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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1095 · Rare

Contagion Engine

Magic card price for Contagion Engine: $17.01 market, from $13.75 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$17.01
+0.7% this week · −1.1% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+0.7%
30 days−1.1%
90 days−8.4%
1 year+31.9%
All time+2.2%

Sellers right now

$13.75lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$17.01
Mid listing$18.72
Direct$18.71
30-day avg$17.00

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$17.01
Cardmarket$18.76 €16.67

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

One year

$8.0252-week low$27.2252-week high
In the range47%
All-time low$6.39
All-time high$27.22
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$6.87$14.29$21.72$29.14
$17.01
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Contagion Engine (Normal) 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 $13.75, and the 30-day average market price is $17.00.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$17.01$13.75$9,999.00+0.7%
Foil$16.77$15.70$9,999.00−0.4%

The card in play

Type line
Artifact
Rules text

Artist Series: Nils Hamm
When Contagion Engine enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.

4, T: Proliferate, then proliferate again.

Flavor

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing."
—Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

Other printings of Contagion Engine

4 more · $12.67 – $55.45
All printings
Contagion Engine (Textured Foil) (78), Outlaws of Thunder Junction: Breaking News — Magic card price +0.5% 7d Contagion Engine (Textured Foil) Outlaws of Thunder Junction: Breaking News · #78 $55.45 Contagion Engine (145), Scars of Mirrodin — Magic card price +1.2% 7d Contagion Engine Scars of Mirrodin · #145 $40.87 Contagion Engine (145/249), The List Reprints — Magic card price +1.4% 7d Contagion Engine The List Reprints · #145/249 $14.10 Contagion Engine (61), Outlaws of Thunder Junction: Breaking News — Magic card price −1.5% 7d Contagion Engine Outlaws of Thunder Junction: Breaking News · #61 $12.67

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