tcgrate
  1. tcgrate
  2. Games
  3. Magic: The Gathering
  4. Sets
  5. Prerelease Cards
  6. Monster Manual

Magic · Prerelease Cards · #242 · Rare

Monster Manual

Magic card price for Monster Manual: $12.64 market, from $10.99 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$12.64
+1.4% this week · −3.3% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+1.4%
30 days−3.3%
90 days−1.7%
1 year+39.8%
All time+6.6%

Sellers right now

$10.99lowest listing$28.00highest
Market price$12.64
Mid listing$13.17
Direct$15.55
30-day avg$12.86

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$12.64
Cardmarket$11.29 €10.03

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

One year

$8.9252-week low$13.9952-week high
In the range73%
All-time low$7.74
All-time high$13.99
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$6.52$9.24$11.97$14.70
$12.64
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Monster Manual came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $10.99; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $12.86.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$12.64$10.99$28.00+1.4%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

1G, T: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Zoological Study 2G

Sorcery — Adventure

Mill five cards, then return a creature card milled this way to your hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the artifact later from exile.)

Flavor

The detail really makes the monsters jump off the page.

Other printings of Monster Manual

4 more · $9.43 – $14.73
All printings
Monster Manual (Rainbow Foil) (1782), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +0.2% 7d Monster Manual (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1782 $14.73 Monster Manual (1782), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −0.4% 7d Monster Manual Secret Lair Drop Series · #1782 $14.13 Monster Manual (242), Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate — Magic card price −0.7% 7d Monster Manual Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate · #242 $10.99 Monster Manual (Extended Art) (591), Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate — Magic card price +0.1% 7d Monster Manual (Extended Art) Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate · #591 $9.43

Also in Prerelease Cards

most valuable
Full set
Mox Amber (224), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Mox Amber Prerelease Cards · #224 $302.33 The One Ring (246), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d The One Ring Prerelease Cards · #246 $292.47 The Soul Stone (66), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d The Soul Stone Prerelease Cards · #66 $179.64 Lightning Dragon (4), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Lightning Dragon Prerelease Cards · #4 $154.56 Ancient Copper Dragon (161), Prerelease Cards — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Ancient Copper Dragon Prerelease Cards · #161 $137.39