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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 · Rare

Sword of the Animist

Magic card price for Sword of the Animist: $28.57 market, from $25.95 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Apr 15, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$28.57
+0.1% this week · −0.8% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+0.1%
30 days−0.8%
90 days+0.6%
1 year+13.2%
All time−42.8%

Sellers right now

$25.95lowest listing$164.82highest
Market price$28.57
Mid listing$31.57
Direct$28.40
30-day avg$28.65

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$28.57
Cardmarket$24.39 €21.73

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

One year

$25.2352-week low$28.9352-week high
In the range90%
All-time low$8.77
All-time high$49.97
First priceApr 15, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$23.19$25.28$27.37$29.46
$28.57
Jul 21Aug 20Sep 19Oct 19
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Sword of the Animist 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 $25.95; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $28.65.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$28.57$25.95$164.82+0.1%

The card in play

Type line
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Rules text

Artist Series: Rovina Cai
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Equip 2

Other printings of Sword of the Animist

12 more · $3.48 – $36.10
All printings
Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) (1642), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price −3.9% 7d Sword of the Animist (Rainbow Foil) Secret Lair Drop Series · #1642 $36.10 Sword of the Animist (240), Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sword of the Animist Promo Pack: Theros Beyond Death · #240 $24.89 Sword of the Animist (240), Magic Origins — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Sword of the Animist Magic Origins · #240 $14.18 Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) (362), Commander: FINAL FANTASY — Magic card price −1.0% 7d Sword of the Animist (Surge Foil) Commander: FINAL FANTASY · #362 $13.92 Sword of the Animist (Foil Etched) (616), Commander Masters — Magic card price +0.9% 7d Sword of the Animist (Foil Etched) Commander Masters · #616 $10.57

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