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Magic · Starter 1999 · #9 · Common

Border Guard

Magic card price for Border Guard: $0.28 market, from $0.10 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 17, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 17, 2026
$0.28
+27.3% this week · +27.3% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days+27.3%
30 days+27.3%
90 days+64.7%
1 year+33.3%
All time+64.7%

Sellers right now

$0.10lowest listing$7.08highest
Market price$0.28
Mid listing$0.25
Direct$0.25
30-day avg$0.23

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$0.25 €0.22

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

One year

$0.1452-week low$0.2852-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.14
All-time high$0.28
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.13$0.19$0.25$0.31
$0.28
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Border Guard since February 2024, when it sold for $0.17. Today the market price is $0.28, up 64.7%. Across the past year it went +33.3%, with a low of $0.14 and a high of $0.28; today it sits near the top of that range. This is the highest market price in our records for this card. The cheapest listing right now is $0.10, and the 30-day average market price is $0.23.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.28$0.10$7.08+27.3%

The card in play

Power / Toughness1 / 4
Type line
Creature — Soldier
Flavor

"Join the army, see foreign countries!" they'd said.

Other printings of Border Guard

1 more · $0.16 – $0.28
All printings
Border Guard, Portal — Magic card price −5.9% 7d Border Guard Portal $0.16

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