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Magic · Return to Ravnica · #160 · Common
Essence Backlash
Magic card price for Essence Backlash: $0.21 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.
Sellers right now
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
EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.
One year
Price story
Essence Backlash (Foil) entered our records in February 2024 at $0.30 and stands at $0.21 today, down 30.0% over that time. Over the past twelve months it moved −16.0%, trading between $0.21 and $0.25. The current price is near the bottom of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.51, still 143% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.10, and the 30-day average market price is $0.21.
Printings
The card in play
- Type line
- Instant
Counter target creature spell. Essence Backlash deals damage equal to that spell's power to its controller.
"The other guilds will learn the hard way not to interfere with our investigations."
—Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
