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Magic · Strixhaven: School of Mages · #242 · Uncommon

Tend the Pests

Magic card price for Tend the Pests: $0.92 market, from $0.50 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 19, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 19, 2026
$0.92
−3.2% this week · −6.1% in 30 days
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1 day−6.1%
7 days−3.2%
30 days−6.1%
90 days−6.1%
1 year+338.1%
All time+187.5%

Sellers right now

$0.50lowest listing$9.99highest
Market price$0.92
Mid listing$1.03
30-day avg$0.96

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$0.92
Cardmarket$1.16 €1.03

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

One year

$0.2052-week low$1.1352-week high
In the range77%
All-time low$0.16
All-time high$1.13
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.10$0.47$0.84$1.22
$0.92
Feb 2024Jan 2025Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Tend the Pests (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $0.32. Today the market price is $0.92, up 188%. Across the past year it went +338%, with a low of $0.20 and a high of $1.13; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $1.13, still 22.8% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.50, and the 30-day average market price is $0.96.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.92$0.50$9.99−3.2%
Normal$0.53$0.08$19.95+12.8%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Flavor

"I've got a special treat for you today."

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