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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #173 · Promo

Balance

Magic card price for Balance: $4.85 market, from $3.70 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$4.85
0.0% this week · −2.4% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−2.4%
90 days−0.8%
1 year+18.3%
All time+137.8%

Sellers right now

$3.70lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$4.85
Mid listing$5.00
Direct$4.46
30-day avg$4.90

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$4.85
Cardmarket$3.83 €3.40

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

One year

$4.2252-week low$5.1352-week high
In the range69%
All-time low$1.74
All-time high$5.13
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$1.57$2.87$4.17$5.47
$4.85
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Balance (Foil) 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 $3.70, and the 30-day average market price is $4.90.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$4.85$3.70$9,999.000.0%
Normal$3.84$2.91$96.95+1.1%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Artist Series: Mark Poole
Whichever player has more lands in play must discard enough lands of his or her choice to equalize the number of lands both players have in play. Cards in hand and creatures in play must be equalized the same way. Creatures lost in this manner may not be regenerated.

Other printings of Balance

19 more · $0.79 – $71.94
All printings
Balance, Unlimited Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Balance Unlimited Edition $71.94 Balance (2), Judge Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Balance Judge Promos · #2 $33.26 Balance (CE), Collector's Edition — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Balance (CE) Collector's Edition $28.98 Balance (1), From the Vault: Exiled — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Balance From the Vault: Exiled · #1 $15.84 Balance (2), Eternal Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Balance Eternal Masters · #2 $6.31

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