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Magic · Secrets of Strixhaven · #186 · Common

Embrace the Paradox

Magic card price for Embrace the Paradox: $0.28 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Apr 15, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.28
−6.7% this week · −6.7% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−3.5%
7 days−6.7%
30 days−6.7%
90 days+7.7%
1 year—
All time−20.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$19.77highest
Market price$0.28
Mid listing$0.30
Direct$0.05
30-day avg$0.30

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$0.28
Cardmarket$0.17 €0.15

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

One year

$0.2052-week low$0.6652-week high
In the range17%
All-time low$0.20
All-time high$0.66
First priceApr 15, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.05$0.27$0.49$0.72
$0.28
Apr 15Jun 16Aug 17Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Embrace the Paradox (Foil) was released in April 2026. Launch-week prices are left out here: before supply arrives they are mostly guesses. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.30.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.28$0.01$19.77−6.7%
Normal$0.24$0.01$19.99+20.0%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Flavor

"Every lecture you attended—every theorem you memorized and equation you solved—has led to this first step into uncertainty."

—Professor Deekah

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