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Magic · Secrets of Strixhaven · #194 · Rare

Hardened Academic

Magic card price for Hardened Academic: $0.49 market, from $0.19 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Apr 16, 2026 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.49
−3.9% this week · −17.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−3.9%
7 days−3.9%
30 days−17.0%
90 days+14.0%
1 year—
All time−75.0%

Sellers right now

$0.19lowest listing$49.77highest
Market price$0.49
Mid listing$0.59
Direct$0.49
30-day avg$0.56

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$0.49
Cardmarket$0.62 €0.55

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

One year

$0.4252-week low$1.9652-week high
In the range5%
All-time low$0.42
All-time high$1.96
First priceApr 16, 2026
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.27$0.89$1.50$2.12
$0.49
Apr 16Jun 16Aug 17Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Hardened Academic (Foil) came out in April 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $0.19; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.56.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.49$0.19$49.77−3.9%
Normal$0.43$0.15$19.95−12.2%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 1
Type line
Creature — Bird Cleric
Rules text

Flying, haste

Discard a card: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Flavor

"Do you think I've spent a lifetime studying war and learned nothing?"

Other printings of Hardened Academic

2 more · $0.49 – $1.36
All printings
Hardened Academic (Extended Art) (351), Secrets of Strixhaven — Magic card price +2.3% 7d Hardened Academic (Extended Art) Secrets of Strixhaven · #351 $1.36 Hardened Academic (194), Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Hardened Academic Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven · #194 $0.65

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