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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #9997 · Rare

Geralf's Messenger (9997)

Magic card price for Geralf's Messenger (9997): $3.54 market, from $2.00 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$3.54
0.0% this week · +2.6% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+2.6%
90 days+4.4%
1 year+6.3%
All time+45.7%

Sellers right now

$2.00lowest listing$9,999.00highest
Market price$3.54
Mid listing$3.88
Direct$4.18
30-day avg$3.50

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$3.54
Cardmarket$3.98 €3.55

EUR converted at 1.1225 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$3.1052-week low$3.6652-week high
In the range79%
All-time low$2.37
All-time high$11.93
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$3.31$3.63$3.96$4.28
$3.54
Jul 21Aug 20Sep 19Oct 19
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Geralf's Messenger (9997) (Normal) 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 $2.00; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.50.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$3.54$2.00$9,999.000.0%
Foil$3.50$2.50$9,999.00+0.6%

The card in play

Power / Toughness3 / 2
Type line
Creature — Zombie
Rules text

Finally! Left-Handed Magic Cards
Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield tapped.When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life.Undying (When this creature dies, if it has no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Flavor

The message is "Run."

Other printings of Geralf's Messenger

3 more · $3.54 – $13.60
All printings
Geralf's Messenger (63), Dark Ascension — Magic card price +13.0% 7d Geralf's Messenger Dark Ascension · #63 $13.60 Geralf's Messenger (842) (Retro Frame) (842), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −2.3% 7d Geralf's Messenger (842) (Retro Frame) Secret Lair Drop Series · #842 $10.65 Geralf's Messenger (63/158), The List Reprints — Magic card price −7.3% 7d Geralf's Messenger The List Reprints · #63/158 $5.37

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