
All-time low$1.06
All-time high$2.50
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.42$1.18$1.94$2.70
$1.36
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Brain in a Jar was released in October 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $0.99, and the 30-day average market price is $1.36.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.36$0.99$9,999.000.0%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

1, T: Put a charge counter on Brain in a Jar, then you may cast an instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Brain in a Jar from your hand without paying its mana cost.

3, T, Remove X charge counters from Brain in a Jar: Scry X.

Other printings of Brain in a Jar

1 more · $1.36 – $2.36
All printings
Brain in a Jar (252), Shadows over Innistrad — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Brain in a Jar Shadows over Innistrad · #252 $2.36

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