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Magic · Strixhaven: School of Mages · #109 · Common

Illustrious Historian

Magic card price for Illustrious Historian: $0.07 market, from $0.01 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 19, 2026
$0.07
−41.7% this week · −46.2% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−30.0%
7 days−41.7%
30 days−46.2%
90 days−46.2%
1 year+75.0%
All time+250.0%

Sellers right now

$0.01lowest listing$1,000.07highest
Market price$0.07
Mid listing$0.20
Direct$0.01
30-day avg$0.12

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$0.07
Cardmarket$0.06 €0.05

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

One year

$0.0252-week low$0.1652-week high
In the range36%
All-time low$0.01
All-time high$0.16
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.01$0.07$0.12$0.17
$0.07
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Illustrious Historian (Normal) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.02. Today the market price is $0.07, up 250%. Across the past year it went +75.0%, with a low of $0.02 and a high of $0.16; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.16, still 129% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.01, and the 30-day average market price is $0.12.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.07$0.01$1,000.07−41.7%
Foil$0.05$0.01$7.860.0%

The card in play

Power / Toughness2 / 1
Type line
Creature — Human Shaman
Rules text

5, Exile Illustrious Historian from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

Flavor

The most distinguished Lorehold professors are eligible to receive extended tenure, even beyond the limits of their own mortality.

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