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Magic · Prerelease Cards · #259 · Rare

Lair of the Hydra

Magic card price for Lair of the Hydra: $2.42 market, from $1.50 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$2.42
0.0% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days0.0%
90 days−2.8%
1 year+28.0%
All time−19.9%

Sellers right now

$1.50lowest listing$4.71highest
Market price$2.42
Mid listing$2.36
30-day avg$2.42

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$2.42
Cardmarket$4.62 €4.11

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

One year

$1.7252-week low$2.4952-week high
In the range91%
All-time low$1.72
All-time high$3.03
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.53$2.78$4.03$5.28
$2.42
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Lair of the Hydra 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 $1.50, and the 30-day average market price is $2.42.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$2.42$1.50$4.710.0%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

If you control two or more other lands, Lair of the Hydra enters the battlefield tapped.

T: Add G.

XG: Until end of turn, Lair of the Hydra becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

Other printings of Lair of the Hydra

6 more · $0.34 – $14.69
All printings
Lair of the Hydra (259), AFR Ampersand Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra AFR Ampersand Promos · #259 $14.69 Lair of the Hydra (259), Promo Pack: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra Promo Pack: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #259 $2.56 Lair of the Hydra (Dungeon Module) (356), Adventures in the Forgotten Realms — Magic card price −0.4% 7d Lair of the Hydra (Dungeon Module) Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #356 $2.50 Lair of the Hydra (259), Adventures in the Forgotten Realms — Magic card price −1.9% 7d Lair of the Hydra Adventures in the Forgotten Realms · #259 $0.51 Lair of the Hydra (Ripple Foil) (353), Commander: Modern Horizons 3 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lair of the Hydra (Ripple Foil) Commander: Modern Horizons 3 · #353 $0.37

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