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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1984 · Rare

Desperate Ritual (1984)

Magic card price for Desperate Ritual (1984): $20.87 market, from $19.40 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Jun 18, 2025 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$20.87
−2.2% this week · −1.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−0.9%
7 days−2.2%
30 days−1.7%
90 days+1.0%
1 year+127.8%
All time+109.8%

Sellers right now

$19.40lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$20.87
Mid listing$23.00
Direct$20.96
30-day avg$21.26

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$20.87
Cardmarket$16.78 €14.91

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

One year

$8.7752-week low$21.4452-week high
In the range96%
All-time low$8.77
All-time high$21.44
First priceJun 18, 2025
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$14.78$17.21$19.64$22.07
$20.87
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Desperate Ritual (1984) 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 $19.40, and the 30-day average market price is $21.26.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$20.87$19.40$9,999.00−2.2%

The card in play

Type line
Instant — Arcane
Rules text

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Splice onto Arcane 1R

Other printings of Desperate Ritual

5 more · $6.45 – $73.38
All printings
Desperate Ritual (163), Champions of Kamigawa — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Desperate Ritual Champions of Kamigawa · #163 $73.38 Desperate Ritual (1984) (Rainbow Foil) (1984), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −1.5% 7d Desperate Ritual (1984) (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1984 $28.90 Desperate Ritual (110), Modern Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Desperate Ritual Modern Masters · #110 $17.45 Desperate Ritual (127), Ultimate Masters — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Desperate Ritual Ultimate Masters · #127 $12.80 Desperate Ritual (14), Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might — Magic card price −0.5% 7d Desperate Ritual Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might · #14 $6.45

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